Originally Posted by
maybee
Cons > dreadful villian compared to Kefka, Sephiroth and Kuja.
I can't even begin to understand how you came to this conclusion! Seymour is far from being a terrible villain. His motivations are definitely misguided. He wants to become Sin - or at the very least, just kill everything himself - in the pursuit of ending Spira's inevitable cycle. If you think about it, he's actually after the same thing the party wants, in a sense. But his means and the specific end that they lead to are all wrong according to, I think, most people.
But when you think about his background as a half breed and the sheer amount of torment he must have endured, then coupled with his mother's death, the identity crisis with his whole being half n half, and that. Then obviously his pursuit of power and oh man Seymour is actually a rather great villain. He's creepy, but suave. The whole of Spira loves him. I could easily compare his insanity to that of Kefka, and then point out the fact that at least there is a reason for Seymour to be a sociopath.
I could expand further, but really, I think Seymour is a far greater villain than people give him credit. Also, I defer to Goldenboko on all other points: this game is a masterpiece and we should learn to appreciate it more.
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