Anduin Wrynn is Gay and Christie Golden Thanked Me for Saying So
(Iām posting this pretty much verbatim from a twitter thread I did when someone asked me how Anduin was gay.)
So, when we first meet Anduin, heās just a wee lad serving as figurehead king.Ā Not much going on until we get to the comics.Ā This is where Anduinās character development begins in earnest.Ā Heās introduced as this scrawny kid who is terrible with a sword and doesnāt fit into the traditional role of his gender at all, despite many peopleās attempts to shove him into these roles and seeing his effeminate personality as a short-coming.Ā This is something that a lot of people on the LGBT spectrum have to deal with.Ā Weāre raised to fit a certain role, but who we are intrinsically is incompatible with that role.Ā No matter how hard we or anyone else tries, we will never fit inside those boxes, because thatās not who we are.
In Blood of Our Fathers, Anduin actually breaks down and cries over this fact.Ā Heās been trying to force himself to be something heās not, and he perceives that as a failure because thatās what heās been taught his whole life.Ā Again, very LGBT struggle.
Starting in The ShatteringĀ and continuing into Mists of Pandaria, we see Anduinās character arc come to fruition.Ā Through spending time with people (the pandaren) who accept him as he truly is, without thinking that his differences are bad, Anduin learns t accept himself and becomes so much stronger, braver, and happier.Ā In the Vale of Eternal Blossoms, he summons a barrier that shield an entire pagoda against the sha explosion, something that takes a lot of mana and power.Ā He is willing to lay down his life for the greater good when he goes, alone, to face down Garrosh Hellscream, something not a lot of people would have the guts to do, much less a fifteen year old.
When I was a wee young lesbian trying to accept myself, finding other people who accepted, loved, and befriended the authentic me helped me go from shy, awkward, and quick to anger to someone who was more out-going, amiable, and just generally at ease with my place in the world.Ā Which is also what happens to Anduin.
Tl;dr Anduin Wrynn is gay because his story, for lack of a better descriptor, is gay.Ā His character is something which resonates with gaymers who play Warcraft, and a lot of gaymers like him for the reason that heās relatable to us.Ā When people say,Ā āuwu he doesnāt have to be gay heās just sensitive!Ā my smol straight cinnamon roll sonā itās infuriating.Ā Because it undermines us, and his character.Ā Thereās not really a reason why the Alliance canāt be lead by a compassionate and brave king who also happens to be gay and in love with another man.Ā World of WarcraftĀ is a universe of endless possibilities; donāt tell me your suspension of disbelief extends to cosmic godlike windchimes but stops short at an openly gay character.
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