Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
I can strongly agree with you on that lol. Part of me wonders if it was that way due to the expansion change thing although, it just seems like they had so many revisions done to the story. We know that Eden was originally supposed to be the final boss of ShB…so how would that have affected 5.3+? Would emet have been the 5.3 boss and Elidibus the main focus of 6.0? Is that why he feels so shafted. And if so i wonder how all of that would’ve affected what is now Endwalker. We also know they had thought about doing a partial rejoining on the first…So many revisions and changes.
The problem is from the initial inception of the game right up until now they're still bound by many of those narrations set earlier in the game. That includes the whole light vs dark, or Hydaelyn good Zodiark bad nonsense. It's difficult to get around stuff like that. Personally, I'd have been happy with us not facing Emet-Selch whatsoever but instead having him as the guide or sorts on our journey and acting as a true sacrificial lamb towards the end. Continually deciding our worth. To be frank I think he thought we were 'worthy' pretty early on, with the missive comment he made of our soul and all. But just carrying on his condescending attitude. Equally I've said many times that I personally think Endwalker needed to be longer (I like the world building and I don't want that sacrificed), at least given how post-shadowbringers was handled. To be frank I think Post-Shadowbringers had a lot of consequences on how Endwalker was told. It left a few questions which ultimately should not have been left unanswered.

I'd have been happy if our budget Emet-Selch (Fandaniel) never existed to begin with. Or at least have him introduced in Endwalker and then left post-Shadowbringers dedicated almost entirely to flushing out Elidibus. Speaking of Fandaniel; I don't think we ever found out more about the telophoroi.