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Respect Sorceress Ultimecia

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Ultimecia is often denounced for having no personality and no background. She is declared to be a one-dimensional villain inserted into Final Fantasy VIII at the last minute for the sole purpose of giving the heroes someone to fight against.

However, an often-forgotten fact is that Ultimecia is present in Final Fantasy VIII ever since the very first disk, and that her actions drive the entirety of the story ever since the beginning. Ultimecia operates in the first part of the game through another character: Edea, whom she is controlling. All of the character development in the first two discs that is thought to be attributed to Edea is actually development on the part of Ultimecia; in fact, many fans of Edea who fall in love with the cruel, icy demeanor she wears for the first two discs are actually becoming fans of Ultimecia. They simply don't realize it.

Ultimecia controls every word and every action from Edea from her first appearance in Timber until her second defeat in Galbadia Garden, and from her multiple speeches during this time, Ultimecia's true personality is revealed.

Ultimecia(using Edea's body) imobilizing the party, and taking Safer as her knight:

Watch from 2:28 to 4:00

Ultimecia/Edea phasing through a wall:

Ultimecia/Edea controling Rinoa, taking over Galbadia, and using her powers of transmutation:

Watch from the beginning, to 6:32

After a battle with the main party, Ultimecia/Edea decides to stop playing around and kick their ass:

More to come later.

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Didn't she only paralyze Quistis, not "the party"?

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Originally posted by Pyron_is_God
Didn't she only paralyze Quistis, not "the party"?

Watch the video please.

Mar 22nd, 2008 04:51 AM

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Ultimecia/Edea using the Missile Base to shoot missiles against the Gardens:

Watch from 24:40 to 24:58

The missiles destroying the Garden, killing the heroes:

Ultimecia won. Thread over. Bye bye.

Mar 22nd, 2008 05:11 AM

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Okay, okay, that's what really happened:

Watch from 6:11 to 6:50

Mar 22nd, 2008 05:14 AM

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I did. And I see Squall running up, distinctly un-frozen.

And how is it a feat that a missile can fly? It's not like she personally fired them with magic.

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Mar 22nd, 2008 05:15 AM

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Originally posted by Pyron_is_God
I did. And I see Squall running up, distinctly un-frozen.

WTF are you talking about?! Quistis appeared, and was frozen. Ulti talked with Seifer, Squall and the others appeared, and were frozen too.

Watch the video. From 2:28 to 4:00 like I said before.

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And how is it a feat that a missile can fly? It's not like she personally fired them with magic.

This is a respect thread to her character. Ultimecia is not just power. She took control of Galbadia Nation and could use it's resources. That's an impressive feat, and I think it's important.

Mar 22nd, 2008 05:32 AM

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Oh. I thought her second spell before she left was aimed at Quistis to un-freeze her. My mistake.

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Mar 22nd, 2008 05:37 AM

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Ultimecia/Edea using a magic shield to protect herself from Irvine's bullet:

Mar 22nd, 2008 08:01 PM

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Squall and the others decides to go to Edea's house, but Ultimecia/Edea is already waiting for them in her(Galbadia's) Garden, and the battle between the two Gardens starts.

Ultimecia possesing Rinoa's body, and ordering Seifer to find the Lunatic Pandora:

Watch from 15:09 to 16:56

Ultimecia/Rinoa frees Adel from her prison in space, while the Lunar Cry(caused by the Lunatic Pandora) happens:

Watch from the beginning to 10:46

Mar 24th, 2008 02:59 PM

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And Ultimecia begins the process of Time Compression. The heroes travel through time, fighting sorceresses from different eras, until they reach Ultimecia's Castle:

Watch from the beginning to 11:35

Mar 26th, 2008 09:28 PM

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With the begin of Time Compression, Ultimecia was able to absorb the power of all sorceresses in history.

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The Tutorial's description of Time Compression:
Time Compression - "A complete mystery. Various states of "present" are believed to become compressed. Sorceress' power from many generations may cross over to give 1 sorceress great strength. No one knows what effect this may have on regular human beings.

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Information presented when using Scan on Ultimecia, during the final battle:
A sorceress trying to change the world by compressing time and taking power from all sorceresses.

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Mar 30th, 2008 10:37 PM

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She was damn powerful.

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Originally posted by Project Jedah
She was damn powerful.

And very hot:

http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/...1990/421530.jpg

OBS: The guy in gold is Emperor Palamecia of FFII. He is only there because I couldn't find a Dissidia artwork of Ultimecia alone.

Mar 31st, 2008 07:43 PM

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Oo Yess.

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Apr 1st, 2008 04:29 PM

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Sir Bahamut:
There may have been a "real" Griever that existed in stories that Squall had known about, but the only suggestion offered in-game is that it is a creature that Squall conceived of in his own mind, as Scan tells us that in Squall's mind, Griever is the strongest GF:

"Griever In Squall's mind, the strongest GF. Through Ultimecia's power, continues fighting without vanishing."

Further, Ultimecia's Witch Embodiment powers granted her the ability to reach into other's minds and pull things out(as she often displays when completely removing a character's stock of a certain type of Spell). In the case of Griever, she simply manifested the thoughts she pulled from Squall's mind regarding what he believed to be the most powerful being in existence. This would be a great strategical move on Ultimecia's part. This is made even more plausible when examining what the japanese version has Ultimecia say:

Ultimecia: Your feelings, I shall summon the most powerful of things
[from them]! The more strongly you feel, that will be what shall torment
you.

Apr 5th, 2008 03:19 AM

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Another power she have, is to corrupt GFs/Summons and take control of them.:

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Using Scan on Tiamat, at Ultimecia's Castle:
Used to be a GF. Became a monster under Ultimecia's power.

Apr 5th, 2008 11:40 PM

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And the most impressive thing she ever did:

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Using Scan on the upper half of Ultimecia's body, when she is in her final form
Ultimecia, transformed to absorb all time and space. Absorbing all existence as we speak.

Apr 9th, 2008 11:13 PM