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As remiss as I am stepping into this hate-wanking dog pile - being someone who openly admits that FF 6 is his all-time favorite video game - I'd just like to point out that a character can be one-dimensional and still be memorable and worthwhile. Heath Ledger's Joker is the obvious comparison - no backstory, no deep motivation, and everything that comes out of his mouth is a hollow manipulation tactic used to perpetuate his eternal war against order. Madness can be a lame copout for character motivation if established later (see Game of Thrones...or maybe just take my word for it, if you haven't), but when established from the outset, it's a can be an effective if familiar mad dog allegory, in which those in power use a human molotov cocktail to enforce their will and are invariably shocked when they burn their own houses down (as seen in FF6, TDK, and the Republican Party post-2016, among others).