What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[aveyond-dreams]

There are times when I feel like going back to finish some of the drafts I've written regarding the events of the sundering instead of waiting for a Tales of the Dawn to expand on them but there's something so fundamentally flawed in the writing revolving around Meteion and Hermes' involvement in the plot that I lose confidence no matter what direction I take things in.

A lose/lose situation because on one hand I'd have that roadblock to deal with and other I'd probably be attacked by the Venat stans if I dared to portray her as the fallen angel she literally is regardless of wherever I share my work. Trying to write her as a sympathetic character is also impossible without me adding in my own plot devices and just making things even messier than they already are.

Good luck to whoever is actually tasked with disentangling this mess in order to produce the upcoming Tales of the Dawn chapter, if SE is even willing to go into any further depth with these events in the first place.

[Rulakir]

Good luck to whoever is actually tasked with disentangling this mess in order to produce the upcoming Tales of the Dawn chapter, if SE is even willing to go into any further depth with these events in the first place.

I'm half expecting whatever is written for Venat to just be about her and the Watcher, especially after the Omega chain. As much as I'd like to know more about the Final Days, the Sundering, and everything in between I just don't see how they can do it and and portray her as sympathetic. They made it so the sundering was intentional, with knowledge of the future, and based on her beliefs rather than facts so there's no going back now.

It's frustrating because I fear it means we'll never know the full details of events foundational to the lore because they can't risk making Venat look bad. Honestly, I feel like her characterization has singularly destroyed the story because for whatever reason they refused to take a nuanced approach to her.