Every time...

You'd really think, by now, I'd be wise to this but, no... Every time, it's the same: "why have I been so ornery lately? That's not like me at all. Hm. My joints are swollen and stiff. Now I have a migraine too. Weird. Maybe it's the weather. Everything hurts all of a sudd-- oh... Oh, right."

Amazon, are you okay?

Amazon decided it would be a great idea to include the epilogue for the upcoming Warcraft novel in its preview, and everyone is losing their minds.

It's... quite the thing. The general shape fits what I expected from my exegetical readings of what we had before. The details, though... uhm. Wow. There's a lot to take in here. Lots of character development. I'm re-evaluating what's a possible end-game for the faction war... I'm liking what I have seen (I read only a fraction of it, just enough to be satisfied with characterization). Holy Undead? The redemption of Lordaeron, possibly...

There are still a few bits from datamining I just am not buying at all. There's another go at explaining why Lilian Voss is a Horde loyalist now, and in light of the novel, it makes even less sense. (She says the Alliance "deserves to fall" because of their hatred for the Forsaken. In the novel, Anduin arranges a conference where Forsaken meet with their Human families. This is successful until someone shows up and Sylvanas overreacts and kills a bunch of people- notably a large portion of Forsaken who she deemed traitors. Anduin offers the survivors asylum in the Alliance, and they accept. The novel ends dwelling on how he succeeded in healing the wounds between these Forsaken and their living relations... Lilian? She's saying she'd rather side with Sylvanas- who straight up murdered Forsaken because she assumed they were not obedient enough, to Anduin who wants to promote understanding and healing between the living and undead. ...What?).

I'm holding out for the "Lilian and Garona are sleeper agents planning to assassinate Sylvanas" theory.