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

[BRVV]

[...]One thing you are forgetting are the ascians. They manipulated in ARR, they also did the same in Ishgard with the arch bishop, they also did the same with the (crystal braves guy from Ala mhigo. As you must be aware emet selk is a garlean. [...]

That to me just seems like individual attempts at rejoining. They don't build upon each other or do they?

[Snorky]

That to me just seems like individual attempts at rejoining. They don't build upon each other or do they?

It depends on your perspective, i believe the ascians manipulated it all. In which case yes i look at it as a arc in the story. I am not a book critic. Maybe it could have been written more smooth but when using this media or even television some things are sacrificed to save time same with computer games. We don't know what was left on the cutting room floor. I think it tied in but that is my opinion.