Awfully weak story... or is it? [WARNING:SPOILERS]

[Vactus]

All the implications of rape sickens me to no end. I didn't expected this in a Final Fantasy game. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if this isn't the case in the japanese version, since americans seem so fond of rape and sexism.

You've never been to Japan have you? The text isn't that different in the Japanese version. They have a far more openly, barely hidden, sexual sadism society than we do. Not to say we're not as bad, but it's buried a little deeper here. Not by much though.

The same can be said for a good man with a few bad eggs in his military. One man can not control every action his troops take when they are around.

One soldier was viciously cutting down an already dead man in the Waking Sands when they took Minfilia. The White armored commander shot that imperial for disobeying her and she's obviously fiercely loyal to Gauis. She could be copying what Gauis would have done.

Unless I see a cutscene specifically showing showing something truly immoral I can't believe he was a truly bad guy.

There is far more evidence to show he was a man trying to do his way for the greater good. Like Durian from the Wtachmen, killing millions to save billions.

Do you have no idea how he took over Ala Mihga? Or how he continued to run it after they took it over? Gauis is evil. It's stated time and again the evil things he has done. There isn't a cutscene for his actions cause he's a barely there big bad when it comes to cutscenes. We see more of Nero than we do Gaius.