And this freaking confirms the long held view that Sephiroth was a lab rat. And horrifically it added something that no other fanfiction I saw do which is Hojo injected poison into him.
Reading more about how Hojo is in this first episode I just found out he went from trying to not only pimp out Aerith with Red, but also breeding her with SOLDIERS in general (including Sephiroth). I guess he's upgraded to a Aerith x Sephiroth twisted shipper.
I think my issues with the Compilation is a lot of times it tries to retcon in things that don't mesh with the original games themes. Or shoehorn in melodrama that goes over the top. I think the Compilation should have been something that expanded on material that we didn't really see in the...
I do think this come off as a contradiction to earlier interviews where they said it wouldn't include Compilation elements and would be it's own thing.
Yeah, I think Sephiroth in this version should be able to be given the ability to have his pre-evil character fleshed out. I also hope we do see more of his childhood and maybe even years in the military.
I think the perfect solution to Angeal and Genesis is to make it so that both experiments died young as children, in contrast with Sephiroth which was successful in being brought to adulthood.
Thank goodness. Genesis is from now on non-canon. I actually think Angeal by himself could have been a good rival with Sephiroth and could have went on the run from Shinra to join the original incarnation of Avalanche.