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(copypasta'd from my DA journal)
Now, I've been browsing various forums and message boards and all I practically want to SCREAM and bash my head in every time I see this atrocity committed. It's somehow becoming more common amongst fans recently and I can't understand why.
I'm talking about people who perceive Sephiroth in such a ridiculously biased and cliche manner. The kind that go "oh he was asexually abused/ritualistically tortured/didn't have friends/no one liked him/didn't get HUGS and he's not really a big bad meanie he's just misunderstood and needs a hug!" My GOD people. Not every hot bishounen villain has to have such a retarded overdone past. There are other reasons why people go insane and become a villain, you know, other than they didn't get luvins as a kiddy.
Oh, and the logic behind that whole way of thinking is so ludicrous I feel like puking.
Point 1: "He was forced to fight and become a SOLDIER against his will!! Shinra made him do bad things that made him SAAAD and a broken man!!!"
Counterpoint: Fact - Sephiroth is the result of the JENOVA project. Fact - The point of the project was to create a being with the powers and genes of an Ancient who would lead the company to the Promised Land. It was NOT to create a breed of elite untouchable super-soldiers. Logically, then, Sephiroth would have chosen the path of a warrior on his own. The result of that choice was a display of exceptional strength and prowess in fighting which led to the creation of the SOLDIER unit of Shinra, which of course Sephiroth would still have been the strongest of and likely had a hand in creating.
Point 2: "He was abused/molested/raped/treated badly as a kid and he suffered lots and stuff!"
Counterpoint: Okay, seriously. Hojo is fickle. Once Sephiroth was born he was likely given over to Shinra, who probably had a nanny to raise him. Hojo would have had no interest in something with no perceived scientific value, and I'm pretty sure beating the stuffing out of Sephiroth for the fun of it had no scientific ********' value. He wouldn't have had to undergone any mako or JENOVA procedurs either; he didn't even know he was infused with Mako and Jenova cells and no one would've been able to hide weird injections and Mako Showers. He would've caught on, he's not an idiot. On top of that, Sephiroth, child or no, would've had the brains to split from Shinra if he'd been mistreated. They treated him well. My friend summed it up nicely: "Shinra may be a soulless corporation, but they won't risk a multi-million gil project to go wrong because he didn't get TLC." All his needs would've been taken care of by the company. And the rape/molestation crap is just damn yaoi fodder.
He would've gotten the best education available (likely at the Shinra Academy mentioned in BC). He could've easily made friends if he'd wanted too. He easily would've become that popular "handsome guy who is good at everything." But if he didn't have friends he probably didn't feel the need to make them. Angeal and Zack were his friends, because he enjoyed their company. Sephiroth may seem cold but it's obvious he's not completely anti-social and introverted.
And oh GOD how people ******** his personality up. Instead of being the calculating, confident and arrogant Legendary Soldier, he's instead a weak, broken, cynical and weary man forced to fight against his will. That's not Sephiroth, that's an entirely different character with Sephiroth's name and visage slapped onto it.
Sephiroth loves fighting. He's talented, strong, he knows it and hes proud of it. He would be insulted if someone pitied him. He doesn't need a hug, fer cryin out loud. Even Nomura said "It's true that in the fans' eyes, Sephiroth is very often sympathized with. At the same time, he's a character that has perfect confidence in himself, so I don't fully understand why people feel so sorry for him."
Now, I'll put my speculation on why Sephiroth was pushed to the brink of insanity because just looking at the Crisis Core info given out so far I can already tell. And it's way, way more interesting than some "Hojo touched me in my bad places" bullshit.
Rikku lvl 99 · Tue Oct 02, 2007 @ 06:57pm · 0 Comments |
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