Quote Originally Posted by jameseoakes View Post
They set up very badly why this is the case, the sundering seems all about Venats contempt of her own race. There's no meaningful reasons given for why the Ancients couldn't do something about Metion given some time to take stock of what Dynamis actually is. She kills out of spite
I didn't get the impression it was contempt or spite driving her. I actually agree with Rulakir here - I think she gave in to despair. I think she gave up on her people being able to save themselves.

So I will say I think there are some things the writers could've done to make her intentions clearer. There's a gap in knowledge on what happened between us showing up in Elpis and her sundering the world. What did she try? Who did she tell, if anyone? We don't actually know, we only have implications - some heavier and clearer than others.

If I'm following her logic right, it came across as more of her... Convincing herself that her people would always choose the past, always choose to strive for a perfect paradise that they lost instead of facing an imperfect future, always reject suffering, and the only way to avoid falling into despair in the face of suffering is if they're so used to facing suffering that forging ahead anyway is a fundamental part of who they are.

So basically she saw flaws in her society, didn't agree with their take on paradise and what can/should be sacrificed to maintain it, and didn't trust they'd make the "right" choices in the face of disaster. So she entrusted the future to people she could ensure would intimately understand and accept pain and suffering as a part of their reality. Whether that was a good call or not... Well. The survivors get to decide I guess.