Originally Posted by
Razion
The Alliance recently took in the Lightforged, so it would be a good angle for the Blood Elves to have this angle as a way to instigate some level of antagonism in the other faction as a dynamic and conflict that characters can interact with - it can create opportunities for storytelling.
But, apart from just that angle, the complaint has been there long before Lightforged were introduced into the setting. I believe it's something unique to the Blood Elves, and as such, something special that can help characterize and establish and put in perspective their place in the setting. The Blood Elves were introduced historically as a race defined by their mana addiction and their craving for power - their incessant NEED for it. It wasn't just that they wanted power, they were addicted to it, and "damning one of the most noble beings of all," in the words of Liadrin at the Sunwell, was one of the most egregious things their people ever did. But it DEFINED them. Not every character has to be their scars or not change forever, but for all of Blood Elf society to take a complete 180 is probably seen as a betrayal of the fantasy some may have signed up for. To some extent, there not even being a fight or any kind of dispute among Blood Elves, no story as to whether some wanted to keep abusing the Naaru or not, or at least if they weren't to see the odd case of a Blood Elf who was still so addicted but not near the Sunwell would go to insane lengths to maybe try and get that power to satiate themselves. The Blood Elves are still addicts, but they sate themselves on the Sunwell.
So especially now that we're going into Shadowlands, where Blood Elves may be cut off from the Sunwell, will that craze for power come back? This is one angle we can look to and say, well, if there are Naaru anywhere in the Shadowlands, maybe the Blood Elves would seek it out. Especially with the Blood Elves potentially running into Kael'thas Sunstrider again, there may be opportunities for old-fashioned Blood Elves who may want to return to the old ways when times were perhaps more favorable for them as individuals. Like, some people obviously made a killing in their society from all the mana addiction -- all those parties and drugs and everything going around in all those early quests. It's just so surprising there was almost not even a whimper of an outcry in their society against the changes. And to some extent the ultimate success of it was probably expected because the Sunwell was just there and accessible to everyone, so even the Withered would probably even be cured... but for no development, this entire angle not to be addressed in the story in a way where Blood Elves can turn to it as their own identity probably hurts a lot.
It probably hurts a lot more knowing that the turn from something so uniquely theirs basically went to quintessential Light worship that Humans, Dwarves, and the Draenei were doing already. So now the Blood Elves not only don't have their own edgy take on Paladins, but now they're just as simple, as basic, or even could be seen as just carbon copies of their enemies, the Alliance.