Quote Originally Posted by EgilTheStressedMage View Post
Okay so what else could or should she have done within the limits of the story?
It's probably better if another poster gives this a shot but I'll try.

Imagine if you go back in time and meet Venat. You do your adventures and stuff. Then you find out about Hermes, drama, Emet-Selch, etc etc, and stuff. After it's all said and done, Venat says point blank, "I'm going to decide everyone's future."

She chose, all alone, to dictate the future of all mankind and Etheirys. I'm sorry, but that's not how things roll no matter how fantastical things are. At that point she should have become a villain. We should have fought her. And the game would've lasted 10 times longer. Keep in mind, that would also mean everything we had done up to that point is meaningless.

Thankfully, but not so thankfully, Square forced a viewpoint on us. They made us accept our new godmother and move on with life.

No one should be allowed to dictate anyone's future. This is in part why Square should've left time travel alone. We would've been better off thinking Hydaelyn as an altruistic being and Zodairk as an all evil being. Square crossed boundaries they shouldn't have.

In the end, we have what we have. All we can do is be disgruntled or satisfied about it. Considering I'm the former, I can only hope Square never pulls this crap again.