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FFVIII run - forever amused that aloof silent Squall gets thrown into Laguna's... life? Memories? Because having to watch Laguna and thus himself be an extroverted dork who gets leg cramps when he attempts to talk to a lady must be Squall's personal nightmare. XD

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Also, also - apart from annoying aliens - the entire space trip in FF8, while a little confusing (why are we suddenly in space, up until now, everything felt a little old-timey apart from weapons and stuff) and Rinoa going zombie-mode, was really cool in terms of character development and emotions.

I mean here you have Squall - mister “I can do it alone, I don’t talk about stuff” literally freaking out over the prospect of Rinoa. He carries her through half a country, goes to space, and basically begs Ellone on his knees to send him back so he might save her. That’s a huge leap, and I can totally see how the sudden influx of emotions, for someone who has tried so hard to keep them all at bay for half his life and just function, is a bit too much, which might be why they come bursting out of him like that.

But then you also have Ellone, who was tormented for and by her abilities her entire life, suddenly realizing - for good - that she had been loved. That she is probably still loved. That Laguna would never fault her for “being the reason” he wasn’t there when Raine died. And finally coming to the realization that the present is so much more important than the past.

These guys can fit so much character development it’s insane.

And the outer-space rescue? Hey, look at that, FF8 did this way before GotG made it cool. XD

Also, for some really strange reason, german translation turned Rinoa’s “give me a hug, I need to feel that I’m alive” into “mwah, mwah! Let me feel I’m alive!” instead, which... doesn’t sit right with me. The first one is clearly a girl asking to be held after she nearly freaking died in outer space and now needs to be held for a bit. The second one is the almost silly question for a kiss, which draws this entire situation into something more funny than serious. Translation didn’t do this one justice imo.

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FF8 run continues -

LAGUNA! Laguna is here and it’s not a flashback! But… but….

HE‘S A PRESIDENT?! Who voted for him I‘m… what? Just what?

I don’t know if this is great, hilarious, concerning or all of it at once XD Who wants to bet Kiros and Ward are doing the more complicated parts of leading a futuristic city here because I absolutely can‘t see Laguna doing it, as much as I love him

Also what‘s that answer to the „tell me about Raine“ question. What do you mean later and „I shouldn‘t »?! Sir you get back here and prove me right that Squall is your and Raine‘s son or so help me!

It’s canon for me anyway.

Also did anybody else get dizzy when he explained the time compression and the plan because I sure as heck did. Ow my brain. XD But it’s nice at least that Laguna‘s masterplan is basically „trust in the power of friendship AND ANIME“ because that‘s very him lmao

Anyway, next step is to go grab some useful spells and good junctions so I‘m ready for the rest of the game…

(Honorable mention here - Irvine‘s adorable pride in Selphie‘s flying skills. Cute!)

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Playing Squall for what, 10 hours now, and suddenly realizing that all the bratty, petulant, uncomfortable things I‘ve been reading from him… are thoughts. He never says any of them aloud. So while i as the player am slowly getting a grip on him and realizing how insecure and in over his head he is, all the other characters don’t hear that. They are just there waving their arms and yelling ���can you open up PLEASE“ basically

Headmaster Cid said it quite nicely right now: „You‘re not good at putting your thoughts into order / words“

It’s both hilarious snd slightly sad.

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FFVIII run the... third day?

so things are getting a lot more serious now with literal assassination plots, Seifer returning on the enemy's side (brainwashed, I think) and the Witch (who is NOT Ultimecia,not really, I just thought it's her because of the outfit) declaring she will... what, exactly? Destroy the world? I'm gonna be honest, the German translation of her speech was terrible so her plans weren't really clear.

Oh and Squall just got popsicle-skewered so that's a thing. I'm sure he's gonna be back in a minute though

I will be honest, right now it's a whole mess, and I still haven't got a good read on the characters as in, their personalities. Everything is happening a little fast and we don't really get a lot of down time or talking between them all, little to no shenanigans or exchanges. Quistis and her talking to Squall about her fears came close, or Irvine admitting he can't shoot because of the pressure. And Rinoa pretty much carries her heart on her sleeve. I think I miss a little the silliness and teasing thas there in FFX or FFXII, where you just got a little more heart and soul from the characters. As of right now, I actually feel closest to Laguna, who is not actively - presently - the protagonist. (Also just saw him with Ellone and it was the sweetest thing)

but I'm sure that the characters will develop some more yet, given that it's probably still fairly early in the game.

Also I'm cheating a little and looking up tips onthe junction thing, because that boggles me still. Just noticed the enemies scale with me, so leveling and strenghtening my gear is not even gonna help. Game is onto me I was gonna trick the junctioning system! XD

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FFVII run -

Trying to remember if I have seen actual torture in an FF game before. I don’t think so? So the electrocution of Squall took me a bit by surprise here.

