Quote Originally Posted by crimsonwitch View Post
Not understanding your point.. what did you expect her to do, expose hermes in front of emet and hythlodaeus who lost their memories ? Tell all the ancients that hermes created a monstrosity who is now far away in the galaxy?
I think the ancients might've thought she lost her mind and needed to return to the earth then.
...she had the capability of tracing memories and exposing them, which is precisely what she did during the quests in Elpis with the Warrior of Light. Furthermore, given how tirelessly the likes of Emet-Selch worked towards the goal of saving not only his people but the Star itself, it felt very forced for Venat to not even bother to pull him aside and inform him of what she had learned. The memory wipe only extended within the facility itself, thus Venat could have taken Emet-Selch to a place where he had interacted with the others before entering the facility to ensure her warning carried weight.

...and even if he initially brushed off the warning, when the Final Days began to manifest, would he not then realise that Venat was telling the truth? Let's not forget that Venat's word carries a lot of weight in itself, given that she is a respected figure within the Ancient world.

Much of the story rests on flimsy reasoning which is a shame because Venat went from a very likable and well meaning character during the Elpis arc to one of the most horrid. I think she deserved a better ending than what she's now stuck with. Simply having Venat lose her memory alongside Emet-Selch and Hythlodaeus would have worked much more smoothly and made her a more tragic figure than having her deliberately avoid telling anyone anything.