Just a question...*maybe spoilers for people early in the game*

[Slade]

I rekon the love story in VIII is one of those 'you dont know how much you like something till its gone' sorta things. Like when i moved house. I hated my old house when i lived in it, but when i moved away, i was sad and wanted to go back....and i still miss my old place. I think its the same with Squall. He despised Rinoa but when she was 'KOed' and in a coma he realized it wasnt the same and he actually missed her...........I sort of have feeling that he might have gone to any lengths for any of the other characters had they been in comas...maybe not love but he still wouldve done all he could to sav them. A sense of duty maybe. Im probably talking out my arse but oh well

[Alive-Cat]

very good!

[Abraxas]

Do you think that Final Fantasy VIII truely potrays love? And if so, how?

I think it does very well.
Not only talking about the Rinoa and Squall relationship.
The game potrays all kinds of love.

In fact, for me, the most important kind of love the game potrayed is the true friend's love.
I have friends, some of them just pals to have good times, and a few that really had shared my life in various aspects.

The Rinoa&Squall love is great, but the thing of the game that I'd love more to live was the opportunity to face great challenges with trusty poeple.
Challenges, problems and successes is what make people get together, emotionally talking.
That's why I feel possible the love between Rinoa and Squall. Just imagine to float in the space like that... and knowing that you are not alone... and then fight shoulder by shoulder to survive inside that spaceship. Damn... that is the kind of things that surely build bounds that never break. And if you feel attracted to the person you went along with, it easlily can be turned into real love, an epic love that is very strong itself by its unique history.

That's why I liked this game too much. Its a game charged with high emotional energy. When Quistis said... "I wonder if someone would do the same for me", when she finds Squall in the Ragnarok, I wanted to cry. Because that is true... that is what fights the awful universal feeling (and truth) that we are alone in this world.
Just imagine escaping a jail with your friends like they did in the desert, or take a trip in some wild salt flats in search of the unknown (like a picnic, Selphie said)... all the experiences like they live together are what make the life worths.

[Mittopotahis]

Do you think that Final Fantasy VIII truely potrays love? And if so, how?

I think it does very well.
Not only talking about the Rinoa and Squall relationship.
The game potrays all kinds of love.

In fact, for me, the most important kind of love the game potrayed is the true friend's love.
I have friends, some of them just pals to have good times, and a few that really had shared my life in various aspects.

The Rinoa&Squall love is great, but the thing of the game that I'd love more to live was the opportunity to face great challenges with trusty poeple.
Challenges, problems and successes is what make people get together, emotionally talking.
That's why I feel possible the love between Rinoa and Squall. Just imagine to float in the space like that... and knowing that you are not alone... and then fight shoulder by shoulder to survive inside that spaceship. Damn... that is the kind of things that surely build bounds that never break. And if you feel attracted to the person you went along with, it easlily can be turned into real love, an epic love that is very strong itself by its unique history.

That's why I liked this game too much. Its a game charged with high emotional energy. When Quistis said... "I wonder if someone would do the same for me", when she finds Squall in the Ragnarok, I wanted to cry. Because that is true... that is what fights the awful universal feeling (and truth) that we are alone in this world.
Just imagine escaping a jail with your friends like they did in the desert, or take a trip in some wild salt flats in search of the unknown (like a picnic, Selphie said)... all the experiences like they live together are what make the life worths.

Thats a very good point Abraxas. Everyone has been looking at the Squall and Rinoa relationship, but there is much more love. There are many types of love, and everyone has been focusing on the bf/gf kinda love. But there is the bonding between all of the characters. All of them are friends, and that in itself is love. I know I love all of my friends, and I am sure everyone else loves their friends too. www.dictionary.com defines love as A deep, tender, ineffable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness." All the main characters share that love bond.

Nice point Abraxas!

[SeeDRankLou]

You just can't help yourself, can you Ashley.

But yeah, I'm sure he was dating Quistis and she was dating some dude from Deling City by the next year.

Hahaha....good one.

I think that Squall and Rinoa loved one another as much as two teenagers can love one another. That's not to say it's not real love, it's just young love.