Quote Originally Posted by Sephiroth View Post
But that was exactly what I was talking about. We cannot always just think "oh the lesser of evil" and be fine with it. Sometimes we should be smarter than that. And as said, it was not like Shinra having all those powers would just result in a one-time event. Look at the Sister Ray. As long as they have the ways to suck up planet energy and kill the planet they use it (of course Cloud and the others did not know that the third shot wih the Sister Ray was meant to strengthen Sephiroth but that is not the point). I can see no scenario where Cloud and the others letting them use the Great Materia would be a wise choice. I can see the point of someone having a problem with the entire Materia story with the heroes still using a small portion of it, though. However, I have already written about that, of course.

Except you will recall the lesser of two evils was good here because without Shinra destroying Sephiroth's barrier, our heroes could never have gotten inside NOrthern Crater to destroy him.

Shinra are power-hungry and evil but they're not suicidal. They realize their survival is dependent upon Sephiroth and Meteor being stopped and thus they want it every bit as badly as our heroes. And our heroes owe Shinra's "Sister Ray Plan" a lot for saving them and the rest of the world.

So, if one flagrant abuse of the planet's power and knowledge was the solution, why not another?