Final Fantasy 8 Lore ► Seifer Almasy's Origins Explained

[@FutureDeep]

Seifer: This is my final reality. Squall: It's a final fantasy. Seifer: :O

[@DOC_951]

I love the fact that 20 years later we are still getting new content about FF8!

[@BirdsOfPlay]

Caw-Caw, I suspect it will still be relevant in 10 years. At least I hope so...

[@KissoneKinoma]

FFXIV eden raids, Squall's outfit as veteran reward (have a subbed account for a certain amount of days), and squall's sword for collectors edition of shadowbringers expansion

[@krasenov]

Can you do an origin story for Laguna Loire? He's one of the favorite characters of many fans

[@AndrewLister83]

Agreed! My favorite FF character!

[@aiox82]

AGREE

[@kosmique]

Laguna was gay and lived happily ever after. The End

[@T.C.-EDU]

I wish they went more in-depth about how he was Squalls father.

[@Beeyo176]

@@T.C.-EDU Some stories don't need telling. Blank spaces in the narrative leave a hole that we can fill in ourselves

[@truindividual]

Part of me wishes Seifer was playable more than one mission. Also, wish he had different gun blades like Squall

[@rjcwithrice]

Fingers crossed. If they remake FF8, they would make a side story arc for Seifer and we could modify his weapon.

[@sladelius6174]

He does in Dissidia.

[@lyonhart8768]

I relate to Squall Leonhart the most in my life.

[@latenightgaming5057]

Same👍🏾💗

[@latenightgaming5057]

To the point, on my present play through. I screenshot conversation with him to show my wife. And she could only laugh and nod in agreement

[@dimitriosgladio059]

Go talk to a wall

[@etinarcadiaego7424]

I'm basically Cloud in real life but Squall and Cloud do share some essential traits so I can relate. I've got a fractured identity and tend to compulsively latch onto a single stereotypical ideal and contort myself into conforming into the shape of that ideal. Also, I'm tripping balls right now!

[@justblaze1656]

@@etinarcadiaego7424 I relate FARRRRR more with Laguna

[@Cloud.Strife]

One of the best antagonist because he is the living embodiment of the darkness sleeping in all of us that is so often on the brink of seeping out. His character was the perfect preview of what it would feel like to take that final critical step that there is no return from and that again we were all so close of crossing at one point in our lives. Witnessing the sobering descent into hell that became his reality after his choices was soul crushing when confronting him at different points during the game. You could feel the mental fortitude he probably summoned in order to present a stoic facade in front of his ex comrades when really he was on the brink of caving and crumbling. It was refreshing that Square didn't just kill this antagonist to move the story like most medias.

[@atilla9770]

When I first played VIII, I was so happy that you can play Seifer at the Dollet Mission, and then I found out that it's the only scene where you can play him. I think they could've made him playable after defeating "controlled" Edea. I was so sad. 😥 Speaking about Edea, her design inside battle is just too detailed for me.-

[@Mystrohan]

For me, it was just too early. I'd ground the levels and GFs so hard that I still wasn't aware that limit breaks required one to be actively near death, and missed his Fire Cross.

[@ShamblesMD]

Seeing him smile was probably my favorite part of the ending. Because you really feel bad every time you beat the brakes off him. Felt like Doc Holliday fighting Johnny Ringo.

[@adiksaff]

Awww... I never knew that Squall was given a degree of special treatment in Garden before he became a SeeD. I guess that could really eat away at a guy who thought he was at the very least an equal to Squall. And I thought you'll really only snap him out of the Sorceress Knight delusion when you beat Ultimecia. Poor poor boy...

[@NONONO852]

I don't remember anything about a special treatment, somebody can point me when it is stated ?

[@BeamShank]

@@NONONO852 I think it is more implied by the fact that Edea and Cid create the Gardens because of seeing Squall from the future, the moment after he defeats Ultimecia.

[@NONONO852]

@@BeamShank Yes they created the Garden and the Seed because of that, but I don't remember anything about Squall being personally advantaged. Also I think that it would be out of character for Squall to be advantaged. And gameplay-wise, he start like any other character.

[@ajfulson123]

Seifer did NOT get enough screen time and this origins story has given me even more respect for his character

[@Beeyo176]

This might be the first lore video to open my eyes to a characters depth.

