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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of using her as a DisposableWoman.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe Many noted Tyrande's writer/s Flanderized or exaggerated some of her unsympathetic aspects such as her xenophobia and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside headstrongedness while dropping some of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked her positive qualities such as her protectiveness of troops under her command and her devotion to Elune. It feels like [[CreatorBacklash Tyrande is disliked by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]].themselves]],seemingly confirmed when Lead Narrative Designer David Kosak wrote a post on his Twitter criticizing Tyrande. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of using her as a DisposableWoman.
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** Thankfully, Garrosh finally got his [[TakeThatScrappy justice]] near the end of Nagrand. He decides to battle Thrall to the death, and the latter proceeds to [[spoiler: use every element against him, and ultimately [[KilledOffForReal kill him.]]]] However, people started to [[AlasPoorScrappy have sympathy for him]] after that, despite everything he's done, though mostly done by vocal Thrall haters who's looking for ways to blame Thrall.
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** Thankfully, Garrosh finally got his [[TakeThatScrappy justice]] near the end of Nagrand. He decides to battle Thrall to the death, and the latter proceeds to [[spoiler: use every element against him, and ultimately [[KilledOffForReal kill him.]]]] However, people started to [[AlasPoorScrappy have sympathy for him]] after that, despite everything he's done, though mostly done by vocal Thrall haters who's looking for ways to blame Thrall. See his section below for more details.
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** Thankfully, Garrosh finally got his [[TakeThatScrappy justice]] near the end of Nagrand. He decides to battle Thrall to the death, and the latter proceeds to [[spoiler: use every element against him, and ultimately [[KilledOffForReal kill him.]]]] However, people started to [[AlasPoorScrappy have sympathy for him]] after that, despite everything he's done.
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** Thankfully, Garrosh finally got his [[TakeThatScrappy justice]] near the end of Nagrand. He decides to battle Thrall to the death, and the latter proceeds to [[spoiler: use every element against him, and ultimately [[KilledOffForReal kill him.]]]] However, people started to [[AlasPoorScrappy have sympathy for him]] after that, despite everything he's done.done, though mostly done by vocal Thrall haters who's looking for ways to blame Thrall.
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* Thrall has increasingly been the target of some hate, probably due to his hogging the spotlight in Cataclysm. He's sometimes referred to derogatorily as "Green Jesus".
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* Thrall has increasingly been the target of some hate, probably due to his hogging the spotlight in Cataclysm. He's sometimes referred to derogatorily as "Green Jesus". Weirdly, when he actually MAKES MISTAKES (starting at Cataclysm, the very title that derided him as 'Green Jesus', it only bore fruit in ''Mists of Pandaria'': with Garrosh going an all-out war and makes the Horde evil again), which costed him big and would be less likely to be referred as "Green Jesus" anymore, the haters were quick to find another reason to bash Thrall, focusing on his one mistake and saying that he's an idiot to make such mistake in the first place, and even ''[[DracoInLeatherPants sided with Garrosh and tried to make Garrosh look sympathetic]]'', agreeing with his VillainousBreakdown that this is all Thrall's fault. "Green Jesus" or not, Thrall just can't take a break.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of using her as a DisposableWoman. Although, the backlash seemed to be dubious at this point, when Tyrande was still included in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' and strangely, this incarnation of Tyrande remained an all-rounder with no considerable backlash on either the fandom or the game devs, even if she's based on the aforementioned traits.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of using her as a DisposableWoman.
** Although, the backlash seemed to be dubious atthis one point, when Tyrande was still included in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' and strangely, this incarnation of Tyrande remained an all-rounder with no considerable backlash on either the fandom or the game devs, even if she's based on the aforementioned traits.traits. However, let's wait and see what Blizzard does with her in the next expansion 'Legion'.
** Although, the backlash seemed to be dubious at
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*** Jaina's character derailment was even worse, entering "{{Ron The Death Eater}}" territory. She had a vendetta after the destruction of Theramore and was on the verge of trying to purge Orgrimmar. Even though in Warcraft 3 she indirectly helped Thrall and the Horde fight Theramore's forces and kill thousands of people, [[SelfMadeOrphan including her father Admiral Proudmoore]], [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to prevent the Alliance/Horde conflict and restore peace]].
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*** Jaina's character derailment was even worse, entering "{{Ron The Death Eater}}" territory. She had a vendetta after the destruction of Theramore and was on the verge of trying to purge Orgrimmar. Even though in Warcraft 3 she indirectly helped Thrall and the Horde fight Theramore's forces and kill thousands of people, [[SelfMadeOrphan including her father Admiral Proudmoore]], [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to prevent the Alliance/Horde conflict and restore peace]]. And it ''still'' continued even through the ''Legion'' expansion that she's still bitter about it that she left in anger when Khadgar allowed Dalaran to become a neutral zone. Apparently, at her worst, Blizzard made her forget that there are still some sensible Horde members like Vol'jin and Baine Bloodhoof...
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of using her as a DisposableWoman.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of using her as a DisposableWoman. Although, the backlash seemed to be dubious at this point, when Tyrande was still included in ''VideoGame/HeroesOfTheStorm'' and strangely, this incarnation of Tyrande remained an all-rounder with no considerable backlash on either the fandom or the game devs, even if she's based on the aforementioned traits.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of something like using her as a DisposableWoman.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of something like using her as a DisposableWoman.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of just having her StuffedInTheFridge.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of just having something like using her StuffedInTheFridge.as a DisposableWoman.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons among the part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her. Hoepfully, with the new expansion, Blizzard does something with her instead of just having her StuffedInTheFridge.
