Quote Originally Posted by Viator
I thought of Diablos as the Messenger, but my interpretation of the Garden was more allegorical: the Garden of Eden. Eden is of course a GF, but it looks like an organic version of Garden itself. My link to Diablos is that he represents the devil/serpent that corrupted mankind with knowledge of good and evil. So the overall theme of the main painting was corruption, which would suit Ultimecia's taste.
Diablos has nothing to do with Ultimecia or that picture because

How the hell Ultimecia can know anything about Diablos?
How the hell Ultimecia knows that Diablos sleeps in the Magic Lamp?
So Diablos has nothing to do with Ultimecia.
So The Man in that painting describe Squall.
Unfortunately, before that statement can be accepted, you must first prove that the pictures have some meaning to Ultimecia. You have not done that. You have presented a possible interpretation of how they might be, but you have not given us proof.

I mean there´s not a single fact that allows you to prove it, plus the interpretation of the paintings themselfes depends a lot from person to person.
I already said I dont want to argue about this painter thing if you dont believe it,that is not my problem
You can hardly claim that this is a comprehensive theory when you do not even try to address one of the issues that is at the foundation of your idea.

I was staying on topic. Why don't you just do us all a favor and quit posting pointless messages on here... Nobody cares. You're not always right you know.
Hey take it easy,you misunderstand,I was talking to other people because they talking about the castle instead the painting that's why I told them to stay on topic,got that?
Quite wrong, actually. Nearly everything here has been staying on topic. You may not like some of the posts, but that doesn't matter. The topic is discussing the viability of your view of the paintings. However, in order to determine how well your views fit in with the rest of the game, we have to look at the rest of the game. If you take just the paintings, certainly, you could assign them whatever meaning you want. But the paintings are not the only issue here. You claim that the paintings have special significance, yet give no evidence as to why. Furthermore, you do not explain why the paintings would be significant to Ultimecia when nothing else in her castle is. If the paintings have meaning that the game didn't tell us, why wouldn't anything else in the castle have a similar unknown meaning?

And sure, Viator, it makes information, but it's information that I don't think fits with the rest of the feel and spirit of the game.
It depends on 'perspective'.
No, with what you have presented us here, your theory cannot be accepted. Certainly, we can not disprove it, but that doesn't matter. In order to have an acceptable theory, you have to prove that it makes sense in the game world. You have given us a way that it might be interpreted, but nearly all your evidence is speculation, not in-game fact. To have a good theory requires in-game support. To have a good idea for fanfiction, you just require consistency with the game world (not being consistent with the game world is the realm of good fanfiction). Thus, while you have a nice idea, it does not stand up as a theory, because it requires too many assumptions that can't be proven if it were true.