Is Seymour the real main villian?

Well, I'd say that Seymour wasn't really the main villian but he was deff. a villian trying to get more power by trying to get to sin... And eventually if he did, that would be pretty bad. It's kindof hard for me. idk, because if i'm correct, we see/hear from him the most. Yunalessca and all them other people we don't hear about see them as often until towards the end of the game. I don't exactly remember haven't played X recently so correct me if i'm wrong XD Seymour did have the Guado's in the palm of his hand pretty much... But, like others said it could've been Yu yevon thats the main villian.. I should play that game soon and retouch up to that XD
 
You know i do not think i can say he was the true villian of the game because of the way it progressed but i do not think i can say either that it was sin who was the villian. The way the game went he had a part in it yes and was one of them but the yevon was also adding to the wrong doings, sin did not help but once again they kept the whole procedure going "final summoning" then it just "revives" when as yuna proved you could end it for good. They did nothing to stop the cycle of death possibly to keep people under control you can never know. They did not care about sacrificing people none of them did because the calm that came seemed to increase peoples belief in what they was doing was correct and good for spira.

Yevon, seymour, priests and many others all were very much wrong in what they did and what they taught because if they had acted like yuna did it would have all ended but everyone was so focused on the calm and nothing else that they did not stop to sit back and think is it possible.

As for seymour i hated him, i have not hated a character from a game so much for such a long time but this guy... gosh he just made my skin crawl. He was a leech, sleeve, murderer and whats more he simply was weird. half man, half fish i mean what the hell. mmm thats attractive isnt it lol.

but i have to admit without him being in the game we wouldnt have had the amazing cut scenes.
of seeing zanarkand from what tidus remembers it as and what it use to be or when all the characters slide down the cable from the airship to save yuna from the wedding.

or my personal favourite the wedding scene with yuna and the way she just leaves all her trust in her abilities as a summoner and in her aeons and just simply lets herself fall to land on valefore

without him they would not have come into play in the game and those were some of the scenes that made the game for me.

so for me i think the villains were more universal in this game that just one solid person.
 
I'd say Sin is really the main villian. I usually judge what character is the main villian by which character causes the most destruction and chaos, and perhaps whom is the final boss. :P

Simple way to come to a conclusion, but I cba to research every little thing and see which villian I think is the most prominent in each of the Final Fantasy games (in this case FFX). xD
 
An antagonist (link)is one who represents the opposition against which the protagonist, our heroes, must contend. A villian (link)is very similar, though a villian is evil, whereas an antagonist doesn't have to be. A villian (or antagonist) also doesn't have to be inherently evil, but through bad childhood, giving into to selfish desires, etc, preforms evil acts. Especially lately, writers tend to make most of their villains this way, as it makes them more believable.

Bear with me. I am getting to the point.

Given the above, Seymour is certainly an antagonist and a villain. Is he the main villain?

Take a look at the monomyth (link), also know as the Hero's Journey (link). There is a portion of the Hero's Journey known as the Ultimate Boon (link), that is, the main goal of the hero, the main thing the antagonist is trying to prevent the hero from achieving. Final Fantasy X certain follows the Hero's Journey, with Tidus's Call to Adventure, Supernatural Aid, Road of Trials, even his Atonement with the Father. In this journey, Sin is the Ultimate Boon, the hero's main goal and, when they realize it,
defeating the cycle of Sin once and for all
.

Seymour is the main person throughout the story that tries to prevent the heroes from reaching The Ultimate Boon; as such, he is the main villain. Sin
and Yu Yevon
, in effect, are just forces of nature, despite the fact that the story says there's some intelligence behind them and you "fight" them in the end. The fight is not defeating the antagonist, it's reaching the main goal. Disposing of Seymour is defeating the main villain.
 
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Even though it's been pretty much covered in so many other posts, that clarify who the real villain of the game is, or might be, I suppose my input couldn't hurt. Also here is a warning and possibly spoilers below?

When I first began playing FFX, I thought Sin was the main villain, the great evil everyone wanted gone. That is until Seymour stepped onto the stage, in the instant of his first scene I knew that he was going to be trouble for my party, and so far I was right. He was a real pain at times, especially when on the Mountain. It took a good couple of tries to beat him, of course I wasn't of right level and so had to level up. I swear I thought he was the main villain at that point and that Sin wasn't. But! once I realized that he wasn't really...I'd say the 'main' for sure he was one of the better antagonists of the story, unlike Kinoc or Mika.

