History Fridge / StarcraftIIWingsOfLiberty

** It also helps as well that though the Dominion under Mengsk can have such jarring tendencies as shown above, they do' have real life precedents. Indeed, some of his propaganda wouldn't be too out of place in Singapore's public service announcements, albeit exagerrated.

** At the ending cinematic [[spoiler: it's revealed that Tychus was working with Mengsk in exchange for his freedom, and to earn it, he needed to kill Kerrigan]]. However, before doing so, he lets the laser of his rifle be seen by [[spoiler:Raynor]], which seems like a rookie mistake. But if you pay attention to some of the cutscenes between missions, you can tell that he tried to internally justify his actions as being a favour for his friend. [[spoiler:It's only when he sees Jim interacting with Kerrigan that he's convinced that he truly loves her, which is why he gives him the chance to save her]]. This also explains why in ''Heart of the Swarm'' [[spoiler:Raynor]] doesn't seem to hold a grudge against him.

** First, Kerrigan had a really crappy past, to the point where she would be considered a {{Woobie}} if she hadn't become the BigBad of Brood War.
** Secondly, the infestation process is explicitly stated to remove one's humanity and morals, among other things. Basically it knocks Kerrigan's ethical principles back to that of a child. And what would happen if you gave an abused child an insane amount of power? They might use that power to lash out at the people who hurt them. In this case, the universe. Adding to that, her lack of morals would have made EvilFeelsGood.
** It was mentioned that Kerrigan was infested to give independence to the Zerg swarm. But throughout the campaign Kerrigan was basically falling in like with the Voice's bidding. This means that the Overmind's plan ''failed'', and the Zerg swarm is still as trapped in its programming as ever by the voice.
** Kerrigan likely thought that Jim had abandoned her on Tarsonis, just like Arcturus. She didn't know that Jim did try to save her ([[FailureToSaveMurder and failed]]), nor that he left the Sons of Korhal shortly after ''because'' of her betrayal by Arcturus. So at the end of Starcraft II, after she gets zapped by the Xel'Naga artifact, seems to regain some sense of humanity, and is rescued by Jim, she realizes that in reality he did care about her (hence her confusion when she becomes slightly lucid), adding to the CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming of it all. Though seeing as the upcoming sequel focuses on Kerrigan and she still seems to be part zerg, it doesn't look like she's going to become a straight hero or reverse all of her character development, maybe become something like a type 3 or 3.5 antihero.

* Breaking into New Folsom might seem like a risky idea, in that you would be freeing dozens, hundreds or even thousands of prisoners who would be violent or dangerous to everyone, not just Mengsk, until you remember that all the violent criminals are BoxedCrooks in the Dominion's Marine and Reaper cores so the people locked in New Folsom are most likely political prisoners without the physical ability to be soldiers.

* Likewise, the "zerg were corrupted" plot twist seems random, but considering that Duran was manipulating them back in Brood war and already served an ancient being with goals involving the Xel'Naga, it actually makes perfect sense.

** Kerrigan likely thought that Jim had abandoned her on Tarsonis, just like Arcturus. She didn't know that Jim did try to save her ([[FailureToSaveMurder and failed]]), nor that he left the Sons of Korhal shortly after ''because'' of her betrayal by Arcturus. So at the end of Starcraft II, after she gets zapped by the Xel'Naga artifact, seems to regain some sense of humanity, and is rescued by Jim, she realizes that in reality he did care about her (hence her confusion when she becomes slightly lucid), adding to the CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming of it all. Though seeing as the upcoming sequel focuses on Kerrigan and she still seems to be part zerg, it doesn't look like she's going to become a straight hero or reverse all of her character development, maybe become something like a type 3 or 3.5 antihero.]]

** Heck, Tychus' rampage in the Odin takes on new meaning too, since he's soo happy and enthsiastic about it compared to his normal serious and dour mood, maybe he's enjoying it because he gets to take some revenge on Mengsk for forcing him into this situation, going on a big rampage on Korhal while knowing that Mengsk needed to keep him alive to kill kerrigan.

