*Spoilers* Anyone feel joining Emet would have been better

[Absimiliard]

I absolutely agree that the Scions should have stayed dead. Some of them, at least. Allowing us to walk away from averting the literal end of the universe without any consequences whatsoever is some pretty bad writing, particularly when one considers that sorrow and acceptance are among the key themes for the expansion. At the very least we could've lost Thancred and Urianger, maybe even Alphinaud. Two of those would be virtually inconsequential, but the third would probably carry some weight.

We have yet to experience even the barest thread of the same despair the Ancients bore during their experience with the Final Days. It's unsatisfying to say the least.

As for the Ancients; they succumbed to despair quickly not only because they had never known it, but also because what they experienced was considerably worse than what we did in Endwalker. They got the full Final Days experience, and the only thing that averted it was the last second Zodiark summon. A summon which I will once again note had the capacity to forestall the end indefinitely, meaning there was really no point in everything that came after.