seventhe: Rydia (Rydia)
unfortunate hobo ([personal profile] seventhe) wrote2010-06-29 08:45 am

i post about very useless things sometimes

So! FFVIII fans:

So Laguna's Squall's daddy.

We all know this. You figure it out through the game. My question is, please help me highlight how it is figured out by Squall and Co, with this particular angle: who (else) knows that they are related? Refresh my memory, guys. Variety of topics:

  1. In-game hints: flashbacks in Laguna's head (with the corresponding fact that Squall --> Laguna every time); Moombas call Squall "Laguna"; Shumi reference to Laguna; Winhill, Raine, Ellone; Laguna's awkward conversation attempts; ???

  2. Raine's grave of course says Raine Loire, so once you know Squall came from Raine, does that count as the giveaway...? ;)

  3. Cid and Edea. One might assume they would know, as Squall and Ellone came to them, and then Laguna brought Ellone back to them after she was kidnapped. Can it be argued either way?

  4. Ellone. Knows what's up. (When?) did she tell Laguna?

  5. Party members. As it's random who gets sent into the past (based on the player's choice of party), who is likely to have figured it out? All of them? None of them?

  6. Kiros and Ward.

  7. The world. Who else would know? Anyone?

  8. FANON seems to make it very obvious that Squall, Laguna, and all other main characters are aware of their familial relationship.



ext_3328: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (FF8: Quistis)

[identity profile] rosencrantz.livejournal.com 2010-06-30 12:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Game nerdism answer: family members or those close to usually have the triple triad cards. Boy howdy did I love tripe triad. Guess who was holding Squall's card!

Masochistic side note: Edea holds Seifer's card.
ext_3328: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (Default)

[identity profile] rosencrantz.livejournal.com 2010-06-30 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"Tripe triad" - Freudian slip? OR NOT (considering that Quistis has one of the most easy to obtain and awesome TT cards early in the game, and also is the TT Queen?)

[identity profile] aurenare.livejournal.com 2010-06-30 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I forgot that at that same point you can play with Laguna to win Squall's card, so Kiros revelation has more depth.

But you are wrong about Seifer's card: Edea doesn't have it -she is the only character that holds her own card-, Cid has it.