For the simple reason that they don't try to make him sympathetic (well, other than the ridiculous flashback recently where my character looked longingly towards the sky while thinking of him when the word 'friend' came up, wtf was that). I'm tired of every villain eventually becoming an ally. I'm dreading FFXVI partly because of this as well, I get the feeling they're going to pull some nonsense where all the eikon people are moustache twirling evil right up until i beat them up and then suddenly "okay we're friends now!".

That said, please, PLEASE keep him dead.