Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
Doesn’t change my point though. Poachers have 0 respect for wildlife. They don’t hold any ceremonies. I mean even non-poachers, the sundered we see slaughtering animals left and right seem to do so with no remorse where even the Ancients did. So i don’t see how they’re arrogant. It’s like with some people takes the ancients are damned if they do damned if they don’t. People keep trying to find ways that the ancients aren’t superior to the sundered when for all intents and purposes based on what we’re shown they kinda are lol. Like i brought up before, we literally summon our own creations who are actually more advanced than 90% of the ancient ones we see in Elpis, as the ones we summoned could speak, and then we slaughtered them There's the familiars we see led by Matoya where theyre effectively slaves to do her bidding, or the smn egi's etc. There’s a pretty stark contrast there.I think in the end people realize they’re living in a very flawed society and so the thought of even a fictional society being better than theirs rubs them the wrong way, so then they try and tear said society down brick by brick looking for the smallest of flaws(when half of them don’t even make sense)
A poacher is someone who hunts rare animals illegally for money. In the world of the ancients, everyone has godlike powers, and wants for nothing. There would never be a poacher because nobody needs any money - because anyone, even children, could make pretty much anything they wanted with their godlike powers. Before the final days, no ancient ever struggled to make rent payments, or found themselves wondering how they would feed their children, or had an illness they couldn't afford to treat. All their basic needs were accounted for, at all times. Without a struggle for survival, without a world that has poverty or war, of course they were able to focus on bettering themselves and the star. This doesn't make them "superior" to the sundered people. It means they are starting with a distinct advantage that no sundered person would ever get. (or to steal a quote from another science fiction franchise "It's easy to be a saint in paradise." )

And even so - their society had flaws. Evidenced by the fact that people like Hermes felt the need to suffer alone, despite misgivings he had about the way things worked.