Quote Originally Posted by Semirhage View Post
That part of the story has less to do with whether everyone can live with the final days or not. Venat saw that her people were incredibly eager to pony up and sell their souls for anything that would make their lives comfortable again. Now, showing that alongside a literal apocalypse is a harder sell (since that's hardly "seeking easy lives") but that's what the story was going for. The Ancients were willing to create a monster to run away from their problem. Venat saw knee-jerking and shortsightedness and knew that the next time something horrible happened -and it would eventually- she might not be there to make running away no longer an option.

There's a message in there about growing up and facing your issues like an adult instead of putting them off in unhealthy ways like a child.
Venat had information relevant to the prevention of the Final Days and opted not to inform anyone of what was coming, then blamed others for daring to mourn the fallen and seek to restore what once was. She's the definition of an abusive mother figure, insisting on forcing hardship on others for no reason than to stroke her own ego.

I think the true message to ever watch out for subversive elements within one's society, which is ultimately what Hermes and Venat both ended up being.

She's also a complete hypocrite - not only was her backup option to flee the Star if things went south again, she actively gave the Warrior of Light the ability to bring back his dead companions...which is exactly what she was criticising her own people for. Though moving goalposts in such a manner is to be expected from such a spiteful, manipulative individual I suppose - especially one that fashioned herself as a goddess and shunned many opportunities to aid her 'children' more directly.