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** The first, Varian Wrynn, is a BaseBreaker. Widely blamed for the Alliance/Horde conflict's renewal because, despite traitors within the horde being the only ones to go on the offensive, once the traitors were dealt with he threw Thrall's peace offer back in his face and would've attacked the Horde faction leaders if not for Jaina's intervention. He then proceeds to be the Horde's most outspoken critic for awhile (Tyrande has the excuse that the Horde's territory is right next door to hers and they have regular skirmishes). He's a somewhat assertive king whose major in-game actions since his miraculous (offscreen) return have been to [[SmartBall offer to sell lumber to the horde in return for leaving the elves alone]] and [[IdiotBall Engaging in a deathmatch with Garrosh whenever they get within sight of eachother]]. Though Varian's reasons for hating Orcs are understandable, they're also mostly historical, in addition to the fact that other characters (see below) have gone through equal or worse hardships than him and haven't let it affect them as much. From the player's perspective, it becomes increasingly apparent just how mistaken he is. His popularity amongst strictly-Alliance players has been rising however, largely due to his more hot-headed traits being resolved or toned down for the most part.
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** The first, Varian Wrynn, is a BaseBreaker. Widely blamed for the Alliance/Horde conflict's renewal because, despite traitors within the horde being the only ones to go on the offensive, once the traitors were dealt with he threw Thrall's peace offer attempt at reconciliation back in his face and would've attacked the Horde faction leaders if not for Jaina's intervention. intervention. He then proceeds to be the Horde's most outspoken critic for awhile (Tyrande has the excuse that the Horde's territory is right next door to hers and they have regular skirmishes). He's a somewhat assertive king whose major in-game actions since his miraculous (offscreen) return have been to [[SmartBall offer to sell lumber to the horde in return for leaving the elves Night Elves alone]] and [[IdiotBall Engaging in a deathmatch with Garrosh whenever they get within sight of eachother]]. Though Varian's reasons for hating Orcs are understandable, they're also mostly historical, in addition to the fact that other characters (see below) have gone through equal or worse hardships than him and haven't let it affect them as much. From the player's perspective, it becomes increasingly apparent just how mistaken he is. His popularity amongst strictly-Alliance players has been rising however, largely due to his more hot-headed traits being resolved or toned down for the most part.
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** The first, Varian Wrynn, is a... [[LoveItOrHateIt polarizing figure]].
*** Widely blamed for the Alliance/Horde conflict's renewal (despite traitors within the horde being the only ones to go on the offensive), he's a somewhat assertive king whose major in-game actions since his miraculous (offscreen) return have been to [[SmartBall offer to sell lumber to the horde in return for leaving the elves alone]] and [[IdiotBall Engaging in a deathmatch with Garrosh whenever they get within sight of eachother]]. Though Varian's reasons for hating Orcs are understandable, they're also mostly historical, in addition to the fact that other characters (see below) have gone through equal or worse hardships than him and haven't let it affect them as much. From the player's perspective, it becomes increasingly apparent just how mistaken he is. His popularity amongst strictly-Alliance players has been rising however, largely due to his more hot-headed traits being resolved or toned down for the most part.
*** Widely blamed for the Alliance/Horde conflict's renewal (despite traitors within the horde being the only ones to go on the offensive), he's a somewhat assertive king whose major in-game actions since his miraculous (offscreen) return have been to [[SmartBall offer to sell lumber to the horde in return for leaving the elves alone]] and [[IdiotBall Engaging in a deathmatch with Garrosh whenever they get within sight of eachother]]. Though Varian's reasons for hating Orcs are understandable, they're also mostly historical, in addition to the fact that other characters (see below) have gone through equal or worse hardships than him and haven't let it affect them as much. From the player's perspective, it becomes increasingly apparent just how mistaken he is. His popularity amongst strictly-Alliance players has been rising however, largely due to his more hot-headed traits being resolved or toned down for the most part.
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** The first, Varian Wrynn, is a... [[LoveItOrHateIt polarizing figure]].
***a BaseBreaker. Widely blamed for the Alliance/Horde conflict's renewal (despite because, despite traitors within the horde being the only ones to go on the offensive), he's offensive, once the traitors were dealt with he threw Thrall's peace offer back in his face and would've attacked the Horde faction leaders if not for Jaina's intervention. He then proceeds to be the Horde's most outspoken critic for awhile (Tyrande has the excuse that the Horde's territory is right next door to hers and they have regular skirmishes). He's a somewhat assertive king whose major in-game actions since his miraculous (offscreen) return have been to [[SmartBall offer to sell lumber to the horde in return for leaving the elves alone]] and [[IdiotBall Engaging in a deathmatch with Garrosh whenever they get within sight of eachother]]. Though Varian's reasons for hating Orcs are understandable, they're also mostly historical, in addition to the fact that other characters (see below) have gone through equal or worse hardships than him and haven't let it affect them as much. From the player's perspective, it becomes increasingly apparent just how mistaken he is. His popularity amongst strictly-Alliance players has been rising however, largely due to his more hot-headed traits being resolved or toned down for the most part.
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*** Even then, with Garrosh's defeat, some fans are upset that Blizzard didn't [[KilledOffForReal kill]] Garrosh but kept him alive to "stand trial" (choices that more redeemable villains, such as [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Malygos]] (who was offered a trial but they never even tried to take him alive) and [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Nazgrim]] never got), [[RedemptionRejection where he promptly escaped and became a villain in Warlords of Draenor]]. Especially in light of Blizzard [[VillainDecay dumbing down]] then killing off their better villains, such as [[TheNecrocracy Lich King]] [[TheEvilPrince Arthas]] and [[HandicappedBadass Illidan]] [[JerkassWoobie Stormrage]].