[@ironpeachgirl5766]

9:37 you know I never noticed selphie running in the background of that seen nice attention to detail on behalf of the developers

[@zackrosado3749]

I know this would never happen, but a remake of this game would look absolutely phenomenal

[@LyntzbartzkyPerez]

I think that Seifer’s impact on Squall is also incredibly interesting as well. Seifer hates Squall much more than Squall hates him. I think this is due to the standard Squall has for himself. Squall is mentioned to look up to lions for thier “strength and pride”. Squall is always chasing this standard to be strong, fearless, and independent and Seifer is exactly how he proves himself to be worthy. Its almost like some kind of coping mechanism, because theres points in the game where Squall feels bad about himself for being scared or confused. Fighting Seifer is a way to prove to himself that he is strong enough. It’s obviously not the best coping skill because it gets him in trouble a lot and gives him scars. That kinda hits close to home for me

[@notoriousafg8306]

Will forever be my favorite FF antagonist, such an understandable character. In a sense, similar to Sephiroth.

[@tnygma0717]

I would love to see you guys cover Fuujin and Raijin next if you do another ff8 video, together as a duo of course YA KNOW

[@pyropsyche6133]

Seifer and Zell have always been my favorites and honestly Seifer needs more credit than what he's given. He seems to have the deepest story in my opinion. He seems to move forward only because of his dream since nobody ever gives him the recognition he needs. He has people that care deeply for him but he doesn't notice it because he's always trying to be better (in the end at least he's learning how to live life happily). I could be wrong but his character does have development throughout the game regardless of how little screen time he gets. Seifer always gets the short end of the stick in the end. I wish they would make a game where we could play as Seifer and the aftermath of the events of FF8.

[@zirasayers]

I love these Origins videos! They always have details I missed while playing the game. Thank you for making them! Hope to see an Origins video someday for Kain (FFIV) or Firion (FFII).

[@RasenRendanX]

These videos are so damn interesting. I never played FF8 but i remember the video on Squall and play Opera Omnia i been interested in Seifer and Fujin. This is why i love that Mobile game so much the characters makes me interested about the original games they come from.

[@CrimsonHybrid]

It's been almost 2 decades and Seifer has remained my favorite FFVIII character. 💕 Heck, I think he's my favorite FF character of all time... Thank you very much for covering him! People seem to easily dismiss him as the jerk and the bully and yes, he is those things, but he's also complex and multi-layered, just that his story is more subtly told in details that require several exercises in connecting dots and reading between lines. That's why I love him a lot!

[@secyborski]

I think Seifer was a great foil for Squall. I loved his character, so full of light and darkness in equal measures. Also, I would love to see an origins video on Irvine. He's my favorite character from 8

[@Seiferboi]

I'm glad someone knows how to pronounce Seifer lol! When anyone mentions me in their videos, they call me 'Seeferboy'. I try not to get annoyed because I know a lot of people don't know how to pronounce German names. Fun fact: some of my grandparents had the last name 'Seifert'!

[@Joedabro1]

I have been thinking of Seifer as a brother to Squall. He even looked up to Laguna in the movie he saw. I also hoped they would realize their connection and come to a peace.

[@twistedtim21]

Seifer is a credible Boss in my opinion.

[@nancyking-hoffman146]

I still own more then one copys of the original version of ff8 on ps1 it maybe rough around the edges but it works for me💛🤔💛

[@josephmichuda6447]

Same here. I have 3 FF VIII for PS1.

[@tysonsilvers4903]

I feel like things would have been different if squall wasn't put on a high pedistool. It makes me wonder if by squall going in the past warning about ultimecia and matron and did training seed and preparing squall to be the protagonist it made seifer the antagonist out of understandable jealousy

[@Sigxy]

I end up liking Seifer way more than the whole main character crew in the game. Good thing he and his two buddies are playable in DFFOO!

[@HeroLionHeart68]

Im so glad you finally did seifer! Plz do one on Laguna from ff8 as well.

[@KaimIICOD]

No one thinks that Martine (Galbadia Garden's headmaster) might be the father of Seifer? They resemble each other alot, plus Martine has Seifer's Card.

[@paulrigel]

Cid has it, Martine doesn't.

[@jamiemcneil9682]

Great video. Seifer was always just the cool rival to Squall, but it nice know more about the character beyond the surface level.

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

You're most welcome Jamie, glad you found it insightful! ~Darryl

[@timothywhitney6307]

Thank you for making this video. He's definitely one of my favorite antagonists of the final fantasy series. And I agree let's do an episode on the Laguna next!

[@SiLVearDre]

Seifer had more character than Squall and that's the reason I liked him more but was hit by cases of unfortunate outcomes and unplanned actions causing rejections, rejections and more rejections. Everything about him was relatable and I actually wished we had more chance of using him and hoping he was part of the final battles.

