Will Shiva be an Evil Primal?

[Nestama]

Simply being summoned is enough to call them evil. I'm not referring to their tempering powers or how devastating their abilities can be, no. I refer to them requiring Aether to exist. If they consume all the Aether, Eorzea (or the world, Hydaelyn?) will cease to exist. Why else would the Ascians teach beastmen how to summon Primals?

[TheRogueX]

Simply being summoned is enough to call them evil. I'm not referring to their tempering powers or how devastating their abilities can be, no. I refer to them requiring Aether to exist. If they consume all the Aether, Eorzea (or the world, Hydaelyn?) will cease to exist. Why else would the Ascians teach beastmen how to summon Primals?

Considering that when they die they disperse and their aether is returned to Eorzea.. um.. I don't think it's technically possible for them to consume all the aether. plus, everything on Hydaelyn requires aether in order to exist. Aether is tied up into every living and non-living thing. Using your line of thinking, one could argue that life itself is evil because it seeks to expand and grow and flourish, which uses up more and more aether as more and more living organisms are born. As for the Ascians, they're seeking to weaken Eorzea and, by extension Hydaelyn, through constant conflict. Their absolute goals still have yet to be seen.