Raijin and Fujin don't currently have anywhere else to be on this site, so I've given them the task of looking after the update page.
21 December 2024
In honour of the season, here is a stupid picture I made eleven years ago.
Merry Christmas to all those who celebrate it! And apologies to Squall, who I can't imagine is terribly happy with his new getup (or terribly impressed by the fact that Headmaster Cid has told him to deliver presents to everyone in Garden; this is not what he did all that combat training for).
18 December 2024
Uploaded the fifth page of my terrible teenage Final Fantasy VIII comic, available in the library. Just what everyone wants for Christmas.
4 December 2024
Added a new page to the infirmary! It's about my thoughts on the 2019 Final Fantasy VIII remaster.
12 November 2024
Uploaded the fourth page of my terrible teenage Final Fantasy VIII comic! As ever, you'll find it in the library.
5 November 2024
There's a new ficlet over in the library! For a Moment is a tiny piece about Squall, Zell and Rinoa sharing Zell's bed during the occupation of Balamb.
If you look through enough of my fanfiction, it will become apparent that I have a huge weakness for characters being forced to share a bed. I think this is the fourth time I've written about Final Fantasy VIII characters cuddling up to each other in their sleep. It will happen again.
29 October 2024
I have been very brave and posted the third page of my embarrassing teenage Final Fantasy VIII comic, located in the library.
21 October 2024
Just a tiny update today! Ben Starr, the voice of Clive in Final Fantasy XVI, has given an interview to GINX TV about his love of Final Fantasy VIII; you can find the video on YouTube here. It's very cool to see someone so high-profile in the Final Fantasy world speaking positively about FFVIII, so I've added the interview link to the FFXVI Hideaway section of this site.
10 October 2024
Hey, it's an update that's actually related to Final Fantasy VIII! I've added a Garden Square page about fan attitudes to Rinoa. You can access Garden Square from the classroom.
7 October 2024
"You know, sooner or later, you're going to have to upload the rest of your embarrassing teenage Final Fantasy VIII comic. You can't just keep procrastinating on this by adding pages that aren't even about Final Fantasy VIII."
Watch me. I've added an Alexandria page, accessible from the bridge, for my thoughts on Final Fantasy IX.
5 October 2024
Added a Kilika page for my thoughts about Final Fantasy X! You can fly to Kilika from the bridge.
17 September 2024
Added a Galdin Quay section for my thoughts about Final Fantasy XV, including a page for my frankly excessive quantity of Final Fantasy XV fanfiction. You can fly to Galdin Quay from the bridge.
16 September 2024
Uploaded the first two pages of the terrible Final Fantasy VIII comic I drew as a teenager; you can access it from the library. This is a very embarrassing exercise.
13 September 2024
Added a page, accessible from the entrance, about all the times I got lost or stuck the first time I played Final Fantasy VIII.
7 September 2024
Added a Midgar page for my thoughts on Final Fantasy VII, a game famous for not being Final Fantasy VIII. You can access it from the bridge.
5 September 2024
Added Garden Square to the classroom. I've put my opinions on popular fan theories here. What better place than an in-universe online forum to get a little contentious?
3 September 2024
Added the directory to the entrance hall. This gives a general idea of what you'll find in each section of the site, just in case you're looking for something specific.
Added a small site button to the parking lot, in case anyone wants to link back to this site. (Thank you so much if you do!) Many thanks to Dannke for prompting me to do this.
I've also changed the background of the dark grey pages to a shade colour-picked from the Final Fantasy VIII text box. It's a tiny detail, but it pleases me.
31 August 2024
In my ongoing failure to keep this website on-topic, I've added a page for Destiny Islands from Kingdom Hearts. You can fly there from the bridge.
Actually, while I'm here, I'll make a small Final Fantasy VIII-related addition as well! I've added a new final paragraph to the page on why Final Fantasy VIII matters to me in the infirmary.
13 August 2024
Added a new page to the training centre! It's a short essay on the impact of characters being raised to be child soldiers in Final Fantasy VIII.
