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

[Brinne]

As for the description provided in the Nier retelling, Emet uses the exact same words to describe our own modern peoples of Etheirys, in the Crystarium scene:

'The inhabitants of these fourteen fragments were feeble, frail, and foolish. Oblivious to their imperfection, ignorant of their past. Malformed creatures thrashing blindly about. Pitiful. Disturbing. Depressing.'

This quote is from when Emet is explaining what it was like to witness the Sundering and its immediate effects, hence the past tense. So it actually lines up very neatly with the Nier portrayal.

Only three were fortunate enough to escape the sundering─me being one of them.

When I beheld the shattered remnants of our home, I knew deepest despair.

The inhabitants of these fourteen fragments were feeble, frail, and foolish. Oblivious to their imperfection, ignorant of their past.

Malformed creatures thrashing blindly about. Pitiful. Disturbing. Depressing.

So we took it upon ourselves to rejoin the worlds.

Why is there such a determination to prove the Nier portrayal as wrong and invalid, anyway? It's kinda weird seeing people rush to discredit it. What happens that's so terrible if we accept it as basically accurate? Even if it's accurate, it doesn't do anything to further justify Emet and the Ascians' actions. That has no bearing.