Emet-Selch Is Not That Tragic

[Puksi]

@Avidria - The Minstreling Wanderer and the description for Hades EX both call him a "hero" several times. And while I absolutely agree on the fate of his people being tragic, and I am all for remembering them, for Square to describe his deeds as heroism was jarring.

In some places in the story it felt to me like the writers were pushing sympathy for him a bit too much, and the "hero" talk when the EX was released only added to that feeling. He certainly could have been trying to delude himself--his backhanded way of speaking to us never made me feel like he was conflicted or trustworthy, though, and his actions definitely didn't give me any impression of hesitation. I do agree there was no debate among the characters that his methods were monstrous, and his atrocities were atrocities--unlike in this thread, lmao.

The problem I have with the aftermath of Vauthry's arc is that the writers never permit us to reveal the truth we saw with the Echo. Like last patch, the old mayor's adviser spoke of how Vauthry's father was essentially the "good old days" of Eulmore. It was a perfect time to tell the truth! But we just smiled and nodded. It doesn't feel heroic. We set the record straight for the Warriors Of Darkness, but we leave Vauthry to be reviled for a fate he didn't choose and couldn't fight, and we leave his mother to just be silently forgotten, as she was when Emet-Selch and her husband discussed using her body and her infant as incubators for a Lightwarden while she looked on in fear.