@Neo: Ah, I see you did :P But you didn't say it as blunt, and rudely as I did

I'm not sure how to even react to most of your post seeing as it didn't even touch most of what I was talking about. I never said that it was about the Shooting Star.

Now, lets start with why he saw Ultimecia in that flashback. When you think of enduring friendship, normally a bad instance comes into mind. Why? Because friendships are actually tested at bad times. I know I can easily relate to that notion. Squall had to think back, and when he remembered Rinoa, he remembered how he almost lost Rinoa to Ultimecia (thus Rinoa turning into Ulti in the flashback), but their friendship endured. That scene was Symbolism at its simplest.

Continuing. You asked my why Ultimecia was interested in the party. I'm going to quote The Crystal now. "Ultimecia wanted to stop the legendary SeeD from killing her, thus she decided time compression was the only way." (Or something to that degree). Thus Ultimecia was interested in killing ANY SeeD. If your a SeeD there's a chance your the legendary SeeD, therefore you must die. Thats not a theory, thats simple logic. Now, consider how many times the Party attacked Edea, and foiled Ulti. Unless Ultimecia was a total retard, it should've been obvious the party was the Legendary SeeD, and should instantly have her attention.

Finally, this game is full of crappy plot and poor writing. There I said it. Why was Rinoa so interested in Squall? Because Square needed the love story to work, and they wanted to shove it in your face early. And apparently it worked as you can see there are so many "OMG SQUALLxRINOA FOREVER THEY ARE TEH CUTEST EVERZ!" fans out there. Square didn't want to imply R=U, they wanted to pump out a love story.

Now, you ask me to answer to my "theories". First off, this is your theory thread, you should be providing facts. Which again, you have still yet to show anything that isn't mindless misinterpretation.
But do you really want me to kill this with facts you can't disprove? Fine. I will.

A. Time is NOT Compressed right in the beginning of the game. If time was compressed, then Ultimecia's whole goal doesn't make sense "I need to time compress, an already Time Compressed world!" Think about that for a second.

B. There is NO proof, evidence, or any type of fact at all, saying that sorceress's can have lifespans that stretch across time. Its stated that Ultimecia lives in the distant future. If R did = U, then how did Rinoa live that long? A question you can't answer.

C. This game DOES have a timeline. Face it, time isn't compressed, you can't prove that, and if you need to fight that battle right now then you can't back this theory at all. With that said that means if R=U then Rinoa is Ultimecia's past self which leaves many questions unanswerable.

i. Ultimecia almost killed Rinoa in space. If R=U Ultimecia would never risk that, knowing she could have killed herself.

ii. Why doesn't Ultimecia recognize you? In the last scene you come face to face with her, it doesn't make sense for her to not acknowledge she knows who you are (surprise is a powerful ally).