So, about Zenos... (SPOILERS)

[Soge01]

Is he dead again? Because after the ending of Endwalker, I personally don't think his dead. Just body? Sure! But the guy doesn't need his body to still be alive. Ge's practically an Ascian with his Resonant. So, unless he completely burnt all his aether, including the bit that sustains his life force in are final fight, I'm doubting he's dead and I have a feeling he'll return in an expansion or two through dynamism since he was left in that weird plane of it.

Thoughts?

[GrizzlyTank]

His story is done.

He ded.

[Conundrum]

His story is done.

He ded.

He didn't turn into a puff of aether, he not ded.

[MsQi]

He'll appear in the next Hildibrand story. Nashu won't be able to take him seriously.

[weebtext]

His story is done.

He ded.

You know who else's story is done?

Thancred.

[Enkidoh]

He's dead and gone - he outright tells you before the battle he was fully intending on burning through his entire aether, life and soul to go head on with the WoL (the WoL does pretty much the same thing). He consumed it all, and by the end, had nothing left (when the WoL finally knocks him down).

Only the WoL is saved by a deus ex machina, leaving Zenos dead, reviled and unmourned on the edge of the universe. Good riddance to the crazy stalker and his stupid prettyboy hair.

[TheMightyMollusk]

He didn't turn into a puff of aether, he not ded.

Plenty of people have died for good and not puffed into aether. That only happens when it's more dramatic. (Or to excuse bodies despawning in combat.)

I mean, even primals, beings literally made of aether, still leave body parts behind that can be looted for crafting, so it's not like it was ever consistent.

[ZephyrMenodora]

I hope so. While had some okay moments I really did not enjoy him as a character at all and felt he added very little to the actual narrative that couldn't have been handled in other ways.

[Avatre]

Dead, gone, celebrated he no longer exists, moved on

[KageTokage]

I'd groan if he came back again after they went through extra trouble to make it seem like he was really dead this time; especially with him explicitly stating that this last fight was his only reason left for living.

Though with Yoshi teasing on multiple occasions that his avatar was somehow important I doubt we've seen the last of it...and the obvious route for it to be a problem would be for it to take control of Zenos' body.