Quote Originally Posted by TheHeavenAbyss View Post
I just think it would be better because ultimately, Ultimecia is not that interesting and I think that would add a layer of depth to her.
I find that villains who use possession and/or personification is difficult to pull off if it is not established early. We go a certain length of the story only to find out that the villain we've been building up to hate was actually someone/something else entirely. Imagine if Ilberd wasn't actually Ilberd after everything he did.

I find the best villains to not be innately evil, but relatable. They have an opposing PoV that makes logical sense, or driven to madness when their good deeds are punished. Gaius is a great example in FFXIV of a villain I totally respect, and I absolutely understand what drives him. My version of the WoL carries a ton of guilt being the one responsible for ending his life. Villains like Thordan and Zenos are just monsters, and are not fit to rule.

We just don't find out early enough that Ultimecia is from the future using sorceress' from the past as vessels since it is a major plot reveal, and at that point in the story there isn't a whole lot of time to learn and sympathize with her motives.