[@Queen3210]

This is an interesting perspective on Seifer. I always assumed that Seifer was the superior fighter of the two and Squall simply wanted to step out of his shadow, hating the constant comparisons. That said I completely agree that Squall was the target or preferencial treatment that he didn't appreciate. That's just what I think though.

[@andrewhudson7108]

Just as Squall was based on River Phoenix, I wonder if Seifer Almasy was based on Keifer Sutherland.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Seifer reminds me of the villain from Spirits Within, who coincidentally looks like the American animator who designed him and served as inspiration for his expressions.

[@dances_with_incels]

I don't see that comparison at all

[@fluffy-lise]

I think he looks almost exactly like James Dean.

[@THB543]

I just noticed that Seifer wears very similar clothing to when he was a child at the orphanage, whilst the other characters' clothes change significantly as they grow up. I feel like that can't be an accident.

[@Sin606]

I never thought that much about Seifer. Thank you for expanding my mind for that. Can you talk about Agrias if you hadn't? Maybe Orlandeau?

[@Opdeit]

Thanks that was awesome I think I will re watch this again

[@AnthonyDunlap]

I know 7 is the most popular entry, since it was people first FF (it was for me) but, 8 was always my favorite. The story was well written (for the most part), paced properly, and the characters were so relatable. Each character represented a different human emotion. Which is why they all needed each other.

[@MrC_XVI]

I like that all along he was really just an attention seeking bully. Its nice to see that he gets a chance to reflect on all his mistakes at the end; and hopefully, he goes forward to become more humble. Good video. I'm not a huge FF fan, but these character analyses make me want to play through the stories for myself.

[@paraiax4341]

Love ur orgin vids. Amazing how you can make me appreciate these masterpieces even more decades later. Thank you 🤟

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

It was our pleasure

[@hajde8128]

I think i might have noticed a plot hole. Cid should've known Squall and everyone else were technically his kids from the orphanage. Did he just choose to not acknowledge all his kids grew up assassinate Edea per the goal of SeeD? You'd think that would've come up at some point whenever he passed words with Squall and Quistis.

[@kinganarkzie]

What I liked most about him is how unlikeable he was, he was not bad because of the bad stuff he did he was just an arsehole which made fighting him very satisfactory. Great video, you really delved deep into his character without going off on a head cannon tangent. I kind of feel 8 is the game that would most benefit from a remake as it had great ideas but was let down by its unorthodox narrative.

[@sthJuniorPK]

I didn't like FF8 originally.... but this just gave me a new perspective on it and I actually really want to play it again now.

[@VelvetKitsune]

Woah his birthday is the same as mine, strange how I've never known of that.

[@seandouglas8912]

next to maybe barrett, my favourite character ever

[@heff2959]

You must mean Barret.

[@rakuenwolf6946]

I was a kid when FF8 first came out and when I played it. I remember being fascinated with Seifer, thought he was extremely cool, and I always wanted more of him in the story. Because he could be in your party for the SEED exam and he had a portrait there and everything, I thought there could be a way to have him in your party, most likely instead of Zell (the 3rd member of the exam). I have no idea how many times I replayed the game up to the SEED graduation ceremony, hoping to see Seifer receiving his rank instead of Zell. I would try all sorts of little variations, but as we all know, he was never a playable character past that point. Heck, I started playing DFFOO with the sole purpose of unlocking Seifer and building a team around him. Here is hoping we get an FF8R down the line and more Seifer too. I would love to see who would end up voicing him.

[@almasy87-sayuri]

aw... I love/d him so much when I was little I picked his last name as nickname... I still mostly use it nowadays :D

[@DeeFig66]

Seifer gives off so much Slytherin energy. lol

[@DJAB87]

He is pretty much the Malfoy of FF.

[@AubreyTheKing]

Considering Final Fantasy VIII is my favorite in the series, I really do like Seifer! He sadly doesn't get that much attention. If Square ever does a Final Fantasy VIII Remake (PLEASE GOD!), I hope they add additional scenes and gameplay moments where we can play as Seifer and see through his motives. While he may have been a villain at one point, and even chosen the wrong path, he still wanted to become a Hero and be the ultimate wielder of the Gunblade. But with Squall always surpassing him and defeating him everytime, Seifer was afraid that he could never reach his goal. Which caused him to become a confused misfit that doesn't know what to do anymore. There's more to it, but the video here pretty much sums it all up for me. Not to get off topic lol but I would love for Square to add more Seifer moments in a FFVIII Remake! I believe he's a character you can either sympathize with or feel sorry for. But hey! That's just my opinion. I swear you guys are the BEST channel when it comes to Final Fantasy content! Please keep up the brilliant work!

