This...Originally Posted by Serapy
contradicts this.There's no hardcore evidence that the game explictly states "Seifer and Squall are brothers". The same goes for the opposite. You won't find it,
either.
How can you claim that you provided evidence and then say there's no (hardcore) evidence "that the game explicitly states 'Seifer and Squall are brothers'"? Evidence is irrefutable proof. I know you understand this as you've just said that there is no evidence but you still claim that your theory is evidence.
When I think of evidence I think of something that holds up in court. So let's pretend we're in a courtroom. You claim that Seifer and Squall are brothers and both have been summoned to court to defend themselves.
Exhibit A: Both are gundlade users.
Exhibit B: Both have facial scars.
Neither of those two examples are going to convince a jury that they're brothers. That's like saying a person who wears the same size shoe as me is my brother. And concerning the facial scars, that has nothing to do with DNA. Hair color is a result of DNA; eye color is a result of DNA; having your father's chin and your mother's dimples is a result of DNA. Scars are not genetic, and you witness at the beginning of the game how they received their scars.
Exhibit C: Same taste in women.
Exhibit D: Similar facial feature but Seifer could have dyed his hair.
Again, having the same taste in women is not a result of DNA. I'm sure a good majority of the men on this forum have the same taste in women as I do. Women aren't bugs, there aren't thousands of different species of women to running around so it's not very strange that there should be two people interested in the same woman.
And the facial features aren't surprising. It's a game, the same person made all their models. I'm a writer and I find it tough to not be monotonous in describing the way a person looks much less envisioning it. And Seifer dying his hair is a huge stretch. You're giving a character created by someone else more background information than needed.
I don't want to address your other points because, quite frankly, I don't understand most of the sentences you decided to smash together.
I'll bring up my own understanding of the game though. Seifer and Squall are rivals. They hate each other because they have so much in common, it makes for an interesting gaming experience. It's like Cloud and Sephiroth, they are exactly the same but strive towards different goals. Another good example to use would be the rivalry between Drizzt Do'Urden and Artemis Entreri. They are actually the complete opposite but in a way exactly the same. I won't get into that as this is an VIII thread and not a Forgotten Realms thread, but my point is it's just supposed to be good story telling.
I'm inclined to believe that if something is not directly mentioned then it is not so. Hints are another thing entirely. If it were hinted at then I might entertain the notion, but it wasn't. Your "hints" as you call them are just a result of reading too much into this.
