Selphie's personality

[Spooniest]

Selphie's an odd bird...at one point she suggests that Vinzer Deling's message for the world is, "Everybody...peace...and love!!"

But in a scene almost immediately prior to that, she recommends blowing up Vinzer Deling's train car with a rocket launcher.

And yet she is able to accept commands and function as a soldier.

So what's the story? Is she a high-functioning psychopath or something?

[Scotty_ffgamer]

She's just trying to raise people's spirits what with Squall brooding everywhere.

[MJN SEIFER]

She's an overly cheerful joker, both comments were jokes, and not meant to be taken seriously. She was the fun character of the group.

[Spooniest]

Selphie
We could skin him and wear him as a coat...

Selphie
I was just joking!

Zell
(Doesn't sound like you are...)

[Shorty]

I think of Selphie with as a general stock Manic Pixie Dream Girl syndrome.

further clarification

[Jiro]

I think of Selphie with as a general stock Manic Pixie Dream Girl syndrome.

further clarification

I don't know if that's accurate. She doesn't leave, and doesn't bring any sort of romantic or sexual discovery to any of the characters. She's more Genki Girl cross Cloudcuckoolander.

[noxious.sunshine]

Selphie is one of my fav FF characters in general. She's cheerful, happy, caring, yet she can take orders and function well as a SeeD (although I really don't like using her in battle).

I imagine her with a Rikku voice, yet if she were to actually -meet- Rikku, she'd probably punch her in the face.

[Shiny]

I believe everyone in FF8 has some type of disorder.

Zell has ADHD
Squall is neurotic with anti-social personality disorder
Rinoa has dependent personality disorder
Seifer has narcissistic personality disorder
Quistis has OCD and coupled with a type a personality
Irvine probably has some form of narcissistic personality disorder and Don Juan syndrome

and Selphie maybe also another form OCD in which one becomes emotionally attached to inanimate object

[Palom Porom]

I fond that her face picture (on the menu screen) doesn't do her justice to how cute she actually seems in game play. But odd, yes for sure.

[supernaps]

I believe everyone in FF8 has some type of disorder.

Zell has ADHD
Squall is neurotic with anti-social personality disorder
Rinoa has dependent personality disorder
Seifer has narcissistic personality disorder
Quistis has OCD and coupled with a type a personality
Irvine probably has some form of narcissistic personality disorder and Don Juan syndrome

and Selphie maybe also another form OCD in which one becomes emotionally attached to inanimate object

probably? lol, he most definitely has.

Selphie's awight, I mean she got assigned with Zell and Squall in her first big mission, can you blame the girl?