Quote Originally Posted by Gemina View Post
The same can be said for many tales in fiction. Sometimes it is even acknowledged by the villain like when Thanos tells Thor in Infinity war, "You should have went for the head." Hell, even if not the head, he could have just lobbed the guy's arm off. The point being is there isn't much point monday morning quarterbacking these things. The WoL has a pretty impressive kill count as well. It's done when it serves the story being told. Maybe the WoL will be less of a dunce next patch. We'll see.
Compared to the Golbez scenes in FF4 which were utterly ridiculous, this one played out in a defensible way. The battle narratively was extremely challenging, and you are separated from Golbez when the elevated platform dissipates. Your friends who were all overwhelmed by voidsent rush to you to see if you are okay as their priority and in those few moments Golbez acts. Within a very brief time Golbez already has re-control over the dragon and once ensnared they have no way of breaking the seal.

I don’t think any of them would have predicted what he then did with it.