Endwalker Story sucked and it's time to admit it

[KariTheFox]

I wonder if the ancients who sacrificed themselves to Zodiark knew about the third sacrifice before doing it? If they didn't, would they actually be happy about the life they sacrificed themselves for being slaughtered to reverse that sacrifice?

And if they did know about the third sacrifice, it kind of cheapens thier own sacrifice since as far as they knew, they weren't giving up thier lives so much as agreeing to be temporarily inconvienced.

(I tend to lean towards them not knowing, and the third sacrifice being something that the remaining ancients decided on after the fact.)

[RyuDragnier]

As we now know too, if Zodiark dissipated, all their souls would return to the Lifestream. So it seems the Ancients who were okay with the 3rd sacrifice just could not accept the fact that the End of Days even happened to begin with, they rejected reality. Because if they knew the souls would return to the Lifestream upon Zodiark dissipating, why bother doing the 3rd sacrifice to begin with, the souls were just going to be reborn anyway.

[Alleo]

As we now know too, if Zodiark dissipated, all their souls would return to the Lifestream. So it seems the Ancients who were okay with the 3rd sacrifice just could not accept the fact that the End of Days even happened to begin with, they rejected reality. Because if they knew the souls would return to the Lifestream upon Zodiark dissipating, why bother doing the 3rd sacrifice to begin with, the souls were just going to be reborn anyway.

Especially since death is always beautiful. Kinda telling that they too dont like it when its forced upon them. Just like when it happened to all those creatures that they deemed unworthy.

[EaraGrace]

As we now know too, if Zodiark dissipated, all their souls would return to the Lifestream. So it seems the Ancients who were okay with the 3rd sacrifice just could not accept the fact that the End of Days even happened to begin with, they rejected reality. Because if they knew the souls would return to the Lifestream upon Zodiark dissipating, why bother doing the 3rd sacrifice to begin with, the souls were just going to be reborn anyway.

Well the plan didn't really include Zodiark dissipating. There's no indication the Ancients thought further action was needed post summoning to handle the threat of the Final Days, and the Unsundered spoke of those events as if they were solved. Zodiark was likely intended to last forever, and the souls within (whether they be from the initial sacrifice or the third) would be stuck there forever. Venat's faction seemed to be the ones who saw Zodiark as temporary.

On one hand this goes to explain why people wouldn't exactly view being part of Zodiark as a great thing. On the other, it meant that the Ancients were raising a bunch of lives just to use as a eternal battery.