Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181110034633/@comment-10390252-20181112071845

Overlord1006 wrote: So do recent revelations mean Salem is an omnicidal maniac who wants to destroy the world in a futile effort to kill herself? All because Ozma wouldn't take her "we can rule the world together!" offer? There seem to have been four distinct and basically unrelated motivations on Salem's part that has led to her dark acts:


 * 1) A desire to defy and overthrow the gods for refusing and cursing her;
 * 2) Build a utopia for Ozma's sake by way of conquest and magic;
 * 3) Replace the 'flawed' humans with her own magical descendents (sometimes known as an 'Adam and Eve' plot);
 * 4) Destroy all sapient life on Remnant because that seems to be the best way to get revenge on Ozma for their children's deaths and is the best chance she'll get at this time of finally being freed from her curse.

I'm pretty sure that Salem was driven insane by her isolation between phase 1 and 2. So, from that point forwards, we can expect her ideas (no matter how well-conceived) to be lacking somewhat in terms of a sane and plausible ultimate goal.