Well, I felt differently about some of these things:

1) I would've rather the orphan baby died than the boy who turned into a blasphemy and was then crushed underfoot while his father watched on in horror. I can begrudgingly get behind Vrtra showing up bringing a sense of calm and stability amidst the chaos (even though I still don't think that makes sense for an infant), but 'Exarch' G'raha's little pep talk didn't seem like it should've worked in any realistic scenario of a parent who just watched their child be gruesomely slain (I know I'm asking for a lot here).

2) I thought "In from the Cold" needed stakes. Given all of Zenos' "rage and rancor" speeches, he ultimately just ends up trolling the WoL. I was basically popcorn.gif through that entire sequence, but what a letdown the conclusion was.

3) The only Scion UT speeches I liked were Alisaie and G'raha, the latter mostly got me when he wanted to see Ishgard. Alisaie, true to form, shows she cares about the WoL, which I appreciate because I feel like those two are the only ones I'd consider more than colleagues. (Also fitting that they were the ones who met Zenos!WoL on the road.)

I'm still bummed we lost Zenos, I would've traded at least half the Scions for him. I already commented on Elpis. The icing on top (before everything went disastrously wrong) was having Emet and Hyth as trusts. <3

I also liked the room visits, but I wish they'd been more personal. It's the end of the world (as we know it), it's one-on-one alone time with the WoL, I felt like that was the time for heart-to-hearts that just didn't really seem to happen particularly from characters where I expected it would. I did thoroughly enjoy Estinien going from 0 to 100 though. :P