Dawntrail's Final Zones destroy everything the story has built.

[MarianneviBrittania]

You're glossing over the fact that they kill living beings and harvest their souls to sustain themselves.

It is evil, plain and simple.

So why didn't we offer a less evil alternative solution to Sphene and the Endless' dilemma, instead of jumping straight to murder? Golbez' plan was arguably quite sinister and immoral indeed, and yet we did not hasten to stick a sword in his gullet for it. No, instead we offered him a 'third way' that proved to be quite anime indeed. I've still yet to hear a reason why this story that so much resembles other tales we've witnessed prior (the Void Arc, the Ultima Thule Allies quests, Shadowbringers itself) is so devoid of the WoL's prior displayed empathy. Dawntrail's ending honestly made me feel like my WoL was a psychopath.