Re: What truly happened everywhere except in FF7??

[nikfrozty]

um.... (well, spoiler alert somewhat if you care)

If you ask me Raine and Laguna being Squall's parents are pretty damn obvious after playing the game.
@DarkFang
I dunno what you mean 'bout coincidence. By sorceress I guess you mean the final villain, Ultimecia (or whatever her name was). Edea is also a sorceress, but not the only one. Edea and Cid ran an orphanage were these kids went, including the ff8 main cast (how Squall ended up here is explained above). Later Edea was possessed by the sorceress. I don't remember exactly how it went down, but eventually Cid started the Garden to kill Ultimecia. 'Cause he was the orphanage leader, Squall and the rest were drafted in.

It's a long time since I played the game, thus I might be a bit off, but I think I'm pretty close here.

Its close with what I think too. Ultimecia is from the future(or past I forgot) and she wants to be the strong or ruler of the world from what I remember by messing with the past by the help of Ellone. Also Ultimecia is a sorceress so she needs to take control of a sorceress in the present. That is Edea.

 

[Furzball]

(quoting from the wikia)
According to the Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania, Ultimecia's actions are driven mostly by a means to escape her destined defeat at the hands of this "Legendary SeeD." Ultimecia's knowledge of this fate could be the main instigation for her desire of bringing about the phenomenon of Time Compression, by which all time would merge. Through the Time Compression spell, Ultimecia could absorb all time, space, and existence, thus becoming "a living god," incapable of dying. With this power, Ultimecia would be completely omnipotent, and could control all time, space, and existence, effectively preventing her fated demise.

It is made clear from her inauguration speech in Deling City that she has suffered through intense persecution. Future generations were aware of the coming of Ultimecia because of her failure to complete Time Compression. They likely reacted by targeting all sorceresses for persecution and isolation, because of the fear that any one of them could eventually become the "cold-blooded tyrant" that Ultimecia speaks of.

Ultimecia was condemned for crimes she had not even committed yet. This prejudice and condemnation (and perhaps the actions that spawn from such states) is perhaps what prompted her into becoming a wrathful sorceress. Sadly, it is through Ultimecia's desire to alter time and escape her fated persecution and defeat that the terms of her destiny are fulfilled. Her downfall at the hands of Squall Leonhart and his comrades perpetuates the cycle that will lead to the formation of SeeD and the continued persecution of Sorceresses unto her era.