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*** Even then, with Garrosh's defeat, some fans are upset that Blizzard didn't [[KilledOffForReal kill]] Garrosh but kept him alive to "stand trial" (choices that more redeemable villains, such as [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Malygos]] (who was offered a trial but they never even tried to take him alive) and [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Nazgrim]] never got), [[RedemptionRejection where he promptly escaped and became a villain in Warlords of Draenor]]. Especially in light of Blizzard [[VillainDecay dumbing down]] then killing off their better villains, such as [[TheNecrocracy Lich King]] [[TheEvilPrince Arthas]] and [[HandicappedBadass Illidan]] [[JerkassWoobie Stormrage]].[[ElementalEmbodiment Firelord]] [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Ragnaros]].
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*** Even then, with Garrosh's defeat, some fans are upset that Blizzard didn't [[KilledOffForReal kill]] Garrosh but kept him alive to "stand trial" (choices that more redeemable villains, such as [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Malygos]] and [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Nazgrim]] never got), [[RedemptionRejection where he promptly escaped and became a villain in Warlords of Draenor]]. Especially in light of Blizzard [[VillainDecay dumbing down]] then killing off their better villains, such as [[TheNecrocracy Lich King]] [[TheEvilPrince Arthas]] and [[HandicappedBadass Illidan]] [[JerkassWoobie Stormrage]].
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*** Even then, with Garrosh's defeat, some fans are upset that Blizzard didn't [[KilledOffForReal kill]] Garrosh but kept him alive to "stand trial" (choices that more redeemable villains, such as [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Malygos]] (who was offered a trial but they never even tried to take him alive) and [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Nazgrim]] never got), [[RedemptionRejection where he promptly escaped and became a villain in Warlords of Draenor]]. Especially in light of Blizzard [[VillainDecay dumbing down]] then killing off their better villains, such as [[TheNecrocracy Lich King]] [[TheEvilPrince Arthas]] and [[HandicappedBadass Illidan]] [[JerkassWoobie Stormrage]].
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons for dislike of Tyrande among the fanbase. The fact that these are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers and game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs and writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase which could give the game's creators a negative impression of the character thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy created by a vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons for dislike of Tyrande among the fanbase. part of the fanbase that dislikes Tyrande. The fact that these traits are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers and game writers/game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs and writers devs/writers themselves]]. In short, Tyrande gets increasingly flanderized by the writers leading to scorn from the fanbase which could give fanbase, that gives the game's creators a negative impression of the character Tyrande thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her.
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** Rhonin's wife Vereesa Windrunner also received various shades of hatred throughout her appearances due to being a complete SatelliteCharacter whose characterization completely revolve around either Rhonin, her children or her sister Sylvanas as well as not being as Badass and plot-relevant as the other Windrunners. The degree of Vereesa being [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued]] varied from expansions to the next, mostly depends on whether or not the writers remember her role as the High Elf's leader.
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** Rhonin's wife Vereesa Windrunner also received various shades of hatred throughout her appearances due to being a complete SatelliteCharacter whose characterization completely revolve around either Rhonin, her children or her sister Sylvanas as well as not being as Badass and plot-relevant as the other Windrunners. The degree of Vereesa being [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued]] varied from expansions one expansion to the next, mostly depends depending on whether or not the writers remember her role as the High Elf's Elves' leader.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy that's potentially a SelfFulfillingProphecy. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game (with no in-game explanation for it) suggests that Tyrande is disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs and writers]]. Especially since Tyrande's {{Chickification}} and {{Flanderization}} replacing her [[ReligiousBruiser better]] [[AFatherToHisMen traits]] (something that the character's writers control and only they can change outside of a FixFic) are two of the most prominently cited reasons for any dislike of Tyrande among the fanbase.
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* Tyrande herself is an interesting case of a scrappy that's potentially created by a SelfFulfillingProphecy. vicious cycle. [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande's]] [[{{Flanderization}} characterization]] ([[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter or lack thereof]]) in the game (with with no in-game explanation are two of the most commonly cited reasons for it) dislike of Tyrande among the fanbase. The fact that these are beyond the character's control in-universe and something only the writers and game devs control or can change outside of a FixFic suggests that Tyrande is also disliked [[CreatorBacklash by Blizzard's game devs and writers]]. Especially since Tyrande's {{Chickification}} and {{Flanderization}} replacing her [[ReligiousBruiser better]] [[AFatherToHisMen traits]] (something that the character's writers control and only they can change outside of a FixFic) are two of the most prominently cited reasons for any dislike of themselves]]. In short, Tyrande among gets increasingly flanderized by the fanbase.writers leading to scorn from the fanbase which could give the game's creators a negative impression of the character thus effecting the amount of effort and limelight the writers give her.
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** Rhonin's wife Vereesa Windrunner also received various shades of hatred throughout her appearances due to being a complete SatelliteCharacter whose characterization completely revolve around either Rhonin, her children or her sister Sylvanas and not being as Badass as the other Windrunners. The degree of Vereesa being [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued]] varied from expansions to the next, mostly depends on whether or not the writers remember her role as the High Elf's leader.
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** Rhonin's wife Vereesa Windrunner also received various shades of hatred throughout her appearances due to being a complete SatelliteCharacter whose characterization completely revolve around either Rhonin, her children or her sister Sylvanas and as well as not being as Badass and plot-relevant as the other Windrunners. The degree of Vereesa being [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued]] varied from expansions to the next, mostly depends on whether or not the writers remember her role as the High Elf's leader.
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** Rhonin's wife Vereesa Windrunner also received various shades of hatred throughout her appearances due to being a complete SatelliteCharacter whose characterization completely revolve around either Rhonin, her children or her sister Sylvanas and not being as Badass as the other Windrunners. The degree of Vereesa being [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap rescued]] varied from expansions to the next.next, mostly depends on whether or not the writers remember her role as the High Elf's leader.
