So Sephiroth's link to Kabbalah is stronger than just his name. I don't know if you Sephy fans have looked into this but I was forced into noticing this (via my class History of Jewish Thought). His name is derived from the word Sefirot, which is divine light that radiates from the unfathomable portion of god (Ein-Sof). The event called The Breaking of the Vessels occurred when the Sefirot broke the vessels that they were filling in the void of creation. When the vessels broke both light and darkness (evil) came to be in creation. It is the task of the believers in Kabbalah to recapture this divine light to bring about peace and what parallels in traditional Jewish teachings and Christianity as the messianic era. But what does this have to do with Sephiroth, the most awesome and sexy villian in all of gaming Loveless?
Well from what I got from the game was that Sephiroth (because of Hojo) can be seen as the visible extension of Jenova. Yes, you fight it, but you never actually see Jenova as a whole. If you count the can final battle with it but that can't really be what it looks like. Sephiroth's goal is to kill all humans, bring down Meteor, half destroy the planet so it can heal via the lifestream. When he does this he'll absorb some of the lifestream and become a god himself (or at least become closer to something divine) and bring about the Promised Land.
I mean clearly Sephiroth is evil but evil did come from the divine light right? I know it's somewhat of a stretch but these are my conclusions from what little bit I know. I don't claim to know that much about Kabbalah, nor will I really even, so if I'm completely off let me know. I won't be offended in fact I'll thank you for setting me straight. This is all that I've got from half a semester in my History of Jewish Thought course. Proves that I'm not really thinking about the class while I'm there.
Anyway, what do you guys think about my fic thus far? I'm kinda stuck as to what Tifa's going to do next or how it's going to end. I figured you guys could use a little break though, this is the calm before the storm. :)