*Spoilers* Anyone feel joining Emet would have been better

[Lurina]

I want to warn about that 'unbiased crystal' wish: I think that a lot of people asking for it, similarly to the people who want to know how Azem really felt about it all, want it because they think it would validate their view. 'Surely an unbiased third party would agree with me that X is right and Y is just ridiculous', that kinda thing.

I'm not saying that anyone here is necessarily coming from that direction, just that I think it's worth pausing and considering it: Do you want an unbiased source because you think you know what the unbiased source would say?

I don't get this take that people who ended up feeling sour about the Sundering were looking for an excuse to dislike Hydaelyn. I was ready and willing to like and agree with her, and still would be if they told a version of the story that actually made sense and didn't require huge, tone-directed assumptions on the part of the player to work around their vagaries.

Not everyone picks a made-up side in a narrative to cheer for, and then sticks with them like some kinda sports team. I just want a non-messy story.