#wow rant

it’s a level 8 vulpera named DeepInU69 out for blood soaring over the hill in a fire tornado and barreling straight toward them is what it is.

The slight analyzation of Kindergarten was done by Matpat, and theyre more like theories, not 100 hour yt essays /hj

As many of you know, I’ve been taking a break from league, while still looking up on who is getting what skins, and I’ve been fully indulging myself in World of Warcraft.  With Shadowlands being released, I’ve been spending a lot of time grinding almost all 14 of my level 50s to level 60, but then being unsure whether I should put a character in a covenant for transmog or because the covenant class abilities synergizes well with their kits. (FUCK BEING A BASTION DRUID, NIGHT FAE IS FOR THE DRUIDS!). I’ve been wanting to put my blood elf fire mage in Venthyr because Venthyr are snotty-snobs who love having tea parties and that’s literally PERFECT for my snotty blood elf, and the transmog is fantastic, BUT the class ability isn’t as strong as Night fae. It’s a struggle, it truly is.  I’m going into this expansion guild-less, sort of like how I started mid-way through bfa guild-less, but I wanted to tell you the roller coaster that was being in a guild for the first time.  The VERY first guild I was in, I can’t even recall the name. I mainly just joined it so I’d stop getting spammed guild invites from random people. I wasn’t even in the guild discord, (guilds can be VERY tight-knit social things. For my league friends reading this, think like clubs with really intense, clingy discord groups). One day, someone messaged the guild chat in-game, “hey, who still hasn’t gotten their Uncorrupted Voidwing mount? I’m down to do a couple more runs.”  I responded back to them, “hey, I’m pretty geared and I haven’t done it yet, I’d love to give it a shot.”  A bit of back story on this mount, it was a mount that you could only get doing the heroic or mythic Ny’zoth raid AND it was going away before the new expansion. (That’s me when I eventually got it)

My friends had already gotten it without me and they were going on a WoW hiatus. I tried to get my boyfriend on to play some wow with me, he’s a tank, but he hadn’t been leveling up his gear and didn’t complete the raid prior, Azshara’s raid, so he had no interest. He was also working at lot of hours and told me wow is the kind of game where you want to be able to sit down and play a lot of it, “I need to be in the mood to play wow,” which I wasn’t going to force him. The new expansion was coming out soon anyway, so why play the old content when new content is coming? After I had messaged back that guild member, they went offline. I thought that was strange, but I brushed it off and continued doing my embassy world quest dailies. My deadly boss mods or details damage meter later gave me a message that my guild has wiped trying to kill Wraithion in 3 minutes, the first boss of the Nyloth raid.  Oof, they were doing it without me.  IN THEIR DEFENSE, I wasn’t a part of the discord group. Many guilds rely on discord when raiding to hear callouts and be able to communicate; HOWEVER no one reached out to me after seeing my interest of wanting to do the raid.  It wasn’t like I had just joined the guild that day, I was “exalted” with the guild and had been in there for awhile- just had never really done any group activities.  The new expansion was only a couple months away and after getting another message that my guild wiped on Wraithion again, I decided to leave the guild. NOW this is where the hell begins.  I was standing in Boralus when I had finally typed in the /leave. Not even a minute goes by when a big Kul Tiran dude turns around and stares at me for a bit. I then received a private message from the Kul Tiran, “hey, I noticed you left your guild. What happened?”  I responded, “oh, I wasn’t really involved in the guild, but today I was told they were doing heroic Ny’zoth and I wanted to come along- but they went without me. So I left.”  “Oh... Would you want to join my guild?” I wasn’t really sure but the time was ticking to get the Uncorrupted Voidwing.  “Are you guys active and do you do mythic keys and raiding?”  There was a pause.  “Yes, we are a very active guild and update our schedule every tuesday.” “Alright, I’m in.”  They sent the invite and I was a part of this new guild. For the guild’s sake, I’ll leave their name and their respective character names out of this.  Unlike the first time, I decided I was going to go all in and join the discord. I copy pasted the invite link and wa la~ I was in. I then get a message from the guild leader, “Anime or Goth?” At the time I had a really cute picture of goth anime girl as my discord profile pic