25 July 2024
Posted my ancient Squall/Rinoa ficlet Running to the old fanfiction section in the library. I'm alarmed to realise I wrote this over twenty years ago.
22 July 2024
Wrote a short Final Fantasy XIII fic about Sazh and Vanille's relationship, Making Space, and added the link to the Final Fantasy XIII section. I promise this is still a website about Final Fantasy VIII.
16 July 2024
I've added a Bodhum page, where you can find my thoughts on Final Fantasy XIII; you can fly there from the bridge. Like Final Fantasy VIII, I think Final Fantasy XIII is a very underrated game!
8 July 2024
I've added the bridge, which you can access from the headmaster's office. From the bridge, you can fly to locations from other Final Fantasy games to hear my thoughts on those games.
This is clearly a terrible idea. This website's sprawling enough already. But I can't stop myself. I'll try to at least keep the non-Final Fantasy VIII locations to just a page or two.
The first location is the Hideaway from Final Fantasy XVI, a game I enjoyed but have slightly mixed feelings on.
6 July 2024
Added my 2021 playthrough notes to the quad, meaning that I've now archived all of my Final Fantasy VIII gameplay diaries on this site! (All my gameplay diaries so far, at least.)
1 July 2024
Uploaded an annotated version of I Need You, the terrible Squall/Zell fic I wrote when I was thirteen.
17 June 2024
Wrote a new Final Fantasy VIII fic and added it to the library! Wake Up (Squall/Zell, 3,100 words), set postgame: Squall comes back unconscious after the final battle, and it leads Zell to have some realisations he could probably have done without.
This fic is a very loose adaptation of I Need You, the first fic I ever finished. I thought it would be interesting to try to write something similar as an adult.
I've also uploaded the original I Need You (Squall/Zell, 700 words) for comparison purposes. Please be aware that I wrote this when I was thirteen years old and had very little writing experience, so it's, uh, not my best work.
7 June 2024
Added my 2013 playthrough notes to the quad! I've also changed the header image on my 2008 notes, so my playthrough diaries can have a consistent 'Overture' theme, and I've added a new final paragraph to my page about the Laguna dreams.
5 June 2024
I've finally worked out what I'm doing with the quad! It's going to be an archive of my diaries from the times I've replayed Final Fantasy VIII over the years. My 2008 playthrough notes are already up, and I'll add pages for my 2013 and 2021 playthroughs at a later date.
10 May 2024
Added some photos of my makeshift Squall costume from many years ago to the headmaster's office.
3 May 2024
Added a page on the animation of Final Fantasy VIII to the classroom.
15 April 2024
Added some scans of the Triple Triad cards I made as a kid to the Triple Triad page. Warning: I cannot draw, and I definitely wasn't any better at it when I was fourteen.
11 April 2024
I've added a page of author's notes on my FFVIII/FFXIII crossover With These Signs Upon Our Souls to the fanfiction section.
8 April 2024
I've added the ballroom to the second floor, with a page about Squall and Rinoa's relationship.
5 April 2024
I added some thoughts on Zell's character to the cafeteria.
I created a guestbook and linked to it from the entrance hall! I mean, yes, technically it's a blog post where you can leave comments about this site, rather than an actual guestbook. But, in the spirit of the early-2000s Internet, I'm going to call it a guestbook.
2 April 2024
I added a page about the Laguna dream sequences to the dormitory. This is mainly just a reflection on my personal experience of the dream sequences, so I apologise if you're looking for analysis!
30 March 2024
I added Plonk to the page on Triple Triad.
28 March 2024
I expanded the Squall/Zell section slightly in the page about my ships.
I added a header image to the page about why I made this site.
26 March 2024
I added a page on Squall and Seifer's relationship to the training centre.
I reorganised the fanfiction page and added a couple of ficlets.
I added a new header image to the page on how I came to play Final Fantasy VIII.
I created this update page, of course! I think I've managed to get this site into solid enough shape to start sharing the link with people, which I'm excited about, and I thought it'd be useful to have an update page in place.