Is Seifer Ever Coming Back?
Oct. 14th, 2022 11:17 amIt is once again time for talking too much about Final Fantasy VIII. I'm up to Trabia Garden.
'Huh?! Rinoa's here, too?! Oh man, I'm not always like that, okay?' Aww, Zell's embarrassed that Rinoa saw him getting frustrated over hot dogs!
I'm not a big shipper of Squall/Rinoa on its own (to the surprise of many, given that my username makes me seem like a passionate Squall/Rinoa shipper and a bad speller). I don't dislike it, and I think knowing Rinoa is good for Squall, but I don't have any real investment in their romantic relationship. But I've thought for a long time that Squall/Zell/Rinoa would be extremely cute.
Kadowaki: Oh my... It's not every day I see you walk around with a girl! Is she your girlfriend?
Squall: No, just showing her around.
Rinoa: Squall... Gosh, can't you just say 'yes' for fun?
Squall: All right, then, 'yes'.
I love that he just follows orders, even though the opportunity has passed. Rinoa's still the client, after all!
Squall flips out when he learns Ellone has been sending them into the past. But he's not flipping out because she put him through a lot of confusion; he's flipping out because she has goals and he can't handle being relied on. 'Don't... don't count on me.' If people have expectations of you, that means you can fail, and you can let them down.
And that leads straight into one of my favourite Squall breakdowns: (I'm fine by myself now. I have all the skills I need to survive. I'm not a child anymore. ...That's a lie. I don't know anything. I'm confused.)
Squall is silently but intensely resentful to be asked to make contact with the mayor of Fishermans Horizon. He's not here to be a person; he's here to be a weapon. Ask him to die in battle, fine, but don't ask him to talk to someone.
(The lack of apostrophe in Fishermans Horizon makes me incredibly uncomfortable.)
But later Irvine asks him to talk to Selphie because she's down after the missile strike, and Squall's only response is '...Where is she?'! I think it's the first time Squall is told to talk to someone and doesn't react with 'I can't believe you'd make me do this.' Because, despite his best efforts, he cares about his comrades.
I love that nobody in Fishermans Horizon questions why our school is suddenly flying. They just go 'Oh, yeah, I remember painting that school; good times. Made a bit of a mess when it crashed into my hometown, but that's fine; we love fixing things anyway.'
'This isn't your everyday repair shop. What do you want me to repair? Your head? Your personality? I'll give you a great deal.' Sir, you are talking to Squall Leonhart and that is a task beyond any repairman.
Selphie's 'our leader, Squall (who did a great job, by the way)' aside in her diary is pretty cute.
Squall's response to Cid appointing him as leader is (Are you serious?), and he's right. At least discuss it with Squall before announcing it over the intercom, Cid; he's right there!
(I don't mind fighting the sorceress. It's unavoidable as long as I'm a SeeD member.
What? As long as I'm a SeeD member? What if I quit?
Quit... Then what? What do I have left?
Don't even want to think about it. Just stop thinking...)
I didn't remember this at all. You're breaking my heart, Squall.
(He wants us to kill his wife? What does it feel like to give an order like that?) is a really interesting moment of empathy from Squall, a character who struggles with empathy.
I still can't get my head around the fact that, when Irvine's deciding on instruments for the band performance in Fishermans Horizon, you can just leave the area and explore the town as Irvine. There's unique dialogue! There's a little interaction I've only just discovered that gets you Pulse Ammo, which is hugely valuable! You can explore Balamb Garden and find Squall sleeping in his dorm! Real effort went into this sequence! But nobody's going to see it, because there's no reason you might think it's possible to leave that screen.
The scene between Squall and Rinoa if you make the band play the Irish jig is so lovely, and that's another thing a lot of players are unfortunately going to miss, because choosing the Irish jig over 'Eyes on Me' is deeply unintuitive. I love Rinoa's 'We all love you. There, I said it. Please don't freak out.'
It seems weird that Balamb Garden is the only Garden offering the SeeD exam when it's so much more isolated than Galbadia Garden.
what the fuck, I just accidentally tried to draw Cure from the Balamb dock draw point to Squall when he already had the maximum number of Cures, and then Squall went 'Hmm?' and I got the message '126 gil came with the Draw!'
You can draw money? You can draw money? I've played this game so many times and had zero idea of this! You can draw money???
