Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
Tbf Alphinaud says a lot of stupid shit that he never backs up. For example he says this in ShB: "But what value is there in surviving when all our history, all our struggles will be erased? I cannot conscience such an act."Meanwhile he’s nothing but googly eyes for venat/hydaelyn and doesn’t call her out whatsoever.

As for Ryne’s comment… That’s exactly what Emet selch did for years, and he saw how flawed the sundered were, their fragility being what ends up breaking him and solidifying his stance.

As for doing incredible things….like what exactly? Almost every feat we and the sundered do is because of higher up entities helping us. Manipulating dynamis is utterly useless in 99.9% of situations because aether is stronger than it. Even disregarding that the lore on it is wonky. Venat sundered them to be able to manipulate dynamis yet we, the WoL have no problem manipulating it despite being what, 8/14? 9/14? Also if we go with the lb=dynamis theory supported by Meteion, then the ancients can indeed manipulate it, it’s just a matter of honing that skill.
The LB thing is a bit of a issue I'll give you that. I mainly took that moment as the WoL's LB is dynamis. Elidibus is channeling A LOT of WoL's and they can all manipulate dynamis. Hades and Venat are really the only two that stick out as questionable and that's fair to point them out. Maybe theirs work differently. Venat's certainly looks different.

Emet created the empire explicitly to create endless conflict on the star. He says as much when we first see him in the post StB cutscenes. Either way if he was trying to give the Sundered a chance for many years prior to doing so. Good. But his conclusion that he has the right to judge and destroy them is wrong.

A lot of dumb things are said and happen around Hydaelyn. I'm not happy about it either. Regardless Alphinaud stating that he wouldn't want to live in a rejoined world because it would effectively erase the existing history and culture is completely fair. It's his history and culture, he has a right to try to defend it.

Your mention of higher ups helping the sundered is precisely why I want to see where the story goes from here. No more help, no more training wheels. No more outside influence. Creating their own civilizations is still something the sundered did without help, though. They also built their own spaceships; one of which can reach the edge of the universe. Some discovered how to summon dark souls from the void realm, that didn't come with outside influence. Oh let's also not forget a time machine.