Genuine fans of Zenos yae Galvus, why do you like him?

[TaleraRistain]

Yeah - I love that! He sails the stars, breaks reality, scoffs at the apocalypse and then basically tells you you are better than whatever the hell that thing is....
Brilliant!

And Endsinger was just taunting us that we had sent all our friends away and they were our power. I wouldn't be surprised if the WoL was feeling at least a little down at that point. Then our biggest cheerleader busts in and looks down his nose at her and gives us the pep talk of the century. I laughed as she tried to nope right out after that with the two of us hot on her tail.

[TaleraRistain]

I thought Zero and Estinien were a thing now.... Starts running....

LOL yeah according to Twitter fanart

I meant more that he praises us as the Warrior of Light and it felt like before when he was still opening up that he gave us crap more often. I don't mind it. It fits his character development. I just miss someone keeping our feet on the ground.

[Antharaes]

LOL yeah according to Twitter fanart

No Twitter account and don't think I'll be missing much on that. Seen some fan-"art" before and erm....yeah, no...thank you.

[Vandso]

I like his voice actor. I would listen to a Zenos ASMR for sure.

[BiffWellington]

I thought he was a pretty cool villain. I hated that the game just declared, "Nope, he defeated you," and then "Nope, he defeated you again," but that just made it more satisfying when I finally got to kick his perfect teeth in.

[YenShirin]

This in an old thread but I've been thinking about this a lot as of late.

I think it all boils down to how he sees the player and how he pretty much exposes our true nature.

Part of what keep us motivated to keep going in our adventure is fighting mightier foes, if everything died in one hit everything would become dull and boring, some may even stop caring about the story bits, you would feel so disconnected from everything due to the massive gap between you and everyone else.

This is what Zenos feels, and not only does he see in you a way to escape this feeling, he also doesn't want you to fall in the same boredom. Because in his own twisted way you're his friend, and he wants this to be the climax of life, the greatest battle to ever be. He wants that for the both of you.

Also his line when he sees that you haven't yet killed the Endsinger is soooo good.

All and all is very simple, for me it's the character that mostly reflects the player, and his battle at the edge of the universe will forever be in my mind.

also I like that althought he likes you he doesn't suck your cock 24/7 like half of the cast I mean what

[Graveyardprincess]

I dislike Zenos. Even after learning his backstory from wikis and supplemental materials, I just can't find it in me to care about the WoL's psychopathic stalker. I just don't find him very entertaining outside of the Shinryu and [POST LEVEL 90 ENDWALKER TRIAL SPOILERS REDACTED].

What am I missing about this character? What nuanced trope am I overlooking that makes Zenos a favorite for some people?

You're probably not going to change my mind, but I am curious to know what makes him so appealing to some people.

I am in love with Zeno's senpai, The fact he cuts and enjoys battles and combat makes him even more enjoyable. Every time i come across a character like him for example Kenpachi in bleach all I can think is "yes daddy cut me" burn me torture me lets have fun and play together. I love his character the fact he does whatever he wants just because he wants to, and honestly the fact is zeno is by definition what being free is. I want him so bad, the fact is i hate it when they ruin a badass character with a sob story which is fine in some cases like Emet-selch, but sometimes I just want a character like Zenos/kenpachi he simply does it because they want to. ANd believe me if i could find a guy like zenos irl id marry him in a heart beat and let him cut burn me make me scream in pleasure, if it was legal i would love one where we cut one another burn the world down in the heat of passion and pleasure of blood shed.


I wish the end of endwalker could never end, it was such a turn on beating the hell out of one another laughing and the pleasure and passion it I never wanted it to end.


And I want my daddy zenos back and kill y'shtola instend I want him back as a vampire guy returning to torture and beat me and bite me and i bite him. It passion and every living things nature to be like him, and the fact he does so without given a f... makes him the best character in final fantasy xiv what i would give for him to choke me

[localareanetwork]

Why I like him boils down to a few things, keeping in mind he was born into royalty and had an entire army at his subject doing anything he wanted...

1. He realizes all he cares about is fighting strong people, making him basically a Shonen battleslut, which I adore.
2. He tosses aside literally everything because politics and being the leader of an army is boring, he just wants to fight.
3. He calls you out at the end vs Meteion, going like, "I thought you were above than this cringe despair thing?"

[smashBG]

People have already mentioned they liked how he was a mirror to the WoL's own adventurous self and they connected emotionally with that, but I liked how straightforward his goals were and how unapologetic he was about pursuing them. I felt like the whole Elpis arc tried waaay too hard to make us be friends with Emet, and bent over backwards to portray him as a tragic, misunderstood victim of circumstance. It left a bad taste in my mouth, and Zenos' selfish pursuit of his own wants to the detriment of everyone around him was an incredibly refreshing contrast to that. It's also a much more grounded motivation- even if you don't like or respect Zenos, you can still understand him in a visceral, instinctive way that doesn't require twenty hours of exposition.

[Graveyardprincess]

People have already mentioned they liked how he was a mirror to the WoL's own adventurous self and they connected emotionally with that, but I liked how straightforward his goals were and how unapologetic he was about pursuing them. I felt like the whole Elpis arc tried waaay too hard to make us be friends with Emet, and bent over backwards to portray him as a tragic, misunderstood victim of circumstance. It left a bad taste in my mouth, and Zenos' selfish pursuit of his own wants to the detriment of everyone around him was an incredibly refreshing contrast to that. It's also a much more grounded motivation- even if you don't like or respect Zenos, you can still understand him in a visceral, instinctive way that doesn't require twenty hours of exposition.

emet-selch was already shown to be like that in shadowbringers lol, tbh elpis did nothing more to emet-selch than shadowbringers already showed and told us. The only thing Elpis really did atleast for me is hating that b... venat /hydy