Disappointed in one Endwalker Aspect [SPOILERS]

[Ryaz]

Whether she is 'good' or 'evil' is in itself a matter of perspective.

Before Endwalker, it was suggested by a handful of posters that there could never be a good reason for a character or faction wiping out a civilisation or race right down to the very last man, woman and child.

It's very curious, then, that Venat is the exception to that rule in the eyes of some of those same individuals after it turned out that the Sundering was very much a deliberate act.

As for 'predictable' tropes, I find it curious that to some the 'evil goddess' trope would be some grave sin in the eyes of a some, but a gaggle of the more stale and overused tropes elsewhere are actively cheered on and encouraged.

Each to their own, I guess. To me, Venat is one of the most sinister villains in a Final Fantasy game to date. Others are free to believe otherwise.

Yes, she should have stood by and let the Ascians destroy themselves and let Meteion win. That would have solved ALL their problems. I'm not saying what Venat did was "good", but it was more a situation of, if she didn't, then the Ancients, unable to move forward, would continue to sacrifice their people in an attempt to get back their old world. And they would have doomed themselves. The most they were doing was stalling their own demise. Plus, she wasn't alone. In ShB, it was made quite clear she had a lot of supporters who also made sacrifices to give mankind a chance.

Btw, despite all his genocide, people still love Emet Selch because they though they didn't agree with him, they understood him. Just like most people understand Venat's motivations.