** FridgeBrilliance for ''Legacy of the Void'': As it turns out, the ancient protoss did have ways of rejuvenating robotics, but had misguided policies regarding them. Under Artanis, [[spoiler: the Purifiers, a race of robots with memory databases of deceased protoss, were integrated and treated as equals]], thus ensuring the rejuvenation of the protoss as a race.
* Breaking into New Folsom might seem like a risky idea, in that you would be freeing dozens, hundreds or even thousands of prisoners who would be violent or dangerous to everyone, not just mengsk, until you remember that all the violent criminals are BoxedCrooks in the Dominion's Marine and Reaper cores so the people locked in new folsom are most likely policial prisoners without the physical ability to be soldiers.
* Why does [[spoiler: Tassadar]] have [[TheOtherDarrin a different voice actor]]? [[spoiler: Because [[VideoGame/StarcraftIILegacyOfTheVoid it's not him, but rather an illusion]].]]

** Kerrigan was aware of everything the Raiders were up to via the zerg specimen sample in the lab. It's growing rapidly and is in a position to oversee the collection of the artifacts and overhear everything Jim learns from Zeratul's memory crystal. This would explain how they've managed to keep it contained for so long (Heart of the Swarm demonstrates repeatedly that all Kerrigan needs to do to free zerg from containment is to simply will it hard enough)with only half-hearted attempts to escape confinent via releasing acid into it's containment jar when it could simply use it's tentacles to smash the jar. One wonders if maybe Kerrigan was deliberately allowing Stentmen to study the specimen in the hopes he'd mess up r discover something she could use.

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* In Starcraft II, [[spoiler: Kerrigan's deinfestation seemed a bit [[DeusExMachina out of]] [[CharacterDerailment character]], until I remembered a few things. First, Kerrigan had a really crappy past, to the point where she would be considered a {{Woobie}} if she hadn't become the BigBad of Brood War. Secondly, the infestation process is explicitly stated to remove one's humanity and morals, among other things. Basically it knocks Kerrigan's ethical principles back to that of a child. And what would happen if you gave an abused child an insane amount of power? They might use that power to lash out at the people who hurt them. In this case, the universe. Adding to that, her lack of morals would have made EvilFeelsGood. Secondly, it was mentioned that Kerrigan was infested to give independence to the Zerg swarm. But throughout the campaign Kerrigan was basically falling in like with the Voice's bidding. This means that the Overmind's plan ''failed'', and the Zerg swarm is still as trapped in its programming as ever by the voice. Third, and this is the reason I found most compelling, Kerrigan likely thought that Jim had abandoned her on Tarsonis, just like Arcturus. She didn't know that Jim did try to save her ([[FailureToSaveMurder and failed]]), nor that he left the Sons of Korhal shorly after ''because'' of her betrayal by Arcturus. So at the end of Starcraft II, after she gets zapped by the Xel'Naga artifact, seems to regain some sense of humanity, and is rescued by Jim, she realizes that in reality he did care about her (hence her confusion when she becomes slightly lucid), adding to the CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming of it all. Though seeing as the upcoming sequel focuses on Kerrigan and she still seems to be part zerg, it doesn't look like she's going to become a straight hero or reverse all of her character development, maybe become something like a type 3 or 3.5 antihero.]]
** She had good reasons to think Raynor want to save her. On the other side, [[spoiler:in Heart of the Swarm, her goal is to kill Mengsk. Except she allied with him in Brood War. He did ask about her real motives, but her answer insinuated she may want to venge her... Which she does, more than four years latter.]]
** [[spoiler:I wouldn't say the Overmind's plan failed just yet - it's a MagnificentBastard for good reasons, after all. [[{{Tropers/CerotechOmega}} I personally believe]] that any being would do anything to ensure the survival of its species, even if it means its own life, but before you call me crazy, hear me out. We don't know when - or for how long - the Overmind saw the vision pertaining to the universe's end; for all we know, it could be ever since the known end of the Xel'Naga. Having seen this, and knowing it cannot do anything on its own to alter the matter, it had to act through other entities. Seizing a powerful Terran psychic (Kerrigan) was but part of the plan. It also had to convince its sworn enemies, the protoss, to side with it in order to halt the Voice's advance, but it knew they would never trust him directly. It was when Zasz died - and Zeratul's mind momentarily touched the Overmind's consciousness - that it learned that the protoss could absorb some of its memories in death. That led to the invasion of Aiur, where it fell and Tassadar killed it at the cost of his own life. Were that the end, I wouldn't post this, but Tassadar was horrified of the future he saw, and awaited another psionic entity's arrival to convey the message. Zeratul came, as Tassadar expected, and learned of the end that both Tassadar and the Overmind foresaw. Zeratul rapidly deduced that even if the protoss were to save Kerrigan, it would mean naught if the terrans did her in instead, so he had to convey the message to the only terran he could trust - Raynor. The Overmind learned that it needed all three races to cooperate to stop the Voice and its hybrids from destroying all creation, and concocted everything it did so that they could. That, my friends, is why the plot is still on track - and who's to say the zerg couldn't conquer the sector once the Voice had been wrapped up?]]

