Why Arthas, Illidan and other Early Expansions Characters of Warcraft Universe are so Compelling

 

In my previous articles about WoW, I mentioned that the key reason why players like early expansions more than those that came after Cataclysm is because they have better story and characters. I decided to elaborate on why characters are particularly so likable.

Arthas and Illidan are some of the most archetypical Millennials out there, they are us and their stories are basically stories of our lives pretty much to the dot.

Arthas

To begin with Arthas. At the beginning of his story, he is a paladin under tutelage of Uther. Uther teaches Arthas not so much how to fight but mostly values of paladin order and expects Arthas to uphold these values. Back then Arthas listed and did as he was told.

That is just like how many boomers spend so much of their time trying to pass their values and principles. They did not teach us how to fight, how to win, how to advance, but how to be a "good person" and doing "right thing". At first, we Millennials also listened and tried to live the "good person" live.

Then came Strathholme. A situation when doing a good thing, just as Uther have taught him, would mean certain defeat and death. Arthas has a choice between what is most practical and what Uther has taught him. Arthas chooses the former, Uther protests, insisting on his "values". Arthas dismisses him, Uther threatens to inform the King as he leaves, Jaina leaves with him.

Sooner or later in our lives, we Millennials too came to the point or realisation where boomer values, our parents have taught us, clearly did not work. A situation where following values would clearly be detrimental to us. Most of us did just like Arthas did and choose what was practical over what our parents have taught us. For some it resulted in a spat with parents or even complete break up of relationships. Some likely lost girlfriends over this too.

After Strathholme Arthas continued on with his mission as he saw it. He still believed in protecting the Kingdom and its people, just in doing it his way. As he went on, he encountered more and more impediments from Uther and people around him. He worked his way around them, gradually becoming more and more ruthless in process.

That was the same for many Millennials, for the time after early disillusionment we still somewhat partially believed in what our parents told us. We thought of finding out way in the world only to face more and more obstacles. We tried to do good but did not received any rewards for our efforts, only more impediments.

Ultimately Arthas won over Mal'Ganis, fulfilling his mission of protecting his kingdom, but by that time he was thoroughly disillusioned with the Kingdom, Uther, paladins and their values. He wandered around in search for answers to his questions and ultimately found them in complete rejection of everything his Kingdom and his mentors have stood for. He gave up on being a paladin and join his former enemy, The Scourge as Death Knight.

After achieving our objectives in life like education (for most Millennials it was education), but not receiving any rewards we were promised, we could not help but wonder if what we did was worth it, why we did nor received the rewards we were promised, we wanted answers. Most of us found these answers in completely rejecting everything our parents have taught us. Life as we experienced it proven our parents and their values to be wrong and it would be stupid to cling to these erroneous values boomers still preach even today. Just like Arthas we rejected these values in favour of something completely or nearly completely opposite. NGTOW, Alt-right, new right, MAGA and such are all movement of disillusioned Millennials who found answer to their problems in being the opposite of what their parents used to be.

Ultimately Arthtas returned back only to kill his father the King, his mentor Uther, destroy paladin order and let Scourge take over the Kingdom.

We too are back and with vengeance. We too seek to destroy all the things that have betrayed us: cultural leftism, feminism, age-care, boomers are among many targets we see in our crosshairs. Just like Arthas we will prevails. Degenerate boomer kingdom shall fall and from its ashes shall arise a new order that will shake the very foundation of the world.

Even later developments somewhat mirror the WoW. For example, extreme woke leftism is just like Scarlet Crusade in WoW. Lefty boomers lost their minds and sold out to Kremlin and Chinese in order to fight against Alt-Right, just like Scarlet Crusade is controlled by Demons of the Burning Legion. Woke, just like Scarlet Crusade is doomed to madness and gradual self-destruction as they are too extreme for any sane person.

Illidan

Another type is the guy who desperately chases after a girl who chose someone else, the Illidan type. Not me but I used to know a guy just like that, he nearly always talked about that girl we were really into. They try all sort of weird things to get her, sometimes goring really great length in attempt to win her over somehow. That mirrors Illidan's long and twisty path where he fought for and against various different people and organisation.

Just like for Illidan, the unrequited love, Illidan types of nurture, will never be answered, no matter the efforts they will put into that. Nonetheless some of them will go great length for her. More prosaic of this type ended up becoming gym junkies, but there are few who really go far beyond gym.

It is always one particular girl that somehow impressed the Illidan type, that they end up chasing her, completely ignoring all other women. 

