Quote Originally Posted by Lunaxia View Post
The wording remains as vague as it ever was. "Generation" can apply to anything from people to animals to plants to technology to simply the living inhabitants of a new era in time. Until they decide to explicitly expand upon exactly what they mean by "new lives", "a portion of the world's living energy" (previous terms) or "new generation", again, we can't truly know. And I feel as if the waters have become further muddied by how the concepts of Elpis were treated in EW and the examination of the ethics involved, considering they were also touted as "new life" deserving of the right to live.

What bothers me the most about this argument is how it's supposed to be in Hydaelyn's favor, but she ends up annihilating any and all human life on Etheriys regardless, so I don't understand how this is meant to aid in justifying her actions in any way.
I understand that generation can and is applied to many things. Yet, when one normally talks about leaving something to be inherited by the next generation the expected recipient is thought of as one's offspring and you know not their toy Furby. Not that there are some people who would actually go and do such a thing as leave all their worldly possessions to their pet African Grey.