#it is extremely relevant that sylvanas's futuretripping about horde betrayals is. wrong.

[eighthdoctor]

I don't think Sylvanas is giving Lor'themar enough credit. Even if he wouldn't help the Forsaken out of the goodness of his heart or as a favor to Sylvanas, he'd help the Forsaken because the sin'dorei as a whole would want to. They canonically really like the Forsaken, because they owe them their lives and they understand how being the victim of the Scourge can turn you into a monster.

I 75% agree

Sylvanas is deeply traumatized, and trauma does come with huge, huge trust issues just intrinsically, plus the fact that most of Sylvanas's traumas are around betrayals so like. yeah. of course she's not the most accurate here.

the other 25% is fallout from Teldrassil.

remember from the war crimes post. firebombing your enemy's civilian capital is a war crime and, more pertinently, opens them up to firebomb YOUR capitals. (or waterbomb, I suppose. hello Jaina.)

the Alliance goes for Lordaeron first because it is right fucking there and a direct 1:1 action:consequence AND they think they still have a claim (lmao). but Silvermoon is now fair game.

is the Alliance going to attack Silvermoon? maybe! in canon, no, before anyone could go that direction everyone got sidetracked by N'zoth.

in fic? with Sylvanas gone, with the Forsaken leaderless, with Tyrande still baying for blood, with the Horde leaderless and the top candidates (Saurfang and Baine) both having extremely good reasons to dislike Sylvanas? hmm. they have priorities OTHER than Silvermoon, admittedly, and I don't think it's a real threat, nor would Lor'themar think it's a real threat but--

Sylvanas did open that can of worms. she did ensure that any following treaty/ceasefire with the Horde would require Horde collateral to be sure they would keep it. she did put the sin'dorei in danger as part of a long term plan that she has not bothered to explain to anyone.

Lor'themar is friendly to her, and loyal, but not past the point of reason, and he is incredibly pragmatic (...as is Sylvanas). it's fair that Sylvanas is uncertain whether he would put himself/the sin'dorei at risk to help the Forsaken