Quote Originally Posted by Zero-ELEC View Post
I think you're projecting stuff that isn't there. I would not characterize Venat's words as "vile hate spiteladen" at all.

The scene in question:



I mean, that literally lays in plain Endwalker's message: "Suffering exists, and we cannot pretend otherwise. [...] If we would live, we must accept it as our constant companion. Let us not seek to forget [...] tragedy. Let us carry it in our hearts, that we may grow stronger and know true happiness." True happiness here being in contrast to the fake happiness that would come from ignoring trauma and pretending bad things didn't happen or can be just waved away. It's not that "constant suffering" forges "better people", rather, pretending that suffering doesn't exist is unhealthy. And the scene goes on to show how Venat's judgement made shit bad for a long-ass time. It literally stains her in black to show she is not blameless for it.

Venat's speech is impassioned, then sad, then resolute. Never hateful or spiteful.

Again, the message and themes of Endwalker are not particularly complex, but they're pretty well defined.



Yeah, that's what I meant by "in a way that causes trauma for generations" and "in a terrible terrible no good way". Ancients are unique in their capacity for inhumanity by the sheer scale of their powers.
Most are good people. Hermes and Venat were very much outliers prior to the extreme trauma that led to the Rejoining plan.