What's the point with that quite lackluster story in Endwalker?

[Caurcas]

From an in universe point of view one could understand backing Venat, considering her action led to the existence of them and theirs. Although, once again she is a victim of the writers who thought meteion was a good idea.

[KageTokage]

From an in universe point of view one could understand backing Venat, considering her action led to the existence of them and theirs. Although, once again she is a victim of the writers who thought meteion was a good idea.

I think the actual problem was them trying to incorporate time travel/causal loops into the main story arc. Venat having foreknowledge of everything that was to come just frames her actions in an even worse manner; even if it was necessary to preserve the future.

I was perfectly okay with the Meteion twist because I had long suspected that a "perfect" race like the Ancients most likely engineered their own demise somehow and I felt more gratified then anything else by the time the whole truth of things came to light.