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[Shiny]

Originally Posted by Sir Bahamut

I'm missing the point. Are you saying that the game should be treated seperately from what outside information Square gives us?

Eh...not really. I don't really pay attention to info outside of the actual game, because it's not all that important to focus on a video game you know? That's just me.

[Sir Bahamut]

Haha, you're right about that at least.

[Shiny]

Originally Posted by Sir Bahamut

Haha, you're right about that at least. :p

Psh. I will be seeing you outside. :D :p

[Shin Gouken]

It all boils down to one thing really. In the final battle against ultimecia, if ultimecia was to kill Rinoa (as in my first attempt) she would have killed the past version of herself and destroyed her own existence in the process. Rinoa does have Squalls ring but it could have gotten to Ultimecia by a number of different ways. The most obvious being maybe Ultimecia is Rinoas great great great grandaughter or some .

[Autumn Rain]

Wait.. It's been awhile since I played FF8, but I don't recall Ultimecia having Squall's ring.

[Masamune·1600]

Originally Posted by shinangel2292

It all boils down to one thing really. In the final battle against ultimecia, if ultimecia was to kill Rinoa (as in my first attempt) she would have killed the past version of herself and destroyed her own existence in the process.

While R=U as a theory doesn't work, this actually isn't a strike against it. Time Compression (even though never fully completed) isn't subject to a concept like the grandfather paradox (or, here, something similar), because Time Compression doesn't necessarily follow the same rules as "normal time travel." Time Compression, as suggested in-game, involves compressing various states of present, and while the Magic is in effect, these states of present can "coexist" without creating causality and continuity paradoxes. Essentially, each "present" now exists without being dependent upon its own past; in overlapping, they are independent of one another for their own continuity.

Basically, as I see it, the states of present exist independent of each other for the purposes of Time Compression. Changing the past wouldn't alter the future, because these are meaningless categorizations within the framework of Time Compression. All time is one.

In any case, as already shown, Ultimecia created Griever by Drawing the parameters for the GF from Squall's mind ("Your feelings, I shall summon the most powerful of things [from them]!").

Originally Posted by Autumn Rain

Wait.. It's been awhile since I played FF8, but I don't recall Ultimecia having Squall's ring.

There's no evidence that she does. It's simply an assumption one is forced to make if one chooses to ignore Griever's having been created during the battle.

[Autumn Rain]

Originally Posted by Masamune∙1600

There's no evidence that she does. It's simply an assumption one is forced to make if one chooses to ignore Griever's having been created during the battle.

That's what I thought. I've seen the R=U dribble on forums over and over again, but that was the first time anyone used Ultimecia having Squall's ring as proof.

[Slade]

Unlike everyone else, I like the idea of Rinoa being Ultimecia. It's such a cool twist. Wish it was true...but thats just my opinion.