Quote Originally Posted by Tsiron View Post
Yoshida considers Venat a grey character, just as flawed and arrogant as the Unsundered, and she's not only dead now, but super dead, not even her soul is left to eventually reincarnate. What more do you folks want?
The idea that she never actually had to live in the world she created is a little ehh.

Quote Originally Posted by Cleretic View Post
Although with Endwalker being very Buddhism in teaching, it's worth noting that in a weird way, this is effectively Venat reaching nirvana. And, like the others who sacrificed themselves to make Hydaelyn, she did so willingly.
So Venat and company kill themselves forever and it's nirvana, but the Plenty kill themselves forever and it's a bad thing?

I'm not saying it's actually either/or, but I do think there was an effort in the story to suggest that existence is superior to nonexistence. Not the most Buddhist thing exactly, but the idea is there.