As much as I appreciate the goth aesthetic, I’m not goth BUT I am a huge weeb. After I said that I’m really interested in anime I was hit with another question. “How old are you?”  They did say they were a “mature” guild in their introduction, I shrugged it off and told them my real age, “21.” I told myself they were prob just making sure I wasn’t underaged.  “Male or Female?”  “Huh. Is this how all the guilds do their initiation?” I remembered thinking to myself.  I responded, “I’m a Lady.”  My boyfriend then looked over my shoulder and asked me why some random dude was asking me all these questions. I told him it was the guild leader, even though I was honestly curious why they were asking me so many questions, I didn’t really mind them knowing my age and gender.  I went upstairs to make dinner after letting the Guild leader know, “Hey, I’m not a single pringle, I’m in a relationship,” to having my boyfriend come upstairs saying, “I TOLD YOU!”  “Huh?”  He brings me my phone showing my guild leaders latest message, “Im not single either ;} my girlfriend and I are looking for a 3rd.”  “Oh.” LIKE SHIT MAN, I DIDNT KNOW THAT!  I LITERALLY JUST KNEW THEY WERE ASKING ME FOR MY AGE AND GENDER- LIKE, I DIDNT THINK IT WAS ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT!  A couple days later after doing some dungeons and old raids with the guild and getting to meet a couple people in voice chat, the discord leader sends me porn. Complete 180, out of nowhere, BOOM just sends me hentai. Like, I know I mentioned I like anime and yes, I do like hentai, but it’s not something I like just talking about with anyone. I had a friend, who in her discord server she had a whole chat channel dedicated to hentai BUT IT TOOK ME A LONG ASS TIME GETTING COMFORTABLE TALKING/ SHOWING HER THE STUFF THAT I LIKE AND!!! AND!!! I HAD KNOWN HER FOR LONGER THAN A WEEK!  And what did I do? In all my glorious and infinite wisdom? Did I tell him that him sharing those things with me make me uncomfortable? Nope, I said, “huh, I recognize those artists. Nanoless and tofuubear are great.” Im a fucking idiot. I don't like making other people feel unfordable or awkward or telling people no, so I get into a lot more trouble than if I just would’ve flat out told them no.  The next day we were doing some visions to level up my cloak, one on one, and he kept telling me how cute my voice was and that he liked my laugh, which, ya, I know I have a cute laugh and I'm extremely adorable BUT it made me extremely uncomfortable knowing that he knew I was in a relationship and that he also had a girlfriend. Like I don't need you to be telling me how cute I am, I KNOW how cute I am.  It also made my boyfriend uncomfortable seeing us two alone in a discord chat and knowing that he had been flirting with me and that I wasn’t shutting him down. I dont remember if this happened later that night or the day after but he sent me another hentai pic. It was of a girl, topless, only in panties, with an egg vibrator up her cooch, “I’d love to do this to a sub.” (I was trying to find the pic but the twitter user’s account that he sent me the pic from is suspended. Dangit waifukittyy! Anway,)  What did I do? If you guessed “played stupid” then you guessed correct.  “A sub? We talkin’ subway sandwich?” Dont ask me, I dont even know.  “You don’t know what bsdm is?”  “OOOOOOH, THAT KIND OF SUB. OOOH.”  I don't really remember the rest of that conversation either, I think after my “oohs” I just left him on read. A couple nights after, my boyfriend pulled me aside and told me how uncomfortable my relationship with my new guild master was making him. I told him I just wanted to be in a guild to help me get the Uncorrupted Voidwing mount and I promised to put my foot down and shut down the Guild master. I did and expressed how he was making me uncomfortable and his flirting was affecting not only me but hurting my relationship. The guild master responded with, “I’m sorry, I’m just naturally flirty, it’s how I always am. You’re really cute and I don’t want you to leave the guild or hurt your relationship.”  Just brushing everything off with, “im just flirty, it’s just how I am.” which trust me, I’ve heard that bullshit before, Swordpath, but I made sure to not respond to their messages and they didn't send me any hentai after that.  So all is good and everything worked out right? WRONG. This was just the beginning. 

