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

[Katish]

I don't think Venat an antagonist, because:

- 1: We do not know how the WoL thinks of her.
- 2: The way we gather who antagonists are in this story is that, an antagonist usually involves other people's mindset in play or some other independent element.
- 3: She is not opposed to the WoL, just how the world is in general.

Being an antagonist goes both ways between protagonist and antagonist...if you don't know the mindset of one, look to the other...if the other does not oppose then that person is not the antagonist. Anything else would be speculation. And someone who brought up her "will", her will does not contribute to what she actually thinks either. For all we know, she could have wanted to be bested to see the fate of humanity overcome whatever was thrown at them (which would make more sense given how she reacted after) and that is conflicting with the obligation to being herself, or saving everyone she created. A continuous fight from the ages, so to speak.

Tl;dr? Someone can be antagonistic but not be an antagonist.