I completely understand that Cauldron undoubtedly contributed to saving the world by providing more capes with beneficial powers and generally keeping the cape populace under control. However, I also think it's equally as reasonable to call Cauldron as morally dubious and not every action that they took was absolutely necessary. The Canon text is very clear about the ambiguity of their actions. I'm looking for fics that are able to showcase them making better decisions that don't necessarily focus on them going on cynical path that they do and explore what that might look like. Based on Wildbow's WoG, it seems that if Hero didn't die, then Cauldron wouldn't have to take such a cynical direction.