Using her finger sign = Rinoa is smart!

[Serapy]

Serapy, I like how you post something, but never answer any question towards it that isn't easily explained. Before I pointed out a thing called Symbolism. I think the reason that he had the flashback with Rinoa turning into Ultimecia because of the feeling he had in the past when he felt as if he was losing her. Its pretty easy to draw out.

Oh, yes, sorry. I didn't see your explanation about symbolism. Ok, here goes:
Laguna told Squall to think of friendship and love just in case if something happens. If he didn't think of his friends, he'd die or completely lost in time forever. However, he did what Laguna told him to do, he has thought of Selphie, Zell, Irvine, Rinoa, etc. during his flashblacks as a "symbolism" of friendship and love. Does that make sense? So why was Ulti involved since she's not Squall's friend (in his mind) at that moment? Ulti is not his friend, so that doesn't match the description of friendship nor love. That suggests that U=R may be plausible.

Next. It does mater if Ulti has possessed Edea at the time. Because your "FFVIII is a time compressed world straight from the beginning." Is a theory. If you know anything about science you'd know that the most illogical, and unlikely theories, are ones based off other ones.

It doesn't matter because she can re-possesses Edea or possesses someone else at the same time because like what I said, FF8 was a compressed world with different timelines. Time travel is very confusing, I know.

Next. You also appear to disregard any knowledge of Writing. FFVIII was a love story between Rinoa and Squall, because the main theme was love.

Did you see my other post? I've made some contradictions. However, FF8 wasn't all about love, there's much more than that.

Ultimecia is there to spice up the story, and give it something that will actually make it interactive.

That statement makes it sound like Rinoa is actually Ultimecia If you disagree, then why was Ulti so interested in them anyway?

I like how you bring up "pure" evidence. There is no pure evidence that R=U, there is no "pure" evidence on any of your facts. I'm sorry but if you want to argue about pure evidence, you better have some of your own.

What?
Why don't you watch the dancing party FMV, you will become aware that there's no scene of Rinoa seeing Squall BEFORE she saw the star or Squall. That's why it seems strange, let me explain exactly what the video was demonstrating:

1) The video starts.
*The screen of the video starts focused on the sky*
2) The display of the star shows up
*The screen of the video starts focused on the Squall face*
2) Squall saw the star
*The screen of the video starts focused on the Rinoa figure*
3) Rinoa saw the star
4) Rinoa IMMEDIATELY turns around, saw Squall and pulled up her finger sign

See? There wasn't a scene of Rinoa seeing Squall BEFORE she saw the star(3) or Squall(4). That's why I was disproving some persons' views in this thread.

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Rinoa instantly loves Squall, she instantly cares about him EVEN against Squall's bad attitude.

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A splitting image of Ulti in Squall's flashbacks, it was supposed for friends, not Ulti.

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Match!

In regard to general theories, Goldenboko. All what I can say is that why don't you disprove R=U and my theories? I'd love to see information that could disprove em
Are you aware that the events we have seen from FF8 are not completed? The game has implied/hinted so many things that we actually have never seen before, so how the hell can I obtain such evidences? This game is mostly all about speculations, that was what the FF8 designers wanted.