Why is Kuja such a noob?

[The Crystal]

The "other tantrums" you mention, even though I don't remember any of significance other than his Trance, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, composed only a small part of his character. Every other moment we see Kuja he's always confident, collected, and calm, even during stressful situations such as the battles at Alexandria and the Iifa Tree. His last moments were nearly, if not the only times we see Kuja express such strong emotions like anger.

Another of his tantrums(or moments of anger, if you prefer) was with Zorn and Thorn on the Hilda Garde. And I agree it was a "small part of his character" but it was there.

Kuja's actions at the end of the game are understandable. For the entire duration of his life he assumed he was immortal, and he devised a somewhat elaborate plan to overthrow Garland. It eventually worked, and he gained immense power through Trance. But at the moment of Kuja's greatest victory, Garland tells him that he is indeed a mortal. His burst of rage after he realized that all of his accomplishments would soon be worthless is perfectly understandable. Kuja didn't have any realistic options left to him at that point, so he chose destruction. It's not exactly honorable, but it's understandable considering his situation.

Did you read my post? That's exactly what I said. There wasn't any "Brahne influencing him". It was Kuja's own rage(a justified rage).

What was Kuja supposed to do there? Give the crystal a great big hug and hope it would grant him immortality? Not likely.

Why not? Better than doing nothing. The guy didn't even try.

Brahne didn't influence Kuja's actions. He mentioned that she had a particularly strong and wretched soul, and I'm sure it enhanced his Trance more than regular souls, but I doubt it had any influence over his actions. He had control over his Trance, Brahne's soul just enhanced its strength.

Oh really? :rolleyes2
Dude... Are you reading my posts? That's exactly what I'm saying. Goldenboko is the one who thinks Brahne was influencing him.



And yes, I think that his motivation was very cliche(conquering the world(s)). But he is much more than just his motivations, and I like the rest(including his moments of rage, because it makes him more human).
Kuja is a good character, but as stated before, he isn't perfect. Unfortunately, people like Forsaken Lover can't see that, because they suffer a disease called "Fanboy Blindness". Poor them.