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posted 2017/05/15 at 7:46 PM by Squishei

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Comment by Adamsm Um...yay? Huzzah for the burnt out writer getting employed at Blizzard; please don't let her into the Lore department cause then we'll have more lore figures made in to pedophiles like Kael'thas or stupid ass human dragon relationships like Jaina and Kalec. Comment by chaserzdream Um...yay? Huzzah for the burnt out writer getting employed at Blizzard; please don't let her into the Lore department cause then we'll have more lore figures made in to pedophiles like Kael'thas or stupid ass human dragon relationships like Jaina and Kalec.\r
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Yikes imagine being this guy Comment by chaserzdream Christie and metzen are basically the mother and father of warcraft lore. Its nice shell be working full time there.\r
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Hope they continue to provide jobs for Nesskain and his wonderful work Comment by nmb3000 Christie and metzen are basically the mother and father of warcraft lore. Its nice shell be working full time there.

Well, given the current state of Warcraft lore, it probably should be put up for adoption since its parents have neglected it for 10 years.

Blizzard desparately needs to hire a few talented writers to save the Warcraft franchise. Unfortunately, from what I've read of her work, Christie Golden does not appear to be one :( Comment by Stabhorn Where do they hire their writers at? Comment by Coldleo Except the Arthas book is superior to the drivel that is the Illidan book.... Comment by Adamsm Um...yay? Huzzah for the burnt out writer getting employed at Blizzard; please don't let her into the Lore department cause then we'll have more lore figures made in to pedophiles like Kael'thas or stupid ass human dragon relationships like Jaina and Kalec.\r
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Yikes imagine being this guy\r
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Comments I made are directly from her books; Arthas Rise of the Lich King, and Tides of War\/War Crimes.\r
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Blizzard desparately needs to hire a few talented writers to save the Warcraft franchise. Unfortunately, from what I've read of her work, Christie Golden does not appear to be one :(\r
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Agreed; they need to reach back out to the writers who did the stories for the Legends mangas; those were well written and a pleasure to read. Comment by Marilana Her books are pretty hit and miss a lot of the time. I liked war crimes until it got pretty full silly towards the end of the novel and it was nice seeing references to Shadows of the Horde in Legion if only through an NPC who doesn't say much. Read Arthas which was fun but some of her others are a bit "Eehhhh."\r
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Hope she does well though. Love reading me some lore even if it's not always written well. Comment by Filipse Her books are pretty hit and miss a lot of the time. I liked war crimes until it got pretty full silly towards the end of the novel and it was nice seeing references to Shadows of the Horde in Legion if only through an NPC who doesn't say much. Read Arthas which was fun but some of her others are a bit "Eehhhh."\r
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Hope she does well though. Love reading me some lore even if it's not always written well.\r
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M'yeah, pretty much... it goes like that when an author is allowed licence, lesser details gets redone or forgotten after their personal\r
impression, usualy leading to silly lore-conflicts and wierd retcons.\r
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Whole Arthas Lich King vs Ner'Zhul lore-conflicts, and Thrall overall getting ruined, cant say much bad about the older Orc-Centerized books though. Comment by ErikSetzer Agreed; they need to reach back out to the writers who did the stories for the Legends mangas; those were well written and a pleasure to read.\r
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Hold on, wait... you don't like Golden's stories, but you like the mangas, which include Kalec falling in love with the bloody Sunwell that somehow had taken human girl form? Huh?\r
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I've got a couple of criticisms of Golden, but they're mostly that she seems to be given one idea to roll with and then has to mesh that idea into the actual story in the game itself, which can be a little off. Overall, I've enjoyed her work.\r
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The mangas, meanwhile, have Knaak as an author, and he's introduced some lovely ideas, like a time traveling adventure that saw an Orc dropped back in time to help the Night Elves fight the Legion, and the Night Elves promptly forgot what an Orc was. Comment by Mightylorddk While I was enjoy Warcraft Chronicles, now this bad omen has returned. Well I just hope Blizzard wont allow Christie golden to mess up with the lore. Last time she touched, she destroyed many lore figures (making Garrosh villain, putting jaina into her menopause). Just NO! We have enough human and dragon mating stories (jaina and kalec). Comment by hstella whats done its done, no one can fix the way the Lore is. i welcome new lore.\r
how bad can we get from where we are now ? Comment by Utigarde Looking forward to seeing what Golden can do with the story. Arthas and War Crimes are still my favorite two Warcraft novels. Plus, she did a ton of fleshing out with the Wrathion and Anduin relationship, and boy do I want to see that flourish. Comment by Adamsm Agreed; they need to reach back out to the writers who did the stories for the Legends mangas; those were well written and a pleasure to read.\r
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Hold on, wait... you don't like Golden's stories, but you like the mangas, which include Kalec falling in love with the bloody Sunwell that somehow had taken human girl form? Huh?\r
