Jill. 80's kid. Graphic designer, amateur photographer, wannabe astronomer. Gamer since 1986.

holdbeast:

I feel like I should retract my earlier cold take about Zenos being Hornier Sephiroth.

Now that I am on the cusp of Shadowbringers, I think he’s clearly Sexier Kefka.

The thing with Sephiroth is that he was a good soldier. He was an effective commander! He was socially awkward, but he had good comrades and cared about his troops! He fought for ShinRa! Until he didn’t, because he was driven mad by the revelation of his inhuman origins.

Zenos is explicitly not a good soldier in any way. He is both powerful and intelligent enough to maintain Garlemald’s hold on the provinces, but he doesn’t, because he gives zero fucks about his troops or his country. Like Kefka, he underwent enhancements that left him unable to experience normal positive emotions. Like Kefka, he’s a nihilist who resorts to extremely cruelty in order to feel something. And like Kefka, he only allowed himself to be used as an attack dog for as long as it suited him, before pursuing his own desires.

I didn’t know that we needed a Sexier Kefka but here we are. At least Zenos sticks to eyeliner and not that awful purple lipstick.