Quote Originally Posted by SannaR View Post
I guess we'll just have to disagree then? Cause to me because the writers chose to write it that way it's how they want to have their world be in that type of setting. That I'll assume part of the reason that they chose to write it that was is due to needing the earlier bits match up with the later bits as best they can. That they I hope unintentionally shot themselves in the foot by not having an idea of how they wanted a faction in their game to be until some time in Stormblood. So that once they actually had an idea they had to try and make it look like it jived with the worldbuilding they had already done.
This. So much of the Ascians' story was written with the ending already set in stone by the earlier parts of the game. The end result had to be the Sundering; the writers had no choice but to come up with something that reached that result. I don't think they did the best possible job that could be done, and they had some weird philosophical takes on things, but it's part of the setting now whether we like it or not.