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

[Rulakir]

And the fact that you see a thread reduced to more shitflinging and another thread that never got above single digit upvotes as something wholly positive is telling. It seems like there’s not much interest in discussing these things and more interest in making everyone agree with you.

I don't know what you're talking about, but I visit r/ffxiv almost daily. I shared the link I did because it was an anomaly and I was genuinely surprised to see Venat getting any criticism. Perhaps if you don't frequent it you're less aware of the toxic positivity and any criticism of the game, no matter how mild, being double digit downvoted.

I believe I've said before my primary interest is to commiserate with others who didn't enjoy EW. I believe how someone views Venat and her actions depends on their values and those aren't likely to be changed. Plus, after the LL I'm no longer interested in debate. It was made clear I think about the lore more extensively than the writers do, so it's pointless for me get into the details when they don't do as much.

The number of times I saw people who dislike Venat and/or like Ascians being compared to literal nazis on reddit yesterday was absolutely hilarious.

Coming from the WoW community it's just bizarre. I won't say there were no cases of it happening, but liking or disliking a character and their actions wasn't applied morally to the player themselves the way it seems to be here. The fact that FFXIV is a fictional universe where reincarnation is confirmed and souls can be split seems to be lost on many.