Quote Originally Posted by aveyond-dreams View Post
I do not consider the post Elpis cutscene as a direct representation of real events. I do not consider Venat to have taken appropriate action, instead she fulfills the role of a fallen, hubristic angel than a "supreme deity."

She herself admitted that the trial she subjected humanity to was cruel, as befitting her true status. She is at the source of all suffering in Eorzea's world, on par with having committed the closest thing to the original sin. Paradise was lost because of her, and because of Hermes.

Maintaining Zodiark in his position would have fended off Meteion seemingly indefinitely, and it is only logical for the Ancients to seek to restore their own people no matter the cost to the "new life" which then either went on to cause thousands of years of human strife, or as was implied by others in another thread, may have merely been just other plants and animals that are in no way equivalent to humans.

I do not believe that the world of the Ancients would have resulted in "the Plenty" as it seems they were able to keep themselves quite busy being the creative individuals that they were. In any case, the world lost its two dominant supernatural forces and now only has the Void to keep my interest, goodness help us if these writers have G'raha Tia going to whatever version of McDonald's probably exists there as another high-budget animation sequence.
so you'll disregard the information we are given because "i don't think that's what actually happened, so i'll follow my own personal narrative because i like it better."

The ancients were ready and willing to sacrifice as many people as needed to shield themselves from everything that gave rise to sorrow. Even before the final days their ideology was built around the notion that they and theirs was a "perfect society", where people were expected to toe the line that countless others had done before them. They shunned anything or anyone that deviated from their vision of a perfect Utopia, which is exactly what created the situation where Meteion came into existence. Hermes was disillusioned with the so-called perfect society and cast his gaze upwards to the stars beyond his reach, seeking to know what gives meaning to the lives of those who don't live on Etheirys.