The Ending! It's confusing! *Many Spoilers*

[Rye]

Wow! The ending was good! But confusing!

Ok I have questions. Any theory is good ^.^

1. Did Matron/Edea know Ultemicia's intentions the whole time?

2. Did squall die!?

3. How did he come back!?

I was about to say that, the ending was the worse ever but squall came back! ^.^ The scene with squall crying before he "died" was cool and sad?

I think Rinoa restored Squall with the power of LOVE . Or socceress powers.

[LionHart]

All of the following answers are my opinions:

Answer #1: I believe she did, but she had no power over her own body and Ultemica wouldn't allow her to warn Squall and the others.

Answer #2(it's actually a question): When did he die? I remember him like being lost and the others found their way back, but he walked and walked searching, but then passed out from exhaustion, not death.

Answer #3: Like I said, I think he had just passed out from exhaustion.

[Rinoa Heartilly]

Originally posted by RikkuYuna89
Wow! The ending was good! But confusing!

Ok I have questions. Any theory is good ^.^

1. Did Matron/Edea know Ultemicia's intentions the whole time?

2. Did squall die!?

3. How did he come back!?

I was about to say that, the ending was the worse ever but squall came back! ^.^ The scene with squall crying before he "died" was cool and sad?

I think Rinoa restored Squall with the power of LOVE . Or socceress powers.

1: from the minute she got possesed yes , as wy she didn't warn the others i think Lionheart's right on the mark
2 : either he was about to die or he was dead, or comatose at the very least

3: i'd say sorceress power...since if you listen to the white SeeD's history lesson you'll know know that Rinoa is no ordinary sorceress (as far as a sorceress can be considered 'normal' anyway)

[Prodigy]

1. Probably

2. No.

3. See 2.

[Erdrick Holmes]

I will just stick with what everyone else said. The ending was freaky, I thought I was high when I saw it.

[Kimera 726]

lol

1. IMO I think Matron only knew that Ultimecia was a sorceress, nothing more. That whole talk was basically a sequence of events that led to the whole story of FF8. Ultimecia possesses Edea, SeeD is born, travels to the future to kill Ultimecia, and Ultimecia travels to the past with her last ounce of strength and possesses Edea again. It's a causality paradox. I know it doesn't make a lot of sense, but suffice it to say Squall was only viewing what started it all (did Squall start it all!?).

2. I always thought Squall never died (sure looked like it like brain death or something). But yeah, LionHart's description best fits my idea here.

3. I think Rinoa's sorceress powers revived him on that spot. In the end, she has Life and Full-Life magic to use.

[Rye]

I will just stick with what everyone else said. The ending was freaky, I thought I was high when I saw it

Lol! Me too, especially when the scene with Rinoa showing Squall the shooting star (first time), was all weird and replayed a million times all blurry and everthing.

I pretty much agree what with Lion Hart said, He probably was in a comma or close to death. I even saw his hand move a little when Rinoa came to him.

... If you listen to the white SeeD's history lesson you'll know know that Rinoa is no ordinary sorceress (as far as a sorceress can be considered 'normal' anyway)

Hmm... with her socceress powers she only seemed to heal, so I think she is a White Mage Socceress! ^.^

Ok I want to say another thing about the ending...

How many of you thought that Rinoa was crazy and lonely, when you saw her point up at the shooting star, alone. Well, she wasn't alone but you couldn't see Squall from that angle.

I thought she was sad and pointed up to the star to see if it would bring Squall back... that was sad.

[ChibiInuYasha]

Everyone's forgeting the whole bit about when the time compression begins to think about the one place u wan to be with your friends (the place where Squall said "come here and you'll find me..blah..blah) I think Rinoa was imagining being there with Squall, thus her love brought them there! Well that's my theory any way!

[LionHart]

Is it a trademark of the FFs to have the ending so dang confusing? I've played seven and eight(that's it) and both of the endings leave you hanging. I hate things like that. Oh well, FFVIII was a really good game, my fav.

[Rye]

Wel FFIX's (9) ending gave you an ending that really didn't leaving you hanging. It just made you wonder a little about... well you just have to play for yourself to find out ^.^

FFX really kept me wondering, but now that FFX-2 is coming, it doesn't any more ^.^

[S2Knight.F]

Originally posted by Kimera 726
lol


3. I think Rinoa's sorceress powers revived him on that spot. In the end, she has Life and Full-Life magic to use.

excellent answer!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dazlar Bynon]

The ending is weird indeed, The part where Squall goes back to Edea. Where he would create a 'Time Loop' by talking to her when he is around there as a kid. This is the reason for Edea to start SeeD (I mean it was her idea). This 'Time Loop' would implode existance or do something else nasty, because in the first part of this loop squall did not arive at Edea to talk to her and Edea would not have created SeeD. This is why I would never travel back in time if I had the possibility.

I believe that Laguna is Squall's father, I haven't found any direct proof, except for maybe what Kiros say inside the Ragnarok when you talk to him or Ward. I could say more, but this is enough for now.
Does anyone else have an opinion about that?

[Lexy]

It's been a while since I last beat the game, but if i can remember correctly, I didn't think the ending was confusing at all! I never thought that Squall was dead...ever. That thought didn't come to me once in the years I've known the game. He just gets woozy and passes out. believe me, I've seen ppl collapse in death, and that's not what it looks like.
Also, it's a total given imo that Squall is laguna's son...otherwise that would be a pretty crappy plot. I mean, it being pretty obvious that laguna is his dad, and yet let's say that square came out and told us that he isn't in fact. I would kill them; not because I have any personal need for laguna to be squall's dad, but that is just horrible writing! Leading us on for no purpose? eh...

[Dazlar Bynon]

I know what you mean, I just started again 2 days ago from the beginning of course. It has been a while since I last played it, but I also never thought he died, he was trying to find his way back. That is how he got to far back in time in the first place, He must've thought of 'the good old days'

People disrespect death to easily, there's no need to fear it. At least I don't think so, It'll happen and immortality is way overrated, as is the need to rule over everything and stuff

I believe in reincarnation & balance, therefor I am good nor evil. I hope this helps you to understand the way I think and so what I write here as well, don't judge me on that. I'm just different from most people, but I don't run around the bush

[Rinoa_Heartilly]

Originally posted by RikkuYuna89
Wow! The ending was good! But confusing!

Ok I have questions. Any theory is good ^.^

1. Did Matron/Edea know Ultemicia's intentions the whole time?

2. Did squall die!?

3. How did he come back!?

I was about to say that, the ending was the worse ever but squall came back! ^.^ The scene with squall crying before he "died" was cool and sad?

I think Rinoa restored Squall with the power of LOVE . Or socceress powers.

OK, here goes........
1) I think Matron/Edea did know, but she was trying to recover a little and/or didn't want Squall and the others to worry too much or something.

2) Squall didn't die, he just fainted from exhaustion. If you watch the very end after the credits, you see that he is there.

3) He was probably knocked out for a while, and stayed in the infirmatory, I really have no idea!

By the way, Dazlar Bynon, if you need any more proof that Laguna is Squall's father just PM me and I'll tell you, because it will take too long to write.