Quote Originally Posted by arcanedude34 View Post
Quote Originally Posted by NeoCracker View Post
That world is in a constant cycle of death though. While no one wants to die, they are simply wanting to live in a painful existance.

Seymour is the one who sees this as wrong, and tries to convince everyone that they should end it all, as this world is nothing but an endless cycle of pain and death.

Seymour is hardly the bad guy here.
See how easy it is to compare Marche and Seymour? Either Marche is a bad guy, or Seymour is a good guy. No matter how good Marche's intentions were, no matter how much he thought that you need to live in reality to be a good person (which apparently Square did a good enough job of convincing most people who played the game as well) he was still working against his friends wishes, despite their protests, and their attempting to kill him. He was working towards a self-serving goal that he "thought" was best for everyone, and didn't mind if that meant going against his friends wishes.
The problem is that only Marche could ever exist in Ivalice and be sane. Marche was dragged their unexpectedly and unlike the others, he had no reason to be there. He gained very little unlike the others. The others wished to stay so they could run from their real problems, Marche had nothing to run from. I would also like to point out that Marche really gains little from returning home. Its not like his life is any better than the others.

Yes Marche went against his friends wishes but its because there wishes were unhealthy for their psyches. They all rather believe in an illusion rather than stand strong and face reality. What is healthy and good about that? Its like stopping a friend from killing themselves. Are you the good guy or the bad guy?