I don't think I remember Squall saying that at all. He is not a self-loathing character, he is an elitist, self-loving arrogant character; his opposite is Laguna who is the opposite of elitist and is much more open. He is very similar to Matt Damon's character in Good Will Hunting. Like Matt Damon's character, Squall goes through a remarkable change throughout the game.

Though I am playing Final Fantasy 7 right now, and that seems similar to something Cloud has said because he was too weak to save his village.

indeed Squall has never said most of that.  But he has said he shouldn't be relied upon, and the more they try to "rely" on Squall to do things, the more his thought bubbles get funnier.  And Squall isn't an elitist, or self-loving character.  He's just a depressed man who would rather be ordered around than lead. He rather take things as they are without question, I mean, why bother trying to change things, he can't control anything, he's not the one in control.  Until half way through the game when he starts questioning everything and HAS to take control. I guess most people either never finished past half way through the second disc, or just feel Squall's character development is unrealistic.  But Squall goes through a lot; he makes his changes to go from the extreme he's in, to the middle ground and that's one of the things that makes this game so great in my eyes.

And what I'm trying to say is there was a lot more going on than a 'few changed lines'.  Or do you dispute that there's a major difference between Squall saying 'Whatever' or thinking to himself '...But you're a teacher?'  Or in a later scene, just brushing off Rinoa's advance with yet ANOTHER '...whatever' or actively saying '...I don't think so.'  Aka, the Japanese version of the game showed CHARACTER.  The English version showed a lazy localization staff with a trend of redundancy.

In either case, even with the 'Whatever' script added, those instances of him saying it are few and far between and have only become connected to his character because of an internet meme.  Mostly perpetuated by people who hated the game as a whole and were looking for individual things to mock in the game.  In other words, its a pretty weak thing to focus on since its so easy to argue was caused by mistranslation and only appears in the first quarter of the game.

Part of the reason why Squall was so annoying was that he sounded like Jon Lovitz......or was I the only one who read his lines like that?

Dude, what? How did you manage to connect the two?

And you sound like The Mayor of Townsville from "the Powerpuff Girls".  I don't make the rules.  I just calls em like I see's em.

and you sound like bob marley...

...........Yuri Lowell >>>>>> Every FF main protagonist. *Runs away*

will.... ff8 is a little bit like normal ways sooo..... if i would have the burdon of wordl peace at my shoulders i would be emo to

Lightning and Snow. Where do they come from? Clouds yes?

See how awesome Cloud is!





Anyways, Cloud seems more normal to me than Squall. More human like. For example in his childhood days and as a young dude who joined the Shinra army. In Crisis Core you can see how lively he was until that day Zack died etc.  For Squall, well... When he was a young kid he was always the same. Alone lol

Am I right or wrong? C'mon be honest now!