Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181110034633/@comment-26637171-20181111102438

There's an issue I thought of after finishing the episode: If humanity learned to live in peace and harmony, balancing good and evil, what do they need the gods for anymore? Isn't the entire point of the gods bringing order and balance to the world?

It seems they just... Gave up. Left the test mice in their cages and told them to govern themselves. And when the mice finally find the scientific breakthrough they had given up on - then they would come back and claim the glory.

Let's say team RWBY and the rest of the "good guys" manage to defeat Salem in whatever way Miles and Luna can think of, break apart the White Fang and establish peace and equality across the kingdoms, even limiting the presence of Grimm to a mere few scattered in the wildlands. Haven't they technically created the perfect world the gods intended to create? So what's left for the gods to do?

Don't bother answering, the answer is nothing. The gods, too indifferent to give a damn, ditched the world and gave Oz an impossible task, one THEY WERE IN CHARGE OF COMPLETING. Plus, if the dark god came back as well... He would technically bring evil with him again. They're better off with the perfect world they created when/if they defeat Salem. No point, honestly.