is Sephiroth the best bad guy in the series?

[Lynx]

what made sephiroth my favorite villian was that when i woudl run into him at points in the game it was scary. and seeing his power when you got ot fight with him and cloud showed how strong he was all those years ago. also when you first find out he may still be alive there's trails of blood everywhere. not a bad way to strike fear into you.

when kefka came on screen he didnt strike any fear into me. kefka was very evil though right down to his laugh. i always felt ready to fight kefka though.

[Avarice-ness]

The whole fear thing never worked with me.

I thought Sephiroth was cool, even with the slaughtering, even with me being 13 years old. He was the Neo Matrix kind of cool. Not the "Ohhh I want to be him" more so I'd want to just no him and be all "Dude, I know the guy that burnt your place down"

I -loved- Kefka since the age of 9, He's the "I'll use you to get to the top then push you off a floating continent cool" or the kind of cool that Barbas the demon of fear in charmed(AKA a guy who basically only acts as the antichrist or something of demonic nature in TV shows) has because it's that "Dude, you don't understand you're going to die wether you beg for mercy or not, bye bye~" He's the kind of cool were I'd want to be his minions just to watch his antics before I die.

If I had to not use facts and just use the "cool" thing, that'd be it.

[chrisfffan]

[QUOTE=PuPu;2088008]

i gave some good reasons for Sephy if you remember and thats why i picked him.

Get real. People like The Crystal were the only ones who actually gave good reasons. Controlling Cloud, a trail of blood, and a town on fire were nothing compared to what The Crystal said.

how isnt that a good reason? i have given you 4

[The Crystal]

Sephiroth is a good villain to FFVII. Each villain is good to the story of their games.
Some time ago, i found a quote in another forum that i liked, and explain what i'm saying. Sorry for the person that said this, but i don't remember your name.

For example, even though I don't really care for Ultimecia as a villain, she was the perfect antagonist for the game. The whole game, Squall is struggling with the old proverb "no man is an island." He needed to learn to depend on others and let others depend on him. She was an island, though. Time Compression would have created a world in which only she could exist. That made her the perfect antagonist for that story.

By the same token, Cloud was confused, yet sought the truth. Sephiroth was confused and only wanted to hear the version of truth that fit what his mind created.

Zidane wanted to know who he was and where he originated. Kuja wanted to forget.

And correct me if i'm wrong, but Terra wanted to know about love, Kefka wanted to destroy it.

Ultimecia is up there too, although its the villain that gets the least air time in the whole series :P

Another one that think like that? :rolleyes2 Dude, Ultimecia was there all the time. She was just inside of Edea's body controlling it(like what Hojo did with Weiss in the end of DoC, for example).
And the two villains that get the least air time in the whole series are, Zemus/Zeromus and Yu Yevon.

[jammi567]

But technically, Yu-Yevon is inside Sin, and we see Sin for the whole game.

[The Crystal]

But technically, Yu-Yevon is inside Sin, and we see Sin for the whole game.

I never played the game, but of what i know, Sin exist because of Yu Yevon and Yevon is inside of it, but unlike Ultimecia and Edea, Yu Yevon is not controlling its body. Jetch(sp?) is controlling it, meaning that when we see Sin, we are in truth, seeing Jetch. Yu Yevon is inside of Sin, probably doing nothing.

[Aybabtu]

Sepiroth was a great villian but more so, a great character a trait shared with Kuja but lacking in other bosses imho.

Being the best villian isnt imo about being the most evil and i suppose you could argue that there are much more "evil" villians in the series, Sepiroth and Kuja did generally have goals and views where not killing for the sake of pure evilness.

People like kefka, Necron, Ultimecia, X-death... just didnt have the personality...to be a great villian.

So between Sepiroth and Kuja for me

FF7 goes a long way into building up the greatness and power of Sepiroth and he really does feel like the most epic character in the entire series, so he gets my vote.

[chrisfffan]

But technically, Yu-Yevon is inside Sin, and we see Sin for the whole game.

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you can not be serious about that Yu-Yevon thing it was the stupidest battle in the history of final fantasy.

the best bad guy poll has been moved to general final fantasy so if you want to vote go there!

[jammi567]

what has the last battle got to do with anything?

[chrisfffan]

you didnt see that thing untill the last battle and he wasnt a bad guy i dont know what it was it was blue blob ha ha

[jammi567]

He was thye one who created Sin, told the temples to lie about how to destroy Sin,and got his daughter killed!

[chrisfffan]

I missed that bit! O wait a minuet was he that really old guy with the beard?

[jammi567]

no........that guy was the undead Maechan.

[The Crystal]

People like kefka, Necron, Ultimecia, X-death... just didnt have the personality...to be a great villian.

I think that you mean "a good motive" instead of "personality". For example, they haven't good motives to do what they did, but Kefka and Ultimecia have great personalities.

[jammi567]

I think Ultimcia has a great motive, it's just that most people are too lazy to look for it.