Sort-of serious Final Fantasy poll

[owlmoose]

For some reason, the subject of who the real villain is seems to come up a lot in Final Fantasy discussions. Some of the games are straightforward in that respect (would anyone try to claim that Ultimecia is not the true villain of FFVIII?), but more of them are not. So I say we settle it, "once and for all."

Warning: this poll contains spoilers for Final Fantasies 7, 9, 10, and 12, if you consider the names of characters that might be villainous to be a spoiler.


[Poll #950173]

I've left out the older games, because of those, I've only played FFV, and I remember few of the plot details. If you want to discuss them in comments, feel free.

Comments

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

I am coming around to the Hojo answer for FFVII. Mostly because I think intent matters, as does caring about the consequences of one's actions. I'd bet that neither Hojo or Yu Yevon intended for things to get as out of control as they did, but neither did they worry too much about the possible side effects of reckless experimentation/conjuring a powerful weapon.

I'm also starting to wonder how differently these results might have come out if I'd included groups of people along with individuals -- ShinRa, Yevon, the Occuria.