Thread: Lang umstrittende Frage (FFVIII)

When Squall and Co. encounter Ultimecia inside of Galbadia Garden during her
quest to capture Ellone, she observes them with knowing, as if she has been
waiting for their arrival:

Edea: "So the time has come. You're the legendary SeeD destined to face me?"

Squall: "(What is she talking about?)"

Edea: "I must say that I am impressed. ...An impressive nuisance. Your life
ends here, SeeD. Worthless fools."

Ultimecia does not make many blunt statements, and does not usually let-on to
what she knows or why she is doing what she is doing. She is attempting to
compress time. For what purpose? She calls Squall a legendary SeeD, and says
that he was destined to face her. Why?

The answer is painfully obvious: because Ultimecia is from the future, and
Squall defeated her in the past, she is aware of her own defeat by his hands!

Just like the rest of the future world, Ultimecia would surely know of the
wars that transpired in the past. She would know of the events that
threatened the life of the planet. She would know, like the SeeDs lying dead
on her beach, that she was a menace to the world in the past! She would know
that SeeD is what defeated her, and she would know the name of its leader!
She would know that Squall was "destined to face" her!

When looked at in hindsight, this revelation makes perfect sense. It accounts
for her calling Squall a legendary SeeD, when as of his own present he is
still nothing more than a common cadet. It utilizes the sensible idea that
Ultimecia would be aware of history’s records. And it explains why SeeD
confronted her in her own time; because she was a threat written in history.
Said vice versa, SHE was the legendary Sorceress destined to face SeeD!