The rest of Illidan's crew also has its parallels. There are unattractive but shrewd and helpful women like Lady Vashj, not too many of them though. Kael'Thas and Akama types can also be found. Unlike Arthas type, the Illidan types, despite looking like a loner type, are more willing to seek company and sometimes build a small circle of friends.

Unlike Arthas type that is more focused on goal, the Illidan type is more flexible and likely to have many diverse experiences.

Space Pirate Captain Harlock Review

Overall Rating 5.0 out of 10 - Origin story of everything that is wrong with society.

It is useful if not enjoyable to watch.

After watching a few episodes of original Harlock from 70s, I wrote a lengthy article on why I think this show is much worse than its more modern sequel. I even considered dropping it but sticked around. Space was cool, future tech was awesome and Mazone pretty. Thanks to these facts, middle episodes went well.

Closer to the end however show reminded me of why I hated its beginning. Its preachy. Not only its preachy, but it also preaches all the wrong things. Show looks down on futuristic idyllic technogenic civilizations and calls it weak. Instead, it advocates hardship misery and backwardness. Yes, in the end Mazone destroyed the civilization, but Harlock and his crew wholeheartedly approved of the rubble, the earth has become. Technogenic utopia was turned into a slum with makeshift shacks and most of Arcadia crew cheered. They made plans to not rebuild but to continue living like that.

After finishing that last episode and looking back at the whole show, I finally noticed that the whole narrative was leading to this ugly disastrous conclusion. From that planet where a scientist has abandoned science to live like a prehistoric person, while also condemning his children to that fate, to constant bitcing about Earth people being lazy, to how Harlock treats Mayu, to even backstories of each individual crew members. This show consistently tries to sell you the idea that good things are bad and bad things are good. Every pretty woman is a Mazone. 

In this show government and people that enjoy comfort, modernity and other reasonable things are portrayed as weak and useless, meanwhile Harlock that makes all the wrong decisions in pretty much every instance wins in the end. World does not work this way. People, who think it does are dangerous retards the world is better off without. 

Bad decisions will only make you weaker and might even leave you scarred and crippled for life. Only good life, food and creature comforts can keep one strong and healthy Thinking otherwise is a dangerous delusion that unfortunately shared by so many old people in modern society. Its logic like that that destroyed prosperity we enjoyed before Financial Crisis of 2008 and continues to plague this world to this day. This show only further proves that the crisis was not just an unfortunate incident but a deliberate sabotage of society by insane hippy flowers for brains boomers who thought of taking society back to monke. 

All the values washed-up pants Harlock and his crew espouse are wrong and evil. If you think about it, you can clearly see parallels between them and what various Christian and Woke idiots preach on X and reddit. All this whining about more children while completely ignoring every single other problem is like entire Harlock team stopped their war just to see a single woman giving birth. "Life is precious until its born and matures, then it's just a cannon fodder."

If you look at Mayu you can clearly see the rest of washed-up pants Harlock pipeline, children are subjected to completely preventable suffering, hardship and danger. Every time Mayu is kidnapped Harlock risks his life to safe her only to then leave here where she will be abused and mistreated and be vulnerable to another abduction. It's a sign of insanity if a person repeats the same action over and over again, expecting different results. After second kidnapping Mayu herself figured to not go back, but Harlock forced her. How completely retarded, dumber than 4 years old girl or whatever her age is.

I can put effort into listing other things I disagree with washed-up pants Harlock and his crew, but I do not feel like I have to. Every single thing they believe in or do is wrong. They did not a single thing right. One important thing is that they are all simps who let women control them with their little finger, disgusting. They are example of how not to treat women.

It almost a wonder why I liked a modern iteration of Harlock. However, the reason is simple. If you just take Harlock and his charisma, strip him of absolutely every value, idea and principle his washed-up pants iteration advocated in the original, then you can get a decent show. Harlock has charisma, women are demure, Miime is cute and plays harp, it's wonderful. It's the kind of Harlock we need, the black pants Harlock.

Writing my blog and arguing with idiots online, made me think that I am a sort of new Harlock, or anti-Harlock. Someone who fights against the world disciples of the washed-up pants Harlock has created. Its tiring and at times I just want to die, but I do not feel like I can just give up and accept the crap the world has become thanks to those washed-up pants Harlock's ideas. I will fight until I either make world into a leisure and pleasure technogenic utopia it was in the beginning of the original Harlock or die trying. Boomer's back to monke austerity world has no future.

So let us raise a true flag of freedom and fight for the cause that is worthy of it. I wonder if an inverted colour Jolly Roger will make for appropriate symbol: actual flag of freedom: