Zodiark: Good or evil? thoughts

[Katie_Kitty]

The new life created is the aether that Zodiark needed to “revive” the lost population. Also, if Hydaelyn wasn’t created to protect that life, why does she make Warriors of Light for non-ascian related threats like Ivalice’s Ultima? Also, if she was solely created to check Zodiark, it would’ve been infinitely easier for her to temper people to her will, which she has refused to do, but Zodiark has done.

Of course untempered people would want to see their loved ones again. The whole point of Venat’s rebellion was “but at what cost?”.

Also, I’m not sure what part about a god being summoned by your leaders who then tempers them to its will and converts 3/4 of your population into aether isn’t scary. This is just conjecture in my part, but the fact that Hydaelyn is so pro-free will tells me that the tempering was a part of Venat’s decision as well.

yeaaaah I don't get the zodiark fanboys either.

I mean, let's be real for a moment. The ancients heard a scary sound and suddenly they couldn't even control their own power, and it led to their own downfall. Because they heard a scary sound. Remember that? I know the assumption is that it was a willful act by a malicious being, but we actually don't know that. It could be that the ancients, as "perfect" as they were, were incredibly unfit for the power they held and that they completely caused their own destruction even before zodiark became a thing. If the people themselves, so incapable of controlling their own emotions and the creation magicks that ran amok as a result, couldn't be trusted as they were then the sundering is not only logical but necessary.

[Theodric]

yeaaaah I don't get the zodiark fanboys either.

What's not to get? We're talking about fictional characters in a fictional setting. Some people will like a specific character, others will dislike them. Such is generally the case with...pretty much every fictional setting in existence.

Thankfully the writers recognise that and have stated as much themselves across multiple interviews and Q&A sessions, such as this one:



As with many plot elements, it's very much as matter of perspective and some of us are here to discuss the lore as it is rather than get caught up in head canon or appeals to emotion.

Are you actually trying to justify the sundering when the devs themselves labeled it as a horrendous thing lol.

Hopefully the image I linked above will help with that particular point, given that the source is commentary from the writers themselves. I get a lot of messages in-game about it and jokes that it should be made into a sticky around these parts!