Originally Posted by Vlad the Inhaler
I fully agree, i just tried to outline a possible way to salvage what is there to begin with. [spoiler]Realistically, with all the other issues the story has in its final parts, it would require a complete Rework of the Emperor and the Dream Guardian, along with the ending itself.
Given the fact that the Emperor is already the product of a late revision and the game is out of the bag now another rework like that seems extremely unlikely. They'll probably tweak the ending a bit and that's it.