Squall & Rinoa: I've never liked this couple, from the very start, because there was just...absolutely no chemistry between them. Even during those hurl-worthy romance scenes, it just didn't seem at all right, it seemed botched, forced, and insipid.

For half the game, Squall seems as though he really just can't STAND her, and suddenly she's unconscious and he goes: "I r luv u! <3" I remember playing the game when I was 9 years old, and even at that time, I just went: "...Are you serious?"

Honestly, I think the fact that Squall has to play hero, was one of the only things holding that relationship together. Perhaps without the constant heroism and the feeling like she really needs him, and not the other way around...their relationship might not survive.

And, just one more note. I will forever be creeped out by the fact that had fate been different, Rinoa and Squall could have been brother and sister. That could have just been Square's way of trying to connect the two since they weren't orphans together...but it just creeped me out if nothing else.

Sophia & Fayt [Star Ocean 3]: Okay, this couple just creeped me out, a lot. They were cousins, yet they hinted at a relationship between the two. I never beat the game, so, it's possible they actually WERE a couple, and if that's the case...that's just wrong. D=

I disagree. I enjoyed .hack//G.U. very much even though there were a bunch of references to other things I had no clue about. The only crappy thing was that the game could've been confined to one complete release rather than the three games it was; it's all about marketing on the companies part

Okay, valid points, but it depends on interpretation I think.

I don't know anything about this possible love-triangle thing, but how come when everyone thought Seifer was dead, she said "I think I loved him" and adds after Selphie's comment that she still loves him even though he's "dead".

And at the end of Disc 3 and the beginning of Disc 4, the brief scene between Seifer and Rinoa was pretty heavy and tense; albeit Rinoa was probably scared shit-less, but at least on Seifer's part there appeared to be residual emotions.

I'll give you credit about Rinoa's initiative, however Squall only saved Rinoa because everyone was telling him he was the only one who could; you can tell he was too worried about the whole Garden and it's students rather than one civilian.

Remember when we saw certain events from Rinoa's POV after Squall met up with Ellone in the escape pod in outer space in Disc 3? We see that she was conscious at the time she became comatose after they party beats Edea, and we see the first glimpse of Ultimecia.

So physically she was dead to the world, but maybe she was still aware of everything.

Of course, what's more classic than the thief from a another planet and a fake princess

No...That's just...No

The reason why I liked Yuki and Alfina was that although it seemed like they would get together, it flowed more naturally as a result of their own emotions. No one was forcing them together; their attraction was a subconscious thing, and the first mentioning of their love was through some one else's voice (Yuki's best friend I think...)

I know; I figured since Rinoa was a rebel leader she could take care of herself; apparently not *rolls eyes*

And I agree with everything else you said ^^

I know! The whole "romance" between Serge and Kid came out of no where at the end.

Yeah, a lot of people forget that Julia and Laguna had a thing going on for a while; and doesn't Rinoa freakishly resemble Laguna O_o

Sophia and Fayt are really just next door neighbors/friends. Sophia just calls Fayt's parent her uncle and aunt just for whatever reason. But the two aren't related by blood.

SO3 had "pair endings", so Fayt could end up with whoever has the most affection or whatever. It was a little implied that Sophia has a thing for Fayt, but Fayt himself doesn't really push past friendship with her. There actually isn't much romance with Fayt and any other character truthfully.