Primals, Eikons and something I still don't understand

[Ibi]

As shown in 3.4, the emotions of the summoner or group that summons a primal will also influence a given summoning. It still maintains the core appearance due to that appearance being iconic, but the psyche is different - theoretically you could have a genuinely kind and benevolent Ramuh, for instance. Theoretically.

It is worth noting that a genuinely kind and benevolent Ramuh would still drain the land of aether if allowed to persist, so the Scions would still consider it to be their duty to defeat and disperse him.

[Cilia]

It is worth noting that a genuinely kind and benevolent Ramuh would still drain the land of aether if allowed to persist, so the Scions would still consider it to be their duty to defeat and disperse him.

That's true, and is something that Ramuh himself is aware of.

It's also covered by Alexander who, using his powers of time manipulation, engineered his own defeat because of that problem in spite of his desire being to make the world a truly better place. He could have stopped the Calamity but chooses not to because of the problems with aether drain.

My point was that the Primal's mind has some baseline, but the wishes of the summoner(s) do influence a given incarnation's personality. Ramuh is a harsh judge, but if enough sylphs truly wanted "the wise man of the wood" there's no reason to believe they couldn't summon something like that. The problem is most primals are summoned as a desperate self-defense measure, and as such they are always violent towards us.