Its the fact that you are getting the legendary that rocks, not necessarily how powerful it is. No legendaries from previous expansions are worth a damn for anything now except showing off, which they excel at, otherwise no one would still be obtaining Thunderfury.

However, as far as working your ass off to get respect from someone, that seems kinda silly. I play for me. The only time I try to change how others feel about me is when I raid Stormwind :-)