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And so? The fact that she was willing to sacrifice herself to make her child's life better in whatever way isn't being terrible.
I don't know if that goes down as good parenting. Having mummy sacrifice herself so you can get a big monster instead of being there just doesn't sound too good.

I didn't find Kefka to be particular three-dimensional, complex or sympathetic. He was just a nutter. Yes, he was supposed to be a manifestation of nihilism, but so was Tyler Durden, and Tyler Durden was much more relatable. Then again, if I played VI without the massive hype that goes with it, as well as with a better translation, I might have found the experience a lot better.

Sephiroth I think of as the most well-developed villain. The way that Square build him up is pretty impressive, what with the mentions that are dropped of him in Midgar, and then believing it was him that wrecked havoc on the ShinRa building is quite a build up. Then you have the flashback to Kalm and you do feel some sympathy towards him as he realises that he is just some genetic freak that had been engineered by someone he hated.

Ultimecia is interesting from a story point of view. She is horribly underdeveloped and her motives are pretty unknown, but what I did get from the script is that she is very similar to Squall in that she too was hurt by loss. From a story point of view, it makes it interesting: she is what Squall was like before he met Rinoa. Maybe he too would have turned out like her in different circumstances.

Kuja is just immature. Knowing he's going to die is hardly any reason to act the way he does.

Seymour is a bit of a weirdo in general, but there is some sympathy towards him because of it. As mentioned above, his parents aren't going to win the prize for parent of the year, but there aren't any clear reasons why wanting to destroy the living is a good idea to him. At least Kefka was nuts.

Shuyin is also immature. People die. Get over it. But then again, he stands opposite to Yuna in that she also lost someone she loved, but instead of spending forever getting bleak about it, she's moving on.

I liked Vayne as a villain. He is misguided, power hungry and the ends always justify the means for him, but those are pretty human qualities. XII has grown on me as the years go by and I find that it plays almost like a political drama.

Barthandelus was quite cool for me. Not a great villain, but I quite liked the whole Fal'Cie treating humans as livestock that they can use as a sacrifice. A bit like the matrix. Also, like all of the villains here and most villains in general, very misguided in his desire to see his God again. Orphan also interested me. He was just so tired of being this power source that he wanted to die.