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

Thank you so much for the kind words! We're so glad to hear you enjoyed the video :) ~Darryl

[@Issac_The_Last_N7]

Seifer is so damn cool

[@Elohist2009]

I really loved this game; I honestly feel it would have added more depth to the story for the main cast to be more familiar with each other. The biggest reveal in this story was how they all first met, not why they couldn’t remember. You could even have Zell be a bit of an airhead and not fully remember Selphie or Irvine, since they presumably hadn’t seen each other for nearly a decade. I think that is a much more intriguing story for the characters to know each other, but the audience doesn’t know how or why until the backstory is finally revealed. That said, the premise was great and the time element was masterfully done, not too heavy in the plot, but enough to make us scratch our heads whenever Laguna and friends would appear. The gameplay wasn’t terrible, tho you could break it if you wanted. And Seifer was probably the most realistic antagonist this franchise ever produced.

[@anabelgonzalez8984]

I'd love to see a remake because they can expand on Seifer's backstory.

[@RJV-s3l]

I’d like origins videos regarding the ff type 0 characters. They’re so interesting

[@riotoews7853]

Please do an origin one of Quistis! OR Edgar Figaro!

[@ChaosOmnimon]

The character known as the Warrior of Light in games like Dissida and WoFF would probably be an interesting watch.

[@spenser9784]

Kain Highwind, Seymour Guado, Basch fon Ronsenberg, Cor Leonis

[@Chip-Chapley]

Siefer... an intelligent and strong individual was hounded by his own self conscience. Him wanting to be recognized for his actions led him to do things that ironically would see him admonished. If you ask me, his story is a sad twist of fate that was compounded by his feelings of inferiority and instigated by others dismissive behavior toward him.

[@potatomatop9326]

Chicken Wuss Origins Explained next.

[@jonathanrobideaux1512]

I'd love a sequeal /spinoff that followed Seifer,Fujin,Rajin on a redemption arc of some kind

[@tnygma0717]

My headcanon is the reason Zell has a head tattoo is Seifer peer pressured him by calling him a coward so Zell got it to prove he wasn't a "chicken-wuss"

[@LyntzbartzkyPerez]

Thats kinda funny and also possible

[@EvErLoyaLEagLE]

After watching this, Seifer to me is like a mashup of Vegeta and Kaiba

[@jeremyhall2727]

One of mine favorite characters in that game. I have to look up some gameshark codes to see if i can play as him. Or mods for the pc version

[@bombermanp978]

Personally I've always felt like he was The unsung origin of swordsman rivals in videogames.. characters like Vergil, sam jetstream, Riku, henry cool down etc

[@heydude21687]

Was Seifer under some sort of mind control from Edea? That scene was always very vague to me because he switches immediately from kipnapping to joining their side in an instant. For that matter, how about Rajin and Fuijin…the game shows that they are always loyal and side with Seifer but like why would they just switch their allegiance to quickly and easily when they’ve been living in the garden this whole time?

[@LoneDWolf]

Seifer truly isn't a bad character nor rival for Squall. Honestly I never seen him as much of a enemy in the game. He reminds me of characters like Draco Malfoy, and Seto Kaiba they want to be number 1 and get all the praise, but when a character that outshines them come along rather than trying to befriend them they want to prove superiority until the end when they are faced with the facts that they have lost. Hopefully when the hype for FFVII remake dies down Square will focus on making a FFVIII remake. This is TRULY an underrated FF game. If Square does this they'll leave Seifer's character the way he is. He truly is my second favorite character in FFVIII lol.

[@anaradia7440]

I’m a new subscriber so idk if you’ve made a video on Kefka but I’d love to see one focused on him

[@bronwynecg]

Yep kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnSVZYWQqtiAbaM

[@Seiferboi]

He has a playlist of all the characters he's done so far. Worth checking out! 😁👍

[@damiadwalker8464]

Kuja next? maybe Seymour?

[@beardbroal9727]

Imagine giving FF8 some remake love where they give you sudden control over Seifer? I'd love the idea of Squall fighting Galbadians on one hand and Seifer fighting SeeD on the other. Giving you control of him would humanize him more and imagine have the option to control him during the final dungeon. The plan was always to send Rinoa and Ulti to the future so why did Seifer need to be the catalyst? He's always felt to me as someone with a real identity crisis not similar to Cloud. We just wanna be bigger than ourselves "ya know"?

[@joshb4230]

Hey I've been watching these all night while I queue for dungeons in final fantasy 14 and was wondering if you can do one on Cid Garlond.

