Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181116204649/@comment-5426254-20181120184551

BenRG wrote: Undeadhero143 wrote:

1/ You stick to family, that's a rule nobody should break, he tried to take their children away from her, while she clearly love them with all her heart (before they kill them in the crossfire), that is betrayal in everyway You missed the point where she openly and dispassionately advocated genocide after fooling him into becoming one half of a religious tyranny that had triggered a world war. I suspect that he believed that the girls would be safer and less likely to end up corrupted dark witches far, far away from their mother.

Accept that Ozma knew his wife's true character and the risks involved in leaving the children around Salem than you ever could. After all, he'd lived years with her and I think they had few if any secrets from each other. To be honest, I'd think it would be worth a shot for Ozma to try and convince Salem to join him, but that it's only a matter of words.

See, Salem, despite being filled with destructive urges and waiting countless eons in solitude as an immortal, has enough mental fortitude to not break down like a raving lunatic. She has enough willpower and empathy to suppress her urges for the sake of her family - especially her kids. I mean, have you seen her being proud that their daughters can do magic?

Plus, Ozma already has an idea from Salem's backstory how she's likely to think. What Ozma needs to do is to frame his arguments that would make sense in her mind.

He could argue that if she tries to exterminate the infidels and heretics, or purge every apostate that refuses to worship their "religion", she would be no different than the Gods who cursed her - which would give some kind of pause. I mean, if he frames it as her punishment would create more people who were bitter and angry like her, and that she should do something different to avoid this.

Of course, he might also make an emotional appeal about their daughters by saying that her genocidal ideals would make their daughters unhappy, or that their worshippers are just like her and their daughters who deserve to live happy lives for a change, even if they don't necessarily agree with them.

If he succeeds, Ozma and Salem can continue uniting humanity and maintain their relationship. If he fails, it would still show the viewer that he's not at fault for trying and that he's literally exhausted all of his options, unlike him sneaking out their daughters at the first opportunity without exploring other avenues beforehand, contributing to the end of their relationship just like that.