It began with promise
The three gods, and the 330,000,000 demi-gods, having failed to realize that they have a responsibility in all of this, were astonished.
They are just really torn apart between wanting chaos 
and wanting to come up with a solution
For a long time they accepted the conventional wisdom
once their amazement went by,
Having worked hard to convince [and be convinced]
had some technical problems
I think that it was a game of chicken.
but this is a circular argument
much favored by Russians in these exciting times.
That's a pretty extreme shift. 
Obviously I'm making it more black and white than it is.