Quote Originally Posted by tokinokanatae View Post
I'm not talking about what in-game people say about Varis, I'm talking about what we can see of him as players. Cutting funding for the arts just because Solus liked the theater (petty and shortsighted); restarting the war with Eorzea after having barely solidified himself as emperor; choosing someone as unstable as Zenos as his heir. About the only thing Varis was good at was talking the talk, because everything else he attempted met with total failure. We're just lucky his idiocy only destroyed Garlemald in this timeline, instead of the other where his propensity towards weapons of mass destruction ushered in another Calamity a scarce five-ish years after the last one. Talk about a useful idiot.
Eh, considering he killed not only all of the scions but also the WoL in the other timeline he accomplished more than even the likes of Emet selch or any of the ascians really have done during the main course of the game. Also again, in the whole restarting the war thing none of this would’ve happened if they hadn’t been invaded. All he was doing what was done unto their people constantly. If he treats his people fairly i don’t see much of an issue with it. Considering we have city states where slavery is legal, racism is abundant, and genocide to claim land is fine.