*Spoilers* Anyone feel joining Emet would have been better

[Lauront]

Whatever makes it easy for you to sleep at night. Selectively choosing scenes to believe and one’s not to does not equal canon however. If you want to point out the specifics for the differences, that’s fine. But the fact remains that the plan to rely wholly on Zodiark was doomed to fail. It worked to buy time. That’s all.

I don't recall disputing that reliance solely on him would not work given the nature of the true cause of the Final Days. What I am disputing is calling it idiotic with the context of the information that they had.

Venat would disagree, a position she gained nothing from having. Emet as well would concede that Venats path was the correct one.

Do you mean that scene whereby in the French version he narrows his concession to getting them to Ultima Thule? I don't consider it adequate, sorry. And that is even if I were inclined to simply take their opinions over more tangible evidence of how they'd react.

As much as I respect your opinion and your right to have it, I will place their judgements of what Ancient society could and couldn’t do over yours.

And I'd like to see how the ancients would've reacted and adapted to this information in full. Again, the plot was written in such a way where they weren't allowed it.

I would ask for the full quote your referencing.

Venat: Bleak as the contents of Meteion's report might be, many could hear it and remain content with their lives.
Venat: But not Hermes. For him, the veneer of perfection has long been cracked, and it was to the distant heavens he looked for the means to repair it.
Venat: I understand his anguish after a fashion─my own refusal to return is in opposition to the world's established order.
Venat: Yet for me, the imperfections only enhance the fragile beauty of our star. I will fight to see it delivered from destruction, warts and all.

So she clearly didn't think that lowly of her people's general emotional resilience.

Once again, denying canon statements won’t make them any less important.

And once more, insisting there is a canon statement to the effect of what they would've done in receipt of the full context behind her concerns, when there isn't, doesn't make your argument any stronger in this respect.