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>>1453654

It was Hojo. He became a mad scientist after living in the shadow of Prof. Gast for too long. Hojo injected Lucretia with Jenova cells, which transferred to Sephiroth. Then Sephiroth lost his shit when he read a bunch of Gast and Hojo's research in the Shinra mansion. Gast was never a villain, just a scientist who died before his work could be corrected. Hojo completed his work and found out that Jenova wasn't really a Centra. It's never really elaborated on whether Jenova was an infected Centra (AKA "ancient") or an actual humanoid alien, but I'm betting it's the former. So Jenova is basically the lifeform from "The Thing" (1982) and leeches off hosts. Jenova itself isn't very powerful, but it uses other creatures to do its bidding. It's like a steroid that also allows for mind control. So Sephiroth got raised as a SOLDIER from birth, and having Jenova cells made him more powerful and easier to exploit by Shinra. But that's nothing compared to the Centra/Jenova hybrid that Shinra keeps in their HQ and the Nibelheim Mako reactor. Fortunately, Jenova was sealed away and eventually mutilated, so you never have to fight it (the Centra/Jenova hybrid).

It's also poor writing on Square's part to not differentiate between Jenova, the alien, and Jenova, the Centra/alien hybrid.

This is coming from someone who just played the game and never bothered with any of the horrible spin-offs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDqea9cWOn4

Fucking LOL