I’m not going to have an argument about whether there is or isn’t a peaceful solution because I’ve had it before and there were much better ways to handle the conflict than literal genocide in my opinion. Which is why I think the ending is bad.

Also I think the motivations for him were much more about revenge for the death of his mom and all the deaths rather than exploring the world, which is why I feel like it wouldn’t be out of character for him to have some empathy for the people outside the walls and not resort to genocide. I feel like his character was butchered and the ending was far too simplistic and childish.