Kefka vs. Sephiroth

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I will now explain the reasons why Sephiorth is infinetly superior to that mad clown 'Kefka.'

First, yes, both of these villians shot for godhood... and Kefka was the one who ultimately achieved that goal, while Sephiroth failed. But in that reason Sephiorth was marked as a martyr in his evil cause, while Kefka was... well, eventually defeated.

Let us also look at the psychological aspect behind villians. Studies show that people can relate and sympathize better with someone who has a past. One of the reasons Sephiroth is so famous, is because of his tragic past. He was once 'human,' with human feelings and emotions like all of us, simply lost on the path of life. Again, it is proved that people will become more emotionally involved with the insane/evil if they had some kind of human quality that lets us have a glimpse of what he/she was truly like. Sephiroth was created soley to be the best SOLDIER, taken forcibly from his mother and twisted into the perfect weapon by his own father... assuming you go with the 'Hojo is his father' side and not Vincent, although if you believe Vincent is his father, there is the tragic Vincent/Lucrecia backstory. Sephiroth didn't necissarily want to be a perfect weapon. He grew up knowing nothing else, and it thus was his sole purpose in life. In finding his origins with the alien JENOVA, that was when he snapped, and we could sympathize because he just found out that his life was a lie. Not to mention JENOVA was potentially twisting his mind throughout the game, meaning he might have been nothing more than a deluded puppet.

And so, Sephiroth is ultimately the better villian, because he had more of a stake and a purpose in becoming the God of his world- he honestly had nothing left.

There is also the memorable scene of Aerith's death, where we see just how cold Sephiroth truly is, and how set he was in his goal.

And Kefka?... he was just some clown who we don't know anything about who wanted to be god, and thought that, 'everyone's going to die anyway, so let's just blow the world up!' ....yeah, he was just batsh# crazy, and we the gamers have no emotional investment with him, because frankly, he's just there to be evil.

Wow, I've been hanging with the Psychology class way to much.