An NPC you truly hate with passion

[Simple_Barghest]

Zenos. Entirely because of his rabid, and I do mean bloody rabid fangirls.

1) Your taste in husbando is absolute dogshit, and some of you should probably seek psychiatric help. Maybe you're playing up a bit, I don't know, but abusive relationships aren't good for anyone.
2) He might be a "reflection and foil" of "The Player" and "You the character," but don't put that shit on me.
3) Half-assed and poorly-plotted-out rival plotline that they forced hard for the rest of Endwalker.

[Conundrum]

Zenos. Entirely because of his rabid, and I do mean bloody rabid fangirls.

1) Your taste in husbando is absolute dogshit, and some of you should probably seek psychiatric help. Maybe you're playing up a bit, I don't know, but abusive relationships aren't good for anyone.
2) He might be a "reflection and foil" of "The Player" and "You the character," but don't put that shit on me.
3) Half-assed and poorly-plotted-out rival plotline that they forced hard for the rest of Endwalker.

But if the alpha bad boy falls for me I can fix him!!!

oh wait that's the real world.

[Snorky]

Zenos. Entirely because of his rabid, and I do mean bloody rabid fangirls.

1) Your taste in husbando is absolute dogshit, and some of you should probably seek psychiatric help. Maybe you're playing up a bit, I don't know, but abusive relationships aren't good for anyone.
2) He might be a "reflection and foil" of "The Player" and "You the character," but don't put that shit on me.
3) Half-assed and poorly-plotted-out rival plotline that they forced hard for the rest of Endwalker.

Best opinion in this thread. Zeno's can not be fixed he's a broken insane mess. Plus I absolutely can't stand people or characters who go around claiming to be bored all the time only to continue to do the activity that bored them. Just reminds me of attention seekers or bandwagoneers.

[Berteaux_Braumegain]

Best opinion in this thread. Zeno's can not be fixed he's a broken insane mess. Plus I absolutely can't stand people or characters who go around claiming to be bored all the time only to continue to do the activity that bored them. Just reminds me of attention seekers or bandwagoneers.

I feel like Zenos is supposed to be a subtle critique of both Garlemald and Emet-Selch, as he embodies traits that both find deplorable despite being a product of the both of them. He probably could find fulfillment elsewhere if he actually devoted himself to something other than military conquest and warmongering, but he's been raised as the son of Garlemald's emperor. Combat is something he can't avoid, especially given that he's the only heir to Varis and likely the only one who could reasonably inherit the throne and thereby the Garlean ideology of conquest.

That being said, I find him not particularly interesting, barring a few flashes here and there (like his speech to Jullus), because the Warrior of Light is not constrained within the same limits. Sure, we fight and kill things, but we also can be crafters that build things for people, participate in holiday events whether they have dire consequences or not, play Triple Triad, go fishing, hunt for treasure, garden, race chocobos, etc. The Warrior of Light has room for many aspects of character beyond just being a person who thirsts only for the thrill of combat, even if combat is the main content of the game, so I can't really buy the idea that Zenos is supposed to be a mirror of me as a player.

[Conundrum]

I just finished 4.0 on my alt last night and the at lead in to Omega cutscene I was reminded I hate Jessie from the Ironworks.

I guess it's supposed to be cute or funny her bossing around and talking trash to Cid.

But to me it just comes off as several politically incorrect descriptors I won't post here.

[MidnightEquinox]

Marcette. She's not even fun to dislike, and not really a fan of all the arrogant researcher caricatures this game has.

[CrunchyMilk]

Minfilia was the worst for me. I recently rerolled on a new server/world so that I could play with my daughter (I'm too cheap to transfer) and replaying all I can think is,

"Can't wait for her to sacrifice herself and get out of my game again!"

[OhNooo]

Minfilia was the worst for me,

Speaking of Minfilia, you know how in the dungeon

The Atiascope where Hauchefant gives us a buff for standing in his circle? So when we see Minfilia walking around, the party waited near her for a little while expecting to get something. I was like “Damn, even in the afterlife she’s useless Couldn’t even give me a buff!"

LOL

[Tsiron]

Minfilia is

the one building the path for you during the last bit of that dungeon though. They start out glowing gold and everything..

[LaughingBanana]

Speaking of Minfilia, you know how in the dungeon

The Atiascope where Hauchefant gives us a buff for standing in his circle? So when we see Minfilia walking around, the party waited near her for a little while expecting to get something. I was like “Damn, even in the afterlife she’s useless Couldn’t even give me a buff!"

LOL

Well, it can be assumed that she's the one creating the bridge so that you can move forward tho.