I CAN'T REPRODUCE THIS AND I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT IT ONLINE, I SWEAR I DIDN'T IMAGINE THIS
'Huh?! Rinoa's here, too?! Oh man, I'm not always like that, okay?' Aww, Zell's embarrassed that Rinoa saw him getting frustrated over hot dogs!
I'm not a big shipper of Squall/Rinoa on its own (to the surprise of many, given that my username makes me seem like a passionate Squall/Rinoa shipper and a bad speller). I don't dislike it, and I think knowing Rinoa is good for Squall, but I don't have any real investment in their romantic relationship. But I've thought for a long time that Squall/Zell/Rinoa would be extremely cute.
Kadowaki: Oh my... It's not every day I see you walk around with a girl! Is she your girlfriend?
Squall: No, just showing her around.
Rinoa: Squall... Gosh, can't you just say 'yes' for fun?
Squall: All right, then, 'yes'.
I love that he just follows orders, even though the opportunity has passed. Rinoa's still the client, after all!
Squall flips out when he learns Ellone has been sending them into the past. But he's not flipping out because she put him through a lot of confusion; he's flipping out because she has goals and he can't handle being relied on. 'Don't... don't count on me.' If people have expectations of you, that means you can fail, and you can let them down.
And that leads straight into one of my favourite Squall breakdowns: (I'm fine by myself now. I have all the skills I need to survive. I'm not a child anymore. ...That's a lie. I don't know anything. I'm confused.)
Squall is silently but intensely resentful to be asked to make contact with the mayor of Fishermans Horizon. He's not here to be a person; he's here to be a weapon. Ask him to die in battle, fine, but don't ask him to talk to someone.
(The lack of apostrophe in Fishermans Horizon makes me incredibly uncomfortable.)
But later Irvine asks him to talk to Selphie because she's down after the missile strike, and Squall's only response is '...Where is she?'! I think it's the first time Squall is told to talk to someone and doesn't react with 'I can't believe you'd make me do this.' Because, despite his best efforts, he cares about his comrades.
I love that nobody in Fishermans Horizon questions why our school is suddenly flying. They just go 'Oh, yeah, I remember painting that school; good times. Made a bit of a mess when it crashed into my hometown, but that's fine; we love fixing things anyway.'
'This isn't your everyday repair shop. What do you want me to repair? Your head? Your personality? I'll give you a great deal.' Sir, you are talking to Squall Leonhart and that is a task beyond any repairman.
Selphie's 'our leader, Squall (who did a great job, by the way)' aside in her diary is pretty cute.
Squall's response to Cid appointing him as leader is (Are you serious?), and he's right. At least discuss it with Squall before announcing it over the intercom, Cid; he's right there!
(I don't mind fighting the sorceress. It's unavoidable as long as I'm a SeeD member.
What? As long as I'm a SeeD member? What if I quit?
Quit... Then what? What do I have left?
Don't even want to think about it. Just stop thinking...)
I didn't remember this at all. You're breaking my heart, Squall.
(He wants us to kill his wife? What does it feel like to give an order like that?) is a really interesting moment of empathy from Squall, a character who struggles with empathy.
I still can't get my head around the fact that, when Irvine's deciding on instruments for the band performance in Fishermans Horizon, you can just leave the area and explore the town as Irvine. There's unique dialogue! There's a little interaction I've only just discovered that gets you Pulse Ammo, which is hugely valuable! You can explore Balamb Garden and find Squall sleeping in his dorm! Real effort went into this sequence! But nobody's going to see it, because there's no reason you might think it's possible to leave that screen.
The scene between Squall and Rinoa if you make the band play the Irish jig is so lovely, and that's another thing a lot of players are unfortunately going to miss, because choosing the Irish jig over 'Eyes on Me' is deeply unintuitive. I love Rinoa's 'We all love you. There, I said it. Please don't freak out.'
It seems weird that Balamb Garden is the only Garden offering the SeeD exam when it's so much more isolated than Galbadia Garden.
what the fuck, I just accidentally tried to draw Cure from the Balamb dock draw point to Squall when he already had the maximum number of Cures, and then Squall went 'Hmm?' and I got the message '126 gil came with the Draw!'
You can draw money? You can draw money? I've played this game so many times and had zero idea of this! You can draw money???
I CAN'T REPRODUCE THIS AND I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING ABOUT IT ONLINE, I SWEAR I DIDN'T IMAGINE THIS
