Quote Originally Posted by Theox View Post
God I hope Zenos will never come back in the future. I honestly don't even understand why some people like him so much, when for me he was singlehandedly the reason why I didn't like stormblood: he is absolutely boring, has weak, not in the slightest interesting motivation, no character development - nothing. I also don't understand why did they feel the need to revive him in the first place and drag this cardboard till the endwalker. He's so forced into us its not even funny. When I got to fight him in the end I literally rolled my eyes in an annoyance. There's literally no emotional connection to this character and there shouldn't be, yet here he is again because oh but you wanted to fight him?? I guess?? Right guys??
Regarding what OP said about a "redemption arc"... Are we playing the same game here? Am I missing something? I thought writers made it clear Zenos doesn't care about anything but WoL 1v1'ing him. He cannot feel empathy or affection or love, doesn't understand why people are fighting for these things and he'll never will because he's not supposed to. Zenos on a redemption journey is like Hydaelyn releasing Zodiark - it doesn't make sense.
That part was never made clear, no. If the writers simply say "He cannot feel empathy or affection" that isn't a proper explanation, that is just a statement. The explanation would be why he can't feel that, backstory, details, reasons, etc. We are told/shown some things about Zenos, that he is this or that, or can do this or that, but we aren't given the reasons as to why. Some people are more than fine with just this much, they don't care to know more. Other people, like me, would like proper explanations and details.