Zodiark's Codex entry what do we think about it?

[TowaIsBestGirl]

Light is primarily stasis – representing tranquility in contrast to the activity of Darkness, neither of those being a bad thing in moderation.

I was basically saying I do not consider an absence of a driving force inciting change to be tranquility be default. It's one interpretation to be sure, but it certainly isn't the only one. Absence of change can just as easily be a creepy, disquieting void of nothing as it can be a tranquil sea with no waves to disrupt equilibrium. When "Light" is brought to the fore in FFXIV, the most prominent example from what I can recall is a direct threat to both the Scions and the world of the First.

The instances before that, especially insofar as Hydaelyn are concerned, the element in question being Light was less of a prominent detail than it was during the events of Shadowbringers. Which is the expansion where the finally deigned to give us the true details of what comprised Umbral and Astral aether. That's why I find it odd to consider it tranquil by default, since when the specifics were explained we were dealing with a threat comprised of being whose aether had been stilled to violent effect.

This is further actual information (if still frustratingly vague) on the nature of the sacrifices. Just because people on both sides of the argument make it a misery to try to have the discussion doesn't stop it from being a lore question that those of us in the middle would like an answer to.

If you're going to accuse people of being "oddly combative" then your own post is coming across that way too.

Fair enough. Though, to be frank I never discounted myself from that. Either way, future escalation sadly cannot be forestalled by taking no action at all so I refused to do that. I'm wary as to future details we may or may not get, to be quite honest however. I can't help but get a sinking feeling it'll satisfy either only one party and enrage the other or satisfy nobody. Too early to tell, though. Even then, I don't imagine we'll be getting any future detail after Pandaemonium neither. This may well be the end of the Ancient clarifications. Which is weird, since imo Pandaemonium gave us more questions than answers.

Anyway, to Sanna I wasn't being fair to you 'twould seem and for that you have my apologies.