Let's take the definition of an anti-hero as Wikipedia describes:
With this being said, would you classify Vayne and Cid [and even Venat] as villains, or anti-heroes? If you choose the former, consider again the entire plot. Vayne and Cid, while totally going about it the wrong way [i.e. lacking heroic attributes and qualities] wanted to give man the right to write his own history and be the barers of his own destiny [i.e. a heroic trait]. In essence, I believe that they wanted to save Ivalice from the Occuria but simply got caught up when they were given the fruit of knowledge.
I've blatantly summarised this, but do you find them to be full-blown villains, or anti-heroes?
Wikipedia said:In fiction, an anti-hero is a protagonist who is lacking the traditional heroic attributes and qualities, and instead possesses character traits that are antithetical to heroism.
With this being said, would you classify Vayne and Cid [and even Venat] as villains, or anti-heroes? If you choose the former, consider again the entire plot. Vayne and Cid, while totally going about it the wrong way [i.e. lacking heroic attributes and qualities] wanted to give man the right to write his own history and be the barers of his own destiny [i.e. a heroic trait]. In essence, I believe that they wanted to save Ivalice from the Occuria but simply got caught up when they were given the fruit of knowledge.
I've blatantly summarised this, but do you find them to be full-blown villains, or anti-heroes?