From: LeonhartFour | #128
I dunno. I think the point Squall's trying to make is that their enemies aren't guys going "Blargh I am evil and I want to destroy you just because." I mean, there are exceptions, but Ultimecia's goal is ultimately self-preservation, and the game drives home the point that a lot of sorceresses get the way they are, not because they're inherently evil, but because they've been oppressed and hated by masses who refuse to understand them.
Uh oh, I think our time of agreeing is going to end hard because I've had so many lengthy debates on this point <_<
The problem with Ultimecia and trying to justify her goal as being self-preservation is that she's so completely 100% evil with absolutely no redeeming qualities that it prevents any sort of actual sympathy for her. There's no room to actually argue she's not inherently evil because that's all she ever acts like, and her choice of "kill everything, ever" is so over the top, and her dialogue just keeps talking about how she wants to enslave everyone and be evil just because. In the end, she IS just "Blargh I am evil and I want to destroy you just because". It's impossible to come up with a reason or background that would ever come close to justifying her.
And the whole "sorceress oppression" thing is really, really not driven home at all. It's alluded to. It's mentioned. But it's then completely contradicted when everyone cares so little about Edea being one that they're convinced by "it wasn't me, it was an evil witch from the future!". And then Rinoa becomes one, and is provably a serious danger to have around due to Ultimecia being able to control her, and she's really the only one who cares. Esthar sends people to seal her away and they aren't even nasty about it, then it gets called off and everyone is happy.
I mean, Laguna is the guy who completely accepts Edea and Rinoa. Laguna has more reason than anyone to hate sorceresses; his entire life was screwed up by the war against Adel, he personally suffered because of her, and he doesn't have the slightest grudge against the sorceress who just freed Adel. Something really doesn't qualify as driven home like a central plot point when the game goes out of its way to show that no one gives a **** (let's compare to FFX briefly, which *does* have an otherwise likable character show some serious prejudice). Every sorceress we see is either a pure evil psycho, or is accepted. It's a major case of an informed flaw, where the writers didn't want to actually have any character look flawed in that way, so they just said it was there even though what we see really does not support it.
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Mistake you're making - overlooking the fact that we might not want to be saved.