Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181110034633/@comment-37320542-20181110203228

The Trumpet player of wrote: SirGauoftheSquareTable wrote: The Trumpet player of wrote: Other than the actions of Salem I think this is  also mostly the fault of the Gods. Yeah no, this is mostly Salem's fault because she simply couldn't let Ozma's death go and accept that death and life exist as a balance. Sure, it's cold for the Gods to view the world as merely an experiment, but as far as Gods go, they could have been far worse, and the God of Light initially approached Salem with genuine pity and compassion and wanted her to move on, like any well-meaning human would advise. Given her upringing, pity and compassion are not enough, given that they are gods I expected more I mean they made them. I also think cursing her is not a solution. They should have just ended her then and there if it was that important to them

Also the Destruction of the all the first humans  wasn't directly Salems fault since the dark god did not need to go that far. But bringing Ozma back to life was also not an option because they had their covenant regarding life and death. I will agree that their method to punish Salem was not the best way to do so, and maybe the God of Light could have tried a bit harder than empty platitudes, but still, I don't think they should have brought Ozma back to life for her. That is what would really be unfair. Moreover, Salem manipulated the humans to even think of fighting the Gods, who would otherwise have left them alone to their own devices, though I think the God of Darkness/Destruction should have limited his retaliation to taking away their magic. Finally, I guess our different opinions are mostly a result of how we probably view Gods and whether they should interfere or not. Personally, I expect next to nothing from Gods, and if one were to attempt to interfere, I would tell that god to screw off and go away.