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

[Turtledeluxe]

Why don't you explain what would need to happen for you specifically to accept the use of the term genocide in this context?

Venat would have to be targeting them because they are humanoids when that isn't the case. If that were the case in isolation what would stop her from doing it in general? Why not do it before Zodiark? Venat says "from that temptation I sunder us" as she is doing it. The temptation is Zodiark and the desire for the past

What would make it genocide is saying "I sunder us because you are humanoids (or whatever). Genocide is associated with targeting specific groups based on their race. That's what makes it different from a massacre or an assassination. Using it however you want is intellectually lazy. You can still do it. No one will think less of you except me.

[jameseoakes]

Venat would have to be targeting them because they are humanoids when that isn't the case. If that were the case in isolation what would stop her from doing it in general? Why not do it before Zodiark? Venat says "from that temptation I sunder us" as she is doing it. The temptation is Zodiark and the desire for the past.

She can't do it before Zodiark is summoned as she needs him to hold back the dynamis