Why do you assume there was any sort of connection between the eight characters prior to the events referred to in the game?
There is some sort of connection.

It´s like the destiny allways tends to join them.
This is imperative on the game.
We just had to look to Ulti´s last words,the strange orphanage relationship and to the question:

How is it that Rinoa and Irvine which weren´t Seed´s were enabled to enter the mission to defeat Ulti?
What about Nida?Why isn´t he there(he graduates as Seed and was also at the orphanage)?
There is a bond between the characters and they were the ones who just go to defeat her?
Were not the other students influenced by Edea´s evil on the orphanage?
Why just send these to the future?
I see no relation between the characters bond and Ulti herself.

Also,go see my WOTC thread.


I'd love to hear this properly justified with something other than another theory.
It´s too evident to me.
1-Ellone´s departure from the orphanage generates a trauma on Squall.
Rinoa is the one who change Squall back.Why?
Because she is Ellone and Squall allways loved her.His mind don´t recnognize her but his heart does.Such is the power of love.It goes beyond time and space(FF8´s main theme).
2-Little Elle dresses blue and has long black hair.
3-Rinoa is so energic that she can´t stay at the same place for much time.
Trying to scape from home while closed is a good example.She hates being closed.
Same goes for little Elle as we saw on the flashback and as Laguna states(can´t be happy on a ship).
On the other hand,the "big Ellone" we see on the game is introverted,calm,shy and most of the time only talk when you approach her.
Her behaviour resembles that of a cyborg.
A cyborg could be happily on a ship for all the eternity,much less 11 years.
A cyborg which looks like Elle and which imitates Ellone.Where do we hear about this?

The "big Ellone" is no other than Junction Machine Ellone.

Too much coincidences.