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I've got a couple of criticisms of Golden, but they're mostly that she seems to be given one idea to roll with and then has to mesh that idea into the actual story in the game itself, which can be a little off. Overall, I've enjoyed her work.\r
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The mangas, meanwhile, have Knaak as an author, and he's introduced some lovely ideas, like a time traveling adventure that saw an Orc dropped back in time to help the Night Elves fight the Legion, and the Night Elves promptly forgot what an Orc was.\r
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I enjoyed the early Golden work...but starting at Twilight of the Aspects, she went downhill really fast. At least the relationship Kalec had with Anveena was built up over the course of the Sunwell trilogy..unlike Tides of War where it first there was that god awful scene with Ary saying that she and Kalec will always be friends, but there is someone else out there for him, and then you had that ham fisted romantic tumor for the rest of the book that continued into War Crimes.\r
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War of the Ancients was a bad trilogy, there is no disputing that, but at least when it comes to romance, he can write it better. I also prefer him over Golden; Dawn of the Aspect was much better then the two books it was squashed between, and he made the Jaina Kalec thing semi-tolerable.\r
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But I am talking about the other authors. \r
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Such as Troy Lewter who wrote the heart breaking The Journey, about a foolish attempt to re-take Anderhol and how it affected a family of farmers, Honest Trade which is about a blacksmith who doesn't care who he sells his wares to..until the last one ends up getting someone he cares about killed. He also wrote a great story, Crusader's Blood, about a certain old world quest involving a Forsaken, a Scarlet Crusader and the deadly pumpkins. He also did story, the Thrill of the Hunt, about Hemet showing that the greatest hunter in Azeroth isn't kill crazy as everyone thinks and absolutely destroys a trio of poachers.\r
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Dan Jolley who wrote How to Win Friends, an absolutely hilarious gnome story. Miles to Go which has an exceptional Tauren and Gnome combo and ties into Magtha's plot for Cairne. Bloodsail Buccaneers which is about our favourite pirate group and a trio of young fools who get swept up by them. \r
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Grace Randolph who wrote the Warrior Divided\/United two parter about a pair of twins and the mystery to find out what happened to their parents. \r
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Aaron Sparrow wrote the story Family Values about an orc who went against the bloodlust during the Draenei War and raised an orphan draenei in secret, protecting her from his fellow clan mates. \r
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Tim Beedle did an amazing story about the Darkmoon Faire team, called Blood Runs Thicker, and it is one of the best lore stories out there hands down.\r
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Louise Simonson who wrote the First Guardian story; the thing that is still being referenced now and the past of Alodi.\r
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And Evelyn Fredericksen who did a Cleansing Fire, the back ground story on the Headless Horseman.\r
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Those are the people I want to see come back and work on the Lore. Comment by Narinae I liked Christie's novels that I read. They were certainly better than Richard leviathan A. leviathan "Leviathan" leviathan Knaak, whose stories would have been great if I could see them through the forest of leviathans. Comment by Aggrax making Garrosh villain\r
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...Were you not here for Mists of Pandaria? If anything Golden made Garrosh a much more understandable and relateable villain. The part where he compares himself to Arthas is one of the best parts of the novel. Comment by Shashos Um...yay? Huzzah for the burnt out writer getting employed at Blizzard; please don't let her into the Lore department cause then we'll have more lore figures made in to pedophiles like Kael'thas or stupid ass human dragon relationships like Jaina and Kalec.\r
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Wow, please stop with that garbage. Jaina was an adult. Just because Kael was much older than her doesn't make him a pedophile. Comment by Voranil Um...yay? Huzzah for the burnt out writer getting employed at Blizzard; please don't let her into the Lore department cause then we'll have more lore figures made in to pedophiles like Kael'thas or stupid ass human dragon relationships like Jaina and Kalec.\r
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Wow, please stop with that garbage. Jaina was an adult. Just because Kael was much older than her doesn't make him a pedophile.\r
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Wait, a male blood elf in love with someone other than themselves? Jaina really has bad taste in boyfriends. Comment by Adamsm Um...yay? Huzzah for the burnt out writer getting employed at Blizzard; please don't let her into the Lore department cause then we'll have more lore figures made in to pedophiles like Kael'thas or stupid ass human dragon relationships like Jaina and Kalec.\r
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Wow, please stop with that garbage. Jaina was an adult. Just because Kael was much older than her doesn't make him a pedophile.\r
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Um...no she wasn't; she was 16 in the Arthas book when Kael hit on her for the first time. She was 18 later when Arthas proposed to her, they had sex then he dumped her. Comment by kellorion And in most European countries, which what the humans kingdoms are inspired by, the legal age is 16. (Just like in LotR and GoT\/AsoiaF, CoN) Also its a fantasy book. She was an adult, and you are wrong.

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