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

[Chasingstars]

Sounds like a perfect paradise to me. No annoying perfect scions or annoying bratty twins? Sign me up!

Hydaelyn is evil because she committed mass genocide. End of discussion.

Oh boy a perfect society where nothing goes wrong.

/yawn

Addendum: God what a boring story about how everything just goes fine. There is no real conflict or problem. Even the writers knew that when they caused The Final Days. That realistically people only really care about a civilization like this because of the turmoil it went through and now by extension of how Venat dutifully followed the WoL's instructions on how to preserve the timeline.

Like this is the level of 'conflict' that happens in such a world:
Ono, this wind serpent can't fly.
Hey Hades, can you help coax this wind serpent to fly?
*hades does so and the wind serpent flies with ease*
Wow! I am glad we had Hades for that.

[Caurcas]

Sounds like a perfect paradise to me. No annoying perfect scions or annoying bratty twins? Sign me up!

Hydaelyn is evil because she committed mass genocide. End of discussion.

So are most of the named Ancients.

[Theodric]

The usual Ancient Derangement Syndrome at play, then. That explains that.

[Chasingstars]

"Once upon a time there was an ancient civilization, where nothing bad ever truly happened, and the people just made monsters all day. The end."

^ if hermes never became depressed and had actually properlly filed the paperwork for his familiar instead of giving his familiar severe nihilism and depression. And had also never scarred his own soul with the mind-wiping device which tortured Fandaniel later on. And had also never wiped his friends memories for the sake of a 'headstart' for his nihilistic familiar.

[EgilTheStressedMage]

The Ancients are dead and forgotten. Get over it.

[KizuyaKatogami]

So are most of the named Ancients.

And most of the sundered as well. Your point?

[Caurcas]

The usual Ancient Derangement Syndrome at play, then. That explains that.

I mean I dislike the whole of the ancients plot line my dude. Venat included. But if we are mounting attacks on each other, which honestly isn't all that out of the ordinary for the pro ancients camp, then sure I guess?

[Theodric]

You should probably go and do the Elpis side quests and Pandaemonium if you truly believe that the Ancients never had any issues in which they had to deal with. It's also worth noting that, as per the recent lore focused live letter linked earlier in the thread, the Ancients being on a trajectory to the equivalent of the Plenty was very much Venat's belief rather than a certainty. Though as we know, she wasn't so concerned as to actually bother expressing her fears and instead decided to simply murder every last man, woman and child amongst her own species.

At this point, though, certain posters give me the impression of being the type of individual to look at a smiling family with a big house only to fantasise about bad things happening to them on the basis that they aren't suffering exactly like 'real people' are. (Which in itself has always been a silly strawman, since being 'well off' doesn't equal a lack of suffering and problem's in one's life but...I digress).

[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.