Quote Originally Posted by Lady_Silvermoon View Post
Even if you can somehow convince yourself that the sundering is not mass murder, purposely sparing Emet-Selch and the other Ascians so that they can do the rejoinings most certainly is.
I have no intention to "convince myself" because I am not trying to give a personal opinion, I am trying to discuss a story written by someone else though the lens of what they appear to have believed.

And I already addressed the matter of accounting for the unsundered being another failure of the writers. If I had to give a theory to explain it within canon, I would go with my earlier speculation: Venat may not have deliberately spared them at all, but tried to sunder everything and found that they somehow slipped through unaffected, just as the time traveller prophesied. But canon has avoided addressing this, so people are going to ascribe well-intentioned or malevolent purpose to it as they see fit.


Quote Originally Posted by Lady_Silvermoon View Post
This ignores that both her rise to godhood and the creation of her champion is dependant on the rejoinings.
You'll have to explain how the rejoinings are in any way necessary for her "rise to godhood", given that they only happen after she has become the heart of Hydaelyn and taken over Zodiark's place as the will of the star.

Also please explain why someone whose final aspiration is godhood for the sake of it would be so ready to sacrifice herself at the end of it all, instead of seeking to prolong her reign infinitely.