Quote Originally Posted by SilversLyu View Post
In general I feel pity for Venat. She made such a huge decision and sticked with it until the very end. Maybe rescuing the shards was not possible for her but she did what she could and focused on the Source. An alternative as to why she let the unsundered escape is perhaps if her plan fails to beat meteion, they could still use Zodiark etc. to fullfill their side of the plan and live on. All in all it cant get more morally grey than that. The Ancients are all controversial, but thats the point. Nobody is perfect. Not even they. Hydaelyn also said that she ain't holy.
Fact remains though the story itself treats her as a herois and some benevolent person. That’s the problem many people have. We didn’t have the story painting Emet as some heroine.