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"The Power of Friendship"

Remember that time in Warcraft 3 when the Horde and Alliance came together to fight back the combined might of the Burning Legion's second invasion of Azeroth which resulted in the destruction of a World Tree?

The Power of Friendship sucks.

Remember that time in Vanilla when the Horde and Alliance worked together to fight back the invading Silithid during the invasion of Ahn'qiraj, or the rampaging Scourge pouring out of Naxxramas?

The Power of Friendship sucks.

Remember that time the Draenei of the Exodar worked together with the renegade Blood Knights under Prophet Velen and Lady Liadrin's guidance in spite of their multigenerational conflict and ideological oppositions to defeat Kael'thas, with Velen going so far as to sacrifice the heart of a Naaru, one of the most divine beings in the eyes of the Eredar people, in order to restore the Sunwell and allow the Quel'dorei people a second chance at life?

The Power of Friendship sucks.

Remember that time the Horde and Alliance set aside their differences to aid the Argents in their march on the Lich King's very fortress, the most Unholy and corruped, Scourge-infested locale and Azeroth, and while still continuing to beef over ideological differences, they set aside their hatreds long enough to provide Tirion with the opportunity to destroy Frostmourne?

The Power of Friendship sucks.

Remember that time the Horde and Alliance worked together in order to help calm the rampaging elements and ultimately slay the previously thought undefeatable Earthwarder, Deathwing the Destroyer, and begin healing after the Cataclysm?

The Power of Friendship sucks.

Remember that time the Horde and Alliance realized that fighting over territorial rights to land that wasn't even unoccupied was stupid, and banded together in order to overthrow the oppressive, violent dictatorial regime that Garrosh had imposed on the Horde, guiding them into constant regressive wars?

The Power of Friendship sucks.

Remember that time the Horde and Alliance worked together to rescue the Draenic and Orcish peoples' worlds from a fate that they'd already witnessed once before, overthrowing the Legions' hold on AU Draenor and averting a horrendous fate that they'd already born witness to and suffered the consequences of once before?

The Power of Friendship Sucks.

Remember that time the Horde and Alliance worked together, all of the various magical and martial vocations worked together, shunning ideological differences and disagreements in practice in order to unite and defend the world that they shared, going so far as to send representatives from each of their respective vocational orders to depower the massive Demonic sword that had been plunged into their planet?

The Power of Friendship Sucks.

Remember that time the Horde and Alliance ended a bloody conflict and agreed to an armistice and rebuilding efforts after realizing that the entire thing had been a manipulated orchestration by a psychopathic nihilist in order to usher in a coming apocalypse and working together to overthrow her?

The Power of Friendship Sucks.

I really wish that WoW would go back to its faction war, grimdark, gritty roots of WARcraft and conflict and get rid of this new-age 'power of friendship' hippy unity crap that started in <insert post-Legion expac>.

Also I wish that all magic was portrayed as being part of an ontological good/evil binary and that people who used Good Magicâ„¢ are good people and all people who use Evil Magicâ„¢ are irredeemable monsters who should be killed for using Evil Magicâ„¢.

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