Quote Originally Posted by Cleretic View Post
It should also be pointed out, this whole argument is victim to a bit of recency bias that we should be trying to be conscious of. We remember when Hydaelyn had her big Tragic Hero Story Reveal very clearly, because we just got it and saw it.
That's something that I urge people to consider as well, but for the exact opposite reason. Endwalker has made the vast majority outside this forum forget the Ascians side of the tale. Nobody was saying Emet-selch was in the right, at least I would hope not, I wasn't around here when Shadowbringers debuted. However, he was liked because his goals were sympathetic in the sense of one losing their home and seeing it torn asunder for a place that seems far more miserable and bleak than the one that came before it. He wasn't necessarily one to be agreed with, but he was understood.

Meanwhile Venat, who has much the same views as Emet-selch but spun 180 degrees, is treated as only doing what she's done out of necessity, the only one who knows the truth, a hero, etc etc. However frustrating it may be for you, being one who dislikes Emet, I can promise you this dissonance of the narrative favoring Venat in absolutely everything is far worse for people who could truly empathize with the Unsundered.