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*** Even then, with Garrosh's defeat, some fans are upset that Blizzard didn't [[KilledOffForReal kill]] Garrosh but kept him alive to "stand trial" (choices that more redeemable villains, such as [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Malygos]] and [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Nazgrim]] never got), [[RedemptionRejection where he promptly escaped and will become a villain in the upcoming expansion Warlords of Draenor]]. Especially in light of Blizzard [[VillainDecay dumbing down]] then killing off their better villains, such as [[TheNecrocracy Lich King]] [[TheEvilPrince Arthas]] and [[HandicappedBadass Illidan]] [[JerkassWoobie Stormrage]].
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*** Even then, with Garrosh's defeat, some fans are upset that Blizzard didn't [[KilledOffForReal kill]] Garrosh but kept him alive to "stand trial" (choices that more redeemable villains, such as [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Malygos]] and [[MyMasterRightOrWrong Nazgrim]] never got), [[RedemptionRejection where he promptly escaped and will become became a villain in the upcoming expansion Warlords of Draenor]]. Especially in light of Blizzard [[VillainDecay dumbing down]] then killing off their better villains, such as [[TheNecrocracy Lich King]] [[TheEvilPrince Arthas]] and [[HandicappedBadass Illidan]] [[JerkassWoobie Stormrage]].Stormrage]].
** Thankfully, Garrosh finally got his [[TakeThatScrappy justice]] near the end of Nagrand. He decides to battle Thrall to the death, and the latter proceeds to [[spoiler: use every element against him, and ultimately [[KilledOffForReal kill him.]]]] However, people started to [[AlasPoorScrappy have sympathy for him]] after that, despite everything he's done.
** Thankfully, Garrosh finally got his [[TakeThatScrappy justice]] near the end of Nagrand. He decides to battle Thrall to the death, and the latter proceeds to [[spoiler: use every element against him, and ultimately [[KilledOffForReal kill him.]]]] However, people started to [[AlasPoorScrappy have sympathy for him]] after that, despite everything he's done.
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*** Widely blamed for the Alliance/Horde conflict's renewal (despite traitors within the horde being the only ones to go on the offensive), he's a somewhat assertive king whose major in-game actions since his miraculous (offscreen) return have been to [[SmartBall offer to sell lumber to the horde in return for leaving the elves alone]] and [[IdiotBall Engaging in a deathmatch with Garrosh whenever they get within sight of eachother]]. Though Varian's reasons for hating Orcs are understandable, they're also mostly historical... and from the player's perspective, it becomes increasingly apparent just how mistaken he is. His popularity amongst strictly-Alliance players has been rising however, largely due to his more hot-headed traits being resolved or toned down for the most part.
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*** Widely blamed for the Alliance/Horde conflict's renewal (despite traitors within the horde being the only ones to go on the offensive), he's a somewhat assertive king whose major in-game actions since his miraculous (offscreen) return have been to [[SmartBall offer to sell lumber to the horde in return for leaving the elves alone]] and [[IdiotBall Engaging in a deathmatch with Garrosh whenever they get within sight of eachother]]. Though Varian's reasons for hating Orcs are understandable, they're also mostly historical... historical, in addition to the fact that other characters (see below) have gone through equal or worse hardships than him and from haven't let it affect them as much. From the player's perspective, it becomes increasingly apparent just how mistaken he is. His popularity amongst strictly-Alliance players has been rising however, largely due to his more hot-headed traits being resolved or toned down for the most part.
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*** Jaina's character derailment was even worse, entering "{{Ron The Death Eater}}" territory. She had a vendetta after the destruction of Theramore and was on the verge of trying to purge Orgrimmar. Even though in Warcraft 3 she indirectly helped Thrall and the Horde fight Theramore's forces and kill thousands of people [[SelfMadeOrphan including her own father, Admiral Proudmoore]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to prevent them from reigniting the Alliance/Horde conflict and restore peace]].
** Secondly, we present ''Garrosh Hellscream'', perhaps the ''single most reviled character'' in the Horde and arguably the most hated in the ''entire Warcraft franchise''. In fact, some speculate the sole reason that he winds up being the FinalBoss of ''Mists of Pandaria'' is solely because of his immense hatedom. However, WordOfGod has stated that Garrosh's reign as leader of the Horde was, for a long time, intended to be a short term thing, and that the plotline with him being warchief would end with the players defeating him as a raid boss.
** Secondly, we present ''Garrosh Hellscream'', perhaps the ''single most reviled character'' in the Horde and arguably the most hated in the ''entire Warcraft franchise''. In fact, some speculate the sole reason that he winds up being the FinalBoss of ''Mists of Pandaria'' is solely because of his immense hatedom. However, WordOfGod has stated that Garrosh's reign as leader of the Horde was, for a long time, intended to be a short term thing, and that the plotline with him being warchief would end with the players defeating him as a raid boss.
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*** Jaina's character derailment was even worse, entering "{{Ron The Death Eater}}" territory. She had a vendetta after the destruction of Theramore and was on the verge of trying to purge Orgrimmar. Even though in Warcraft 3 she indirectly helped Thrall and the Horde fight Theramore's forces and kill thousands of people people, [[SelfMadeOrphan including her own father, father Admiral Proudmoore]] Proudmoore]], [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to prevent them from reigniting the Alliance/Horde conflict and restore peace]].
