I understand how the gods can be seen as bad from purely a demigod perspective. They ignored their children, used teenagers as soldiers, left demigods seen as ‘less important’ to rot… But it’s so shocking to me that the gods were never properly criticised regarding their impact on mortal society.
The gods make up civilisation. They influence things like economics, conflicts, prosperity, hunger, ect. How did not a singular demigod look at the world around them—things like capitalism, famine, war—and not immediately come to the conclusion that the gods are not good? How was it that Luke—someone whose anger stemmed from his DEMIGOD experience—was the first demigod to truly try and spark change? SO much awful happens around the globe, and we know the gods do have the power to stop that. How can so many generations of demigods see this and believe they are worthy of worship? Nobody tried to oppose that? And when one did it was about demigods being neglected?
I’m not saying demigod neglect was unimportant, but when you look at the bigger picture, I think it’s certainly not the most alarming problem.
