End of Final Fantasy VIII?

[*~Angel Wing~*]

When Squall's in that desert place, I was wondering if he is really there, or if he's dreaming, and when Rinoa finds him he just had some sort of mental attack (with the flash backs) and fainted. Actually, one of my friends brought this up whenI showed her th ending.

[GunbladeMaster]

Once upon a time there was a time when garden DIDNT exist. A time where Squall was never they way he is now and the Orphanage Gang never met.

But along came the idiotic genius Dr Odine and created Junction Machine Ellone, a machine that allowed u to time travel basically. However his machine never truly worked.

Sadly centuries into the future a powerful sorceress named Ultimecia came to power and used this Machine for her own personal doings. She wanted to compress time into a single moment in one single time period.

So she did wat any of us would do, she went back in time before Squall and the gang and changed every1 lives and her own fate too. She created the world of FF8 as it is now.

Thus she created the time loop. Forever more would the original time be lost. Squall and gang beat Ultimecia and then she transfered her powers to edea FOR THE FIRST TIME who created Garden and SeeD after this for unknown reasons.

After the 2nd or 3rd time loops did Squall actually give the idea to Edea, but the 1st time she created with no help from Squall
It happened over and over again with no end. Unless the Junction Machine Ellone is destroyed or we can go to the future Ultimecia still lives...

The friggin end.

[Yuna Braska 19]

I like it alot
the happy ending part but the
frist one with the song playing eyes on me that was sad
I cry seeing Squall on the ground.
*tears up*

[HunterFlamebrow]

Haha . . . I think the best solution to all these conundrums is just to realize and accept that:
a) It's time travel. It will NEVER make sense
b) Even if it did make sense, no one has any personal experience (except for the fact that we are all traveling into the future . . . even as you read this very message . . . we-oo-ee-oo)
c) Even if someone did have a true, provable personal experience, the universe of FFVIII clearly works differently than ours (when was the last time YOU saw a Sorceress?).

Just one more thing I'd like to add . . . if you recall, in the battle with True Ultimecia, she rambles on and on about reflecting on your childhood. Perhaps everyone in your party (or maybe just Squall; it doesn't matter to me) sees a moment that they have forgotten because of GF. Thus it is Ultimecia's doing that Squall sees what he does. And, at the risk of starting a cheap, random, meaningless theory, we can say that if it was indeed Squall that inspired Edea to start SeeD, it was Ultimecia that wanted him to. So, in a way, it was Ultimecia who is the true proginator of SeeD (although SHE couldn't have known about it without it existing before, just like Edea, and Squall, and . . . ahh, my head hurts).

Hope that made sense.

[Sir Bahamut]

The timetravelling in FF8 CAN make sense, depending on how you look at it. Check out the "Time/Ultimecia Plot FAQ" found in the following link:

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/psx/game/197343.html

[GunbladeMaster]

yea that FAQ really helped
toinks

[xX.Silver.Wings.Xx]

The first time I finished it (about 3 years ago) it looked to me that Squall goes mad and kills himself. I was so shocked when I saw him again with Rinoa on the Camcorder scene. (Don't laugh. Its just how I saw it...I was young and confused... ^_^)

By the way..., linking to threads in other Forums just sucks. Bad idea...

[Sir Bahamut]

Damn, sorry, meant to link to the FAQ page. Edited my post to be correct.

[HunterFlamebrow]

Yeah, I've read that FAQ, and it does make sense . . .

But do you *honestly* think that the designers of the game intended the game's inticracies to only be understandable through a 70-page long explanation of the physics of the universe? Personally, I don't.
But I'm willing to overlook this little flaw in the game -- after all, it's still a wonderful game, and hey, I'll bet Squall doesn't really get it either.