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Feels like the opposite to me if that happened, that they are making KJ look even stupider by just stealing someone else's idea. I much more preferred him to have come up with it all. But nope gotta retcon everything to be done by the [current bad] to make them seem important.

I'd personally just prefer it that Kil'jaeden and his agents snuck inside the Shadowlands and hijacked the Jailer's two prized items. Essentially making the Legion more threatening and badass and using this item for their own ends. But that's just my view.

Having the Dreadlords being the one to give Kil'jaeden the Helm and Frostmourne is better than him just showing up and stealing an idea from another guy who they retconned into being behind it all along. Because at least the Dreadlords playing 8D chess has been established.

I guess that's fair enough. I just personally liked the idea of K'J mounting an assault into the Maw and claiming the Helm of Domination for himself for his own schemes. Showing not only his power but also his skill. But you've got a good point too.

I just don't know why they've stopped even trying to write the new villains as having their own agenda. They always just retcon them now to be the TRUE mastermind behind a plot point that's existed in the lore for literally over 20 years now.

Why couldn't The Jailer just take advantage of the chaos that the Dreadlords (And perhaps Denathrius) caused by creating the Lich King and him just use that to accomplish his own goal? Why does HE have to also be behind the Lich King now?

There used to be quite a few villains that did this and having them take advantage of another unrelated situation to benefit themselves showed that they were smart and dangerous. Like Gul'dan. Or Azshara (Ignoring BfA). Or even minor characters like Magatha or VanCleef.

I didn't like the retcon initially and still I'm iffy on it. The main reasons I liked it was it made the Lich King a far more important figure in the lore (at least in regards to the Shadowlands) and it gave a good reason as to why there aren't more LKs.