LMU Uncle Alfred said:
Bolded: Already went over how effective of a villain he is off screen in great detail. Not repeating it. It's important to keep in mind point of views in a story. FF7's story was told from Cloud's point of view, and through Cloud we see a personal vandetta against Sephiroth, not Hojo. And that being said it wasn't Hojo who did what Sephiroth did and what the story focuses on. If you're really going to stick with the idea that "whoever put the things into motion first" is the most influential person in a story is you might as well say the first human that existed in the world of whatever fictional movie/game/book was the most influential in said thing, because that person started all the events that happened between all the characters in that book/movie/game...even though they are never mentioned once; or if they are it's not as relevant to how the story is told unless that was actually the focus of the story. The universe a story is set in can be bigger than the scope of the story contained within, but it's irrelevant in comparison to the story and ironically in this case it's missing the forest for the trees. If you're going to try and argue who was the most impactful villain or most influential you'll have to play ball by the design a story was created with. You can't get there without doing so, otherwise you're not taking the story as it is but rather what you wish the story was designed as because you have a different opinion on how it should have been structured. You can try to argue all day about not liking a character or what the story's design is, but the original design will still remain as well as the content within. |
Wow you really took the time to say it.
Of course you are right. Sephiroth is the main villian of FFVII. I cant belive that I have just written that. Because its a fact. If you ask Nojima and the guys at Square "Who is FFVIIs main villian?" they will probably think "wtf?".
Of course Hojo has done a lot to make things happen. And Shinra has supported and helped and funded Hojo to do that stuff. Hojo is hardcore. And Shinra is that as well. But Hojo never planned the plan Sephiroth tries to play out. Hojo did neither plan to nor make Sephiroth cast Meteor.
The game is about Sephiroth. And thats a fact. Not my opinion. I cant believe i'm writing this.
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