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ZeldaGirl · 01-15-2010, 12:46 PM

I liked the combination of Seymour and Yu Yevon, and I do think that would have worked, but...I don't think FFX necessarily suffers from having one ultimate bad guy (although Yu Yevon was a cop-out, I mean seriously, you can't even die). The thing is, is the system that's the most evil thing in the game - the entire religion and culture is corrupt. People were overcome by their greed and lust for power in the beginning, which is why Yu Yevon summoned Sin to destroy everything...but then he selfishly got caught up in being the most powerful being, and so didn't want to relinquish his grasp on it. It's the same with Yevon (the religion); full of corruption from the leaders (Mika, Kinoc, of course, Seymour). I like to think that the developers intended for the game to represent a battle between humanity, between the people and the corrupted establishment (which arguably encompasses all of Yevon, Yu and Seymour included).

So, I guess the way I see it is, Sin is a weapon, Jecht is a tool (lawl), and the real baddies are Yevon itself (in every sense of the word; the religion, the people within the religion, and the parasite itself).

But, I don't think there necessarily needs to be only ONE villain.

EDIT: You mentioned Jenova. I would say that FF7 has this same problem...actually, now that I think about it, I think most FF games do. There isn't one true villain (Kefka probably excepted...); I mean, off the top of my head, Sephiroth is considered the baddie in 7, but he's arguably either under the control of Jenova (or the other way around, I vary on that opinion sometimes), or he's just plain ****ed up...because of Hojo. Honestly, I think you could make a strong case for Hojo being responsible for every ****ing thing that happens in this game, making him the true villain. Same with FF9 - Kuja was ****ed up, but it was because of a very real reaction he had to Garland's behavior; so, who's the one TRUE villain (also, Necron ~~ftw~~ wtf?)? Could you really say? I don't know. But the real question is: Do you need to?

01-15-2010, 12:46 PM	#2
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,877 Thanks: 1,121 Thanked 1,902 Times in 1,040 Posts	I liked the combination of Seymour and Yu Yevon, and I do think that would have worked, but...I don't think FFX necessarily suffers from having one ultimate bad guy (although Yu Yevon was a cop-out, I mean seriously, you can't even die). The thing is, is the system that's the most evil thing in the game - the entire religion and culture is corrupt. People were overcome by their greed and lust for power in the beginning, which is why Yu Yevon summoned Sin to destroy everything...but then he selfishly got caught up in being the most powerful being, and so didn't want to relinquish his grasp on it. It's the same with Yevon (the religion); full of corruption from the leaders (Mika, Kinoc, of course, Seymour). I like to think that the developers intended for the game to represent a battle between humanity, between the people and the corrupted establishment (which arguably encompasses all of Yevon, Yu and Seymour included). So, I guess the way I see it is, Sin is a weapon, Jecht is a tool (lawl), and the real baddies are Yevon itself (in every sense of the word; the religion, the people within the religion, and the parasite itself). But, I don't think there necessarily needs to be only ONE villain. EDIT: You mentioned Jenova. I would say that FF7 has this same problem...actually, now that I think about it, I think most FF games do. There isn't one true villain (Kefka probably excepted...); I mean, off the top of my head, Sephiroth is considered the baddie in 7, but he's arguably either under the control of Jenova (or the other way around, I vary on that opinion sometimes), or he's just plain ***ed up...because of Hojo. Honestly, I think you could make a strong case for Hojo being responsible for every ***ing thing that happens in this game, making him the true villain. Same with FF9 - Kuja was ****ed up, but it was because of a very real reaction he had to Garland's behavior; so, who's the one TRUE villain (also, Necron ~~ftw~~ wtf?)? Could you really say? I don't know. But the real question is: Do you need to?