Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post
Yep, Yoshida does not claim that it's the only plan that would've worked. It is indeed a function of Venat's belief that the ancients could not have stopped the Final Days. At most what he is saying is that had they continued as they were (a function of not being given the full story behind what was happening), their fate would probably be similar to the Plenty. Inferring from this that her plan was the only one which would work under alternative circumstances, then trying to gaslight other posters by saying that the writer and director and "all the voices" in the narrative are suggesting any other plan was doomed, is not exactly the most intellectually honest approach. And yes, you very much can (and some of us will) posit that you'd like to see how alternative scenarios would've worked out, where she had revealed the truth. The answer he is giving is to explain why she's not a villain - not to try shut down any contemplation of alternatives, which would be rather antithetical to their typical approach.
The Dead Ends part of the explanation feels particularly important here however. Though he did lead in with a probably, the fact that the Plenty is “our” (the dev teams) views for how the Ancients probably would have ended, lends at least a little credence to her view while I agree it does not close out alternative viewpoints entirely.


Quote Originally Posted by Lauront View Post
(At this point I would've liked someone to remind him of all the sundered characters that tried to inflict their judgement or decisions on mankind as a whole... sometimes even an entire timeline...)
Lauront, I’m not saying go buy a cake, but I’m just saying I’ll bring snacks and drinks to celebrate this truly auspicious day.

I think we agree completely.

This story, and human history, is filled with characters who for right and wrong reasons made decisions for others and even all of humanity, often ones of great complexity and moral weight. The Ancients are nowhere near special for that and in fact I’d say it’s one of the traits that gives the most reason to see them as human in my opinion. To say it’s a very “Ancient” thing to do is very off the mark to me.