Quote Originally Posted by Depression Moon View Post
It was bizarre why no one questioned him and how randomly a new comes along after that Temple of the Ancients segment.
These are the big reasons he bothers me. I don't hate him, but the story in FFVII is a lot weaker with him.

I mean, there have been plenty of poor explanations for characters joining parties before, but that doesn't make Cait Sith's any more acceptable. I'm pretty sure if some random mechanical cat on a Moogle doll tried to join my party for no other reason than to supposedly see how a fortune turns out I'd be saying thanks but no thanks. Add to that his complete lack of development until you find out he betrayed you, the weak revelation that Reeve was controlling him, and a death scene that was utterly cheapened by Cait Sith v.2.0 showing up immediately after the first dies and the whole thing is pretty sad.

Everything involving him in the story could have been re-written to make it a lot less absurd than it was. Hell, they could have kept the Cat riding a Moogle so long as his backstory was changed and they didn't half ass every plot twist that involved him.