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Well, it was as near-as to being disproven. Raine wasn't pregnant when Laguna and Kiros were in Winhill. Caraway acknowledges Rinoa as his daughter. As a general, he's probably capable of counting, so he'd notice if Rinoa was born too early. Besides, I think it's said somewhere that Rinoa was born quite some time after Caraway and Julia got married.
I heard throught the grapevine that if you find the Ragnorok through one of the doors of time, looking for the Card Master, if you speak to the people inside the ship, you find out Squall's and Laguna story... I haven't been able to verify this *don't yell at me if it's not true!* yet but I have read it many times over...
It's super annoying to not find out in the English version but I am sure that it might be a different story in the Japanese version... Has anyone played that one?
You mean in disc 4, during the time compression?Quote:
I heard throught the grapevine that if you find the Ragnorok through one of the doors of time, looking for the Card Master, if you speak to the people inside the ship, you find out Squall's and Laguna story...
If so: Not true *Not yelling*
i've found it, and nobody in the ship tells you anything related to the subject.
As far as the story, i think the it's pretty obvious and have been mentioned many times before.
Laguna goes leaves raine pregnant, she has squall but dies, squall is sent to the beach house with edea, the rest it's history. what else is there to know?
Allow to reiterate, that it is elements like these that make FF8 a classic....and not just an rpg.
Big D makes a valid point ... also Rinoa is younger than squall.
Or something akin to a daytime soap opera. Either or.Quote:
Originally posted by Besimudo
Allow to reiterate, that it is elements like these that make FF8 a classic....and not just an rpg.
No soapies state themes overtly i.e. Tidus and Jecht from FF10 is more a la soap style.
The Squall/Laguna relationship has more mythical symbology than you may suspect.
Eventually, but not always. It certainly has enough melodrama to be a soap opera. *nods*
I love Besimudo's rose tinted googles for this game, they're so fun.
Squall and Laguna wasn't subtle, it was just written badly. If you played the game fully you were pretty much told that they were, but it didn't affect anything. With the exception of adding further to the list of coincidences and fated elements in the game it didn't explain or add anything in any way.
When is it said Rinoa is younger than Squall?
Their ages are in the instruction manual - they're both 17 - and their birthdates are probably published somewhere.
Unless they were born on the same day, one will naturally be younger than the other.
This is probably the greatest sentence ever posted on EoFF.Quote:
Unless they were born on the same day, one will naturally be younger than the other.
Well, someone had to explain the obvious for you. I wasn't sure if you'd be able to see it, for you might've been wearing "Besimudo's rose tinted googles."
I'm quite aware of the obvious, it's been my point for quite some time. I asked where it said that RINOA had to be the youngest.
Lets pretend google was a clever computer pun on my behalf *winks*.
Actually Squall is younger. On the back of the action figure package it say Rinoa's birthday is March 3rd and Squall's August 23. So Squall is 5 months and 20 days younger.
Wellity, wellity, wellity. Doesn't that just put across what I've been saying in nice little vacuum packed package.
So that gives around eighteen months between Julia, and Esthar. Not sure if that works or not.
Hmm. Let's propse a fact pattern here...
Shy, sensitive Laguna talks to Julia Heartilly for the first time, but one thing leads to another and Rinoa is the eventual result. Laguna later goes to Centra and is injured. Barely alive, he's found by Raine who takes him home and has her way with him. About six months later, he's back on his feet but Raine has somehow kept her pregnancy hidden. She remains pregnant for another six months or so, and doesn't give birth 'till Laguna's safely away in Esthar.
Somehow, Rinoa and Squall still manage to be born withing six months of each other.
..Doesn't quite add up, does it?
Let's face it, they aren't related.
If you really want a story about a young man pursuing his own sister, try the original (SPOILER)Star Wars trilogy.:p