Quote Originally Posted by Turtledeluxe View Post
Ok. Something fundamentally not being understood ITT is that, per Emet dialog at the end of 5.0, they were being tempered by Zodiark (not that you really need that because the walk cutscene with Venat clearly shows us this imo). Venat also became a primal via volunteers. So it's not even just Venat and they had no other option in the face of a primal who was demanding more sacrifices and tempering.

Also per the lore Venat didn't even know exactly what her attack would render in great specificity and it didn't kill everyone.
What lore are you referring to that she didn't know what her attack would do? We literally tell her what she does. The walk cutscene, while not a literal retelling of events, shows her doing it deliberately. Also on the mention of not everyone dying; you're right there were THREE survivors from the entire planet. It's also worth noting that the use of the term genocide is not reliant on the effectiveness of said genocide. Not everyone has to be dead for us to call it what it is.