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I think you're giving Square way too much credit. FF8 was rushed out the door and its story had a lot of unfinished plotlines. Just because you've got a boner for minimalist storytelling doesn't excuse FF8's lack of it.

FF has never been a series about the player making up their own story by piecing together blurbs from hidden NPCs and snippets from the in-game datalog. If that's what you perceive FF8 as, it is only a flaw and a severe one at that.

If you think things like "he saw a movie one time, that's his character establishment" are acceptable in an FF title, I dunno what to say. Look at a supporting villain from another FF game, someone like Hojo gets a far more elaborate backstory than Seifer. Hell, every member of the Shinra board does, to say nothing of even more minor characters like Dyne.

You said it yourself why Ultimecia is such a pathetic villain. She exists only to protect herself from SeeD who exist only to kill her because she's protecting herself? Idiotic circular logic. If that's the main theme of the game it makes FF8's plot even worse than I first conceived. I'd rather headcanon Squall's Dead over that tripe - at least it makes sense out of an absent plot.