Happy Birthday Laguna! :D

[LadyJuxtaposition]

Hello all Final Fantasy VIII fans! Did you know that today is the handsome always-cheerful happy-go-lucky man with the machine gun and Squall father's birthday (01/03)?

Yep, Laguna's turning 42 or 59 years old today and still he's a dashing fellow (in my own taste that is ). So, during this weekend or whenever, let's celebrate by talking about him, drawing him, writing fan fics about him, whatever how we celebrate characters' birthdays! I for one, did a quick character sketch of him:

Laguna sketch pic AMH_06.JPG

Pic from: FF B-Day Speed Sketch: Laguna Loire FFVIII by Latias413 on deviantART + http://home.eyesonff.com/relms-studi...sketching.html

Along with that, I listened to variations of his battle theme music while doing the sketch.

Original arrangement: Final Fantasy VIII - The Man with the Machine Gun [HQ] - YouTube
The Black Mages version: The Black Mages - The Man with the Machine Gun (FFVIII) - YouTube
Distant Worlds arrangement: Distant Worlds II: The Man With The Machine Gun - YouTube

Happy Birthday Mr. Loire! I hope the fairies are here to celebrate your special day!

[Ayen]

Squall father

I KNEW IT!

*cough* HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAGUNA! *dance around like Selphie*

[Elskidor]

Happy birthday Mr. Man! You getting your own game any time soon?

[LadyJuxtaposition]

Squall father

I KNEW IT!

*cough* HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAGUNA! *dance around like Selphie*

LOL Me too! I mean, it's obvious when looking through genetics and biology, and it's amazing when they play a wild card regarding of their polar opposite personalities. Nevertheless, they are still related by blood.

Happy birthday Mr. Man! You getting your own game any time soon?

He sure gets a lot of nicknames around here. That would be awesome if SE made a FF8 spin-off game with Laguna as a main character, mostly a prequel about him and Kiros and Ward way before the main events of the original FF8 game. If that's the case, then please SE don't make a cellphone game out of it.

[Ayen]

I don't get the appeal of cellphone games. Phones are for talking.

[LadyJuxtaposition]

I don't get the appeal of cellphone games. Phones are for talking.

Very true. It's either SE is lazy at making quality video games these days (with exception of LR: FFXIII and Kingdom Hearts) or many people loved to play games on their cellphones so darn much.

I personally will rather play video games on a gaming system than on a cellphone. You'll get a bigger screen at the comfort of your own home, and you don't have to squint your eyes so hard in contrast of a cellphone.

As much I would love to see the prequel of FFVIII starring Laguna as a main character, I highly doubt that SE would make that happen, cellphone game or not.

[Elskidor]

I don't see how it is appealing, but I've only played little apps like Scramble, Words with Friends and Dice with Buddies on my cell. I'm a little scared how FFVI remake is gonna turn out, but slightly curious. Not fond of the graphics, but swiping about for game play is going to be a new experience for me.

[Jiro]

Laguna is one of my favourite characters of all time (ALL TIME)

[LadyJuxtaposition]

Laguna is one of my favourite characters of all time (ALL TIME)

Same here! Laguna's so adorable and fun and I just love him!