Quote Originally Posted by Skyborne View Post
Six months later and their treatment still the most bizarre and tonedeaf things in the game to me. Total turnoff.

Imagine if in StB, we had some weird cutscene where Zenos/Yotsuyu talk down some squealing Bitter Domans in their city as it's being razed, and the former two are covered in black blood and treated as if they were the victims simply wanting to see the Domans 'grow and flourish' by 'standing up for themselves' and 'being strong'. Before Zenos looks sad and slices the screen in half as Revolutions blares, of course.

It's stranger still, since no other material paints them this way, and I was actually interested enough to do the Elpis sidequests. Even the totally-not-Yoshida bard compliments them on their resolve to save their planet when you unlock Spinny Platform EX.


You'd be surprised how many people did, and it's why I don't really go to say, the Lore forum lest I start dribbling black pitch from my eye sockets. Well, that and being in a limbo where 90% of the things I liked or thought added spice to the game world have been done away with.

Sympathize with your feels, OP.
I dont think this comparison works very well. Venat's back was against the wall, any decision she makes there is a decision between the world of the ancients and the wol's world. Both carry enormous risks of failure. Meanwhile garlemald realistically doesnt have its back against the wall anymore. They had at one point but that point has long since passed (from a pre-shadowbringers perspective of course). Zenos had every oppurtunity to right the wrongs committed if he wanted to.

You are asking to imagine Zenos and Yotsuyo if they had been completely different characters. Yes, they would have acted differently and their actions would have been in a different light. So what? If key players in the story would have been completely different people, the story would have taken a different turn. Truly a revelation we have here.