As I started doing more activities with the guild, there was someone in the guild who, it’s an understatement to say, they weren’t my biggest fan. I’ll call them Guild Master #2, because were there actually two guild masters? No, but they were a treasurer, who was buddy-buddy with the guild master (which I’ll get into more detail later), and basically considered themselves to be the 2nd Guild Master. Like the GM, GM#2, and GM#1′s girlfriend, had a BUNCH of alts and they gave them all Officer positions and shit- so like that meme, they were literally the senate. 

(I think there were maybe 1 or 2 other people with higher roles that weren’t the GM(s)/GM#1′s girlfriend’s alts) Going back to the lovely GM#2, They were the type to always post in the discord, “Good Morning Guildies!~” and when someone new joined the guild “greetings and salutations” (they thought this was super quirky and cool) and “don’t talk to me until I’ve had my coffee haHA,” (This is just me being petty about how cringey they are but, oh wait, there’s more.)  they’d unironically always say “giggity.” at any chance they could.   Yes, I could feel bits of my soul leave my body every time she’d say it. For example, the GM’s girlfriend would say, “I’m gonna take a shower” and GM #2 would say, “GIGGITY???” “Oooo, pics???” “Pics or it didn’t happen!” (Like, ugh- just gross. THIS WOMAN HAD NO SHAME and apparently was also married and had children... both parties had children and were in relationships. It was just really, really uncomfortable and gross.) Oh, let me include another fun detail about this individual, they were a 50 year old woman with children AS OLD AS ME.  A 30 YEAR FUCKING AGE GAP and they acted like a child* (I’ll get into it below). I know I'm an immature shit at times, but holy shit, this boomer was something else. Going back to GM#1. He told me while we were doing a dungeon, that he and his girlfriend, that he lived with, along with her children, were both 40 years old. (I learned later majority of the people in this guild were in their late 30s to early 50s. I was probably the youngest.)   So some 40 year old dude was sending me hentai and flirting with me, while living with his 40 year old girlfriend and her children (which yes, were also closer to my age) and he had considered me to be a 3rd in their relationship. The more I think about it, the more I feel like he never told her that he was considering me being a 3rd, but I don't fucking know. To be honest, I think they eventually made GM#2 their 3rd, it would explain how super fucking horny and flirty she was towards GM#1 and sometimes his girlfriends, but I have no evidence, other that was I saw/heard from GM#2, confirming if she was or was not.  Moving on,  We’d go into “raids” and GM#2 would interrupt the raid leader, always trying to call shots, and when things wouldn’t go her way, she’d loudly sigh and complain.  *I say “raids” because they’d raid for about an hour, once a week, on Saturdays would usually wipe about 2 or 3 times, and then say, “alright everyone, good try- lets wrap it up and try again next week.” They had NO problem taking time to do old raid content for transmog, since it’s super easy to run through, you dont have to know boss mechanics and literally everything in there is one-shotable, but they didn't put anytime into the new content raid that I specifically joined the guild for. 

