Quote Originally Posted by Lady_Silvermoon View Post
Given how we told her everything about the future when she asked us to, but didn't tell others when it would stop the genocide we'd just caused, I'd say the WoL is tempered by her. After all, people are claiming the Ascians are mindless slaves due to Zodiark and Hydaelyn is built off his blueprint. If the Ascians are servants to the dark, then we are servants to the light in the same way. Heck, Minfilia even says something along those lines when serving as the Voice of the Mother, doesn't she? A lot of the WoL's horrific actions make sense if they are simply tempered. That actually makes me feel a bit better. My WoL didn't stand there doing nothing knowing an entire people were about to get turned to scrap to make her world because she's a selfish monster, she was simply tempered and therefore couldn't act against Venat's evil plans.

Finally, someone on this forum has come up with a theory that both fits the text and doesn't make me more depressed. Thank you.
It kind of makes sense but I didn't feel that EW addressed this at all. It seems to play out that we are in fact in complete control and that Hydaelyn just blessed us with gifts since we are a favored hero. Even people without the echo who know of Elpis and the Sundering don't question anything about it, they all treat it as though it was some great sacrifice that Venat had made to give us life rather than acknowledging that is led to the cessation of an entire society and culture.