The Queue: Second wind

A couple hours ago, I said I was going to bed. Almost immediately after, I got a second wind and can’t sleep. At least I got The Queue done before bed?

Anyhow, let’s snooze Queue.

It took me a second to get used to it — and the cinematic being the first introduction of it really threw me off — but I’m getting a lot more used to it now, and I don’t dislike it. It doesn’t feel as unique as his old one, but I’m still okay with it.

He has, in fact! Apparently he made his appearance in Mean Streets of Gadgetzan. That’s about all I know.

I think that was not only a way to show that Wrathion’s human form is, ultimately, a disguise, but also to remind/inform viewers that he’s a Black Dragon. If you don’t follow the lore as closely or you’ve joined late or whatever, you may have absolutely no clue who this dude is. Having his skin singe, followed immediately by an almost out-of-place, “Ugh! Dragons!” from Magni, and then returning to show his skin heal is a VERY newbie friendly way of going, “Yes, Magni is referring to this new guy. He’s a dragon. We clear? Good! Let’s keep this cinematic moving.”

Well, technically, that hasn’t happened yet, so Bolvar is still out there keeping them in check. Once Shadowlands (or its pre-patch) arrive, we’ll have to see if Blizzard addresses this in any way. There have been some theories out there that the whole “There must always be a Lich King” thing was meant as a ruse from the beginning, and they actually seem pretty solid.

Do I believe that was Blizzard’s intent from the beginning? Not really. But I would be more than okay if they found a way to reasonably explain it as a lie and used the destruction of the Helm as the opportunity to do that.

I’m sure there are some raid groups out there that will figure out what is or is not optimal in terms of cleansing, but I love the thematic ties Corrupted gear has, and I’m all for keeping as much of it on me as possible. NEVER CLEANSE IT!

I still don’t really get where the question here is, but I’m gonna assume you were asking about boss music. And in that case, uhh… Make it creepy but epic. Like a spooky organ with choir vocals and a point where everything stops but then another point where everything picks up because you’re about to win and I don’t want that to happen.

Honestly, no. I think the ship has sailed on that sort of thing for a long while now. I think it would either be mired in the movie’s commercial failings or be called a rip off of the upcoming Lord of the Rings show. I absolutely think it could pull off a decent story and killer effects, but I don’t think it would ever pull in the wider audience needed to keep that sort of thing going.

I admit, I’m surprised by The Witcher’s success, but at the same time, it wasn’t following a movie that didn’t do well — it went straight from critically successfully, universally praise game to TV show, and the audience doesn’t feel quite as niche as Orcs and Trolls and all that would. As for Mandalorian, well… it’s Star Wars. Even without bringing in any new fans, it has a MUCH larger audience than Warcraft.

I fully admit that I’m not qualified to answer this. I feel like this is something that Blizzard will either answer in a sort of hand-wavy, suspension-of-disbelief way or just plain not address at all. Which is more or less my way of saying I don’t think there’s a satisfying answer here that doesn’t just open up more questions. Time travel is hard. Alternate dimensions are hard. Different planes of existence are hard. Combining all of those? Not something I’d want to have to tackle.

That’s all for me today! It’s very late and there’s a solid chance I could sleep until this thing goes live. Do your normal thing and ask questions, please. Happy Thursday!