This cartoonist actually had this happen to him. Up to that visit to the zoo his son's understanding of a cheetah was what his druid could shape shift into in World of Warcraft.
World of Warcraft pulls from many different sources for their game design, mythology, pop culture, and in the above case zoology. But the cartoon depicts a child who has no understanding of a cheetah beyond World of Warcraft. For him World of Warcraft created travel form first, and nature copied it and created the cheetah. I worry that players of the game will think that Thorim and Loken are original characters and not references to Thor and Loki.
It raises the question: exactly how much mind share does World of Warcraft own?
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