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

[Nilroreo]

All they had to do was have the narrative stay gray and not blatantly suck her off yet they didn't and that ruined the game for me. I havn't been this mad at a game since Tales of Graces F. I gave 6.1 a chance to see if they would change the narrative, instead they double downed and sucked off Hydaelyn even harder in the codex. They even had Y'shtola summon 2 familiars as guinea pigs to enter the void, but no worries she's a Scion and a good guy! Unlike the evil Ancients who created familiars to see if they would help the planet and environment, her using them as test subjects and subjecting one to pain was totally A OK!!.

Back in Heavensward, Ilberd tricks Garleans into believing Eorzeans have declared war, dragging Eorzeans into a conflict they wanted no part of. He manipulates his own followers, throwing them under the bus to use their lives as fodder to feed his revolution. He does all of this for the good of Ala Mhigo and Eorzea as a whole, but despite the fact that his actions did jumpstart the liberation efforts, and would eventually culminate in Eorzea finally regaining its borders, he'll never be remembered as anything lesser than a monster, and rightfully so.

I felt both he and Hydaelyn weren't too dissimilar in some regards. They're both manipultive rebels willing to crack as many eggs as it takes to get the job done. But imo, it isn't their actions or morality that sets them apart, the disparity between them lies in their language. Ilberd murdered his way to the end of his story, never pretending to feel remorse over the lives he's taken in pursuit of his goal and even angrily renounces his ties to Ala Mhigan's who were only motivated to join the liberation by cash. Hydaelyn however had the luxury of smothering her comically grandiose acts of cruelty under her soothing voice, calm demeanor, and her boundless affection for mankind (that they'll never let you forget about lol). Unlike Ilberd, she can never be branded a monster simply because she loves us too damn much to be one.

Also I agree, that Y'shtola moment was fucked lmao. Took a good minute or two for the hypocrisy of that scene to fully settle in.

Yeah I've noticed things like that more and more the "rules for thee but not for me." I definitely raised an eyebrow during the reaper quests too.

Wait, what's this about the Reaper quests? it's been a while, but I don't remember anything particularly controversial about it.