Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32638716-20190603231840/@comment-32638716-20190619164959

Blackchaos27 wrote: @WoodenGlaze Why do you keep acting like the gods could be stopped if they were to decide to wipe out the world? There is no way the protagonists could succeed in defeating these types of gods without some big fat ass pull. This isn't God of War or Asura's Wrath: none of the protagonists are demigods, and it's been proven that these gods could wipe them out with a thought if they wanted to, making any resistance utterly futile, suicide even. Like 73.Anon.52 said, the best the protagonists could possibly do is to try and talk them out of it.

And you keep arguing that the gods don't have the right to do these things to humanity, but here's the rub: Whether we agree with their decisions or not, whether we think they're right or wrong, they have the power to do as they please, and literally NOTHING can stop them. Look I get that you hate the gods for what they did, but the fact remains that, realistically, opposing them would accomplish nothing, and as proven it would only make things worse.

But that still doesn't make them the true antagonists, because as pointed out numerous times they're not directly opposing the main protagonists, all they're doing right now is isolating themselves from Remnant, and they're not gonna judge humanity until they're summoned. If Salem summons them just to let them destroy everything, that still makes her the true antagonist, the gods would be just carrying out what she wanted. It's similar to how a villain summons an eldritch abomination for the final battle, the monster isn't the main antagonist, the one summoned it is. Sure the gods are still sentient beings, but they're not forcing anyone to summon them, and it would still be solely Salem's fault for summoning them in the first place. Well sure, at THIS stage, RWBY can't do anything. But who's to say they couldn't, later? Maybe they've got a power-up waiting for them? It wouldn't be the most outlandish thing to happen, y'know. And personally, I'd LOVE to see Salen and RWBY on the same side.