ZeaLitY, did you leave out Sephiroth!? For shame! :lol:
Fictional Villain -- Sephiroth
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Curious picture to choose for Sephiroth, for...obvious reasons. But I think what I admire about Sephiroth is not what he was, but what he could have been. When you get right down to it, it's easy to be a Sephiroth. It's easy to focus on the negatives in our lives, and just let it corrode us until we go crazy and become vindictive.
But like all of us, Sephiroth had huge positives in his life that he might not have fully appreciated. He was just the damndest strongest and most talented soldier ever -- or at least others thought of him that way -- and he commanded so many people's respect. His great tragedy lay in the fact that he didn't leverage any of that, and he might not have even realized how lucky he was (though I haven't played Crisis Core yet, so that might change things). Sephiroth could have been the hero in Final Fantasy VII, if only he had the attitude to grasp it.
May all of us keep Sephiroth's example in our minds and hearts, and look at what we can leverage in life --our talents, our relationships. Each and every one of us can do something for the betterment of the human condition, and that's unambiguously worthwhile.
Plus, maybe Seph's a damn good dancer...?