Meh. At this point, I'm pretty tired of writing ridiculously long-winded paragraphs just to get my point across. I could continue on but the lack of any middle-ground established between us (particularly regarding interpretations of the ending and our own beliefs on how subtle FF8 was) and the topic essentially being hijacked by two people have made me lose interest in further 'discussion'. At some point, it's probably going to lead to some flame war or other.

Count it as a victory, whatever. I think it's best to just close the topic. I have no interest in further exacerbating this.