FF8 Riddles

[HolyMackeral]

"Lo and behold",
Ol' Laguna says to Ellone.

"Give in for my age in a previous word."

You did say that the 'instruction' in the second half related to the word Ol' didnt you?

Also

Hint: Why do you think Laguna is "Ol'" and not just simply "Old"?

Because it isnt 'his age'?

I dont remember if you said this, but when you say in a previous word - is that the letters in word or something material inside that word when it is an object w/e (I think you know what I mean)

No, it's still word play. Word play will haunt you for the rest of your life after being through with this riddle.

Was that the answer to the meaning of 'in' question? Or the thing about his age, i couldnt really tell.

[Rantz]

The riddle:
"Lo and behold",
Ol' Laguna says to Ellone.

"If I were you,
I'd give in for my age
in a previous world,
without Elle."

The riddle to the extent it's figured out:
"Low and behind",
Old Laguna says to Ellone.

Wrong guesses:
Raine
Squall
Edea
Dr. Odine
Time compression
Laguna card
Laguna's love for Ellone
The space station
Outer heaven
Junction machine Ellone
The player
Youth
Laguna deciding not to go looking for Ellone
Ultimecia's castle
Timber
White SeeD ship
"Loire"
The opening movie sequence
Iguion
Ellone's birth
Laguna's first sight of Ellone
Laguna's last sight of Ellone
A gun
Lol (lol)
Behemoth
Laguna wishing he was young again

Hints:
The answer is not a person.
A part of the riddle (not the answer) is a teeny bit related to time, but not in an obvious way.
The first part is a clue to find the answer, but you have to figure the first part out by figuring the second part out, which is referring to the first part.
Look for connections in the riddle.
The answer is not an obtainable item.
Question the riddle.
Think about every separate word, even some common words. Most of them are chosen for a reason.
Wikipedia, dictionary.com etc. wont help you much (if any) with this one riddle.
Do not try to find the answer in the riddle, in fact, forget about looking for the answer and try to figure out what's up with the riddle.
Word play
The second part is directed at the riddle solver.
The answer is not abstract (events, feelings etc.).
The two first lines are the last key to find the answer but for that to happen you must figure out the "secret" of the second part. It will lead you to the first part which, with the key found in the second part, gives you a good clue on how to find out the answer.
The second part is instructions for the first part.
The lines "in a previous world without Elle" have been figured out to mean simply "in a previous word" which refers to a specific word in one of the first two lines.
"If I were you" does not mean "If 'I' was 'U'".
"Age" relates to the fact that in the second line Laguna is "Ol'".
The first line, "Lo and behold" is very significant.
"Give in" does not mean the same as "give up" in this case.
"Lo and behold" is the strongest link to the answer and hence something you'll have to figure out later on.
"Give in for my age" is more word play.
The riddle contains no anagrams.
Question: When you give in for your age do you replace a word with the word in? - Answer: Almost, but not really.
Note the implication of Laguna's old age.
"Lo and behold" does not relate to the phrase "Low and be old".
There is something in the last two lines (especially the last) that you might not have thought of.
Laguna says the first line to Ellone when she's there. That fact is important to the riddle.
The previous word is in the first line.

You did say that the 'instruction' in the second half related to the word Ol' didnt you?

Yes it does but "Ol'" isn't the "previous word. The previous word is in the first line.

[HolyMackeral]

So its behold?

[DoaJ]

This might be the stupidest thing I possibly coudve said, band please dont yell at me......but its an epiphany for a reason.
They are both in heaven when Laguna says that to Ellone, and its reffering to the fact that he's give anything, even his age' for her to be in another world...i.e. Earth.

Please dont hate me, I mostly threw it out there to help people think outside the box...

[Rantz]

Was that the answer to the meaning of 'in' question? Or the thing about his age, i couldnt really tell.

It was for both

So its behold?

Yes.

This might be the stupidest thing I possibly coudve said, band please dont yell at me......but its an epiphany for a reason.
They are both in heaven when Laguna says that to Ellone, and its reffering to the fact that he's give anything, even his age' for her to be in another world...i.e. Earth.

Please dont hate me, I mostly threw it out there to help people think outside the box...

It's just that you must obey by the word play!

[martin]

Behemoth?

[Rantz]

Nope

[martin]

Hmmm...

Lo + Behold = LOBEHOLD

Give in for my age = swap OL'(old) for IN
that leave LOBEHDIN

If I was U

that would mean
LOBEHDUN

i can make DOUBLE out of that but with a couple of letters left over! Am i on the right lines or have i been doing to many crosswords?

[Rantz]

Well, the "If I was you" has already been said to contain no word play, and there are no anagrams in the riddle.
One other step was unnecessary, but the remaining step was to the solving of this riddle totally necessary. However, you executed it slightly wrong.

Hope I'm making sense here, because you found something that no one else has so far

[Lenna]

ok
I've got something

Lo And Behold - Ol you ad In - Lo and Behind?

[Rantz]

YES, great work. Now you have this left (the rest doesn't matter anymore):

"Lo and behind",
Ol' Laguna says to Ellone.

[Eiko Guy]

lo and behind sounds like searching ie i searched lo and behind

[HolyMackeral]

Is there any more wordplay left?

[Rantz]

Nope, no more wordplay (yay) except for that "Lo" means "Low" but you probably already figured that out, didn't you ^^

[Owen Macwere]

I didn't figure it out, but thanks for the help....hmmmm.. let's think.