Governance of Nabatea
I'm sure everyone remembers the Nintendo Dream Interview about Three Houses few years ago following the release of Cindered Shadows, bringing an end to the DLC of Three Houses. The interview revealed a bunch of interesting stuff like Claude's real name, but most relevant to this post is the discussion of why Nemesis attacked Zanado, specifically the mention of the nabataen's governance of the land following Sothis beginning her slumber after healing the world.
There is a school of thought, popular amongst Edelgard apologists especially in the Edelgard discord server that is known for being a haven for genocide apologists and the like, which is that the nabataens were oppressive tyrants, whose actions completely justified their genocide at the hands of the so called King of Liberation. Now before we can truly get into things, we need to understand what was said in the interview which has two main translations from what I gather, with the first from Serene's Forest being;
In that world, originally the race that could change into dragons, the so called citizens of Nabatea, were scattered about Fodlan in the different places/lands as governers (rulers)
And the second from NintendoEverything and a translation done by dubstepkazoo which can also be found here is;
In that world, the Nabateans were a race of people who could transform into dragons, and ruled as gods over each territory across Fódlan.
Now then, neither of these translations don't appear to explicitly support the narrative that the nabataens were cruel and oppressive tyrants, with the closest being the second translation which says they ruled as gods, which by itself merely means they were worshipped by the people.
Additionally, there are still legends speaking of the nabataen's impact even after a more then a thousand years since their genocide at the hands of Nemesis, for instance Petra who speaks about how Byleth's appearance after their fusion with Sothis matches legends from Brigid about people who had spirits inside them. Interestingly enough, you would think that Petra would act uneasy and would talk with less awe about Byleth's appearance if the nabataens as a whole or at least on Brigid were cruel and oppressive tyrants. https://houses.fedatamine.com/en-us/monastery/11#event-base-58-0
I can only guess why people would take something vague as a statement like the nabataens ruled as gods, and take that to mean that the Nabataens were definitely without a doubt, cruel and oppressive tyrants who 100% deserved to be genocided.