We’d do the Call to Arms (PVP) and GM#2 would sit and complain about how people were flying all over and getting kills and going different ways and how much she hated it- like why come if you don’t enjoy pvp? She was just a huge vibe killer. You dont know how hard I’d have to bite my tongue and not say, “Okay, Boomer” every time she complained. I’d join the voice chat and GM#2 would pull their buddy down into a private voice chat to talk. The, “OH, I have to talk to you about something-” pulls them down right after I joined. It was just weird petty shit that you wouldn’t expect from a 50 year old.  When we’d do Mythic Keys, GM #1 would ALWAYS invite GM #2 (which sparked problems later with the guild when I was about to leave*), and when GM #2 would notice I was there, she’d get upset, quiet, snappy at me, but would flirt and throw herself on Guild Master #1. She’d get jealous and mad if GM#1 spoke to me at all, and then if he made a sound or a joke, even when most times it wasn’t funny, she’d start scream laughing-  it was just really fucking weird. She didn’t give a fuck if his girlfriend was listening or if anyone, for that matter, was listening. It just made me feel bad for GM#1′s gf. Maybe GM#1′s gf didn't care. GM#2 would say stuff to her like, “we’re the awesomest club,” “twinsies!~” “send me pics of you naked” like- flirting with her a bit, and trying to make her feel included, but would just make it extremely awkward for everyone else in the voice chat. It also sucked because GM#1′s girlfriend was really sweet and funny. I really enjoyed her company, but she was always with GM#1 and #2, so I never really got to talk to her or know her without GM#2 interrupting me and talking over me to shut me up.  Another fun memory from keys, you only get loot from the last boss of the dungeon and the key we used was my key, I got no loot but the healer got a belt. It was an upgrade for me and I expressed that I’d like the belt.  GM#1: Are you SURE it’s an upgrade for you? Just because it has a higher item level doesn’t mean it’s an upgrade.  Me: The intellect and haste are big upgrades for me-  GM#1: Well I think the healer needs it to, sorry.  The healer was playing on an alt that they rarely used, while I was playing on my main. Was just kinda a slap in the face.    As time went on, my uncomfortable interactions with GM#2 would just prevent me from doing any activities with the guild BECAUSE SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE. There was already a dampener from my earlier interactions with GM#1, but that on top of GM#2 constantly nagging, complaining, and being rude whenever I was there, was too much.  *Someone else in the guild promptly said, “Hey, I notice you guys try to be inclusive and included everyone, but it’s literally always the same people doing dungeons and stuff together. You never really include anyone else except your tight knit little group.”  Gm#1 said something like, “well, certain people I know do big damage or heal really well, so I know they can handle the keys blah, blah, blah” basically saying, “fuck you, they’re my friends. I’m going to do shit with them instead. How dare you tell me how to run my guild??!!”  I don’t know if that person is still in that guild or not, but if they are- I wish you the best of luck, my dude. 

So I’m still doing the netherwing grind right? and today I had collected 20 eggs and thought to myself “yay with the dailies this will be enough to get exalted”.. then I remembered from revered to exalted it’s 21k points.. not 12k

Yeah because the Druids who are Tauren and trolls would be okay with that.

Yeah because the Tauren in general would be okay with that.

Yeah because the rest of the Horde would be cool with having the bitch who made the Wrath Gate a thing their fearless leader who they never question.

Yeah because PRE-MISTS GARROSH HELLSCREAM TOTALLY DIDNT TOSS A GUY OFF A CLIFF IN STONE TALON FOR FUCKING UP THE TREES.

OH AND THE CONFLICT IN ASHENVALE TOTALLY ISN’T A THING EVER.

YEAH ALL THOSE NIGHT ELFS WITH THEIR FLEETS AND LITERAL DRUIDS WHO CAN LITERALLY FLY...

*takes a deep breath*

Look. WoW has never had good writing pretty much ever (they don’t even have a dedicated position for it listed anywhere in their credits as of 2014 and I’ll have to check new ones but I high doubt they hired anyone based on the quality decrease of everything late mists onward) but when your characters are reduced to mere plot devices, and now your entire fucking world is just so easily ignored to put in the most fucking stupid twist I’ve ever heard...

MAYBE IT’S TIME TO HIRE SOME ACTUAL FUCKING WRITERS FOR YOUR MMO RPG.

I’m sorry but if you think burning down the big ol tree is in character for anyone but the Goblins and increasingly unsympathetic Forsaken, I’ll have to strongly disagree. It can’t even be argued it’s a good plot point to cram all your characters in. Cool imagery, but this is the most contrived shit ever and it does legitimately bother me as someone who had a shred of hope Legion forward.

*peers out from under a rock*

I suppose you could say I’m back from my little jaunt away. I’ve dropped back in at times but I have missed a lot and, in a way, it was a good thing to stay away. I was a little poorly and also very busy with life and yet I still missed you all, my favourite bunch of angst obsessed ranty intelligent silly hilarious kind and insightful weirdos ❤️

Said with a lot of love.

Safe to say, a lot had happened on the show - good and (hahahaha) bad.

So, summary!

