Quote Originally Posted by Frizze View Post
And about Zenos in particular. In addition to my playthrough, i have watched(in some cases helped) a couple dozen streamers in their playthroughs. Especially of the key ShB and EW scenes. And someone(i dont remember who i first heard say it) made a point about Zenos i hadnt thought of. The streamer was someone who has battled with depression for all their life, and they said that Zenos displayed a lot of the symptoms. Life is a never ending grey hallway. No one understands them, and theyve never felt accomplished. Then they had that one moment where the world came alive. They were content to let that be it, but for game reasons they were forced to continue on. So rather then slump back into that grey malaise, they did everything they could think of to re-create that moment. Also comparable to a long-time junkie chasing the feeling from their first high. Was any of this the intention? We can only guess, but i thought it was an interesting perspective.
Must be pretty close to their intentions i feel.
Zenos goes on about how our fight is what makes him feel truly alive, how he have to fight with everything he had to stay alive.

Considering he was extremely lonely as a child, without any friends, a dead mother and a father that didn't care about him, it's no wonder he don't find life enjoyable.
Especially considering he is extremely gifted, being allegedly really smart and extraordinarily strong. Any interest he had he could master quickly and be done with it.

And since he don't care about others, life must have been boring most of the time. Nothing to look forward except for challenges that must end up being disappointing considering his strenght.