![]() ![]() Seifer’s clear devotion to Rinoa is obvious from his actions. Nobody ever apologises to Seifer for this whole girlfriend-stealing business, either, because he’s evil by the time it matters, and we don’t apologise to evil people. Since Seifer isn’t a SeeD, Squall and friends are sent to help Rinoa’s resistance movement instead, and so begins that messy journey from hatred and indifference to the truest of true love. At the graduation event, players meet Rinoa, a pretty young thing who is looking for help from the school principal, Cid. It isn’t limited to professional hindrance. On their return, Squall and Zell are deemed to have passed the exam for their impressive ability to not die at the claws of an invincible spider robot meanwhile, Seifer is reprimanded, punished and told he failed the exam thanks to his insubordination. While the act of defiance is presented as a reckless response to boredom, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s because of Seifer the Garden so successfully repels the invaders and learns of their nefarious plot to reactivate a powerful communications tower - a piece of information vital to future events. Their SeeD exam in Dollet ultimately succeeds because Seifer decides their mission to secure the square isn’t as important as finding out why Galbadian soldiers are so insistent on heading up a nearby mountain. Right from the word go, Squall is more of a thorn in Seifer’s side than the reverse. ![]() But it’s all about perspective, and, all things considered, Seifer’s bump from party leader to party pooper is mostly Squall’s fault. His smug smile, the way he always seems to be a step ahead and his abhorrent turn as the head of the Balamb Garden Disciplinary Committee are all factors in your immediate dislike of the man. This scene serves to set Seifer up immediately as a bad guy-although, at this point, not THE bad guy-and the difficult bug bite which Squall just can’t help scratching. Squall retaliates, which gives them delightful mirrored scarring, and it becomes apparent that this was just practice between two lunatics with boundary issues. The opening cinematic shows a battle between the two SeeD cadets, in which Seifer cuts Squall’s face open. He is the would-be hero, but for a tragic collection of external and self-inflicted circumstances.įrom the start of the game, we’re encouraged to develop a mild distaste for Seifer. But Seifer is more than that he’s the main character, stymied. It would be easy to dismiss Seifer as yet another JRPG rival, a simple mirror to hold up to the protagonist and an easy way to add some home-grown emotion to a large scale battle against evil. ![]() Villain might be overstating Seifer’s role, however, as he acts as more of an unfortunate antagonist much of the time. The above description fits both the main character and one of the primary villains in Final Fantasy VIII, of course Squall Leonhart and Seifer Almasy, respectively. He’s your enemy, hero, and he must be stopped. This boy travels all over the world becoming stronger, making powerful friends and enemies along the way. He falls in love with a beautiful girl named Rinoa and, with the help of his quirky friends, offers to help with the lady’s resistance movement. A training session with a rival student gone wrong left him with a nasty facial scar that marks the boy Handsome Yet Dangerous. He wears a silly coat to match his silly hair, and his weapon of choice is a gunblade, which is exactly what it sounds like. He’s a student at Balamb Garden - a training school of sorts for young mercenaries in a world oft shaken by civil wars - and he’s dedicated to joining the Garden’s elite fighting force: SeeD. Seifer is rather simple in that he idolizes characters in films, has big dreams, loves and is loved by others and seeks approval from those that don’t.So there’s this tall fellow with a bit of a chip on his shoulder. This is also what makes him so realistic and just like others in that respect, too. He’s flawed just like any other person, real and fictional. This is shown throughout the interactions with and scenes about him. I feel that they did him wrong and it really is criminal because, plain and simple, Seifer is not a bad kid. One of the things that bothers me the most about Final Fantasy VIII is how the characters in the game treat and view Seifer at the beginning of the game. ![]()
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