Final Fantasy XIV Hot Takes

[Denji]

More like "nobody knows about the truth", considering she never tell them in the first place. It's unclear either if her followers know about meteion.

And I think that's the problem with Venat. She preach about "moving on past despair" because she knew meteion methods and goal, yet the rest of the Ancients probably thinks that the Final Days was something that doesn't involve a living being and originates from the Star itself. They don't even know why "move on" is the key to beat the Final Days.

And honestly, "move on" is more appropriate for us in real life when you can't turn back time or resurrect the dead. The Ancients has the means to bring back their loved ones. Who wouldn't take the chance if that happened to any of us. The only dilemma is the sacrifice new life thing, but Venat herself stated that while she may not fully on board with that idea, she wasn't going to sunder the world just because of it (from the conversation after hearing our tale of the future).

tbh messing with the timeline can be (theoretically) pretty messy. if she tried it's possible things could've worked out but as far as she was aware, the WoL and her future self had a plan set in motion. if she were to interfere it's possible that plan may just never had happened and she would've doomed everyone. by doing nothing but becoming the primal she knew she was going to become she could at least be certain that there would at the very least -be- a plan.

and even if she did reveal all she knew and told the ancients, it's clear that none had ever left the star before. additionally, we're not given a timeframe as to how long it takes for the final days to occur to the ancients. it could be days, it could be weeks. months. years.

also hades didn't take the news well the first time he heard it and that was with clear evidence that some person from the future was literally sitting in front of him. imagine if venat tried again. also, also, again: it's possible zodiark would be summoned whether she interfered or not and the sundering would make telling anyone all this irrelevant anyway since we only know of her and a few ascians managing to make it out unsundered. it's possible she screamed it from the rooftops and everyone knew but went along with the zodiark plan anyway because it was better than just dying from a random monster made from your mind.

in the end though my main point stands: if she told anyone anything it's possible that her future plans could've been changed or, worse-case, never exist in the first place. besides, if someone came up to you and said "i will become a god one day" would you take anything they said seriously?

don't get me wrong, i hate venat. generic lady goddess #65 with a personality about as deep as a teaspoon and a design (both as venat and hydaelyn) about as flavourful as a tub full of wallpaper paste.

also elidibus also said that we can't do anything that would interfere with the future and i don't think that was a warning. i think that was quite literally "anything you do will have already been done and set in stone so don't waste your breath trying to scream about the final days and zodiark and ascians because even if anyone could care the timeline would, fundamentally, remain immutable."