Something I've been thinking about is how Garnet seems to have more reason to hate Kuja on a personal level than Zidane. Kuja basically screws her over for her entire life, from using the Invincible on her first home to corrupting her mother to blowing up both her kingdom and that of her uncle. Yet they never seem to delve in to how Garnet feels about Kuja, or how they might relate to one another in spite of having a very long past.

 

Should FFIX have focused more on a Garnet vs. Kuja story as much as Zidane vs. Kuja?

I really didn't like how garnet falls completely by the wayside basically after

Her mother dies

 

Really, that happens with a lot of characters... poor Freya

Even if it was more personal with Garnet, I still like Zidane as Kuja's rival. Especially that he was able to forgive him in the end.

Seriously...I'm not going to use spoilers. Sorry, but the game has been out for over a decade, if that's not spoiler cushion I do not know what is.

 

So anyway, i find that the build up of Zidane v Kuja is very nice, and somewhat epic. If you think about it, half the reason Zidane hates him so much is because of what he did to Garnet, which plays into the love story. I just find the climatic twist of Zidane and Kuja being brothers a great final revelation, and that a Garnet focused plot wouldn't have been as memorable.