Originally Posted by
tinyninja
I respond to people who don't think Lor'themar will be warchief because they don't want him to be, rather than actually giving any reason why he shouldn't be other than their own stupid self imposed rules as to what the warchief "should" be.
Assisting your allies overthrowing a tyrant IS "supporting your allies in times of need". As I remember, he takes a role in the Siege of Orgrimmar as well. And where is this list of rules for the Warchief set out by Thrall's vision? Garrosh wasn't even a good warchief, and Thrall knew he wouldn't be a good warchief, he was just the best and most popular choice at the time when Thrall was forced to leave the position. So much for "core characteristics". I'll grant you that pushing to leave the Horde for the Alliance was a selfish choice for the Blood Elves to make, but then again, it probably seemed like the only choice at the time. Who wants to see their people persecuted a second time? And who says that it's bad for the other Horde races if the Blood Elves had left? The tauren and trolls were already excommunicated, oppressed, or left the Horde to rebel. As far as Lor'themar sees it, the Horde he's leaving is nothing like the one he originally joined. He joined Thrall's Horde, not the "True Horde" that Garrosh was pushing. I also don't see Vol'jin or Baine doing anything for the blood elves. So, what, you're only a candidate for the Horde if you help out the savage bestial races? I didn't see any other Horde races helping out the Sunreavers on the Isle of Thunder.
Attempting to leave the Horde was a desperate decision made by Lor'themar, but one he believed was best for his people, especially since Vol'jin had already left as well. The will and strength to make the hard choices is what is needed in a leader, even if they look like the wrong choices to everyone else.