Using her finger sign = Rinoa is smart!

[Avarice-ness]

I'm aware of the star thing but...

In the dancing party event, how did Rinoa knew that Squall saw the star in the first place? She didn't see Squall, she saw the star while Squall was staring her, then she saw him and pulled up her finger sign. How did Rinoa knew that Squall saw the star as well?

There's no proof that Rinoa saw Squall that he looked at the star at the same time.

I'd imagine she sees Squall looking at the sky, and looks up herself to see what he's looking at. I don't know, I just find it more likely than the theory that it's a means of controlling him.

As for the flashbacks switching back and forth between Rinoa and Ultimecia, I don't know, it could be anything. That was when he first saw her, after all. Or Rinoa could be Ultimecia for all I know, I actually find that to be one of the less unbelievable theorys appearing around here.

In either case, I doubt the finger has anything to do with it.

FFVIII is suppose to be the most love story-ish of games, and personally this thread is taking away from any love that could have ever existed.

In high school, instead of pointing one finger, I'd point my thumb, index finger, and middle finger as a greeting. People have quirks about them, I find this to be rinoa's.

Not to mention, I havn't played this in a while, but if Rinoa was ultimecia all along, why did she take -no- action to destroy the SeeD's that she intended to destroy? I was pretty sure Rinoa had no full knowledge of her sorceressness.

Not to mention, wasn't ulti inside of Edea during this time? I'm assuming she wouldn't just randomly bail from Edea and back into Rinoa when ever she felt like it.

Also, have you ever been to a dance and saw someone you just wanted to dance with, you look over at them and nod and they're over at your side. It's not illogical, it happens ALOT, at parties, clubs, even just high schol dances. You glance at someone, they glance at you, you make SOMEKIND of gesture to them they show a sign (in this case squall's head tilting) and then the chick runs over and grabs the guys hand. Very common in everyday life. I could see the dance scene happening at any dance or club or party happening at any given time.

NOT TO MENTION, if she could control Squall, I'm sure she would have made him a better dancer.

AND, Why would she want to control him at the end of the game. Personally, I think it was something like "remember when we met under a night just like this?" with the finger gesture. Something that symbolizes the beginning and growth of their relationship.