Quote Originally Posted by Bashini View Post
Sephiroth's chief issue in his growth and development into a planet-killer has more to do with the duality of his childhood. He was trained to kill to be nothing more then a weapon. He lacked empathy, and so when he found out he was nothing more then a lab rat he freaks. He wants revenge and romaticizes the idea of Jenova as the perfect killer, the mother he never had to bring about his vengeance.
I get confused on the issue of Sephiroth as a character because the game was never clear about his actual self until the very end of the game. I mean, flashbacks and everything through Cloud are not very dependable as a reference.