So the answer to the ask about how Maluset would react to MC being freed only to fade away has me very interested in MC's extended history with the Tharsets, which I'm sure will be explained in the future, but I'm also curious if there are/were other pantheons of gods, and if so, would the pantheons have known about each other? (The line of thinking leading to this being that if Maluset and MC are all that remain of a dead pantheon, wouldn't a newer pantheon want to, you know, prevent another extinction event?)
i'd like to think there were other pantheons, like the norse, greek, egyptian, etc. but they were very territorial and never interacted with one-another. old religions like that have had their deities gone for a while as well though, so no meeting them. the new gods of this age (because i'm not willing to cross the lines to write about modern religion) are so far removed and have new ways of operating. they don't care about old deities like mal and mc, seeing them as ancient relics of a time long forgotten. technically just letting them fade in peace tbh. it's inevitable. or at least they'll go dormant until the end of times, if we're talking about the primordial mother antepmat.
another extinction event is unlikely though, because of major spoilers i can't reveal yet. let's just say that old grandpa here (mal) is... uh... out of shape? yeah let's go with that lol. he really needs a long nap. and mc is not strong enough to do it, not after all the years of having their powers used for the tharset gains.