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[Lauront]

Generally speaking, the antagonists in this game are much more interesting to me because there's actual stakes and consequences involved. If they put a plan into action, there's flaws to be exploited - whereas when the protagonists come up with some convoluted and needlessly contrived plan it somehow always works out in their favour even when it technically doesn't.

I think G'raha has overstayed his welcome and a lot of people only obsess over him because he strokes the ego of the player character. It's the same with Haurchefant, really - quite literally, in fact, since neither character appears to be well versed in the concept of tact or personal space.

I hope Zenos takes out G'raha in Endwalker. We're overdue a major character death and it'd be neat to see a fan favourite of prominence actually die rather than a secondary character temporarily elevated to a position of importance.

Agreed, though I will add that for all the risks Zenos supposedly takes, barring one, the others never seem to pan out being all that risky, be it jamming crystals into his palm, or the very experimental Resonance, so in some respects he seems to suffer from the same issue as the bolded. I imagine that might change soon.

But yes, one way to redeem him in my eyes would be what you mentioned.

I also hope if Emet does end up returning in some facet, we won't see him become yet another MC fanboy and will instead retain his sarcastic edge and sagacity. I am sure they know this is why he was so popular.