Moving on. When coming onto Yunalesca, I changed my view yet AGAIN and thought that she was the main villain. In the end I guess, like a few others have said, I don't think there was just one real Main Villain of the story, whether it was thought to be Sin, Seymour, Yunalesca, or Yu Yevon. They were all equally good Villains...in a way I suppose and I'd say more or less a good line up of Main Villain/s. Of course this is just my opinion, simply just my thoughts on it.
 
who do u think was the real enamy

who is the real enamy is it sin jecht semor or yevel if any of you got any ideas lets hear them
 
It was Yu Yevon. He only appeared once, but he is the game's true and final villain. He is the creator of Sin and he is the reason why Sin returns.

Seymour and Jecht aren't the last person you fight in the game so it's obvious it isn't them!

EDIT: It's a fact that Yu Yevon is the final villain - so we can't really voice our opinions on this!
 
Yevel xDD

How are any of them not 'real' enemies? Wel, bar Jecht of course, he became Sin through no fault of his own. Yu Yevon summons Sin to wreak some havoc, and Seymour is off his rocker and wants to BECOME Sin.....

I'm not entirely sure what you're asking to be honest. If it's who do you think is the 'main bad dude' then it would be Yu Yevon. We all no dis
 
I just had to fight him for the first time and found it pretty tricky! Got there in the end though! But not looking forward to having to go up against him again later when he is gonna be a lot stronger, aaahh!! lol As far as him and being the real main villian...hmmm maybe, I dunno really! I had a feeling though from the first time I saw him that there was gonna be something bad about him and that you were gonna have to fight him! Something about the way he looks as well kinda makes you think he is suspicious! I dunno that's just what I think anyway!
 
Seymour seems more of the main antagonist then Jecht does but i'd say that Yu Yevon is actually the main antagonist (What is Yu Yevon anyway?), and in my opinion Jecht isn't an antagonist.
 
no hes not the real main villain,he just wanted to control sin and manipulate yuna,despite his appearance,he doesnt deserve to be the main villain.jecht deserves to be the main villain cuz hes connected to tidus the main character and had a history together,plus,he was sin.
 
Seymore is kind of like Sephiroth. He is the main villian for the party through most of the game but at the end, you fight the guy that was behind the villian.

Sephiroth is the main antagonist for the characters for VII, however, Jenova was the real villian and the bigger threat of the game.

Same with VIII, you fight Edea, however, Ultimecia is the real villian.

So Seymore is the main antagonist, but Yu Yevon/Sin is the real villian.
 
In my opinion, he was just a minor annoyance throughout the entire game. Sure, he partook in several crucial plot points but you own him in several different fights, proving that he's a punk.
 
That's what's so wonderful about this game. The real villian was prejudice, Yu Yevon, religion etc

Not even Sin was
ever really a villian- as sin was always someone who was trying to help spira and get rid of sin- but became sin and created havoc agaisnt their will).
 
Oerba Yun Fang said:
That's what's so wonderful about this game. The real villian was prejudice, Yu Yevon, religion etc

Not even Sin was
ever really a villian- as sin was always someone who was trying to help spira and get rid of sin- but became sin and created havoc agaisnt their will).
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I would go further, and suggest that there is really no character in this game that can claim to be the ultimate villain or the 'true bad guy'. Sin and Jecht were controlled by Yu Yevon. Yunalesca and Seymour claimed to have the people's best interests in mind. And even Yu Yevon only did what he did out of love for his city and anger at Bevelle for destroying it. But in the process of dedicating himself to the summoning process, he seemed to lose his humanity and became just a mindless entity, served by a mindless defense system. Yunalesca strove to perpetuate the cycle out of honour for her father, and that is also what created the corrupt institution of Yevon.
 
I don't really consider Seymour the main villain of X....just the most annoying antagonist in FF history. :gonk:

If X had to have a main villain I would probably think it was Yu Yevon or Sin. But mainly Yu Yevon because he was the man (bug) behind the whale
 
Yu Yevon is the real main villian. But I consider Seymour the villian anyways. He seems like the most logical choice for most of the game. I still can't believe the included Jecht in Dissidia and not Seymour.
 
No definitely not. For one he's too much of a pansy. <_<

But seriously, he was for the most part the one that always got in the way and appeared to come across as the main villian, but as you got further into the game, he started to get pushed to the side to make room for Yu Yevon/Sin as the main villian, once you learned about Yu Yevon more.

But no, Seymour is definitely not the main villian in my opinion.
 
Viking said:
Id say no course all he does is get in the party's way and annoy them. Id say Sin is the real main villain course he destroys everything and makes everyone sad. I don't have a whole lot to say right now but whats your opinion about this?
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it depends on who you say the antagonist and protagonist's are, if the protagonist is yuna then Seymour would be the main villain, because his beef is really with, but if it were Tidus then obviously jecht/Sin would be the villain because it is a family feud.
 
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