Quote Originally Posted by Fynn View Post
I find your total lack of empathy for and absolute vilification of Delita incredibly disturbing, considering the broad shades of gray the game is painted in. Ramza did far more. There isn’t much “enabling” to speak of as Ramza simply had nothing to do with Delita’s rise to power as he dealt with far worse stuff in the meantime, disregarding the fact that his name got sullied in the process. He is the only truly selfless FF protagonist, embodying kindness and virtue in a world of backstabbing and manipulation for one’s profit. How you can twist that into “worst protagonist” is just beyond me.
No, I’m not empathetic towards Delita. Just like he has no empathy for anyone else. He’s a self obsessed sociopath who didn’t give a damn about anyone except himself and his sister. When she died he went on a massive revenge trip in which he didn’t care who got hurt, or who died, as long as he got to punish those who opposed him. He even wound up letting the evil cultists stay in power as long as they supported him.

Ramza is the only protagonist who decided to give up and let a villain win. “Screw it, I killed this demon, I don’t have to give a damn about what happens to the country.” He didn’t do anything to stop any of the harmful political groups. He didn’t even shut down the psychotic, demon worshipping church of Glabadabados. He got into one fight, then ran off on his Chocobo while a malignant narcissist who shouldn’t have survived the first five chapters conquers the country, murders innocents, and rules with an iron fist.

“Oh, but he’s my friend.”

Ramza is the only FF protagonist who’s not a hero. Every other main character tries. Ramza gives up.

And don’t give me that “shades of grey” malarky. That’s just an excuse. Or maybe Ultima was just misunderstood as well? Maybe he shouldn’t have done anything, since there apparently is no right path and it’s all just shades of grey.

Yes, every side in this story had its issues. Ramza could have tried to fix them. But he didn’t. It wasn’t his problem. He had a chocobo to ride, after all. Can’t let helping people interfere with his leisure time.