Well I am going to risk shooting my self in the foot because I am just now downloading this new reloaded version. As far as I have read here there has not been a rewrite, so what I am going to say should still be true.We don't know yet a lot of the circumstances behind MC's exile, but for the sake of funsies let me try and defend Mom.
-There is an "apparent" balance (hence why Heaven wants the MC to take care of Hell) so Mom interfering and going to Hell to rescue MC might throw everything out of balance and screw MC even further.
-There could be an interference around MC (before his escape) in general, that would explain why Heaven or Mom or whatever can't hear his prayers.
-And lets say (and this one is my personal favorite but I doubt the dev will do this) that in fact "everything" was written, and MC for some reason introduced free-will into the equation, that would be cool and would certainly explain why Mom didn't intervene at first (because she would have been incapable)
-There is also the possibility that MC was declared dead, and not exiled or missing.
The thing that makes me want to believe Mom and why I'm willing to defend her (for now) is that for whatever reason she is in the Human world, either self-imposed exile, or there is some plan behind her actions.
Oh and also, at the moment we haven't seen Angels travel to hell, only MC but its due to his copy-cat powers and black magic. Also "shadow" magic ball stuff that Nyx did. We see them fly to heaven, but maybe they are literally incapable of traveling to Hell by conventional means, just like maybe denizens of Hell can't travel to Heaven willy-nilly.
If you take the time to replay the game to get all possible dialogues you learn that:
- All the angels knew where he was because it was in front of everyone that he was cast to hell.
- Most likely the mother knew exactly where in hell he was because she can feel his presence at all times.
- He was prophesied to die in hell by the oracles so everyone knew and accepted that he would die there (including the mother).
- Apparently none cared that he would die in hell because everybody thought he had no special power/worth (including the mother).
- The angels should be able to go to and from hell as they please, seeing as they know the current state of hell and the older brother alluding to that if I remember correctly.
While you put forward a very interesting point about the mother not going against the prophecy and its balance, I think that at best one could argue there are no hard feelings but there should no longer be filial connections left. Something in the vein of: Sure you fucked me because you had no other option, I get that, but we are no longer family so don't expect me to run to you like a lap dog and massage your feet.
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