Quote Originally Posted by Zeromus_X
Lychon, these things are pre-determined by FFVIII's big Time-Loop thing. (Ultimecia gives Edea her powers, and the cycle continues, etc.) Which is why these things were 'meant to be' in that sense.
I do not agree with you that they are pre-determined. Pre-determination is one concept that has no place in Final Fantasy, especially FFVIII. Let's stop assuming things as facts. What's more, the entire scenario of a time causality loop erases the possibility of pre-determination because it obliterates things which have already come to pass or things which were going to come to pass if events from the future did not interfere. Therefore, the entire idea of the time loop prevents anything from being 'set-in-stone.'

-LYCHON