[@CBZero]

need more videos like this

[@WMachismo]

Seifer is the Final Fantasy's Cartman

[@SharinganRebirth]

I love Seifer but I thought his story should've been told better and have a better ending. I just felt like his story wasn't resolved.

[@tetsutobey]

at least the rich ideals behind the concept are still there

[@Elfandspartan]

Seifer is the man I very much fear that I might become, should I act without wisdom in my life. We share a disturbing amount in common. If I'm being honest, The characters of Seifer and Squall have kinda been the demon and angel on my shoulder ever since I came across their story.

[@Grievance87]

The amount of reflection on your character is something Seifer did not have, it should aid you. But remember, Seifer found inner peace... how many people do you know that achieved this? In the beginning he felt so worthless, that his dream became to guard someone else, no matter the cost. The higher the cost - the better, as now there was a real meaning to his life instead of all this confusion. Trying to keep this short, but his story is the outer consequence of how he gave up on himself on the inside first, which could be a lesson to us all. Treat yourself with love, care and good thoughts, make yourself the highest priority of your life! The more you consciously love yourself, the easier it will become and tears of relief will drop off your face :) I´ve seen and done it , which is why I´m trying to break down that therapeutic work, because in most of today´s societies we´re raised to go higher, faster and further in "optimizing" aka trying to change our character, which is the oppositve of accepting and loving ourselves as we are... which means missing basic trust, a requirement for a healthy mind & decisions in tune... So even if you became a Seifer, you did your best and everything´s allright. Because of the burden you seem to feel the last thing I´ll ask is the responsibility question: a machine can act in the boundaries of its software, just like most of our software and limitations have been given to us 20 years of our youth. Because of that the person most capable of manipulating and lying to you is... your very self, which goes for everyone, so how much responsibility is there if we can´t even get a grasp of what´s actually happening, while giving ourselves the illusion of doing so? Just one more reason to let go and be in the very moment I´d say. I hope some of that helped you to not fear yourself, so that you can embrace and heal that part of you! Take care :)

[@Shane_thePain]

Seifer was always the bully that was always showing up outta no where to be a major annoyance for the party when I first played back in the 90s.

[@maikolverasson1735]

I never hated him, heck, now I am just as smitten as Rinoa??

[@redacted144]

let's not forget Balamb garden is a mercenary school that train war orphan teenagers to kill, use magic, commanding mythical beasts, save the world. AND IT'S AWESOME.

[@everettgrijalva4778]

You should do Laguna next

[@davimelo9181]

Was there room to feel anything other than disgust for Seifer? Honest question, my memory is muddy

[@ballroomscott]

You've got quite a few misunderstandings and inaccuracies in this video, but you've got the basic idea at least. Seifer is such a great antagonist because he's not actually a "bad guy", he's a poor misguided teenager who ended up on the wrong side. But what really makes him interesting to me is that Squall and Seifer could easily have switched roles had they made different choices in their lives.

[@cureselene3544]

Jessie from Final Fantasy 7

[@abysswalker7899]

Agree. Confidence is the basic need of this guy. External affirmation

[@sarchiapone8535]

Nice!! Seifer is the best 😎😎😎

[@Bravebird9]

Seifer no Seifing

[@akatsukimercenary]

Final Fantasy VIII needs its own universe.

[@morjor08]

Please can you do an origin story for Judge Gabranth

[@JH-lb6qf]

Delta Hyrial please.

[@Pyrothehedgehog1]

Please could you do a Gabranth one

[@plushchocobros]

My suggestions: Prompto Argentum (FFXV) Ignis Scientia(FFXV) Laguna Noire (FFVIII) Emet Selch (FF XIV)

[@Maikigai]

Dang... Seifer is the player fan-boy.

[@ronoc420]

Can you please do FF7’s CAIT SITH

[@keegan4854]

Can we get a Laguna origin please

[@SeiferVIIIGaming]

Amazing bro, I love FF

[@yutiansongan4016]

So..seifer worked the same way like Seymour did.. a rival to the protagonists. But not the main bad guy .. And I like his weapon..

[@mreclectic700]

Lulu!!

[@MolitovMichelleX]

Next video: Origins of Summons

[@diffy8238]

Can u do BIGG's and WEDGE

[@diffy8238]

They have been in nearly every FF game

[@Master-Tyranus_6720]

Poor Seifer

[@willaquino6939]

Can you do Garnet Til Alexandros XVII aka Dagger aka Sarah from FF9

[@roymarkariosa7615]

damn i feel bad for Seifer now

[@strarny]

I easily rate FF8 as my #1 game of all time, Seifer has a major part in that