Quote Originally Posted by CrownySuccubus View Post
If someone continuously makes stupid decisions that they are warned will result in the deaths and suffering of countless people, they don't get a free pass just because each individual decision wasn't malicious.
I completely agree Hermes is an idiot and should be held accountable for his stupid decisions, many of which were made from arrogance, but he didn't have the warning about it resulting in the deaths and suffering of countless people until very, very shortly prior to Meteion breaking. Most of those decisions were subconsciously based in some amount of contempt and the hopes of showing the Ancients they were stupid and wrong, yes, but he genuinely had absolutely no idea they would result in an outcome that involved people actually being harmed. I don't think you can compare that to the knowing action of removing brakes or headlights, when everyone understands the potential consequences of doing so.

There was no foreknowledge from Hermes that "sending the Meteia out into space will result in the deaths of everyone on the planet" or even that that was a meaningful risk. He had no idea.