Quote Originally Posted by OhNooo View Post
I thought the whole point of the expansion is to figure out how to not give into despair even when horrible things happen? The ancients lost almost everyone they cared about and were expected to still move forward and not give into despair. So why is the expectation different for us in this case? Why shouldn't we also be expected to move forward regardless of losing the others if it came down to it? With our plot armor I'm sure they could've figured out a different way to make it through Ultima Thule.
If you revive all the Scions in Ultima Thule, without first finding a way to replace the progress that was made, then you all die pretty much instantly. Because remember that Thancred's sacrifice was to allow everyone the ability to breathe; if you bring them back with no thought to replacement, then all eight of you suffocate in space. Yes, it was absolutely a given that we'd figure out a way how. But it required actual thought, not just Believing Really Hard.

Also, the difference between us and the Ancients is that the Ancients did give into despair, and reached for a quick, easy and flawed solution rather than a more difficult but effective one. If the whole point of the expansion is to not give into despair, the Ancients missed that point.