I am so chill about everything it’s actually rather ridiculous and I am enjoying so much about the show at the moment and still vehement in my dislike of The Whites (always except Chrissie - and we need a chat about her wild outfits of late because on one hand they’re hideous but on the other they remind me of the 80s and Kim Tate and because of that I kind of love them. Fluted sleeves are ALWAYS a good thing). I continue to loathe 👒 and the sheer shambles that is her character but as before, I choose to laugh because Christ at this point what more can you do?!

I am firmly in love with Lydia and so thrilled I can’t even say that she was kept on. Pairing her with Sam has been a joy and their lovely weird little bird call induced friendship/romance is adorable. Lydia tries to rock a front fringe like I have all my life (by this point it’s a massive part of my identity) and I feel like that alone gives us a kinship ;) I love her. End of.

I continue to love Faith Dingle with the power of a million suns. She’s ridiculous but she’s also well meaning and fun and dramatic and wears the most brilliant ensemble outfits in these gloriously clashing colours. So yes, THOSE TWO are a confirmation that ED and Iain can write beautiful, interesting characters that you root for. Sadly, the other one with all the blinking and weird smirks and confusing bloody motives didn’t get that treatment.

I continue to miss Leyla, Nicola (oh god her scenes with Rhona. Still smiling about them and her calling Jimmy “her idiot”!), Jacob, Chas, my little love Liv etc but I thought the exposure they gave Ness with Rhona’s frankly stunning and painful storyline was genius. Those scenes were wildly powerful and I was so impressed. I have also adored Eric being used more. Pollard is so dear to me and he broke my heart recently. What a vital storyline.

I have loathed every second of every White scene of late (except for a lot of Chrissie and obv Leyla throwing money in Lachlan’s face. My QUEEN) but the fact that I know Lawrence snuffs it at some point in a potential White induced blood bath makes me WAY happier than I should. I’m clearly an awful person. Keep it going ED. If I can’t have my fire, I’ll settle for a shot gun…

Then we have last night. Oh god how I cherish Maxine’s writing. I remember so many scenes of hers that are genuinely precious and last night was an hour full of them. That was a lesson to any screen writer in how to write a storyline (or part of one) out of the ashes. She is so overwhelmingly good at writing human being, heart and warmth even if those humans are flawed and complex. Where Rob and Aaron are concerned, I have always said that their charm and USP is always that they’re two broken, flawed, difficult and damaged men who want happiness and comfort and have found it in each other. The potential for truly excellent character driven story telling from those two character is vast and many of the writers miss that, especially in the midst of that hideous bloody nightmare baby drama section… these character are too wonderful and fascinating for empty plot. I hope the show has learned that and learns from Maxine because she gets it. Not only that, but all the characters. Watching Adam and Moira reunite and have actual time and space on screen to talk and emote… gorgeous. Not to mention that Maxine does justice to quirky plots so well and I SEE YOUR LINK WITH LYDIA AND LAUREL. Lydia entering as a kooky character, a CLEANER no less and ends up living with Laurel. That’s no mistake. It’s joyful and what Laurel’s character needs. Safe to say I could rant about Maxine and her loveliness for days. Seriously, how do we buy her something nice?! I haven’t even got the room for my chat about Danny and Ryan because how wonderful was that acting? Ryan especially. Danny is consistently just bloody great but Ryan is killing it of late, especially as his face actually CRUMPLED last night and broke me. Ryan has stuck with the “little boy Rob” thing and I am so pleased. Those moments of true vulnerability for a character like Rob are precious and absolutely nailed by Ryan, especially as the past week has really felt focused on Rob and his growth. Who’d have thought, eh?

All in all, I have genuinely missed you lot. I am so grateful for the lovely messages and kindness some of you have sent me. I have been so touched by some of the messages I’ve received and I’m so sorry if I’ve taken a while to reply, life has been a bit hectic. I am forever amused by so much of your daftness though. I miss taking the mick out of stuff with you all and I feel like from next week we’re going to need that so I volunteer myself as a teeny tiny part of that and I’m creeping back into business off the back of Maxine’s insane talent and that masterclass in character driven storytelling ready to laugh at all the madness and love these characters again. It’s what we do best, right?