Critical Characterization Failure - Sephiroth

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In all honesty FF7 made way more sense to me before they released the Ultimania to clarify things.

Like I said before, Ultimania doesn't explain anything that isn't clearly explained in the game for me, e.g. I was right about the "clones" for example, and yet Ultimania thought it needed dumbing down.

More proof of how badly handled Sephiroth's change was.

This is his theme song once he turned evil in Nibelheim.
"Those Chosen By The Planet" fits how Sephiroth believed he was a Cetra destined to take the world back from the vile humans.

Only...he keeps this theme during the time of FFVII when he knows full well he's actually an alien abomination and directly opposed to the Planet.

Not really, opposed or for, he is still "chosen" by the planet seeing as he is using meteor for the "new world" so it makes sense to keep his theme.

Maybe this is why so many people, myself included, used to buy the Jenova was in control idea. See, it would make sense.

In fact, a Jenova-Puppetmaster-esque interpretation is really the only one that does make sense, covering all the strange Jenova-Sephiroth parallels and appropriately conforming to the story's intricacies. The game tells us what happens to anyone with Jenova cells when they become weak or lose self-confidence. Why should Sephiroth be an exception? So with this interpretation, we have a solid explanation for Sephioroth's change in motivation without compromising the integrity of his characterization.
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Jenova controlling Sephiroth does make some level of sense, but Square have apperently stated that it is another way around - Sephiroth takes control of Jenova, who appears as Sephiroth, it sounds more confusing than it is, but when you think about it makes a whole lot of sense, as the answer is there in front of you the whole time.

Pretty much everything else silentenigma said makes sense.


Another thing to concider, is that when Sephiroth was sent to the Lifestream, he was pretty much "dead" (by that I mean, if he was just a normal person, he would have died from all that happened that day) even with all the stuff he learns from the Lifstream, he would still be set on the same goal all the way through.

So, really his goals never changed at all when you think of it...