Yep, people talk about Ashara Dayne but I bet Rhaegar had more lords running after his pants than anyone else in the seven kingdoms.
I think that's pretty unfair. While there certainly seemed to be a form of homoerotisim around Rhaegar's close circle ala Top Gun (cough* volleyball scene cough*), to portray all or even most loyalists as Rhaegar drooling fanboys is a disservice. There are plenty of reasons a noble could be a Targeryean loyalist during that time, and even more these days.
I can go into those reasons (Rebellion era and/or present era) if people want, but suffice it to say that there are many many reasons one could have supported the targs while not being a crazed pyromaniac or having romantic fantasies with the crown prince (looking at you JohnCon!).
Btw... a Warcraft discussion where I know what's going on?? No mention of blasted MMORPG lore that destroyed the strategy franchise? What sorcery is this?!
I think Tarrengar is being wildly,
wildly optimistoc with his Stratholm plan. All it would have accomplished would have been a panicked riot and doing Mal'Ganis' work for him. Besides, he didn't have
time for a gradual, slow purge of the city even if the citizens of Strathome would have had the mental and moral fortitude of Cadian Guardsmen, which they obviously didn't... especially when Mal'Ganis was strutting about the city like a happy peacock with a friggin army in tow, an army certainly bigger than Arthas' by the way.
Arthas' whole presentation of the problem with Stratholme and his plan to solve it was hilariously bad, I'll give you that. It seemed more like a brooding, newly christened emo teenager's tantrum... not that of a battlehardened crown prince who'd spent years living with a bunch of monastic knights.
It was mostly him being handed the idiot ball due to plot purposes.
