*Spoilers* Anyone feel joining Emet would have been better

[Alleo]

...And yeah, they did kind of just dig themselves deeper by clarifying points like Venat letting Emet-Selch and the others escape on purpose as well as her somewhat irrational fear that the Ancients were going to go the way of the Plenty when they were never trying to "eliminate strife" as they had been. Creation magic in itself ran counter to that idea considering that it was openly acknowledged that new creations could be horrifyingly dangerous, yet nobody seemed to get called out for it unless they were trying to break protocol by unleashing an untested concept into the outside world.

The Ancients before the calamity might not have, but the ones afterwards? The ones that wanted their pure bliss back?

And I dont agree with Hermes solution at the end but I do agree with his question on what would happen if the Ancients reached their goal to create a perfect star? He even ask: Would we all die in satisfaction?

As soon as I saw the Plenty I was sure that this was a nod towards the Ancients. Just as there was a nod towards Venats later actions when Meteion talked about a planet that got rid of all suffering and basically still died because life lost its meaning.