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

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[LIST][*]The mighty Zodiark

Were you even paying attention? His summoning wasn't complete. I've never heard a single person complain about going to the moon or the trial. Not sure what you mean by filler trash aside from your post.

of the Final Days is a pet-project from an ancient which goes mad after observing countless dead world and possibly causing the death of several world by projecting negative emotions unto them, and is thus dead-set on bringing despair to every world, upon which said ancient goes mad and is now letting her run her course to test humanity if they can withstand/fight despair

Umm there's no projecting but everything else you said is right. And?? Is this account your main?

[*]Venat, who hasn't had her memory wiped + still remembers you from being in Elpis, quite apparently doesn't lift a finger to learn about Dynamis herself or to mobilize the other ancients to end Meteion then and there, and instead chooses to turn herself into Hydaelyn, sunder the world and the inhabitants, thereby forcing them to live with and face despair and gambling that their resilience against despair might be enough to face Meteion one day

Why would anyone believe Venat's story with zero evidence...? You're saying she would have successfully convinced everyone and also found a solution in time? That's incredibly doubtful and unbelievable. Secondly she had no choice but to sunder the world, that was the whole point. Did you fall asleep during the sequence where she explains (as though she did not anticipate) the world she created contained mire and plague? It wasn't some kind of test. She told Zodiark's followers off but that doesn't make it some grand scheme or test. Venat couldn't even imagine what was going to happen...that was the entire point.

How is this thread still ongoing?

Also there are reasons to dislike the story but nothing in this post makes a credible argument other than "I wasn't paying attention" or 'It was filler".