#rather than this aspect that exists in ew thats like ''this was Necessary it had to happen (for contrived fantasy reasons)'' | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

valfruits-archived · 2 years ago

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(in the context of the like constant comparisons about whether which one was worse or more justified btwn venat & emet) the only framing (of venat's actions as terrible) that i can get behind is that it was the final nail that resulted in this entire civilization/culture being gone/lost and how thats always a tragedy. but even then the text (prior to some things ew did that im ambivalent about) presents the situation like the ancients were already on this unstoppable path to tragedy (continuously sacrificing their own dwindling numbers in attempts to fix things) and venat & her group were basically responding to that by putting their feet down and saying "you cant do this anymore" and thats very different from the situation w emet & his fellow maladjusted pathetic evil sad men. like i think its disingenuous to compare venat/her group looking at their own civilisation & saying they would oppose it because it was going down a path they thought was unconscionable vs the ascians condemning multiple other worlds/cultures/etc to extinction bc they thought it was worth it if they got theirs (this is a comparison i see a lot and its frustrating bc theyre really not the same situation at all & yet...)

#kind of a jump but i preferred the ambiguity that existed in shb about whether venat & co knew what the sundering would do #like there was things to pick apart about both options (she knew vs she didnt) & i dont haate what ew did necessarily #but i do think theres a nice parallel about like.....the ancients trying to fix what happened and ending up spiralling into #a destructive cycle perhaps (likely) without ever intending to go so far vs venat trying to stop them in her own desperate bid &#inadvertently dealing a blow that struck too hard & resulted in a fundamental shattering #-> a whole big sad debacle where everyone is lost and doesnt know what to do and it all implodes on itself #the whole thing about venat knowing both what the sundering resulted in & doing it in full knowledge is like.....hmmmm.....#idk quite how to explain it other than saying that i personally preferred when the tragedy of the ancients was that it was just that: a #sudden wild unforseen tragedy #rather than this aspect that exists in ew thats like ''this was Necessary it had to happen (for contrived fantasy reasons)''#does any of this make any sense

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