Quote Originally Posted by filkry View Post
I was ready to accept this "what has really changed?" angle until Varis came out also in favour of the Rejoining. I wanted Varis to be "the founding may have been a lie, but the Cause is still just and we need to remove the Ascians to resume our noble goal of curbing the Eikon threat". That could have redeemed in somewhat in my eyes - the Empire is based in a lie, but it has taken that lie and made it their truth. But with Varis at the parlay meeting we now know that's not the case.

I agree this feels contrived as a way to help resolve both threats at the same time. I am also trying to keep an open mind, but just disappointed for now as it's very fresh in my mind having just finished the MSQ yesterday.
But it's also entirely possible that Varis was either possessed or trying to force the Alliance's hand in something. It was in the same patch that his secret Allagan cloning lab was established, and had Solus musing about possession in the same cutscene. The parlay also had a lot of emphasis on moths and flickering lights, which was a very weird thing to repeatedly cut to and hold on if it didn't have any significance.