"we" didn't forget those things, but the game makes a much bigger deal about his thing for the WoL than any of what you mentioned. as i said, it's not that anyone shouldn't try it if they want to play him but not interact with WoLs, i'm all for playing what you want according to your preferences and who cares what anyone thinks. he'd just be the weirdest character to do that with, since you'd pretty much have to ignore a big chunk of his characterization.