Quote Originally Posted by Belhi View Post
If it does turn out the Truth does change our perception of what the Ascians are doing I really hope someone calls them out on making everything far more difficult than it needed to be.

'Elidibus, you jackass! Open with those little details next time!'
I honestly don't think that's possible. It's been brought up before, but it bears repeating that historically, the Ascians are not what anyone would call good people. They've been responsible for the 7 Calamities. They taught people how to summon primals in order to weaken Hydaelyn. They helped Thordan become a primal. They reanimate bodies to use as hosts. They systemically use people as pawns to further their goal and then either trick them or discard them. I think the writers (or at least the English localization team) have made efforts to show that anything the Ascians want is not good for any living creature on Hydaelyn (the planet). Elidibus may be a worm, created by Zodiarl

As for the question of whether or not what Hydaelyn did was ethical/moral, there is a saying that goes you can't be honorable all the time, or you'll lose to the dishonorable. They focused very heavily on the fact that Hydaelyn is weakening, and it seems Minifilia's role as the Word is a desperate attempt for the Mothercrystal to find some way to communicate with us. Desperate times call for desperate measures. I think what makes the distinction is what Hydaelyn will do once she no longer needs Minifilia. Will she release her control and let Minifilia back into Eorzea? Will she allow her to be reborn? I suspect the key difference between the Ascians and Hydaelyn will be that Hydaelyn does not take lightly to using someone directly. Whereas the Ascians use someone and discard them, Hydaelyn seems more interested in guiding a person. It might just be she needed Minifilia as a last resort. The "NO" Minifilia exclaimed may have been her shock at realizing how weak the Mothercrystal was.