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Alexstrasza
Alexstrasza (E7:Alexstraza) is the Queen of the Dragons and the leader of the Red Dragonflight. I would totally do her.
Her design was changed later and her newer design is inferior, despite the older one not being that great in the first place.
Description
Alexstrasza was originally the Queen of the Dragons. That isâŚall of them. She was later retconned into being the Queen of the Red DragonflightâŚthough she technically still rules over all the dragons? Itâs kinda weird.
She is also one of the nicest characters in Warcraft and, possibly, one of the most consistent characterization-wise. That said, the modern writers seem to have forgotten she still ate her Orc captors.
Visage Design
Now letâs get into something that infuriates me: Alexstraszaâs new (visage) design is pretty bad. It diverges from the original - which I would argue is iconic - waaaay too much.
Something that bothers me, but which doesnât bother me as much as the rest is the fact it shows less skin. The new design shows less skin. I know why Blizzard did this and, honestly, itâs a pathetic reason for doing it. Iâll leave it at that.
I noted this in the aesthetics section of my âWarcraft Issuesâ thing, but her new design is far too detailed compared to her older design, which is more reserved (despite more skin). The shoes, in particular, bother me a lotâŚI even remember getting irrationally angry when I first saw them. I think.
What would have made more sense is if they just went the Sylvanas route, where they simply added to her existing design instead of completely replacing it. Or copying the older Ysera design, which already looked better than Alexstraszaâs old design.
Trivilinks
- Free the belly! Free the belly! Free the belly! Free the belly!