Quote Originally Posted by DaemonInazuma View Post
I've been having this theory about zenos after 5.55 of the scream and the mention of a dreamer. First, If you look up the FFX anima cinematic and listen to the scream, it sounds eerily familiar to the scream at the end of Zenos's cutscene. Here are some links:

Anima Cinematic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JudM8-EgFio

Zenos Scream
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugxy7hmknzCfZle_7RV4AaABCQ

Next, here is a link to Seymour Guado's wiki:

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Seymour_Guado

Also, an excerpt from Seymour's personality:

"Due to his harsh and lonely upbringing, Seymour has nihilistic views on life. When confronted he drops the pretenses and reveals his true nature as an arrogant and cruel man. He has feelings for Summoner Yuna, whom he proposes to, but much of this attraction is due to a desire to gain her powers, so that he can become the next Sin.

Seymour does not hesitate to kill anyone who stands in the way of his objectives, rationalizing that by murdering them, he has saved them from the pain of life. Though he is undoubtedly evil-natured, much of his malice stems from the trauma he suffered in his childhood. The Guado considered his birth a heresy and he had to witness his mother turn into a fayth."

Zenos's Wiki:

https://finalfantasy.fandom.com/wiki/Zenos_yae_Galvus

Does this all sound familiar? Seymour's story is Zenos's story.

This now makes me wonder if Anima in FF14 is Zenos's mother, the dreamer, and that it is his Reaper's stand instead of a voidsent. It could explain why Varis despised Zenos as well due to Emet-Selch killing his wife to make Zenos attached to her soul from the Underworld.

We've seen Emet-Selch commit these experiments with Vauthry and a Lightwarden.
I have a feeling you might be right with this. Though not sure if I want another villain with mommy-issues after Sephiroth and Seymour.