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RE: [Thinking While Gaming] No One Can Live Alone, We All Need Each Other (FF8)
Sh-poor Squall, at least he managed by and got to be more than what he was previously. Complex characters like Squall, are not only the sum of mere parts that play off each other, but are also: the contradictions and desires that exists in one, how they play off each other, how they get resolved and the wholeness that makes their Subject that's more than the sum of the parts. Your reporting of this character is very lovely and highlights master-signifiers, like the Lion, that he clings unto that definitely helps us see how each other part of his Subject works in conjunction with each other and how they play off each other that maintains his character. And your personal touches helps inform us of him than detract from him.
Yeah, I relate to Squall too much, he contradicts his thoughts and actions in a way that seem consistent with itself. To everyone in the group he's the only dependable leader. But he's actually has weaknesses and only late game he learned to accept that and move on in his life.
Hope to touch on that too in my review of the game.
We can see mirrors of ourselves in others, even if they aren’t physical mirrors.