Bad Galbadia

[Iceglow]

No, that was all Ultimecia, not Edea. Ultimecia was inside Edea`s body during most of the Disk 1 event. I.e. when she killed Deling, taking control of Gabaldia, giving orders, etc until SeeDs defeated her later in the game: she got out of Edea`s body. When Ultimecia possesses you, you pretty can't do anything to stop her from interposing your decisions.

If Ultimecia didn't possesses Edea in the first place, there's no way for Edea to kill Deling and take control of Gabaldia.

This thread acting as a possibility was to show why Ultimecia chose them, not other continents.

The fact remains that whether or not Ultimecia was in control of Edea or not the body used was Edea's at the time the character is introduced as Edea...lets not get in to this debate, yes it was Ultimecia but from the standpoint of a player playing the game and ignoring or not knowing the storyline then it's Edea.

The universes of real life and FF8 are very different. Galbadia is not standardised in this game because other continents serve different purposes.

True FF8 is a "Final Fantasy" key word in this being "fantasy" however, all the armies show their heraldic devices on their armour from SeeD cadets through to Estharian soldiers and Timber's guards. Heck even the Dollet dukedom soldiers you encounter in the Dollet mission have distinct uniforms, if we actually got a better look at them than we do no doubt we'd find Dollet Dukedom heraldic devices on their uniforms. Also the fact that FF8 is a fantasy world does not detract from the statement that Gabaldia is a military country, most (if not all from the sheer number of soldiers you kill in game) people seem to have served in their army this is probably due to a form of national service, another thing which whilst abolished in the UK and America was and still is popular around the world including in China, Sweeden, Italy and a fair few other places so it could well be in the game especially for a millitary state. Though I've never noticed mention of females in the G-army. In a millitary country you still expect to see the paraphanalia of the government ruling over it all over the show, in this case it is the heraldic device or "crest" of Gabaldia. What the crest stands for is not clear, for all we know it was done to look pretty. SeeD's crest or heraldic device depending on how archaic a term we look to use features a stylised yin yang this could easily be used to describe the very nature of SeeD they're neither good nor evil in themselves for they are a mercenary force and good, evil, right and wrong are matters of opinion and from their opinion only the opinions of the one paying the bill matters.

You mean JSDF?

When g-garden and b-garden collide with each other, the g-forces were the first to get out of the garden and flew to b-garden to attack it and its people, all took place on a different continent. Did that count as defense? Nope.

Heres a fun quote for you:

The best defense is a good offense.

I believe Sun Tzu wrote that or atleast the basic jist of it is written by him in his masterwork which to this very day over 1000 years later is applicable to warfare. What Gabaldia does when the two gardens collide is textbook good defense, they used an offense to strike first, strike fast and hard enough that your enemies cannot retaliate it's pretty obvious going up against the most elite mercenary fighting force in the world which has repeatedly for around 20 years creamed you means you're going to hit them when they're under-prepared and hit hard (maybe put yourself in a similar situation, you bump in to a guy who has in the past kicked the absoloute hell out of you, you've been putting round he better watch himself otherwise you're going to kick him down he may or may not have heard it, either way if he decides to kick your ass he can and has done in the past...so you go on the offensive and hit him as hard as possible and hope he cannot get up to hit you back if it works you've won if it doesn't then you're in trouble but it's the best way to defend yourself because if he had heard the rumour and wanted to he could kick the hell out of you anyway trying and failing is more honorable than not trying at all) not to mention we have to remember their CINC was Seifer Almasy, he was NEVER one to be sitting around waiting for his enemies to set the course of battle he proves this during the Dollet training mission. However lets throw some other examples of a good offense acting as a great defense; Pearl Harbor the american's took almost a year to get back up to strength from this, The Battle of Britain the luftwaffe was defeated and never recovered, D-Day well Britain was on the verge of being invaded, already the southern counties were being shelled and the luftwaffe could take off from northern france and some bombers were going to make it through a good offensive action here won the war and killed nazi germany...ok theres 3 and I'm only just skimming ww2 here. Also Gabaldian Defense Force makes far more sense to me since there is a full stop in your image between the G and the D otherwise it'd be GD.F. Gabaldian is 1 word even if you capitalize D a period or full stop indicates in initials a second word...I'm not going to debate grammar with you or the rules of the english language.

Either way, it was his tool.

That was sarcastic nit-picking but if we're going to debate it no it's not his tool, it is his tool bag and his tools were kept inside of it a tool bag is not a tool it is a container for a tool (before anyone comments, yes a container can be a tool it is a tool for holding something, the big difference here is we are debating a repair tool, a tool bag does not repair anything in itself and therefore I am deliberately ignoring that it is a tool to hold something for you) I respect most of your idea's Serapy (I said I respect them because you put so much conviction in them, I never once indicated I agreed with you on them) but this thread had little or no topic really but a discussion as to why the Gabaldian crest is so prominent in the Gabaldian capitol city and military equipment, I have given you a very suitable answer which makes sense because in reality we know I'm right. After all I am yet to hear anyone including you refute that Gabaldia is a military state, of course you could do that but the actions of Gabaldia in the game and in the background information of the game speak volumes otherwise.