Quote Originally Posted by Sir Bahamut View Post
PAK, please do not try and set up some sort of differences between me and Ryu here. I'm think we both agree on the fundamental point of Squall's weird experience; that it was a combination of TC breaking down and Squall's sad/desperate state of mind (since after all, TC reacts to thoughts/emotions as stated by Laguna). As for knowledge on time travel, if you have respect for what little I know on the subject, I can assure you that the same respect can easily be given to Ryu as well.
Thank you. I would hope that we come to some form of ammeleration. I trust you respect my views on time travel as well. I did not want to set up walls between you two, but rather point out the perspective/facts I spoke of years ago... Has it been years now? Ah, let's move on...

You should refresh your FF8 knowledge:

Edea: "...Lowlifes. ...Shameless filthy wretches. How you celebrate my
ascension with such joy. Hailing the very one whom you have condemned for generations. Have you no shame? What happened to the evil, ruthless sorceress from your fantasies? The cold-blooded tyrant that slaughtered countless men and destroyed many nations? Where is she now? She stands before your very eyes to become your new ruler. HAHAHAHAHA."
I think you should take a leaf from your own book.... I hope you remember that that was Ultimecia speaking through a possessed Sorceress Edea. So it was Ultimecia that spoke of persecution throughout generations, no one else. And for that matter what the helled-horrors where the dullards of Dollet doin' cheerin' on da Scourge of the Planet? No seriously, I've been trying to figure that one since day one! Ah, screw it.

Sure, when the game ends, we haven't been introduced to anyone who's going to take Rinoa's powers, but that's because it's not important to the storyline to see someone specific. We simply know by the nature of sorceress powers that she must give up her powers eventually, so there will be a successor.
We do not know... you assume. As only we all can at this point. There is no suggestion of a successor. There were no Sorceresses from the future for Ultimecia to collect, only the ones in the past as we see during Time Compression. They were the reason she needed Ellone; they were the necessary catalyst to begin Time Compression as we see start moments later. Leaving only Sorceress Rinoa after that succession was destroyed.

Who's to say that Rinoa, a Sorceress of The Great Hyne, will not live that long?
Square-Enix.
Square merely said that Sorceresses live normal life spans. People can live several generations. And coupled with the power of Hyne... Might be something awfully fishy in Denmark.

Firstly, battle physics is not the same as storyline physics, clearly. In the storyline, one bullet was going to be enough to take down Edea, yet in battle, you can slash her to pieces with a huge sword and nothing happens.
True. What was I thinking? But what of Squall's wound from Blizzara? I have an idea about that one, but that's not important now...

Secondly, if for some reason aging was not a problem in FF8, it would hardly be meaningful for Square to explicitly state that sorceresses age like regular human beings. Clearly it was put there to indicate that they grow old, weak, and die like everyone else. Also, I'm sure we must see old people in FF8 at some point...
Unlike Edea or Ultimecia, or Adel who clearly did something... Square's gotta do something about their androgyony issues. Maybe the Successor to Rinoa was Kuja...

As you said, A Sorceress can not die in peace without passing on her power... If there's no one around what happens until she can find a host? I would hate for the poor thing to suffer but... Whadda ya gonna do? I don't really go with that idea but it's something to consider... But even still, I don't see any reason why Rinoa couldn't live to Ultimecia's undetermined time era.

I'll leave the rest to Ryu, as I have school work, and you're just repeating yourself over and over again. And the point you're repeating (that the theory is "possible") is completely worthless anyway.
Einstien's theory of relativity has not been proven... It's just that most, , not all, believe it to be a strong and sound possibility. And so I will continue to call it so.

Also, I do not want to sound rude or petty. But, I do not think I will speak with Ryushikaze... I'm not being rude, but I'm just being honest. I do not have as much respect for him as I for you Sir Bahamut; nor as much as you have for him. At least not for a while... I don't want this thread to get closed.