Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
I dont remember if they actually confirm it was sentient life or not. If they dont well then this is just assumptions. As for the ironworks comparison though, they were willing of basically erasing their timeline(and the people born in it) to mess with the past and bring us back. The ancients sought to bring their loved ones back in hope of ensuring a better future and to restore things. Same overall concept. People lose in both scenarios but one is subjectively better than the other in that it wouldve prevented the eventual sundering if there wasnt an opposing faction based off of fear.
Hydaelyn was a later development they knew nothing about when making their choice, comparing the two it's still.

Sacrificing life to save other life.
Vs
Changing everyone's future.

The ironworks still had no idea if they'd make things better or worse, but enough people agreed a world with us was worth it and with how things had gone that we'd likely lead to a better outcome. On the other hand the convocation were simply killing newly spawned life to return their own, they were in no immediate danger and these people willingly died to save the world, their society was built of debating and deliberating but they did neither they'd averted disaster at a great cost and they'd now come for an exchange. Those against this questioned if the world shouldn't be left to this new life, that implies they're sentient as they'd need to be if they were to take over the Amaurotine's role, but the convocation just wanted all they'd lost back, again at their core you can compare them as both people suffered a calamity that brought their worlds to the brink, the different however is where these choices were made and why, the 8th timeline was in ruins and wasn't sure if they'd recover or if what they had left was recoverable. the Amaurotines had actually made it past their crisis and had in place a solution, at least for the moment things were stable and the world was on the mend, in that moment they chose to sacrifice new life without giving it the choice to return their loved ones who did have a choice.