** Secondly, we present ''Garrosh Hellscream'', perhaps the ''single most reviled character'' in the Horde and arguably the most hated in the ''entire Warcraft franchise''. In fact, some speculate the sole reason that he winds up being the FinalBoss of ''Mists of Pandaria'' is solely because of his immense hatedom. However, WordOfGod has stated that Garrosh's reign as leader of the Horde was, for a long time, intended to be a short term thing, and that the plotline with him beingwarchief Warchief would end with the players defeating him as a raid boss.
** Secondly, we present ''Garrosh Hellscream'', perhaps the ''single most reviled character'' in the Horde and arguably the most hated in the ''entire Warcraft franchise''. In fact, some speculate the sole reason that he winds up being the FinalBoss of ''Mists of Pandaria'' is solely because of his immense hatedom. However, WordOfGod has stated that Garrosh's reign as leader of the Horde was, for a long time, intended to be a short term thing, and that the plotline with him being
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* Gnomes are a whole race of em, just type Gnome punting into google and observe.
* Two characters tend to be reviled above all, usually depending on what [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft faction]] one plays most:
** The first, Varian Wrynn, is a... polarizing figure.
*** Widely blamed for the Alliance/Horde conflict's renewal (despite the horde being the only one to really go on the offensive), he's a somewhat assertive king whose major in-game actions since his miraculous (offscreen) return have been to [[SmartBall offer to sell lumber to the horde in return for leaving the elves alone]] and [[IdiotBall Engaging in a deathmatch with Garrosh whenever they get within sight of eachother]]. Though Varian's reasons for hating Orcs are understandable, they're also mostly historical... and from the player's perspective, it becomes increasingly apparent just how mistaken he is. His popularity amongst strictly-Alliance players has been rising however, largely due to his more hot-headed traits being resolved or toned down for the most part.
*** ''The Shattering'' gives an explanation not only for Varian's JerkAss behavior, but also for his sudden change of heart during Icecrown Citadel. When the two halves of Varian from the comic (Lo'Gosh, his aggressive warrior side & Varian, the more peaceful, kingly side) reunited, it was not a perfect reunification, and Varian has more or less, developed a minor split personality, and Lo'Gosh has a bit more control than he would like.
*** Though that doesn't make much sense to anyone who had read the comic book, which depicted both sides as rather level-headed, and then proceeded to show the recombined Varian acting perfectly normally indicating that he was whole again. It was a tad bit surprising to see Varian suddenly getting split-personality disorder and the rages being blamed on Lo'gosh.
*** In a case of TantrumThrowing that made Garrosh seem comparatively stable, Varian once pitched a fit to Thrall about being enslaved by an orc for a few weeks, though by all appearances this was a criminal act even to the orcs, and Varian was still treated somewhat fairly during enslavement. For comparison, Thrall's name is not an accident; it was given to him when he was one of thousands of orcs raised from birth for slave labor by the Alliance ''for twenty years''. Additionally, Thrall endured far more abuse from his slavers than Varian could ever hope to comprehend, but he practically never bitched about it.
*** There is another point of contention regarding Varian. Blizzard worsened the characters of Jaina Proudmoore and Tyrande Whisperwind, just to show how much better Varian was. [[UnfortunateImplications Jaina and Tyrande are also two of World of Warcraft's few female protagonists]].
*** In the "A Little Patience" scenario, Tyrande is leading a force of warriors fighting against a detachment of Horde warriors and wants to just charge in; Varian comes along and makes up a better plan on the spot that results in no casualties on the Alliance side. This implies that a 40 year old hot-headed human (Varian) is a better tactican and fighter than a night elf (Tyrande) who's over 13,000 years old! Warcraft 3 stated that she has been fighting to protect Kalimdor since the first battle against the Burning Leigon; giving her at least 10,000 years of combat experience (even though Tyrande was a hothead in Warcraft 3, she was still smart enough to make and use clever tactics).
*** Jaina's character derailment was even worse, entering "{{Ron The Death Eater}}" territory. She had a vendetta after the destruction of Theramore and was on the verge of trying to purge Orgrimmar. Even though in Warcraft 3 she indirectly helped Thrall and the Horde fight Theramore's forces and kill thousands of people [[SelfMadeOrphan including her own father, Admiral Proudmoore]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to prevent them from reigniting the Alliance/Horde conflict and restore peace]].
** Secondly, we present ''Garrosh Hellscream'', perhaps the ''single most reviled character'' in the Horde and arguably the most hated in the ''entire Warcraft franchise''. In fact, some speculate the sole reason that he winds up being the FinalBoss of ''Mists of Pandaria'' is solely because of his immense hatedom. However, WordOfGod has stated that Garrosh's reign as leader of the Horde was, for a long time, intended to be a short term thing, and that the plotline with him being warchief would end with the players defeating him as a raid boss.
*** Garrosh was introduced in The Burning Crusade as the mopey, whining son of [[LeeroyJenkins Grom Hellscream]], depressed over his father's legacy of evil, players underwent a long quest chain to bring him to his senses including a pep talk from none other than Thrall himself. Garrosh's way of repaying Thrall's generosity consisted of a direct challenge to his leadership, [[ConflictBall an expression of open desire to reignite war with the Alliance simply because Garrosh beleives that the Horde should conquer and rule all of Azeroth]], and ominous hints throughout the expansion that Garrosh is gathering factions of the Horde loyal to him rather than Thrall over the three recent expansions, For example, turning the Kor'Kron guard into a Orcish Wafen SS and seeking ways to empower he and his most loyal orcish followers. Singularly bloodthirsty, crude, and brutal, Garrosh embodies all the worst traits of orcish culture.
*** In the story, Garrosh was a popular warhero among the orcs because of those traits, but was not so accepted by the rest of the Horde's races for his hotheadedness. Among the playerbase, however, the hatred was near unanimous from the word "go" due to this, his role as an apathetic foil to the much more reasonable and likable Thrall, his constant idiocy and incompetence as a strategist, and how he seems to only exist in the story to [[ConflictBall cause conflicts within it]]. Garrosh has few very fans; most Horde and Alliance players consider him at best a [[ManChild spoiled brat grossly unfit of his fame and power]].
