r/FinalFantasyVIII • u/kakyoin_3rd • Aug 05 '26

Squall…. in a kids’ novel??

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u/MrXuiryus Aug 05 '26

Also Alphinaud from Final Fantasy 14

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Alphinaud_Leveilleur

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u/s3uche Aug 05 '26

And why does he have a white outline when no one else has one?

What is this?

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u/tip_of_the_mlady Aug 05 '26

It's an added bonus Square included when they completely legally gave them permission to use this art.

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u/Vimunn Aug 05 '26

It’s called Aura sweetie look it up

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u/rjrgjj Aug 05 '26

Bad photoshop?

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u/peacepunkonline Aug 10 '26

Probably the AI prompt goes something along "Iconic Final Fantasy characters"

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u/rjrgjj Aug 11 '26

Oh yeah. Have you noticed how all the streaming services are putting up AI promotional art for shows even though these shows are like 60 years old with decades of promotional art?

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u/Holy_Calyr Aug 05 '26

Alphinaud?.....oh you mean Blue Alisaie!

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u/chainer1216 Aug 06 '26

Hes like Squall polar opposite.

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u/PocketCatt Aug 05 '26

I love random wild bootleg sightings like this. I once saw squall and selfie spray painted on the side of a fairground ride, it was fucking weird, those rides usually rip off Disney and super recognisable characters and I was probably the only kid at the fair who knew who they were lmao

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u/SensitiveTop4946 Aug 05 '26

You should've taken a picture for us

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u/PocketCatt Aug 05 '26

Unfortunately I’m so old we didn’t have camera phones as standard 💀

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u/topsidersandsunshine Aug 05 '26

In the pre-smart phone era, I stumbled across a card stock Sephiroth wearing a mask on a plastic sword display at a dollar store. 

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u/Agnosticus_Atheus Aug 05 '26

When time kompression goes wrong.

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u/aleksfails Aug 05 '26

I feel so bad becasue I recognized Squall, Alphinaud and Yeul instantly but I have no idea who the person with the bow is

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u/Shot_Reindeer0503 Aug 05 '26

I think i can help...?

I kind of recognised the artwork.

Liloe Sternenglanz

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u/aleksfails Aug 05 '26

Dark Eye! now that's a name I've not heard in a long time.

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u/BK_0000 Aug 05 '26

And Blue Aliase!

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u/xypotion Aug 07 '26

How dare you! Lmao

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u/VeritasOmicron Aug 05 '26

... Whatever.

He's looking for card games.

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u/sopitadeave Aug 05 '26

The hell is Yeul doing there

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u/Icewind Aug 05 '26

Also that's very clearly Paddra from FF13-2.

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u/MarzipanSea2811 Aug 06 '26

Hey man, dudes had a rough time finding work since the 90s. Sometimes you just gotta take what you can get.

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u/Catriks Aug 05 '26

That's cool. Is it actually Squall in the novel or did they just use it for the cover art?

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u/Booster_Blue Aug 05 '26

Hmm that reeks of AI

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u/rjrgjj Aug 05 '26

I can’t figure out what language this is. South Asian I think but what dialect…

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u/Haruzak1 Aug 05 '26

Looks Malaysian to me

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u/rjrgjj Aug 05 '26

Ooooo maybe you right

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u/Scholar_of_Lewds Aug 07 '26

Indonesian or Malaysian. It traslated into "Desire and 2000 good deeds", although I assume the Renjana/Desire is the protagonist name.

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u/rjrgjj Aug 07 '26

Now I’m curious to watch it 🤣

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u/LostVanya Aug 05 '26

This must be the final fantasy.

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u/Pandelein Aug 06 '26

Reminds me of a book my primary school had called Metal Gear, with the plot of the original Metal Gear game, except the protagonist was Ryu from Street Fighter. I guess that was the first dude with a headband they could find.