Quote Originally Posted by Allegor View Post
To be entirely fair, Hydaelyn herself stated she's not 'the good guy' and constantly lamented/doubted her course of actions, whereas Emet and the other ascians couldn't care less if they tried and never hesitated to commit countless genocides. It's not much, but at least she's self aware rather than self righteous /shrug
I wouldn't call her acknowledgement of her crimes "constant". She does so once and Y'shtola immediately dismisses it at though we would have to be absolutely mad to even think for a second that she was in the wrong. The difference in the way the game treats two characters who both committed genocide is the issue here, not which one was more repentant. One is condemned to be a villain for trying to repair his world and, in the process, committing genocide. While the other betrays the very same world and splits it apart to begin with (incidentally, also knowingly creating the worlds the first character destroys). This is also committing genocide but is she a villain, like the other person was? No, now she's a hero and genocide is "OK" as long as it's being done for our benefit. And the game never lets you think for a second that this is not the right way to think or feel. It's a sickening double standard.