Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
Oh, I know what they were trying to say. I just completely disagree, considering the planet was in immediate danger. In such circumstances, some things really do need to take priority, because if it wasn't for what was basically a stroke of luck for the party, there would soon be no planet or knowledge of the Ancients to protect. And considering they really didn't have anybalteranative plan, in my eyes it just comes across as contrived and stupid
They had a choice to either let Shinra take the Huge Materia and use it all in an attempt to destroy Meteor (which wasn't a surefire success), or keep it out of their hands and protect the planet's resources, hoping that when it came time for the Meteor to destroy Gaia it would protect itself. Their actions are consistent with the events of the game in protecting the planet.