That he did, and he dragged down everyone along with him. Although I'm still convinced that Genesis wouldn't have turned out half as tragic as a character if he had been inspired to anyone but Gackt, because Gakct has to have the unluckiest, tragic-est, woe-is-me-est character possible.
Yeah, I'm dreading the same. There's been rumors of a new FF7-related project, but then again there always are rumors around. Still, I'm kind of quaking in my chair at the thought.