** ''Technically'' what happens is the warping fails and you get back the resources, and whether or not you repower the area (if warpgating) or building, you will never get those units. They are either dead or still at their points of departure, but not in any way trapped. There must have been some accident with the trapped units.
** In the game, units that are teleporting to the field are returned to their staging area if the portal fails. But Aiur ''was'' their staging area. They couldn't return to their original gateway because that was the one that failed.
* At first, Hanson's side missions might seem pointless, but in reality, they aren't. When Raynor got the call for help, they were in exactly the same position that Kerrigan was in during the Fall of Tarsonis (thrown under a bus for expediency and in danger). Raynor already knew what it was like to fail to save one person from that fate, so he could not simply leave these people to the same fate. It's also why he sided against Selendis; the last time he gave up when there was still a chance, Kerrigan became the Queen of Blades and the results were completely tragic. Raynor probably believes that if he made the choices he failed to make at Tarsonis, then he can gain solace for failing to save Kerrigan.
** Alternately, the colony of Agria is in essentially the same situation Mar Sara was at the start of (vanilla) Starcraft. Abandoned by their government with just a rebel force to help them out of their plight.

* For a long time, I dismissed the fact that the news was all live as RuleOfFunny. But then I remembered something from the novels: The Confederacy ran ''very'' heavily edited news posts as fact for a long, long time. Merely passing a law that all news broadcasts must be live would make Mengsk look pretty good.
** To take this even further, Kate's occasion pro-Raynor or Anti-Mengsk comments actually make Mengsk look good for allowing them. Donnie's clumsy attempts to cut her off even seems like playful banter the audience may enjoy as much as we do.

* At the ending cinematic [[spoiler: it's revealed that Tychus was working with Mengsk in exchange for his freedom, and to earn it, he needed to kill Kerrigan]]. However, before doing so, he lets the laser of his rifle be seen by [[spoiler:Raynor]], which seems like a rookie mistake. But if you pay attention to some of the cutscenes between missions, you can tell that he tried to internally justify his actions as being a favour for his friend. [[spoiler:It's only when he sees Jim interacting with Kerrigan that he's convinced that he truly loves her, which is why he gives him the chance to save her]]. This also explains why in ''Heart of the Swarm'' [[spoiler:Raynor]] doesn't seem to hold a grudge against him.

* At the ending cinematic [[spoiler: it's revealed that Tychus was working with Mengsk in exchange for his freedom, and to earn it, he needed to kill Kerrigan]]. However, before doing so, he lets the laser of his rifle be seen by [[spoiler:Raynor]], which seems like a rookie mistake. But if you pay attention to some of the cutscenes between missions, you can tell that he tried to internally justify his actions as being a favour for his friend. [[spoiler:It's only when he sees Jim interacting with Kerrigan that he's convinced that he truly loves her, which is why he gives him the chance to save her]]. This also explains why in ''Heart of the Swarm'' [[spoiler:Raynor]] doesn't seem to hold a grudge against him.

* At the ending cinematic [[spoiler: it's revealed that Tychus was working with Mengsk in exchange for his freedom, and to earn it, he needed to kill Kerrigan]]. However, before doing so, he lets the laser of his rifle be seen by [[spoiler:Raynor]], which seems like a rookie mistake. But if you pay attention to some of the cutscenes between missions, you can tell that he tried to internally justify his actions as being a favour for his friend. [[spoiler:It's only when he sees Jim interacting with Kerrigan that he's convinced that he truly loves her, which is why he gives him the chance to save her]]. This also explains why, in ''Heart of the Swarm'', [[spoiler:Raynor]] doesn't seem to hold a grudge against him.

* At the ending cinematic [[spoiler: it's revealed that Tychus was working with Mengsk for his freedom, and to earn it, he needed to kill Kerrigan]] however, before doing it, he let's the laser of his rifle to be seen by [[spoiler:Jim]], a bad move?, not really. If you see some of the cutscenes of the missions, you can tell that he tried to internally justify his actions as them being a favour for his friend, [[spoiler:it's only when he sees Jim's actions towards Kerrigan that he's convinced that he truly loves her, which is why he gives him the chance of saving her]], this also explains why, in ''Heart of the Swarm'', [[spoiler:Jim]] doesn't seem to hold a grudge against him.

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