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[dancingspiral]

Squall Isn't Emo! (And Other FF8 Characterization Issues)

Squaresoft created a game that presented so many often overlooked opportunities with Final Fantasy VIII. Major plot holes that beg to be filled aside, we have characters with just enough definition to be unique and more than enough room to be expanded on that are often lumped into horrifying

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Squall and Rinoa

[malu_chan]

Hi, this is my first post. I've watched this community for a LOONG time and finally decided to join and post. On to the topic at hand, I do understand that most of FF8 characters' conduct and characteristics are defined by their childhood traumas and age. Nevertheless, I've had problems with Rinoa and Squall (not as a couple). I was a teenager when I first played the game. Back then I didn't like Squall's emo-ish personality and absolutely HATED Rinoa's guts. I thought Squall was selfish and actually mean to the people who tried time and time again to make him feel better. My initial bad response to Rinoa, I think, was guttural. As a girl gamer I found her characterization bordering on insulting. To me she wasn't bubbly, she was bordering neurotic. Selphie was bubbly, Rinoa was plain weird. The thing that threw me off was the way she moved, it was a little... bizarre. She moved like a puppet or a clown. Most of the time when she was talking to Squall, she was trying to use humor to cheer him up, but somehow it looked like she was

[vita_chan]

Hello all! I've also just joined this community