Quote Originally Posted by Jason_Ashford View Post
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.
We are shown in an expansion prior that memories are easily manipulated. Look at Cid in Bozja where he thought it was Varis who shot him but it was actually his Father. He had manipulated his own memories as to not tarnish his memories of his father. It’s called bias. We had bias with Emet in ShB and now we have bias with Venat as well. They weren’t going to sacrifice everyone, they specifically stated 3 total sacrifice cycles. We know that they suffered and weren’t entirely perfect. They still fought through grief etc.Also actually, they were pretty open to ideas, this is shown in numerous examples in Elpis but in one occasion in particular we even add a part in their funeral ceremony for creations. And we do that as a familiar so clearly they’re open to many ideas.Meteion was the result of a psychopath unfortunately, who was wallowing too deep in his depression he couldn’t take 2 steps outside and see that there were people that felt the same way as him.