On Venat's Role in the Story

[KariTheFox]

Oh, I dunno, so maybe if the devs happen to see how dissatisfied a significant portion of their player base is with this outcome it may encourage them to resolve this in such a way that it doesn't leave a bad taste in the mouths of that significant portion?

What kind of resolution do you think would satisfy you, and the other people who did not enjoy/agree with the story of Endwalker?

[redheadturk]

Maybe a separate timeline where the sundering didn't happen, as I have suggested more than once? Getting rid of the stable time loop wouldn't be that much of a bother, and I daresay it'd satisfy most of us. Beyond that, as fast as possible a rebirth for the Unsundered.

Edit to add: and reborn with all of their memories of Amarurot so they can rebuild on the Source

[KizuyaKatogami]

What kind of resolution do you think would satisfy you, and the other people who did not enjoy/agree with the story of Endwalker?

Not the person you quoted but just wanted to give my thoughts. All i'd want at this point are a few things.

1.Branching timeline for the Ancients.
2.Elidibus and Zodiark given the recognition they deserve for saving the planet not once but twice.
3.The sundering itself to be shown in a cutscene.

[KariTheFox]

So - the resolution to the moral conflict and what you see as unsatisfying writing would be to essentially - retcon it completely, and sidestep it by creating an entirely new timeline?

Which timeline would we follow? The one we know, or the new one. Will there be travel between these timelines. Would you want this new timeline to be explored in the lodestone as a piece of secondary writing, or in the MSQ, or maybe even in a piece of Ultimate content, like the current Dragonsong Ultimate?

[redheadturk]

The one we know, naturally. I don't care if we never get to see the timeline, just knowing they're happy and not shitcanned in another timeline is personally enough for me.

[KariTheFox]

So, if tomorrow. A short story or piece of content, or even statement from the writers came out and said "the many worlds hypothesis is true in this setting, and any timeline you can imagine exists parallel to the ones we know" that would be satisfying?

[redheadturk]

It would. The time loop never sat well with me in the least. Why send us back if we can't change anything at all?

[Lauront]

Not the person you quoted but just wanted to give my thoughts. All i'd want at this point are a few things.

1.Branching timeline for the Ancients.
2.Elidibus and Zodiark given the recognition they deserve for saving the planet not once but twice.
3.The sundering itself to be shown in a cutscene.

^^^^This^^^^

[KariTheFox]

It would. The time loop never sat well with me in the least. Why send us back if we can't change anything at all?

Really? Even if you never got to see or interact with it in any way? Even if it's never brought up again, or has any narrative significance.

I don't know. If I was unsatisfied with a story, I don't think being told "oh but everything is fine in another timeline, but we won't be exploring that one" would sit well with me at all.

[redheadturk]

We never got to interact with the 8UC timeline except in a Tales Of, most folk were fine with that. Giving the Ancients the same treatment in a separate timeline would again satisfy most.