Taliesin defended the giant planet killer sword, that didn’t seem to do as much damage as a dragon leaving his prison, being left in place as good fantasy
Well the sword did do damage, that's what all of BfA and the last bossfight of SL is about, players wouldn't have accepted another cataclysm event upending the gameworld of azeroth once more so they had to come up with something else...
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It happens to most newly-hatched parents, especially when they have success with their worklife on top, they feel they gotta dictate everything because it's all a massive ego-boost. Naturally they're doing something right and they feel that so they quit listening to others they don't immediately recognize as peers to themselves.
If you knew the candle was fire then the meal was cooked a long time ago.