*** He also "repays" the player for their efforts by immediately insulting them when they meet again at the start of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, and spends the next two expansions further insulting and/or threatening them in various fashions. [[FinalBoss Said players end up kicking his tattooed ass thrice-over for his troubles]] at the end of Mists of Pandaria.
*** It's no wonder why Horde players end up swearing a blood oath with Vol'jin and sides with his rebellion (for the final boss battle with Garrosh) without question after Garrosh's assassin tries to have them killed simply for being the witness of the (failed) assassination of Vol'jin. [[note]]Even though there is no gameplay choice in the matter, the player sides with the rebellion whether they made the blood oath with Vol'jin or not.[[/note]] The things Garrosh has personally done to the Horde player ''alone'' would be enough to make many people despise him. Forget the other things Garrosh has done to just about everyone else in Azeroth.
*** Garrosh also has a history of defusing attempts of peace conferences due to his bloodcrazed hostility (The most notable is the Ulduar trailer where he picks a fight with Varian on neutral grounds and starts a long tradition of random deathmatches between each other). A surprising number of players actually favor some measure of peace between the factions, largely due to the fact that there are much bigger issues out in Azeroth than bad neighbors, so this ends up being another strike for Garrosh. Varian was problematic as well, being the one who declared war on the Horde in the first place back in the beginning of Wrath of the Lich King, and started the hostile attacks in Cataclysm, but he seems to have backed down from this stance as of Mists of Pandaria.
*** But now, with Mists of Pandaria, both factions have realized just how much of a raging douchefuck Garrosh is, and are making plans to take him down and install a new Warchief.
*** Even then, with Garrosh's defeat, some fans are upset that they didn't [[KilledOffForReal kill]] Garrosh but kept him alive to "stand trial" (choices that more redeemable villains, such as [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Malygos]] never got), [[RedemptionRejection where he promptly escaped and will become a villain in the upcoming expansion Warlords of Draenor]]. Especially in light of Blizzard [[VillainDecay dumbing down]] then killing off their better villains, such as [[TheEvilPrince Arthas]] and [[JerkassWoobie Illidan]].
* Trade Prince Gallywix, leader of the Bilgewater Goblins, may just have Garrosh beat in that area. In fairness, he was probably doomed to Scrappy status from the outset, being named leader of the new playable goblin faction over a wildly popular fan-made character. But it's worth stating that while even Garrosh and Varian have their supporters in the fandom (particularly since the attempts to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap make them more likable]]), Gallywix is even more universally loathed that either of them ever were. Not a single person who plays through the Goblin starting experience likes the git, and even fans unfamiliar with the Trade Princess Movement are demanding [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sassy Hardwrench]] take his place as faction leader.
* Before them was Fandral Staghelm, an unrepentant JerkAss Night Elf druid. The only thing preventing from being included with the previous two entries is that he lives in Darnassus, away from everything else in the game. Hatred for him is such that Alliance players (for the faction he represents) will often allow Horde players to kill him unmolested.
** As of ''Stormrage'' it's revealed that Fandral is an actual traitor, being manipulated by a nightmare-induced hallucination of his son, he was keeping Malfurion poisoned with morrowgrain ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero which you probably gathered for him if you played the game pre-cata]]), to the suprise of no-one, Staghelm's betrayal and subsequent replacement by Stormrage was heralded as one of the best things Blizzard's done for the Alliance in a while.
* To a lesser extent, Koltira is pretty unpopular for being boring in comparison to his Alliance counterpart, not being an orc or troll, and causing some minor plot holes.
** He has his JerkAss moments too; Insults the player initially, Sends said player off to do his harebrained [[FetchQuest "personal" errands]] -- all but one of these "chores" Koltira, as a freaking ''[[BlackKnight Death]] [[BloodKnight Knight]]'', is more than capable of doing himself if he just got off his lazy, rotting rear. His tasks were required simply to get him to translate a registry book of a mutual enemy faction, which required ''none of the effort the player spent on him in the first place''. [[DudeWheresMyRespect And he continues to insult and downplay the player's efforts the whole time]]. Charming.
* Me'dan, son of Medivh and Garona and the new Guardian of Tirisfal, is widely disliked for his MartyStu qualities.
* Several characters created by Richard A. Knaak were pretty disliked, most prominently Rhonin and Krasus.
* [[DesignatedLoveInterest Aggralan]], an [[InformedAbility allegedly exemplary Mag'har shamanka]] who was apparently introduced entirely for the purpose of [[ShipSinking sinking the Thrall/Jaina 'ship]] [[spoiler:(not to mention [[BabiesEverAfter getting]] [[NeverASelfMadeWoman pregnant]] by the [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition last patch of the expansion]])]] isn't particularly well-liked, either. This even tends to actually be ''about'' her [[{{Tsundere}} abrasive personality]] and [[SatelliteLoveInterest lack of characterization]] rather than the 'ship-sink: Along with [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande Whisperwind]], she's often trotted out as an example of poorly-written female characters in the series.
* Thrall has increasingly been the target of some hate, probably due to his hogging the spotlight in Cataclysm. He's sometimes referred to derogatorily as "Green Jesus".
* Like Thrall, Malfurion Stormrage used to be a popular character, however his return in Cataclysm turned many players against him. He's wrestled the Night Elf leadership away from his wife Tyrande, turning her into little more than arm candy in the process. Despite this, he doesn't actually seem to ''care'' about the Night Elves, as he ignores the Horde's blatant incursions into their land and razing of Ashenvale Forest. While this is allegedly because he needs the Horde's help in Mount Hyjal, it makes him seem uncaring and hypocritical to Alliance players. Malfurion has pretty much become the defining example of how neutrality can ruin a character.
