Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37680531-20181201202958/@comment-1292715-20181202114954

While I do pity her, I still blame her for how things turned out. Yes, she was lonely, and Ozma was probably the only love she ever knew. But it was still her own selfishness that doomed humanity. Not to mention, they said themselves that she needed to understand the importance of life and death in order for her to finally rest, and she obviously didn't listen.

One can't exactly judge the gods on a mortal level. To them the planet was little more than an experiment. Why should they care about their plights? More importantly though, why should they give one person special treatment? Especially when it could've led to many others making the same demands, making life and death meaningless, and ruining the balance that the Brothers created together. They valued their own brotherly agreement more than their creations' personal needs.

Salem attempted to trick the younger brother, and so they tried to teach her a lesson by making her immortal and preventing her from being with her beloved. The mortals tried to used their own gift of magic against them, the gods had every right to punish them accordingly and to make sure humanity couldn't do it again. So you see, actively going against your own divine creators is almost never a good idea.

Were the Gods a little harsh? Maybe. But remember before Salem tried to get them to resurrect Ozma, they weren't doing anything to bother their subjects, they were just kinda keeping to themselves. They never treated humanity like pawns, instead just letting them decide their own fates. All in all, the Brothers were benevolent gods up until one person started demanding things from them.

So as much as I understand Salem's initial desperation and later feeling robbed by the gods, she kinda did this to herself for refusing to take no for an answer. In the end it was Salem's fault things turned out the way they did.