A face impossible to remember?

The kinematics of end leaves many often a shared feeling to the player. In the first part, after the death of Ultimécia, squall is lost and did not happen to be reunited with his family, to cling to a time. It therefore era in a kind of flaw spatio-temporal and attempts to remember the face of Linoa to regain its path. But his view is blurred, other figures mingle, the images are linked and he ends by crumble to the ground, inert. For the end more joyful, Linoa arrives to find and back in a world where everything would have finished by Arrange; Seifer resumed a normal life with his friends Fujin and Rajin, Ellone and Laguna gather together on the tomb of Raine, Edea and CID Kramer are again united, the team is sharing a good time and the icing on the cake, Linoa and Squall exchange a kiss on the balcony of the BGU that rises in the sky lit by the moon… Waouhou. In short, if there was a little back before the arrival of Linoa or even before the last sequence of the BGU? Squall fails to back in the present and therefore seems lost for ever in this which is similar to the None. Its troubled visions, the faces of the people who disappear and succeed as if his life paraded, the tear paid and the light that he sees the moment before its fall, are as much of indices that seem to indicate a certain death. Other small madness, this would support the idea of temporal loop and the previous theory on the motivations of Ultimécia ; the loss of his Knight. This are only of assumptions.

Sweet dreams, squall…

Squall would be death during the first confrontation with Edea-Ultimécia
Some are gone much further. Squall would be dead as soon as the end of the first CD, whereas Edea owned him launches a pic of ice in the chest. The rest would not be then that a dream, a last hope before the death where it would have idealized its history with Linoa and made Seifer a simple enemy. It is true that before the CD 2, the relationship between the two protagonists are contentious and the beautiful seems to have difficulty to forget his first love Seifer. It is also the way to find answers on its past and give a meaning to his life. The images of the Kinematic mentioned more top show mainly images of the first CD before the coup de grace worn by Edea. In addition, the headset of astronaut of Linoa which breaks, and then his face and the squall which eventually disappear completely could make us think that all this was in reality that a pure fantasy. For more information about this theory a little surprising but interesting there is a site entirely dedicated.
What it is, if we believe in the death of squall that it is as soon as the first CD or at the end of the game, which succeeds after that squall is fallen, would ultimately be a kind of salvation for the hero.

Squall is dead?
You will find an impressive amount of theories more or less serious circulating on the Web. To go further, I can only advise you the book The Legend Final Fantasy VIII of the Editions Pix'n Love.

What is the true identity of Ultimecia ? That is the question today. In this article, we will discuss a theory of the most interesting according to which Ultimecia would be Linoa Heartilly. During the adventure, many elements can make us believe to this theory.

:: Why Ultimecia could be Linoa ?

The item the most flagrant is of course the video of end of FF VIII. If it is happening image by image, it can be noted that the face of Ultimecia succeeds by three times that of Linoa, in plans for the increasingly close together.

In addition, another image in this same video attracts our attention. Before that the headset of the combination spatial Linoa explodes in the space, an image very fast has been marked where you can see the head of Squall Leonhart disfigured by a black hole in the middle of the face. We find this black hole on the face of Ultimecia in its final shape, except that the latter has a light of variable intensity to the inside of the hole.

  
It is as if Squall had a vision showing him that Ultimecia is Linoa. If that is the case, then we can say that Linoa retains his powers of witch at the end of the game. Squall would become in a few kinds her Knight as Seifer had become the knight of Edea. This is also partly explained by what Squall said to Linoa at the orphanage before it tells him his dream (CD3).

In this case, why Linoa would become evil it? We know that witches have a natural gift of longevity, which we inevitably leads to the death of Squall since it can not live as long as a witch. In addition, in the video introduction, Linoa is surrounded by white feathers while at the end of this video, it is surrounded by black feathers: symbol of Ultimecia.

Therefore, Linoa would not incur the death of Squall and become evil. It would find the research carried out by Dr. Geyser on the power of Ellone, and would decide to use his machine. We know that after that Ultimecia was beaten by the seeds, it transports in the past to the orphanage of Edea, at the time where squall and the other orphans were still very young. To die, she bequeathed his powers to Edea who accepts to receive rather than to see one of the children inherit. Linoa would use the machine of Doctor Geyser to carry his spirit in time in order to regain the powers of Ultimecia (its own powers) that it has bequeathed to Edea. By controlling of new its powers, it controls the spirit of Edea and is used to find Ellone. It is only thanks to Ellone that she would be able to launch the Temporal compression.
In addition, another image in this same video attracts our attention. Before that the headset of the combination spatial Linoa explodes in the space, an image very fast has been marked where you can see the head of Squall Leonhart disfigured by a black hole in the middle of the face. We find this black hole on the face of Ultimecia in its final shape, except that the latter has a light of variable intensity to the inside of the hole.

