Quote Originally Posted by Kyohei View Post
Yes, but that is certainly not something we get out of Endwalker. Your character always smiles at Venat after receiving the flower, and the scions do not have a critical view on what she did. The scions had a critical view on Emet-Selch despite understanding where he's coming from, but no such display happened with Hydaelyn. They lacked showing that she made mistakes in the game, and that is a big issue. If they wanted to show both made mistakes, they failed to bring forth this idea in Endwalker. By this i mean in the general feeling when playing the game, not with interviews. Yoshida did kind of admit she wasn't all good, but he shouldn't have to say this outside of the game, it should've been clear they were saying this inside.
Their lack of a critical view on her I agree is a mistake but only up until they meet her. Dont need the old trope of lets question this person now while the world goes to Hell around us. It makes characters look like morons when they decided to question someones motives or trust while the world burns around them.