Emet-Selch Is Not That Tragic

[Alleo]

...no?

In what way is urging people to agree to disagree equal to trying to place one interpretation above all others? I'm genuinely curious.

Not in that case, in my post I was talking about bias. You said that a lot of people are too biased to talk about the perspective of the characters themselves why you ourself have talked about how you see from the characters eyes. Also if you are also biased why bring it up. The consquence I pull from that is that you see us as biased that somehow cant see the real deal while you can. If I read that wrong then sorry but then I also wonder why you would bring up bias anyway because everyone is biased. Some more than others but everyone is not 100% objective about a character, especially not about a game they play themselves.

You clearly played a different game than me, then. The entire expansion's story was about moral relativism. They are not simply "the bad guys." The whole story was about offering their view and showing why they are not simply bad guys.

Haven't bothered to read this whole thread so don't know if it's been brought up, but one of the biggest points that drives home that the expansion is about moral relativism is when you're in Amaurot: the debate house.

Two Amaurotines are discussing morality in regards to another... civilization I think? It's on the brink of extinction. If I remember correctly, one suggests that they should be saved, and the other suggest that it is wrong to save them.

These words came from Yoshida himself who said in an interview that people should not forget that the Ascians have killed millions of people, even if they have reasons for that. In that very same interview he also says that people should not jump to conclusion about Hydealyn because we only heard the Ascians side of this.

So no even for him they are the bad guys. Not cartoonish anymore thanks to getting some motivations but still villians.

I am also not sure if we should take what the Amaurotines discussed as positive. For me these quests and dialogues in the cities showed me that these people were not as perfect as Emet wanted us to believe it. They are in many ways just like us. And I do believe that the people in FF14 would be able to achieve similiar states of "peace" if they would not have calamity like events resetting them each time they are more advanced.

The discussion between those two NPCs could also easily show that they were in such a state that they were not able to do something about this until it was at their own door steps (which is what happens).

My problem with moral relativism: Before the sundering there were already Amaurotines against the plans of the Ascians (who at that time were already tempered). So how can we even say that their view is not wrong when even some people from that time thougth it would be wrong? In the end in the now existing worlds where their race does not live anymore, they views are wrong. They may not thing of themselves that way but the people living in these worlds dont agree with what they believe. So they are the baddies. And if they are a hero now for their own race (which right now does not exist) is not even known. They will 100% not be seen as that by everyone.