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

[Lunaxia]

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You are quite right, I was going to say they did indeed actually go this way during the climax in Amaurot with Emet (but my post was perilously long as it is), and that, for the reasons you eloquently outlined, is a huge part of the reason why SHB and its ending are so beloved even now. Emet-Selch's self-awareness and his dialogue about the victor writing the tale is still one of the best pieces of writing in the game to this day.

...which honestly makes the slapdash revisions in Endwalker to make everything much more simplistic and justifiable all the more galling. Why?

Another interview for those still interested - seems like even Yoshi was not completely happy with how Y'shtola was presented.

An interesting and expected but no less disappointing confirmation that they have been writing the characters based on what they think FF fans on social media want to see rather than what actually suits the characters themselves.

I didn't necessarily hate Emet and Hythlodaeus in Elpis, but I wonder what we might have gotten without the fanservice lens, especially with Hyth.