Ignoring imagined relationship statuses.

People are easily duped into misreading and misinterpreting information and thus imagination lends creedence to I'm being romanced and crushed upon everywhere.

Do people adore the WoL? Absolutely.

Will you ever see this reflected on screen? No, at most you will see a strong friendship develop on the screen this isn't Dragon Age. MMOs have guidelines to follow and keep to.

As to the WoL full extent of power.

The Answer is hopefully we never see it because that will mean the end of the game and I for one hope that I am teaching this game to my grandkids one day.