Quote Originally Posted by Cleretic View Post
First of all: Again, their fault. Like, if that were truly his point, he's weakened it by intrusion. Real 'stop hitting yourself' energy there.
What do you think Emet-selch meant by 'measured your worth?' Him having a hand in Calamities doesn't take away from his point about the Sundered's nature. Unless you're about to tell me the Ascians are behind every catastrophe that's ever occurred in Sundered history. If anything, he has *more* of a point, because the strategies that he used to cause Rejoinings-- that of forming governments that collapse under the corruption of the Sundered who participate in it, worked both of the times he did it. It's quite literally the fact they are so easily exploitable in causing violence that he has a problem with.

The "Ascians" as we know them are hollowed out husks who've endured 12,000 years of suffering and obsession. Why would you use them, of all people, to judge what Emet is saying about their society in it's prime? People like Athena were dangerous *because* they were exceptional. The Ancients were ill prepared for the kind of person who would cause widespread destruction, because its not something that they oft contended with in their society. For the Sundered, that is Tuesday.