Quote Originally Posted by Rulakir View Post
I still think the main issue is her portrayal. Emet was called out multiple times for the deaths he caused and while the Scions may have come to have sympathy for him they were never warm towards him. The only person to call out Venat was herself and the Scions have a history of borderline zealotry towards Hydaelyn, including forgiveness of highly questionable acts.
Certainly, there's a mismatch between the degree of reverence for Hydaelyn and her actions, but rather than wishing to see her equally admonished, I wish the reason for the admonishment never happened.

I don't find any joy at all in this "actually everyone was flawed and did terrible things by choice" revelation. I just wanted a story about likeable people doing their best to make the world better, even if (for the ancients) things went wrong in the end.