Originally Posted by
shise
Why do people irrationally hate him?
Let´s think in perspective, for once. Forget all you know and check this out:
In the current times, the Horde is the most dominant force in Azeroth, by quite a long margin. Not only do we have the most land and capitals, but the Alliance has recently lost a large amount of its population and a major landmark. On top of that, it has happened with no grievances to the Horde as this was the act of a "common enemy".
The Alliance currently suffer a bit of an identity issue with Tyrande going a bit "her way". I do not judge this, I only mention it to state the facts.
The Horde has now (or so it seems) gained the full strength of (most of) Sylvanas army.
Right now we have reached peace, but for sure the Horde is easily a 3 to 1 ratio against the Alliance.
Now, about King Anduin. He is a rather pacific, strategic king, and that is smart in times like this when the Alliance has genuinely nothing to do in a full scale war against the Horde.
He helped Saurfang, who in turn wanted the true Horde back. Sylvanas never cared all that much about the Horde, ever since classic btw, that is the very original Lore and not just BfA.
This is, yet again, a smart move by the Alliance King. Sylvanas would have destroyed him so what else could make sense but to ally with whoever you can to take her down?
Out of this scenario, Anduin is a warrior. He lacks the experience and maybe the strength of many others, but remember his age. Hi will fight if needed, he believes in honor and he will genuinely help anyone who needs help (Horde or Alliance).
I was Alliance for over 13 years, now I am Horde, so I am more neutral than ever as I obviously still have feelings for the Alliance, but I am now Horde.
So please, explain me all the hate? He is a pretty good King, I won´t say that he is the best or anything, we can leave it plain neutral, he is plain good.
And btw, for those coming with "this is Warcraft not lovecraft derp", think a bit, we´ve got Warcraft in nearly every single expansion, we´ve got Horde vs Alliance no matter what other leaders where trying to accomplish, so your argument is pretty much invalid. Even in WotLK when we last joined forces (that is over 10 years ago btw..), we still had Horde vs Alliance conflicts.