...your opinion of what hagoromo chose to do is completely and utterly irrelevant. Hagoromo chose Asura because he believed Asura's way was the right way to go about peace. It had nothing to do with personally favoring one son over the other, had Indra chosen to work together with everyone and asura chosen to stand alone, Hagoromo would have chosen indra.
And no, a true parent LOVES their children equally, but a true parent doesn't necessarily have to trust their children equally. A true parent may love both his sons equally, but if one son steals from him every single day while the other one has never done it once in his life, he obviously is going to trust the one that doesn't steal a whole lot more than the one who does, and rightfully so.
Its your opinion that is irrelevant. Hagoromo's opinion of himself is the most valid one and the one I agree with.
Even Minato knew that a true parent always believes in their children. Its exactly what he told Naruto. He had faith in Naruto's abilities and trusted him completely. Hagoromo realized it was his fault for not trusting and believing in Indra as well.
Indra wanted the same thing as Ashura. He just believed in achieving the same goal in a different manner. Its not Indra's fault that he was so sklled in the art of solo that he didn't need people to become powerful. Its not his fault for being more naturally gifted and intelligent than Ashura. Indra loved and respected Hagoromo until Hagoromo refused to put the same faith in him that he placed in Ashura.
So if the frieza and goku were equally as powerful, the fate of the world should be entrusted to both of them despite one of them having the desire to destroy the world and the other one to save it? Ideals have absolutely nothing to do with responsibility?
Get the hell out of here, stop wasting my time.
That's where you are wrong again. Indra never wanted to destroy the world. He wanted peace just like Ashura, but just via different means. He never had any malevolent intentions until Hagoromo displayed his fanboyism over Ashura. His intentions were good.
What in the world does that have to do with anything?
It means that Indra was more naturally gifted. I would admire the natural talents of my son while still favoring the hard work of the other son. I would trust them both; that's what parents do.
...yet naruto and sasuke still fought.
Yet they are now happy and willing to work together. Sasuke was able to fight Naruto on equal terms; one wasn't able to stomp the other. He had no hate for Naruto or Hagoromo; he simply wished to instill his version of peace. He was willing to sacrifice himself for the world. He acknowledges Naruto as his true friend in the end. They fought over ideals not because of hate and jealously. Hence, they can now work together.
Concession accepted.
This is you literally ignoring the countless times I've stated that hagoromo is responsible for hagoromo's decisions while indra is responsible for indra's decisions. If hagoromo believes it was a mistake to entrust everything to asura, then that's hagoromo's mistake. However it's absolutely not hagoromo's fault for whatever indra consciously and willingly decide to do with whatever hand he's dealt. Unless of course you want to argue that indra has no free will.
As I said, Hagoromo's opinion is the most valid one. A good people person and parent would know how to treat their children. Fanboying over one child while neglecting the other leads to mistrust, jealousy and hatred.
Indra had free will, just like we all do. Yet we all experience hatred, mistrust and jealousy too, especially when its over the love and acceptance of a loved one. Children naturally feel envious over the parent's favorite. They want to be accepted equally.
Indra was jealous; but rightfully so.
Indra chose to attack Ashura; that is true, but it could have been avoided. I never said that Indra wasn't wrong to attack his brother. However, he was justified in feeling the way that he did.
My original point was that Hagoromo was foolish for the decision he made and also a bad parent. This is something he acknowledges.
Stop trying to put words in my mouth; I never said Indra didn't have free will.
