Quote Originally Posted by Theodric View Post
I wouldn't consider it to be a 'strawman'. Each and every single one of Venat's victories are built upon the demise of other people. The vast majority of them completely without consent at that. To say nothing of the artwork for the patch where Minfilia's fate was first revealed:



Furthermore, people are perfectly free to come to their own conclusions regardless particular characters - especially if their actions are controversial.
Wasn't Yoshi actually asked about that artwork recently though and basically said that "it meant nothing" and has no connection or bearing on EW's story? If that was the case, then whatever reasoning that may have been behind back then has since been retconned anyway (yet another one I guess). I'm not trying to make a judgement either way, just looking at it objectively.