THIS!! YOU DESCRIBED IT SO PERFECTLY.
This was one of the best takes I've seen about this story!! I agree that what Seth did as a result of the rape and curse was awful, but the point you made about the reason the gods want to inflict "justice" ,is not for the humans, but for themselves!! No one is on a moral highground here, but at the same time gods are aren't human and can't be judged by our standards either. The main reason why they all despise Seth isn't at all because of his actions on humanity, but the fact that they fear his power. Thing is, I wouldn't even hate Isis and totally understand her fury IF she hadn't cursed Seth before he did anything. She didn't deserve the miserable fate that she got for 100s of years but its too hypocritical of her to absolve herself of the role that she played in turning Seth crazy with that curse even BEFORE he did anything. That's the one thing thats held me back for sympathizing with her.
This was a great comment, I really loved reading it, and it made me realize how deep and nuanced this story is. Mojito has really brought at the fact that this is a tale of gods, not humans and she's fleshed out the characters and their motivations so well
now im crying again, everytime i think about how seth was wronged my heart breaks and now i read this comment and remember. bruh i thought i was over it. i thought i moved on a month ago
I actually also feel bad for Isis too~ I mean she considered Osiris, Seth and his wife her allies, friends and family but Isis did not know a single thing what going on behind her back and No Isis did wait for Seth to come to her to take revenge on Osiris but Seth hunt her down and tried to kill her but despite the fact about Anubis being a child of the man who she once loved she still couldn't kill Anubis instead she told him "its not your fault" They could have been such a perfect team to kill Osiris but they lack on communication cause for me the true victim here in the story is not just Seth its Isis, Seth and Anubis
i was JUST about to comment something like this but you did it better than i ever could. Isis is so manipulative and thinks her actions are justified because Seth had “sex” (was raped) by Osiris. Even though Osiris was blackmailing Seth because Seth genuinely loved Anubis. Like yes, let’s hold Seth accountable for how he treated humans! But him killing Osiris was justified and Isis is projecting her own hurt and betrayal caused by Osiris onto Seth. Osiris was the cause of everything but if Isis didn’t continue it this shit would’ve been over fast. Seth and Anubis need justice. i hope someone will be able to explain everything truthfully because my heart can’t take this i’m counting on Nephthys to clear some things up (even though Seth did her wrong but i don’t think we know why right?)
You're taking for granted that it was Isis' curse that made Seth crazy, but the story itself has only explained so far that Seth's state was the result of the seeds of doubt that Osiris planted in him before dying. We still don't know what role Isis' curse played in it.
I don’t think some of the people in the comments really understand to what extent Seth was wronged. Seth was once kind and rational. He loved his wife and all his siblings. He devoted himself to Egypt. This all continued for centuries. What broke Seth was what he got as a result of centuries worth of hard work and sacrifice. He found out that the wife that he loved so much and respected greatly betrayed and lie to him for centuries. It wasn’t just 1-2 years of betrayal but centuries. His brother, Osiris, who Seth thought was the ultimate and just ruler, who Seth absolutely adored as a brother, tricked and betrayed him too. His son that he loved more than anything wasn’t even his own. This all happened at the same time. For Seth to find out that way that the son he loved with his absolute being wasn’t his son but the son of the brother who betrayed him shattered him. Even despite this Seth was ready to still accept Anubis as HIS son. Seth was ready to forgive his wife and brother as well but Osiris betrayed him again the very same day. He held Anubis’s life hostage just so he can rape Seth. He raped Seth and belittled him as a God. He tortured Seth with his beloved son’s soul as hostage. Rape for an ordinary person is too much to handle but for a being that lived as a god for centuries and has the pride and respect of one, who devoted so many centuries to Egypt while being away on the battlefield surrounding by death and suffering all alone, it was just too much for him to mentally handle. Isis saw but didn’t help Seth. She in turned blamed him and cursed him including herself. The thing Seth wanted most was family but due to Isis’s curse he couldn’t have that. His already broken mind under the influence of the curse’s effect on him deteriorated him more. This led to him being harsh with Anubis. His frustration and pain that he held in his heart for centuries led him to do what he did to humans who looked like Isis, Osiris and Anubis when he disappeared and Seth was desperately trying finding him. I agree that what Seth did to the humans was wrong and he should be punished but don’t forget the start of all this was Osiris. To the gods killing humans isn’t new and worth noting. They all do it to fulfil their agendas but they made it a point to hold is up against Seth only because Seth overpowered them. The true victim of this story is Seth. It is true that Seth needs to be held accountable for the human’s he’s killed but what the gods are doing is not for the humans Seth has killed but for themselves. While talking about justice throughout the competition they were the ones being unfair while Seth was the only one actually being fair. They talked about how poor Seth treated Anubis all the while manipulating Anubis for their own benefit. Anubis trusting Osiris and Isis blindly while not trying to find out the truth from Sekhmat. So yeah even despite everything the true victim of it all who lost everything was Seth. Then comes Anubis. No one apart from these two deserve any happiness and satisfaction.