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[lacune]

to tell you the truth... i worry too much about what others think of me.

Character Information

Basics

NAME: Squall Leonhart
CANON: Final Fantasy VIII
NICKNAMES: n/a
AGE: 17
GENDER: Male
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
OCCUPATION: SeeD cadet

History

The Final Fantasy wiki is a good resource for understanding his past; here's a link to his wiki page, until I have the time to write out a more detailed summary myself.

Personality

From his wiki page:

Squall starts an introverted, cold and taciturn teenager who pushes away those who would otherwise be considered his friends. Though withdrawn, Squall does not shirk from what he considers his duty. As much as he resents assuming leadership, he is the first to ensure that what is necessary gets done. Squall's pragmatism and sense of responsibility lead others to trust and follow him. Even though everyone agrees Squall can be difficult, staff and students alike admire him, and he is eventually appointed Commander of Balamb Garden much to his dismay. Squall becomes the de facto leader of the party, though at first he dislikes his comrades looking to him for orders and advice.

During the game Squall narrates his thoughts and feelings in silent voice-overs, during which he reveals he acts the way he does for fear of getting close to people. Squall cannot remember his parents, and his sister was taken away when he was young, making him afraid of losing the feelings of comfort loved-ones provide. Squall does not believe in relying on others, as friends and family are inevitably lost and in the end he will be alone. Squall comes to rethink his choices in life when he falls in love with Rinoa Heartilly and comes to accept the support and friendship of his comrades, becoming more social. This more open version of Squall is more or less how he is characterized in the Kingdom Hearts series. He retains his value of independence, but learns that being the person who thinks differently from the crowd, and being completely alone, are not one and the same.

Dissidia Final Fantasy mirrors Squall's evolution from a loner to the man he is in the ending of Final Fantasy VIII. Squall fights alone, but finds himself worrying about fellow heroes Bartz and Zidane, and accompanies them and helps them on their quests once he has completed his own.

Squall's "catchphrase" in the English version is "whatever", which he usually uses for want of the current topic to be dropped, often following with changing the subject. In the Japanese version, Squall's trademark phrase can be taken to be (悪かったな, warukatta na?, lit. well, excuse me), as this is the phrase he repeats most often and is what Rinoa uses when mimicking his mannerisms while on the Ragnarok. It is more akin to colloquial use of "my bad" in American English, and Squall says it more often than he says "whatever" in the English version. In both versions, Squall is supposed to be stand-offish, and the choice of "whatever" for the English version was likely done due to the cultural differences of what constitutes as being stand-offish, as Japanese Squall's use of "excuse me/sorry" is less apologetic and more a social obligation. The French version often has him say "hum" (pronounced like the English "mmhm") expressing incredulity or reticence, although he does use "désolé" (sorry) on occasion."

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Preferences

☆ Shipping: m/f, generally other teenagers around his age unless there's some sort of AU situation involved. Particularly interested in shipping him with a Rinoa.

☆ Characters I'd like to play against: I'd love to do anything with any of the orphanage gang or Rinoa, or any other FFVIII characters out there. Also open to cross-canon as well!

☆ Situations I'd be interested in playing: In general, I'm always a fan of hurt/comfort memes, soulmates & other AUs, texting memes (including tfln), as well as gen memes.

☆ Smut: currently not comfortable playing smut with him, sorry.

Permissions

☆ Backtagging: Yes, more than welcome! I have a pretty busy schedule myself, so I can tend to take a while - so I'd never penalize anyone else for doing the same.

☆ Threadhopping: I'd generally prefer to avoid this, but depending on the case, could be allowable? Please let me know first.

☆ Fourthwalling: Please don't, unless for some reason that was the point of the thread and/or it was discussed beforehand.

☆ Contact: If you need to reach the player for any reason, please PM this journal or dewdrops.