Quote Originally Posted by Thenightvortex View Post
She might have all the reasons she wants, still genocide and mass murder. How is it different from what the ascians did?
There is one very important key difference. None of the people Venat supposedly killed* actually truly died, since rebirth is a known fact in FFXIV. So really it's more of a case of forced rebirth / collective amnesia. We ourselves are some of those "murdered" people, and last time I checked we were doing just fine.

The Ascians though? They were planning to entrap everyone's soul in Zodiark, which would have prevented their rebirth. Which is probably worse than death. And contrary to his buddies previously entrapped there these new souls wouldn't get a say in the matter.

*Also, genuine question, where was it even stated that the sundering killed anyone to begin with? For all we know the Ancients just died of natural causes due to no longer being immortal and their culture declined on its own. Which would be expected, given that they can't even get their pants on without relying on creation magic.