So! The closest thing Kuja has to a parental figure is this douchebag!
Garland is an old guy who was in charge of Terra, a dying planet, who was trying to absorb the healthy planet of Gaia. Terra is filled with soulless people called Genomes, who are meant as vessels for the sleeping souls of Terra to eventually inhabit once Terra is revived. For this, Garland needed to create war on Gaia to shift a fucktonne of souls. Kuja was a Genome who happened to have a very strong will, which sucked as a vessel but was gr8 as an instrument of war!
So Kuja has a soul and is unique in that way, but Garland is a dick and decided to make a better Genome to take over the job. That would be Zidane. Kuja naturally wasn't too keen on this, so he chucked baby Zidane onto Gaia. Garland, in retaliation, permabanned Kuja onto Gaia until the job was done.
Oh and the whole time Garland threatened to either kill Kuja or take away his soul. And always kept saying how Zidane was superior in every way. Dad of the year right there. Even when Kuja finally reached his goals and cliffpunted him, Garland came back from the dead just to say "hey kuja everything you did was futile.", prompting Kuja's Despair Event Horizon.
So you know, neglect, emotional abuse, threats of violence, all sorts of fun things.
I think I tl;dr'd....
So! The closest thing Kuja has to a parental figure is this douchebag!
Garland is an old guy who was in charge of Terra, a dying planet, who was trying to absorb the healthy planet of Gaia. Terra is filled with soulless people called Genomes, who are meant as vessels for the sleeping souls of Terra to eventually inhabit once Terra is revived. For this, Garland needed to create war on Gaia to shift a fucktonne of souls. Kuja was a Genome who happened to have a very strong will, which sucked as a vessel but was gr8 as an instrument of war!
So Kuja has a soul and is unique in that way, but Garland is a dick and decided to make a better Genome to take over the job. That would be Zidane. Kuja naturally wasn't too keen on this, so he chucked baby Zidane onto Gaia. Garland, in retaliation, permabanned Kuja onto Gaia until the job was done.
Oh and the whole time Garland threatened to either kill Kuja or take away his soul. And always kept saying how Zidane was superior in every way. Dad of the year right there. Even when Kuja finally reached his goals and cliffpunted him, Garland came back from the dead just to say "hey kuja everything you did was futile.", prompting Kuja's Despair Event Horizon.
So you know, neglect, emotional abuse, threats of violence, all sorts of fun things.