Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
They literally confirmed in the recent live letter that Hydaelyn consumed the souls of her summoners completely until there was nothing left. Zodiark only did what they asked of him. Also the sacrifices were done willingly, it wasn’t them picking and choosing people against their will. They willingly sacrificed themselves to save the planet and it’s people. How is that stubborn? It didn’t matter if Emet believed, as we saw in Elpis he has to believe and investigate due to his duty to the star. Not only this, he knew he was mind wiped. All it would take is Venat bringing him up to speed on what happened.

It’s not confirmed whether Venat told her followers the truth. The only insight we have actually, points to them not knowing the whole truth. The anamnesis dialogue where they tell Venat they will mourn her passing makes it seem like they didn’t know their souls would be consumed.
Nowhere in the recent Q&A did Yoshi-P stated that Hyadaelyn/Venat consumed the souls completely till there was nothing left.
Here's the link to the worded Q&A if you dont believe me https://novacrystallis.com/2022/02/f...dmap-detailed/

Unless were talking about the initial summoning then probably yeah considering the nature of the summoning. But the point still stands that she wasnt going around consuming souls of the sundered shards. Otherwise there wouldnt be a lifestream and the recycling of sundered souls wouldnt have happened.

Also lets not forget what was actually asked in that interview:

Question- "Was Venat sundering the star truly the only way to save it?"
Answer - "Yoshida consulted with Ishikawa, and says as Y’shtola theorized that the Ancients were so dense in aether that they could not control dynamis. Other Ancients concluded that Zodiark was the solution to Meteion’s song of oblivion, but Venat concluded that they could not change as a people and would be their own undoing."

So ok looks like the Ancients or at least a good portion of them DID knew of Meteion and the song of oblivion....but the Convocation still chose to preserve their "perfect world" in a futile attempt to keep what they had. This is why I was asking you guys that question earlier.....if the sundering didnt happen and Zodiark was the only one there, what would've that seriously accomplished.

Anyway people here need to go back and look at that Q&A again because it seriously looks like a lot of folk are just overly reading into things.