Quote Originally Posted by Tama-Kanzashi View Post
????
I haven't the slightest problem directly stating my views on the matter, unlike your friend.

There isn't enough information provided around the Sundering to render a proper verdict on it, especially when we don't know what was at stake during their talks. What was the 'new life' that stood to be forcibly sacrificed? What were the long-term consequences of summoning Zodiark? All I can conclude so far is that the Amaurotines as a society had a lot less empathetic approach to decision-making, and I much prefer the world of the present to the world of the past. So when I go with 'none of them were right', it's simply because we presently just don't have enough context on Venat's decision.

I have no problem liking any of the Amaurotians individually as characters, and one of the fun things about fantasy is that you can root for characters who are unapologetically evil. I think that the stories around the Void are going to produce some fantastic villains, and I'm actually much more interested in them because they don't seem to carry any pretenses of greatness, whereas the Amaurotines just come across as overbearing and narcissistic.

But why would you try argue any of this from a standpoint of supposed 'moral superiority'? It's just so tiresome and boring. It forces you desperately redirect any scrutiny of Emet's actions, when they're obviously heinous. You're unnecessarily digging yourself a hole. Just accept that he's wonderfully evil and cherish him for it. Your mistake was in thinking that he needed to be 'morally right' to be valued in the first place.