Squall Was An Absolute Menace In Final Fantasy 8
Look, we all know Squall Leonhart wasn't exactly winning any empathy awards, but this specific Final Fantasy 8 scene is just straight-up brutality.
Quistis is having a complete professional breakdown, getting vulnerable and pouring her heart out about losing her instructor spot. And what does Squall do? He just stands there delivering the most agonizing, painfully long silence imaginable. She literally has to check if he's even listening. His response? "Are you done yet?" Bro. The sheer disrespect. And right when she says she just wants him to listen, he drops an absolute tactical nuke that completely KO'd an entire generation of gamers: "Then go talk to a wall." Square Enix absolutely shattered the broody, edgy MC meter when they wrote this scene. Squall had negative zero chill.
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It is honestly a miracle Quistis didn't just cast Degenerator on him and walk away. Peak PS1 era savagery.
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