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

[KageTokage]

I feel like it's pretty hard to top "near extinction of all life on the planet" when it comes to tragedies, so the angle that Venat was trying to "play it safe" by not making any effort to change anything doesn't really vibe with me.

The main thing that bugs me is that they could've avoided most/all of the unpleasant and likely unintentional negative implications by simply having her memory get wiped as well, but they seemed care more about forcibly establishing a stronger connection to the player character for the sake of drama then anything else.

[Atelier-Bagur]

I feel like it's pretty hard to top "near extinction of all life on the planet" when it comes to tragedies, so the angle that Venat was trying to "play it safe" by not making any effort to change anything doesn't really vibe with me.

The main thing that bugs me is that they could've avoided most/all of the unpleasant and likely unintentional negative implications by simply having her memory get wiped as well, but they seemed care more about forcibly establishing a stronger connection to the player character for the sake of drama then anything else.

Which is fair that people can feel that way about the situation. Its just not something I would necessarily go that far into since the point of the story wasnt about changing the past anyway. But I do agree that it would've been better for her memory to have also been wiped but then it wouldnt explain Hydaelyn's secret plan to harvest the planet's aether to use it as a means to head into Ultima Thule or having her make the backup plan of escaping the star on a gamble.

It would've just left more holes into the established plot since it relies on her keeping her memories of Hermes and Meteion's plan.