Quote Originally Posted by Tarrinus View Post
By the way was Zenos meant to be a counterpart to Venat? In the sense that they are both high ranking oddities from highly collectivized societies they end up destroying because of the power they perceived the main character to have(remember Venat thinks our timeline is worth it because sundered humanity eventually ends up with our character)? Or am I thinking too hard about it? There's even Zenos's line asking if it would have made a difference if he had a "good reason" which I thought was referring back to Venat at the time.
Mm, I think there are definitely parallels between Zenos and Venat in the text, but the degree to which they may be deliberate are sort of muddled. (Endwalker! It's a Very Confused Expansion!) If nothing else, they are both the ones who ask the significant question of "was your journey worth it?" and describe the WoL's existence in their lives specifically as a "spark."

I mean, I would also go on to joke that Zenos is clearly Venat's ideal form of humanity, as someone utterly immune to despair - the perfect counter to Meteion! - and who constantly seeks excitement and new challenges, and is willing to do whatever it takes and pile however many bodies it takes, to reach their "spark," but.