I thought Galbadia Garden was when they found out Seifer had been executed. I was talking about after that, in Deling City.

I don't see Rinoa as selfish, but I do see her as naive. She didn't go to give Edea the bracelet thinking that she was going to fail and jeopardize the mission, she thought she was helping, she just has her own ways of things and is stubborn in being wrong about stuff, not to mention she doesn't really think but about five mintues into the future about things. I see her to be honestly trying to free Timber, her father is just in the position he is in and that is causing the conflict, not the other way around. I guess that's just a point of view, along with the flirting thing.
You're right, it's been a long time since I've played. But even then, when everyone was upset, she was trouncing around and busy going "Hey Squall Hey Squall" and it drove me nuts. I know she didnt think she was going to fail when going to see Edea, but I still think that's an incredibly dumb and selfish thing to do. Everyone, the trained professionals mind you, rejected the idea, but she pressed on and snuck out and got herself in all kinds of trouble, selfishly only thinking of proving herself on that.

I really saw her as trying to anger her father with the problem in Timber. The group sort of half-asses the entire deal, though that could have been just because of their stupidity and lack of leadership. But yeah, matter of opinion.

i really dont think Rinoa rushes anything. shes 17, young, impressionable, on the re-bound and from a screwed up family background. its not fair imho to expect her to act all grown up. she is not an adult. going after Squall was just her way of coping...trying to get her knight in shinning armour 2 save her.
She's constantly trying to be an adult, and 17 is old enough to be held accountable. She's playing adult games with lives at stake but she's not nearly as serious or thoughtful as she needs to be. As I already said, she and her group seem to half-ass everything they do, which is just not acceptable when people's lives are at stake. All through the game, people's lives are at stake, and if she's going to come along she needs to learn to be responsible. There's no room on such important, serious, and adult missions for her childish behavior. There just isnt. She gets herself in far too much trouble, and wanting Squall to save her is just another aspect of her selfish attitude. She's putting him in danger for her own dreams, and that's not nice at all, especially with someone she says she loves. Even Selphie and Irvine can act like adults when they need to. Rinoa acting like a child would be acceptable in a normal situation, not the situation she and the SeeDs were in.