  
It is as if Squall had a vision showing him that Ultimecia is Linoa. If that is the case, then we can say that Linoa retains his powers of witch at the end of the game. Squall would become in a few kinds her Knight as Seifer had become the knight of Edea. This is also partly explained by what Squall said to Linoa at the orphanage before it tells him his dream (CD3).

In this case, why Linoa would become evil it? We know that witches have a natural gift of longevity, which we inevitably leads to the death of Squall since it can not live as long as a witch. In addition, in the video introduction, Linoa is surrounded by white feathers while at the end of this video, it is surrounded by black feathers: symbol of Ultimecia.

Therefore, Linoa would not incur the death of Squall and become evil. It would find the research carried out by Dr. Geyser on the power of Ellone, and would decide to use his machine. We know that after that Ultimecia was beaten by the seeds, it transports in the past to the orphanage of Edea, at the time where squall and the other orphans were still very young. To die, she bequeathed his powers to Edea who accepts to receive rather than to see one of the children inherit. Linoa would use the machine of Doctor Geyser to carry his spirit in time in order to regain the powers of Ultimecia (its own powers) that it has bequeathed to Edea. By controlling of new its powers, it controls the spirit of Edea and is used to find Ellone. It is only thanks to Ellone that she would be able to launch the Temporal compression.

Ultimecia launches the Temporal compression

However, it is known that the Temporal compression is harmful to humans, and that by this process it would kill the whole world, including squall that she would have wanted to find. The explanation may be partially found by the sole and unique Guardian force that has Ultimecia. Cronos (god of the time according to the Mythology) or more specifically Griever (its original name) is the GF of Ultimecia. "Griever " means grief in English. It is both the name of this powerful guardian strength but also the name given by squall at its bushing.


Ring of Squall   
Clip of Linoa

On the Ring is represented Cronos/griever as well as on his collar and even on the chain which hangs at the end of the butt of his Gunblade. On the box containing his Gunblade, the Badge of Cronos/griever is also present. Squall has given this name to this ring when the departure of Ellone of the orphanage, feeling alone and abandoned. But we also know that he gives his ring at Linoa before returning in the Galbadia garden at the end of the CD2. He said to Linoa that the lion is a symbol of strength and honor and it responds to it that this corresponds to the natural character of squall. By creating Cronos/griever as GF, Linoa ( assumed that she is Ultimecia) may very well review in this creature the person of squall by its memories. It is because Squall gives his ring at Linoa before fighting Edea, that it is normal that Ultimecia invokes Cronos/griever during the final fight.


Cronos/griever destroyed
However an element we when disorder of the destruction of the body of Cronos/Griever : It escapes of white feathers, symbol of Linoa. Cronos/griever would he kept a part of the personality of Linoa after be entered in contact with it when Squall gave him his ring? But we know that this GF evil is in the hands of Ultimecia.

SCAN OF CRONOS/griever: "In the spirit of squall, the most powerful of the GF. Between the hands of Ultimecia, continues to fight without disappear. "

The merger of Ultimecia with Cronos/griever we suggests that it is also a person in grief due to the death of squall.


Ultimecia merged with Cronos / griever
One might think that the memories of squall that would recall this GF to Linoa, would sink definitively in the madness. This last would therefore become evil for good. Another disturbing detail at the level of the Guardian forces. Of all the bosses of the citadel of Ultimecia, there is one on which we cannot go to side: Acarnan. It is physically what we could call a "dark Bahamut ". It is its twin darker and his attack Hypocauste is quite similar to the Ouroboros of Bahamut.
In addition, another image in this same video attracts our attention. Before that the headset of the combination spatial Linoa explodes in the space, an image very fast has been marked where you can see the head of Squall Leonhart disfigured by a black hole in the middle of the face. We find this black hole on the face of Ultimecia in its final shape, except that the latter has a light of variable intensity to the inside of the hole.

