No 'Squall is dead' topic?

I have. And actually suprised no one has brought it up till now, so im keen for an open discussion on this topic.
I'll start very basic by saying I disagree with the theory and say hes alive and well, I won't get to much into detail yet, will see how popular this topic gets first

Here's my take on the Squall is Dead Theory from the Squallsdead.com website:

If the Dead theory is correct, maybe the scene of Rinoa in the spacesuit with the cracked helmet (as we all know, nothing led to her helmet ever cracking) is a real version of what happened when the Squall-less SeeD Team continued the fight without him. The only reason Rinoa survived in space was because Squall himself personally jumped out of the airlock and went after her. Then they found the Ragnarok ship. But in "no Squall world", if everything event-wise pretty much stayed the same, Rinoa would of eventually died out there, her helmet cracking from either space debris or if enough time had passed, with her oxygen and suit power gone, the suit would of frozen over and the glass would of cracked on its own. Squall's necklace on her could also be explained that after he was killed during the Ceremony Attack, she took it as a memento in memory of his sacrifice and wore it ever since.

This isn't a valid theory--nor should it even be considered a theory. It has zero evidence to support it and requires circular logic to be convincing. Squall = dead is as valid as Zell = Ultimecia. Not all theories can be considered valid just because they're possible.

The person who came up with it is making a huge leap in logic. How do you go from "there are no lead-up to certain things, so the events are weird and lots of weird stuff are introduced" to "Squall is dead and the whole thing must be a dream?" How do you go from the first point to the next? There are plenty of possible--and more plausible--explanations as to why the writers didn't lead up to certain events. Perhaps they wanted to surprise you with the events. Or perhaps they were just being lazy. And he claims that weird creatures like Moombas can only exist in Squall's dream. Why find those creatures weird when GFs are established to be real since you encounter them before his supposed death? It's a fantasy world. Such creatures can exist. To assume that Squall is dead when he has absolutely no other basis for that assumption is absolutely asinine.

And he has no other evidence. That was his main support. His other ones are even worse. Why question why Squall was alive after he was impaled? It's quite likely that Ultimecia simply wanted to incapacitate him so she could question him, which we can see later on anyway. How was she able to do that without killing him? She's a highly skilled sorceress. It's magic. How was his wound completely healed? It's magic. That's the logical assumption. It makes no sense to conclude that Squall died and he's now dreaming.

And what were the rest of his arguments? That Squall's line after Seifer's death was a foreshadowing? No. You only interpret it that way if you buy into the BS theory. All the line is meant to do is shed light on Squall's character--how he can't handle loss, how he gets attached even when he doesn't try, how awkward he is at expressing his emotions, and how self-conscious he really is. That's it. The guy does the same thing with the ending--twist it to fit his theory, ignoring everything else that's happening. It's circular logic.

The guy's mainly just trying to excuse bad writing by replacing it with terrible writing. If Squall was dead throughout the entire game, the story would be EXTREMELY horrible.

The only FF protagonist that you can argue was killed off for real is Ramza and his party in FFTactics. You see him and sister riding around on Chocobos in the ending credits but much of that is speculated to be a fantasy. He was in another dimension with no hope of return to Ivalice and the airship he was on got blown the eff up. Plus everyone else dies in the story so it's fitting that he would do.

I don't remember Tidus' story that well. Didn't he die a long time ago but his dreams resurrected him to exist in Yuna's time or something?

"You don't fight with honor!"
"No... he did."

He and Rinoa are together in the ending scene. He's not dead.

Your chains are still mine, you belong to me! - The Phantom Of The Opera