#Macuil could also be another proof why hiding the truth about Lamine and co was important

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I honestly don't understand why there is so much backlash agaisnt Rhea for lying and distorting history - like what was she supposed to do? And the game still has the nerve to grill her because she did this, even if it inderectly allowed Claude, Dimitri and all the crested students to exist?

I can only say Marianne's paralogue exists, and is present (by default?) in VW for a reason - even if the devs couldn't commit because Reasons (tm)

Marianne is hunted because her ancestor "became a monster" but also killed tons of people.

What was going to happen to Annette if Rhea'n'co revealed, in the beginning, that Dominic got his crest because he vivisected Seteth's younger brother and used his skull to craft a kickass weapon? If it was revealed Annette shares Dominic's original sin in her blood, and her Crest is not a revelation of the Goddess, but the indelible proof that her ancestor - part of her blood - committed those atrocities?

"Since Dominic slaughtered a guy making pies to make a hammer out of his spine, maybe Annette might also slaughter Ignatz too, because her family is known for killing people to gain more power?"

Rhea's lies protected Nabateans and the descendants of the Elites - and I find it telling that the "lore route" at least shows why through Marianne.

SS sucks because it is the Billy Route, and Rhea must acknowledge all "BaD" things she did 1/ to redeem somehow the red emperor 2/to make place for Billy and make sure everyone and their sockets understand Billy is the avatar meant to rule over Fodlan and that's a good thing, so Rhea was wrong.

Of course the "organised religion lies!!!" has real life parallels, but in this situation, it was a lose-lose situation, and imo she picked the one with the least casualties. What humans do afterwards are their own business.

This mindset is also one I know will be prevalent when discussing Deghinsea if Tellius Echoes is released soon, was Deghinsea right by deeming the branded a "crime against the goddess" and something that should not exist, or not?

But if he told everyone the truth, would Laguz have exterminated Beorcs in fear of disappearing if they ever were to mate, or would Beorcs have forcefully "befriended" Laguz to make them lose their powers and finally be "just like them"? At what point can you coexist with a different species when ultimate coexistence - interbreeding - leads to the extinction of one of the two original species?

Apparently in Hatari the Laguz, Beorcs and Branded are able to live together. But we don't know how, and the script, even the world, doesn't encourage us to learn how they manage to do it.

It is always much more complicated than "s/he lies so s/he is BaD".