  
It is as if Squall had a vision showing him that Ultimecia is Linoa. If that is the case, then we can say that Linoa retains his powers of witch at the end of the game. Squall would become in a few kinds her Knight as Seifer had become the knight of Edea. This is also partly explained by what Squall said to Linoa at the orphanage before it tells him his dream (CD3).

In this case, why Linoa would become evil it? We know that witches have a natural gift of longevity, which we inevitably leads to the death of Squall since it can not live as long as a witch. In addition, in the video introduction, Linoa is surrounded by white feathers while at the end of this video, it is surrounded by black feathers: symbol of Ultimecia.

Therefore, Linoa would not incur the death of Squall and become evil. It would find the research carried out by Dr. Geyser on the power of Ellone, and would decide to use his machine. We know that after that Ultimecia was beaten by the seeds, it transports in the past to the orphanage of Edea, at the time where squall and the other orphans were still very young. To die, she bequeathed his powers to Edea who accepts to receive rather than to see one of the children inherit. Linoa would use the machine of Doctor Geyser to carry his spirit in time in order to regain the powers of Ultimecia (its own powers) that it has bequeathed to Edea. By controlling of new its powers, it controls the spirit of Edea and is used to find Ellone. It is only thanks to Ellone that she would be able to launch the Temporal compression.

Acarnan   
Bahamut

Even if Bahamut is a guardian Force not mandatory in the history, but it remains no less that Ultimecia invariably knows its existence for the have perverted and transformed into a monster also powerful. And if she has known Bahamut, it can be assumed that it is by the visit sooner or later of heroes (and therefore Linoa) at the Laboratory of deep sea. As well, recalling that Squall had fought and submitted Bahamut, Linoa could have decided to resume the Guardian force and to transform it into Acarnan, a sort of remembrance as real as powerful.

And it is the same for the two Supreme monsters of FF VIII. In the Research Laboratory of Deep Sea, there is certainly Bahamut but also Monarch. This last is a formidable power and holds the Guardian devastating force known under the name of orbital (it is to be noted that orbital is also held by Acarnan). And we cannot help noticing that God the Father of all the monsters has elected domicile in the chapel of the citadel of Ultimecia, and that it is almost similar to the Monarch. So if Linoa went to Deep Sea, it will not only have seen and fought Bahamut but in more why not Monarch ? This leads us to say that Minotaur is a "Super Dark Monarch " given its infinite power and that like Acarnan, c is a replica in more powerful of a monster that she would have fought.


Monarch   
Minotaur

And following this reasoning, we can talk about the occasions of monsters and more powerful and most stylish graphically that are Attila, Fabryce Agamemnon and which are undeniably of Dark Ekarissor, Dark Behemoth and Dark Cariatide.


Attila    Fabryce    Agamemnon

In the CD3, Linoa tells a dream that it has done to squall. "I have a dream, it was a dream frightening. We made a promise. We promised to see the shooting stars together. I dressed and I put thy ring, but I could not remember more of the place where we had to find us. I began to panic. I wanted so much to see thee squall, and I did not know where to go. I started to run through the mountains, deserts, the plains … through Timber, Balamb and Galbadia … and then I realized that I could no longer run … I just wanted to see you. Then I shouted or es-tu squall ? Then I woke up. I was crying. I am sorry, thou hast not to say anything. I just felt that I needed to tell you. "

The result of the dialog in the original English version of the game is directly related to the introduction video:

Squall : "It was just a dream … it does not mean anything, don't worry about it."
Linoa : "I guess you're right ..."
Squall : "How about this ... I'll be here."
Linoa : "... Why ?"
Squall : "The reason why you couldn't find me was because we haven't promissed yet."
 Linoa : "promised ?"
Squall : "I'll be waiting for you. If you come here, you'll find me, I promised. "
Linoa : "I'll be here too ! It's a promise! Thanks squall, next time we'll meet for sure!"

Once the temporal compression completed, squall and heroes are found in the Orphanage of Edea and there you can see the  White Seeds dead. According to any logic, knowing the official mission of the seed (kill the witches) it can be assumed that they have attempted to destroy Ultimecia but in vain. This place is very close to the place of appointment to Squall and Linoa during their promise, which could explain why Linoa would have chosen this place for the location of its citadel. Thinking find Squall as promised, she would await his coming in vain.