Did you like Squall?

June 18, 2007, 2:23 AM

What did you think of the stories main character? personally he's my favorite due to the way he dresses and way his personality is so similiar to mine ^^

June 18, 2007, 2:43 AM

Squall sucked major ass! I just can't stand him, what a whiny little loner. Ohh please fell sorry for me, what a loser, I guess I just really hated FFVIII.

June 18, 2007, 2:50 AM

first of all atra, at least explain why you did or did not like him. thats almost spamming.

anyway, when i first saw squall i thought he was gonna be a girly pansy. and when i played through the first time i thought ehh hes not good, not bad. but im playing it a second time as we speak, i like the way they started out with him being a loner who didn't like to show emotion, and how they have him grow into a mature young man not afraid to tell people whats going on in his complex mind. i also used to think that his relationship with rinoa sucked and was corny and typical, now for some reason ive grown to like them both and their relationship, even though ill admit he changes his feelings all at once. also he's strong and has one of the best limit breaks in the series: lionheart.

June 18, 2007, 3:39 AM

Squall may not be the most popular character in the series, but yes I liked him.

I thought his character and attitude where perfectly legitimate given the fact that his childhood mentally messed him up. His attitude and character made him seem a whole lot more realistic, in my opinion.

Actually, like them or not. I always felt that Square did a great job with making all of the characters in this game seem more realistic and true to life, as well as fitting their typical teenage stereotypical roles.

June 18, 2007, 3:41 AM

I liked him well enough. His character could be seen as boring, but as you got to 'know' him you realized that he was just like that because of his past and how he had been treated and how he missed his sister.

I liked Seifer more though. :p

My Character Profiles · June 18, 2007, 3:51 AM

Squall's childhood wasn't messed up. I don't see how anyone can see it that way unless your own childhood was absolutely perfect. His childhood was realistic; there's nothing unordinary about it. He was an orphan, that I can understand, but...he has like 6 brothers and sisters that he's STILL associated with.

I didn't like him as a leading roll. FFIX had even younger leading rolls, and they still acted more maturely than Squall and Rinoa did. Squall spent the entire game taking orders, breaking rules, and making mistakes. His most repetitive lines of speech are "..." and "whatever". He's not very outgoing; not leader material if you ask me.

I didn't like his appearance either.
Like I said...Cloud may wear a purple jumpsuit, but it reminded me of German army attire. XD
Squall just looked like he was wearing tight black pants and a jacket that he stole from a 10 year old.

June 18, 2007, 4:34 AM

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Originally Posted by F. F. Fan

Squall may not be the most popular character in the series, but yes I liked him.

I thought his character and attitude where perfectly legitimate given the fact that his childhood mentally messed him up. His attitude and character made him seem a whole lot more realistic, in my opinion.

Actually, like them or not. I always felt that Square did a great job with making all of the characters in this game seem more realistic and true to life, as well as fitting their typical teenage stereotypical roles.

I thought that the characters in FF8 were more realistic as well. I enjoyed the whole 'problematic past' and school/army storyline.

June 18, 2007, 4:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Nephany

Squall's childhood wasn't messed up. I don't see how anyone can see it that way unless your own childhood was absolutely perfect. His childhood was realistic; there's nothing unordinary about it. He was an orphan, that I can understand, but...he has like 6 brothers and sisters that he's STILL associated with.

I didn't like him as a leading roll. FFIX had even younger leading rolls, and they still acted more maturely than Squall and Rinoa did. Squall spent the entire game taking orders, breaking rules, and making mistakes. His most repetitive lines of speech are "..." and "whatever". He's not very outgoing; not leader material if you ask me.

I didn't like his appearance either.
Like I said...Cloud may wear a purple jumpsuit, but it reminded me of German army attire. XD
Squall just looked like he was wearing tight black pants and a jacket that he stole from a 10 year old.

I really don't think anyone here's had a perfect childhood, but Squall's childhood certainly wasn't any near what most of us where fortunate to have.

His mother is dead, he has no father that he knows of, the only sibling that he believes to be his sister (the only thing stable in his life at the time and whom he obviously loves as any small child would) up and disappears without a trace, with Squall only to think that she abandon him. He has no one around to help him sort out his feelings or maturely explain things to him. Yes he had other kids to bond with at the orphanage, but I highly doubt that a bunch of 7 or 8 year olds are going to help him emotionally sort out his feelings. Yeah, a real happy and emotionally stable childhood there.

So exactly how would this not be emotionally traumatic for a small child who can barely reason or understand why things are the way they are?

As a result of all of this, he grew up (antisocial) not wanting to get close to people for fear of getting hurt and wanted to become emotionally strong and self dependent. So how is this not plausible?

Besides, I thought you said he stole the jacket off a 9 year old.

June 18, 2007, 5:15 AM

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Originally Posted by The Legendary Wullfe

Indeed I did.
Warm regards,
~The Legendary Wullfe

Wullfe, you know better than this. Come on buddy, longer posts. I know you got them in ya.

As for whether I liked this half cocked bundle of pansies, FUCK NO! Hell Burt Fucking Bacharach could kick his ass. "What the world needs now" is to find a place we could bury this loser. Squall has got to be one of the most pathetic character creations ever. Other than having a permanent seat in the weekly meetings of "Limp Dicks Anonymous" and reading "How to Connect with Your Man" on his Bubble Bath Tuesdays, the guy couldn't be any lamer if he wore goth clothing and cried... oh wait...