Quote Originally Posted by Berteaux_Braumegain View Post
I don't know how you got this take when the final stretch of The Dead Ends is devoted to how the Amaurotine people would have ended up if they'd had their way with Zodiark.
I don't think that was what was being portrayed, given that the Dragons were said to have a peaceful society only to lose it to an outside invader through no fault of their own. Furthermore, the Ancients devoted their efforts to the benefit of the Star itself.

Quote Originally Posted by Berteaux_Braumegain View Post
Heck, the whole theme of Endwalker is to not continually seek the comfort of the past instead of living in the present/looking to the future.
I don't think that holds up when the Scions are brought back to life and a significant amount of time is devoted to mourning Moenbryda, a character who perished almost a decade ago.

The Unsundered had a credible way to restore their loved ones and it is understandable that they would take such a route. If the Scions had given their lives and not been brought back, then such a message would make sense - but in reality, it's the same old tiresome trope of expecting everybody but the protagonists to 'move on' and just roll over and die when they become inconvenient.

I'd say the real message is that you fight to preserve what you can, at any cost, because your loved ones are what matter most in the world - not a bunch of strangers.