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* Gnomes are a whole race of em, just type Gnome punting into google and observe.
* Two characters tend to be reviled above all, usually depending on what [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft faction]] one plays most:
** The first, Varian Wrynn, is a... polarizing figure.
*** Widely blamed for the Alliance/Horde conflict's renewal (despite the horde being the only one to really go on the offensive), he's a somewhat assertive king whose major in-game actions since his miraculous (offscreen) return have been to [[SmartBall offer to sell lumber to the horde in return for leaving the elves alone]] and [[IdiotBall Engaging in a deathmatch with Garrosh whenever they get within sight of eachother]]. Though Varian's reasons for hating Orcs are understandable, they're also mostly historical... and from the player's perspective, it becomes increasingly apparent just how mistaken he is. His popularity amongst strictly-Alliance players has been rising however, largely due to his more hot-headed traits being resolved or toned down for the most part.
*** ''The Shattering'' gives an explanation not only for Varian's JerkAss behavior, but also for his sudden change of heart during Icecrown Citadel. When the two halves of Varian from the comic (Lo'Gosh, his aggressive warrior side & Varian, the more peaceful, kingly side) reunited, it was not a perfect reunification, and Varian has more or less, developed a minor split personality, and Lo'Gosh has a bit more control than he would like.
*** Though that doesn't make much sense to anyone who had read the comic book, which depicted both sides as rather level-headed, and then proceeded to show the recombined Varian acting perfectly normally indicating that he was whole again. It was a tad bit surprising to see Varian suddenly getting split-personality disorder and the rages being blamed on Lo'gosh.
*** In a case of TantrumThrowing that made Garrosh seem comparatively stable, Varian once pitched a fit to Thrall about being enslaved by an orc for a few weeks, though by all appearances this was a criminal act even to the orcs, and Varian was still treated somewhat fairly during enslavement. For comparison, Thrall's name is not an accident; it was given to him when he was one of thousands of orcs raised from birth for slave labor by the Alliance ''for twenty years''. Additionally, Thrall endured far more abuse from his slavers than Varian could ever hope to comprehend, but he practically never bitched about it.
*** There is another point of contention regarding Varian. Blizzard worsened the characters of Jaina Proudmoore and Tyrande Whisperwind, just to show how much better Varian was. [[UnfortunateImplications Jaina and Tyrande are also two of World of Warcraft's few female protagonists]].
*** In the "A Little Patience" scenario, Tyrande is leading a force of warriors fighting against a detachment of Horde warriors and wants to just charge in; Varian comes along and makes up a better plan on the spot that results in no casualties on the Alliance side. This implies that a 40 year old hot-headed human (Varian) is a better tactican and fighter than a night elf (Tyrande) who's over 13,000 years old! Warcraft 3 stated that she has been fighting to protect Kalimdor since the first battle against the Burning Leigon; giving her at least 10,000 years of combat experience (even though Tyrande was a hothead in Warcraft 3, she was still smart enough to make and use clever tactics).
*** Jaina's character derailment was even worse, entering "{{Ron The Death Eater}}" territory. She had a vendetta after the destruction of Theramore and was on the verge of trying to purge Orgrimmar. Even though in Warcraft 3 she indirectly helped Thrall and the Horde fight Theramore's forces and kill thousands of people [[SelfMadeOrphan including her own father, Admiral Proudmoore]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to prevent them from reigniting the Alliance/Horde conflict and restore peace]].
** Secondly, we present ''Garrosh Hellscream'', perhaps the ''single most reviled character'' in the Horde and arguably the most hated in the ''entire Warcraft franchise''. In fact, some speculate the sole reason that he winds up being the FinalBoss of ''Mists of Pandaria'' is solely because of his immense hatedom. However, WordOfGod has stated that Garrosh's reign as leader of the Horde was, for a long time, intended to be a short term thing, and that the plotline with him being warchief would end with the players defeating him as a raid boss.
*** Garrosh was introduced in The Burning Crusade as the mopey, whining son of [[LeeroyJenkins Grom Hellscream]], depressed over his father's legacy of evil, players underwent a long quest chain to bring him to his senses including a pep talk from none other than Thrall himself. Garrosh's way of repaying Thrall's generosity consisted of a direct challenge to his leadership, [[ConflictBall an expression of open desire to reignite war with the Alliance simply because Garrosh beleives that the Horde should conquer and rule all of Azeroth]], and ominous hints throughout the expansion that Garrosh is gathering factions of the Horde loyal to him rather than Thrall over the three recent expansions, For example, turning the Kor'Kron guard into a Orcish Wafen SS and seeking ways to empower he and his most loyal orcish followers. Singularly bloodthirsty, crude, and brutal, Garrosh embodies all the worst traits of orcish culture.
*** In the story, Garrosh was a popular warhero among the orcs because of those traits, but was not so accepted by the rest of the Horde's races for his hotheadedness. Among the playerbase, however, the hatred was near unanimous from the word "go" due to this, his role as an apathetic foil to the much more reasonable and likable Thrall, his constant idiocy and incompetence as a strategist, and how he seems to only exist in the story to [[ConflictBall cause conflicts within it]]. Garrosh has few very fans; most Horde and Alliance players consider him at best a [[ManChild spoiled brat grossly unfit of his fame and power]].
*** He also "repays" the player for their efforts by immediately insulting them when they meet again at the start of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, and spends the next two expansions further insulting and/or threatening them in various fashions. [[FinalBoss Said players end up kicking his tattooed ass thrice-over for his troubles]] at the end of Mists of Pandaria.