Probably even more that he could run around like that afterwards.

I wonder though what the SEEDS really are. I thought mercenaries, but the Witch seems to be looking for more there? Hmmm…. I mean mercenaries / soldiers are already pretty impressive, what more could there be? (No spoilers please!)

Also, the daring rescue ending with Rinoa kicking Irvine down some stairs for being so slow made me snort. XD

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I‘ve been fighting my way trough all of Ultimecia‘s castle today. I think that took me what, three hours? Of searching and fighting and retrying.

And now I‘ve sat almost an hour and a half in the Ultimecia fight

And I died right when she bagan monologuing, which I heard is when the fight is almost over

… I‘m so tired and frustrated right now, I think I will watch the end in a playthrough online and finish the game myself another day (and I mean like, way in the future-another-day)

I just can‘t do this again right now XD

And I probably need more spells. Although I‘m not sure if that‘s going to help when she can just delete them - that‘s what broke my neck in the end, the fact that she deleted the junctioned spells and I was left defensless against that apocalypse spell.

I really wonder who thought it‘s a good game mechanic, letting the boss with four phases delete your equipment LOL

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FF8 (now speed) run -

Glad I prepared my junctions (and read a guide ahem) else Fujin and Rajin would have been really annoying right there. What is that damage sir!

In comparison Seifer was a joke. Probably showing that the mind control is messing with him.

Also Guys I gotta say I’m surprised my search for FF8 fanart has not primarily lead me to sorceress Adel because I would have thought that people would be ALL OVER that buff tall lady with flaming red hair and certain bad lady vibes.

Color me extremely surprised

Also color me annoyed because beating Madame Buff would not even have been difficult at all if it weren’t for the fact that you need to watch out you don’t kill Rinoa first, that cost me three attempts there. First time I wished for actual life bars in a FF game because the analysizing spell was always a second too slow.

At least Ellone got a headpat out of it but where is MY headpat eh?

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FF8 run - I‘m in space guys!

This would have been way cooler if things weren‘t going to shit right now with Rinoa possessed and the bad witch reawakenig XD

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Welp now I‘m emotional.

I think what makes this so much „worse“ is because it‘s Squall, who before was so terrible at showing emotions. And he still is, he is terrible at managing and controlling them, so they burst out of him in rather desperate bursts where he suddenly gets loud or starts gesticulating or does frankly stupid things like carrying Riona all the way to Esthar. I see his reasonibg - „I have to do this, I can‘t draw the others into this“ - but it’s terribly thought out.

Also the moment where Quistis, Selphie and Co. where already waiting for him. I wonder how that conversation went, maybe like:

„Squall and Riona are gone!“

„Wha- that idiot! Doesn‘t he think we want to help too?!“

„He does now we‘re faster when we simply fly there right?“

„Probably not thinking straight. Let‘s go pick him up“

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FF8 run -

It’s hilarious to me when I struggle more with an optional Guardian (Cerberus) than with an actual boss (Seifer and Edea)

It‘s the triple magic I‘m sure XD

Anyway I think I finished the original disc 2 outta 3 now?

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The FFVIII run continues -

And a “run” it really is because I really suck at finding my way in FF games. I probably spent a lot of my playtime already trying to figure out where the game wants me to GO, honestly.... but! I found Rinoa, so now I got her and her dog on the team. YAY to doggy. Though I haven’t figured out yet how the dog is used?

And Laguna appeared! Though not in the capacity I expected him to. So don’t spoiler me here, people, but from Dissidia, I had expected Laguna to be a friend of Leon’s, like Zell and Selphie are (about to become) but in reality, he seems to be... a guy from the past? Or a dream? I don’t honestly know yet what exactly Leon and Co are experiencing there when they switch over to Laguna, but I’m very curious to find out!

(Also, so far, I like Rinoa and Zell especially. Leon is not exactly giving me a lot to work with here, and Selphie.... is difficult for me to read XD)

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Playing FFVIII for the first time now (remastered, switch version). I've had that on my to do list for quite some time now, but I first played X, then XI, then IX... and then it kind of slipped my mind. XD Very curious to learn more about Leon - I only know about him from what Dissidia told me.

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Alien (1979)

I‘m trying to figure out where the head of this thing is and failing spectacularly

Also the moment when you beat up 7 of this f*ckers and then die on the last one which is STANDING IN FRONT OF THE DAMN SAVE POINT-

Ahem. Needed to get that out of my system XD

(Ye ye, it’s my own fault for not leveling and preparing Rinoa more but ey. These suckers don‘t even give EXP. The absolute GALL of these freaks. The NERVE)