What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Lauront]

It's worth bearing in mind that there's a lot of people who weren't too bothered about the third batch of sacrifices but thought that she was right in her assessment that her people wouldn't change, plus given the time loop, think there's little she could've done otherwise, so it's less about them seeing the ancients as somehow bad, as it is that they think her actions were necessary to avoid the Plenty. I strongly disagree on that point, because she never shared the truth of the situation with her people, which I think given their love for the star would condition a change in stance, but putting that aside, I believe that's why one can both roll with the story as was written while also view the ancients as undeserving victims of necessity. I am glad though that they were moved to address the issue and concede that the audience reception to the ancients was different to what they (or more specifically, Yoshi) had envisioned it might be.