Quote Originally Posted by Jaffer View Post
The FMV had him backing up, anyway of hundreds of angles he choose to attack from, he choose the only one that would benefit Sephiroth. And whether Sephiroth was in control or not, he still totally tricked them into doing his dirty work for him while he could just hang back and sit on Holy for two weeks. Barring any spikyhaired heros getting in the way obviously.
I'm pretty sure unleashing the WEAPONS was unintentional on Sephiroths part, there is no mention anywhere that Sephiroth even acknowledges their existence.
Besides, I think having Diamond in that position was just to keep the story moving and get the barrier down while making the part more interesting (Midgar and Rufus getting shot up, and the downfall of Shinra etc). Again, there is no mention that it is done to protect Sephiroth.