Selphie was always kind. And Irvine was always righteous.Originally Posted by Chris
Did Selphie have a personality? I mean except for being hyper and annoying. What was Irwine like? I mean except for his womanizing ways.
Selphie was always kind. And Irvine was always righteous.Did Selphie have a personality? I mean except for being hyper and annoying. What was Irwine like? I mean except for his womanizing ways.
Quistis should've had a larger role, but she did at least have more development than a lot of people think. She was the sort of person who'd let herself go into a supporting role, anyway, so at least there's that.
...Of course, as to romantic speculation, I'm still incurably of the opinion that Quistis goes far better with Xu than anyone else, but that's just me.
-Q
Hmmm...I highly doubt it, but ok.
I'm not too fond of video game lesbians.
Quistis' 'crush' on Squall was just a sisterly affection for him from (SPOILER)her locked up memories of the orphanage.
From what I understood.
I think she was lying on that one.
she's my favorite too. she's hot, she's blonde, she's smart, she has a whip, and she's sophisticated! What else do you need?
she's my favorite too. she's hot, she's blonde, she's smart, she has a whip, and she's sophisticated! What else do you need?
Yeah, if you ever get bored of her being so nice and truthful, always remember she's kinkeh.
Thank you Hysterian!
Yes, and with Seifer...
Thats a bit too much for me to handle this time of night...
*nods*
Quistis rocks. Rocks - some - ass. Why oh why is she ignored in the plot? She has the first 30 minutes, tops.
Which FF Character Are You?
:magus: Long, funny-coloured hair? Check. Bad choice of clothing? Check. Good/Bad complex? Check. Hmm... they're right. I AM Kuja.
Quistis is probably my favourite female character in FFVIII, and nowhere near as annoying as Rinoa. I wish she had played a bigger role in the game, and her story and character developed a bit more.
Last edited by Darkwing Bahamut; 06-23-2006 at 10:08 AM.
She wasn't neglected in my game. I spent about an hour just staring at her. One glorious, fantastic hour of loveliness. Personally if she'd ended up with someone I'd have had a personal vendetta against them. Besides which she's a smart lady. She realises what a goon Squall is for a start.
There is no signature here. Move along.
Squall's an ass while Seifer would be perfect for her-opposites attract, eh?
And as G-spotz said-
She's kinkeh!
She hasn't!? Hmmm.... I distinctly remember Rinoa saving Squall, uh...three times. First time was at the D-District Prison, when Rinoa kicked Irvine's cowardly ass into gear, and got him to go back for the others (which included Squall). Irvine was just going to abandon them. Because of Rinoa, the gang were able to escape from there.
The second time was far more significant: when Rinoa found Squall on his island (ah...metaphor) during Time Compression, and the strength of their combined wills transformed the desert wasteland into the flower field from "The Promise". If it hadn't been for Rinoa, Squally would have been lost in Time Compression forever - and never would have made his way back home.
Finally, Rinoa saved Squall in a more abstract sense.... She saved him from a lonely, miserable future, and the bottomless pit he was going to call life.
So, I think it's fair to say that Squall and Rinoa saved each other.... In contrast, Garnet NEVER saved Zidane - yet he saved her three times (from the Plant Brain in Evil Forest, from Brahne, when she was going to have Garnet executed, and from the crumbling Alexandria Castle at the beginning of disc 3). So, Squall and Rinoa's relationship is at least more equal than Zidane and Garnet's. I don't think the fact that Rinoa and Garnet - or any other FF female lead - had to be rescued is a reflection on their characters, it's simply a part of the Love Interest In RPG Syndrome. The big "rescue" scenes in RPG love stories are not there to show incompetence on the LI's part (although this is sometimes an unfortunate side effect), they're there to give the hero a chance to show off, and to show how much he cares.
Quistis was simply not important enough to be saved by Squall.
People (i.e. Rinoa haters) make out that Quistis is something that she's not, in an attempt to make Rinoa look worse by comparison. It's sad.
Last edited by scooby; 06-23-2006 at 10:52 PM.
I disagree on some of that.
I do like the Squall and Rinoa relationship, and I'm with you as far as the idea that it was more equitable, but there's no reason to insult Quistis to get your point across. It wasn't that Quistis wasn't important enough to be saved, it was two other things: in a physical sense, she didn't /need/ saving; she was the most experienced of the entire party by /years/, having made SeeD at fifteen and been a child prodigy.
In an emotional sense, Squall was completely unequipped to 'save' Quistis, even saying that that's what she needed--I do still think that they'd be awful together, because neither of them would really grow as people.
Quistis isn't perfect, no--and those who say she is take out part of her character that made her as interesting as she was. As for Quistis saving Squall--it's what she does. She wasn't looking for thanks, she was looking out for her student and then for her 'little brother' figure. I think her behavior supports that she was telling the truth about her misguided feelings for Squall, personally. ...But, I'll resist going into what all I think /that/ means.
-Q
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