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

[EgilTheStressedMage]

The Ancients are dead and forgotten. Get over it.

[Skyborne]

The Ancients are dead and forgotten. Get over it.

The thread will keep living on as people burn the candle of their post limits and keep it on the first page so random lurkers can happen along and perhaps think about things that didn't really occur to them before. Ahahahaha! This was all actually my plan!

Kairos, activate!

E: Just as another person joins in below... I suppose someone will have to make another tag denouncing those terrible ascian simps!

[Lauront]

The Ancients are dead and forgotten. Get over it.

Dead, maybe. Forgotten, nope. Besides, their souls are now released into the Aetherial Sea.

[Ixon]

Dead, maybe. Forgotten, nope. Besides, their souls are now released into the Aetherial Sea.

You ever think we will make any future trips to The Aitiascope to talk to some dead people for exposition or advice? I don't quite remember if there was some canon "You can only go there once" type deal. Though I am sure they won't allow us to go talk to the souls in the Aetherial Sea whenever we fancy.

[Lauront]

You ever think we will make any future trips to The Aitiascope to talk to some dead people for exposition or advice? I don't quite remember if there was some canon "You can only go there once" type deal. Though I am sure they won't allow us to go talk to the souls in the Aetherical Sea whenever we fancy.

That'd be cool, but highly doubt it. I'd gladly be proven wrong on that.

[Ixon]

That'd be cool, but highly doubt it. I'd gladly be proven wrong on that.

I feel like if they have no restriction, they could use that to retcon in whatever they want story wise. Seems like a big thing to just leave hanging without revisiting or saying that it's closed for construction or whatever.

[Theodric]

The Ancients are dead and forgotten. Get over it.

Moenbryda died in ARR and Haurchefant died in HW, though both have been brought up repeatedly over the years. There's no reason to believe that the Ancients will never be mentioned again, especially with the popularity of the likes of Emet and Venat.

You're free to dislike them, though clearly there's plenty of people who do like them and are interested in their legacy being remembered as the story advances. Which in itself was a major plot point towards the end of Shadowbringers, as I recall.

Though I think that's likely a bit too much nuance for fly by posters with questionable takes to grasp, I suppose.