Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
They did let humanity handle things itself. It was only when humanity got to the point of wiping themselves out that they rightfully intervened. How is that advocating for destroying civilizations? They were preventing the self destruction of the human race lmao.
Because the whole deal with the Reapers in Mass Effect is that they were created as the solution to having the organics and the synthetics in the galaxy destroying each other. They regularly collect information about the civilizations in the galaxy and then purge it before it can reach a level where it would destroy itself. I bring them up because that's exactly what the Occuria do. They control and manipulate instead of letting humanity make its own mistakes. When you destroy the Reapers at the end of Mass Effect and destroy the relays that allow travel across the universe, yeah, there are people who are going to think that's a mistake, too. But it gives humanity a chance to rebuild on their terms, not because some far-off being decided for them. Same with humanity giving the finger to the Occuria in XII. Keep in mind the Occuria wanted Ashe to destroy Archadia and they didn't give a fig for what innocents might have been hurt by that. Instead by defying what the Occuria wanted, Archadia gains a good leader in Larsa and a solid protector in Basch, and Ashe can run her kingdom the way she chooses to. And they're at peace instead of war.

The Ancients are a lot like the Occuria. They have processes to decide what is "worthy" to live, which was one of the main things Hermes took issue with. They've set themselves up as the arbiters of what happens on the star. Except for a couple of exceptions, they won't intervene to help others. There's that one pair in Amaurot who are arguing about just that. They hold themselves aloof and disconnected and have one seat on their Convocation that does their dirty work in going out and understanding civilizations for them. And they consider that person the weirdo. The right or wrong of Venat's actions in XIV can be debated until the cows come home, but she did put the control back in mankind's hands, for better or worse.