Another Convert?
~Sei

"Hi hi, and welcome to Lovingly, Hearilly yours! The Radio Show where I help you convert your poor boyfriend, brother, father, best friend, and relative thrice removed from having a cold, icky, and generally drab and boring personality to a cheerful, optimistic, and most importantly, loving character that you can take home to show to mom, dad, and little sister without embarassment! I'm Rinoa Heartily, your host, and it looks like we already have our first letter!"

Dear Rinoa,
I don't know what to do! My son was so obedient before, but now he's into that goth look and wears nothing but trench coats and other black clothes! All he does now is sulk, and pout over his rival beating him. The other day, I said hi to him, and do you know what he said? He said 'hi back! Where's the 'I miss you!' and 'I always think about you, mom!'? He's such an ingrate now, and I don't know what to do. Rinoa, could you help me change my son to what he was before?

Love,
Jenova

"Oh, such a sad and tragic but so familiar story! I know exactly how you feel! Why, Squall was just like that before I changed him for the better! Don't worry miss Jenova, Sephiroth is in good hands! Before this day is over, he'll be the bestest child you have ever had!"
  • Rinoa succeeds and turns Sephiroth into the bestest son Jenova ever had
  • Sephy rips off Rinoa arms and beats her to death with them

Sei
Oh glories of glories, Rinoa had done it again! After one week of chattering and flattering and nattering and damselling, she had once again cracked the shell of another stubborn, anti-social, boring cold fish of a man and got to his sweet, caring, loving, and her worshipping interior!

Once Sephy was all mopey and dopey, but now he's a charming, wining, dining stud! It's enough to make Rinoa feel all happy and sappy for another job well done!

And Sephy's invited Rinoa to his home in the North Crater for a surprise! Yup, Rinoa thought as she opened the now taste-fully furnished portal to core of the craater, another job well done by the lovable host of Lovingly, Heartily Yours. And then she died.

Thw whisper-keen edge of the Masamune finished its wide arc and Sephiroth smoothly sheated the legendary sword. Pushing away his silver locks, the SOLDIER walked to the center of the room, sat down on a chair, and put on a headset.

"Welcome back folks to Heartbreak Hotel, where yours truly help you split up from your annoyingly clingy love interest by splitting them up." he said in a a surprisingly uppity DJ voice, "As you can guess from the two dull thumps earlier, that was Squall's request, Rinoa Heartily, losing her head in a rather literal way. I would like to give special thanks to my mother for helping me bait that air-headed harpy. Mother, you're the best, and I hope you got the Jecht punching bag I sent you. And now, for the next request..."

The one-winged angel snapped his fingers, and one of his failed clones brought him a stack of papers.

"Ah, here's a letter from one of our beloved dragoons! 'Dear Sephy, I never thought I'd be doing this, but Shana has been tormenting me for as long as I have met her...'"

Rinoa converts Sephiroth: 27
Sephiroth maims Rinoa: 48

Tide
Ahahaha to Rinoa succeeding at anything.

What FF8 has progressively shown to me is that the moment Rinoa tries to do something independently, she screws up somewhere along the way and needs someone to rescue her. I mean, consider the Forest Owls' abduction plan, the Sorceress Parade, sacrificing herself at D-District prison, the time when she floated out to space, etc.

Therefore, do you really expect her to cure Sephiroth "I-turn-pretty-girls-into-shish-kabob" without suffering a horrible death? Whether it be arm beating, Masamune-stabbing, Pale Horse+Shadow Flaring?
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Gee...I WONDER...

Alanna82
Whenever you have the option, pick to kill Rinoa.

Thepanda
She changed Squall, who was 10 times more emo than any FF main. My money is on her.