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

[Rulakir]

I've seen it happen quite a few times on there - you get wild theories that outgrow any basis they have in the lore, and I wouldn't mind it, because speculation is all good fun, if people actually acknowledged that what they're doing is speculating. But instead they take it as established fact and tend to get mad if someone points out contradictory lore to what they're claiming.

Zodiark was nothing but a gaping maw demanding to be fed endless souls and the Ancients were going to sacrifice all life to his insatiable appetite! :P

Okay, but that doesn't really mesh with FFX, which is what you brought up. The main cast of FFX was clad in adamantium plot armor.

I'm not speaking only of deaths, in which case there were two of the main cast regardless of whether or not one could be undone with a lot of effort in a terribly written sequel. (The gameplay was fun though.) Much like LotR where only one member of the Fellowship died (permanently), but most of the others went through a lot. Meanwhile, I've got Thancred complaining about how he doesn't have a single scar to brag about at the end of all things. :P