The Queue: The shadow on the wall tells me the sun is going down

Happy Tuesday, folks! I hope your Monday was less exhausting than mine was. It wasn’t bad, mind you — just exhausting.

Anyhow, y’all were full of questions, so let’s say we Queue?

This is a question we’ll be using going forward to help guide content, and I’m curious what you all think. I know Rachelle is interested in writing about books, and Joe has expressed interest in writing about mini-figure making (pardon me if that’s the wrong name). Personally, I will probably lean toward other games I’m playing in a way that takes some of the things I’ve written before and extends them or takes them in a different direction. If I’m really in love with a movie or show, those are both probable (though less likely than games).

But again, I’m curious what you all want to see!

Isn’t that kind of what Carrion Swarm is? To a lesser degree, it’s a bit like Druids’ old Insect Swarm. Either way, if we got a weird cross between Dread Lords and the Wickerpunks of Drustvar, I’d be all for that. (They would be Horde, and I accept it no other way.)

For those of you who have never seen the terror that is Korfax, I leave only this video as evidence of his inevitable victory against any who might face him — Bolvar included.

We don’t stand a chance.

I’m not quite sure everything you said about Elf origins is correct there (genuinely, I can’t remember where they came from… everything was once a Troll anyhow.) But as far as why Demon Hunters are allied with the factions?

Khadgar.

Khadgar approached the Illidari, asked them to help fight the Legion, and then just assumed Blood Elves should go talk to the Horde and Night Elves should go talk to the Alliance. He’s the one who teleported you to a specific faction capital. It’s Khadgar’s fault for roping you in, and it’s his fault you can’t leave.

…Okay, but for real, it’s one of those “gameplay > lore” things. The Illidari wouldn’t — in most cases — have a reason to pick one faction over the other. But since Blood Elves and Night Elves both are associated with specific factions, it would’ve caused a whole different mess of issues to have that change for one single class.

I’d say Kalecgos taught her love, Kael’thas taught her patience (to deal with creepy men), and Arthas taught her pain because he did that whole thing where he became the Lich King.

…I’m kind of way more excited about the portal rooms than I have any right to be. After that, I’d say Kul Tirans (purely because of the Druids) > Remastered BGs > Zandalari. I’m kind of “meh” on the rest. I’m looking forward to 8.2 a lot more than 8.1.5.

I don’t really get fevers all that often. I generally take Ibuprofen, but that’s usually when my temperature is 101-102 F or more. If I — like, say, during this past week — have a cold and feel like I might have a low-grade fever but I’m too lazy to take my temperature and check? I’ll ride it.

…I feel like I should attach a warning to this: I am not a health professional, nor am I particularly great about my own health. Don’t look to me for health advice.

Oh, they’re definitely not truly defeated. They’re leaderless — but that leader is imprisoned and decisively not dead. Plus, if we look at the Scourge, what are all the remaining demons doing? Even if we assume they don’t revive in the Twisting Nether anymore, there are still countless worlds out there that they have destroyed and rule over.

That said, I imagine it’ll be a while before Blizz brings them back in any major capacity. Look at what they’re doing with the Lich King and Old Gods and all that. There have been hints here and there for several expansions — seeds being planted long ago that we’re still barely seeing bloom. I’d give it two more expansions before we even see hints of that sort of thing for the Burning Legion — assuming Blizz even wanted to bring them back. They may not need to.

That’s all for today! May your Tues be days and your Queues be yays. Have a great week, all!