*** It's no wonder why Horde players end up swearing a blood oath with Vol'jin and sides with his rebellion (for the final boss battle with Garrosh) without question after Garrosh's assassin tries to have them killed simply for being the witness of the (failed) assassination of Vol'jin. [[note]]Even though there is no gameplay choice in the matter, the player sides with the rebellion whether they made the blood oath with Vol'jin or not.[[/note]] The things Garrosh has personally done to the Horde player ''alone'' would be enough to make many people despise him. Forget the other things Garrosh has done to just about everyone else in Azeroth.
*** Garrosh also has a history of defusing attempts of peace conferences due to his bloodcrazed hostility (The most notable is the Ulduar trailer where he picks a fight with Varian on neutral grounds and starts a long tradition of random deathmatches between each other). A surprising number of players actually favor some measure of peace between the factions, largely due to the fact that there are much bigger issues out in Azeroth than bad neighbors, so this ends up being another strike for Garrosh. Varian was problematic as well, being the one who declared war on the Horde in the first place back in the beginning of Wrath of the Lich King, and started the hostile attacks in Cataclysm, but he seems to have backed down from this stance as of Mists of Pandaria.
*** But now, with Mists of Pandaria, both factions have realized just how much of a raging douchefuck Garrosh is, and are making plans to take him down and install a new Warchief.
*** Even then, with Garrosh's defeat, some fans are upset that they didn't [[KilledOffForReal kill]] Garrosh but kept him alive to "stand trial" (choices that more redeemable villains, such as [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Malygos]] never got), [[RedemptionRejection where he promptly escaped and will become a villain in the upcoming expansion Warlords of Draenor]]. Especially in light of Blizzard [[VillainDecay dumbing down]] then killing off their better villains, such as [[TheEvilPrince Arthas]] and [[JerkassWoobie Illidan]].
* Trade Prince Gallywix, leader of the Bilgewater Goblins, may just have Garrosh beat in that area. In fairness, he was probably doomed to Scrappy status from the outset, being named leader of the new playable goblin faction over a wildly popular fan-made character. But it's worth stating that while even Garrosh and Varian have their supporters in the fandom (particularly since the attempts to [[RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap make them more likable]]), Gallywix is even more universally loathed that either of them ever were. Not a single person who plays through the Goblin starting experience likes the git, and even fans unfamiliar with the Trade Princess Movement are demanding [[EnsembleDarkhorse Sassy Hardwrench]] take his place as faction leader.
* Before them was Fandral Staghelm, an unrepentant JerkAss Night Elf druid. The only thing preventing from being included with the previous two entries is that he lives in Darnassus, away from everything else in the game. Hatred for him is such that Alliance players (for the faction he represents) will often allow Horde players to kill him unmolested.
** As of ''Stormrage'' it's revealed that Fandral is an actual traitor, being manipulated by a nightmare-induced hallucination of his son, he was keeping Malfurion poisoned with morrowgrain ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero which you probably gathered for him if you played the game pre-cata]]), to the suprise of no-one, Staghelm's betrayal and subsequent replacement by Stormrage was heralded as one of the best things Blizzard's done for the Alliance in a while.
* To a lesser extent, Koltira is pretty unpopular for being boring in comparison to his Alliance counterpart, not being an orc or troll, and causing some minor plot holes.
** He has his JerkAss moments too; Insults the player initially, Sends said player off to do his harebrained [[FetchQuest "personal" errands]] -- all but one of these "chores" Koltira, as a freaking ''[[BlackKnight Death]] [[BloodKnight Knight]]'', is more than capable of doing himself if he just got off his lazy, rotting rear. His tasks were required simply to get him to translate a registry book of a mutual enemy faction, which required ''none of the effort the player spent on him in the first place''. [[DudeWheresMyRespect And he continues to insult and downplay the player's efforts the whole time]]. Charming.
* Me'dan, son of Medivh and Garona and the new Guardian of Tirisfal, is widely disliked for his MartyStu qualities.
* Several characters created by Richard A. Knaak were pretty disliked, most prominently Rhonin and Krasus.
* [[DesignatedLoveInterest Aggralan]], an [[InformedAbility allegedly exemplary Mag'har shamanka]] who was apparently introduced entirely for the purpose of [[ShipSinking sinking the Thrall/Jaina 'ship]] [[spoiler:(not to mention [[BabiesEverAfter getting]] [[NeverASelfMadeWoman pregnant]] by the [[BirthDeathJuxtaposition last patch of the expansion]])]] isn't particularly well-liked, either. This even tends to actually be ''about'' her [[{{Tsundere}} abrasive personality]] and [[SatelliteLoveInterest lack of characterization]] rather than the 'ship-sink: Along with [[{{Chickification}} Tyrande Whisperwind]], she's often trotted out as an example of poorly-written female characters in the series.
* Thrall has increasingly been the target of some hate, probably due to his hogging the spotlight in Cataclysm. He's sometimes referred to derogatorily as "Green Jesus".
* Like Thrall, Malfurion Stormrage used to be a popular character, however his return in Cataclysm turned many players against him. He's wrestled the Night Elf leadership away from his wife Tyrande, turning her into little more than arm candy in the process. Despite this, he doesn't actually seem to ''care'' about the Night Elves, as he ignores the Horde's blatant incursions into their land and razing of Ashenvale Forest. While this is allegedly because he needs the Horde's help in Mount Hyjal, it makes him seem uncaring and hypocritical to Alliance players. Malfurion has pretty much become the defining example of how neutrality can ruin a character.
[[BrickJoke Gnome lands in the foul zone!]]
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