S H R I E K S okay I started FFXIV suuuper recently (Oct. 2023), currently up to the lvl84 EW quests. I hated Zenos so fucking much. His dynamic with WoL is fascinating to analyze, but every time he showed up I wanted to break his nose and then make him wash his greasy-ass hair.
And then I found your Zenos/WoL comics and went from 😬 to 🤔 to 👀 so damn fast I got whiplash, like. Hoooooooo boy I'm in trouble now thank you for the new hyperfixation I will now gladly die here <3
hahaha thanks! glad you enjoy the comics!
i didn't warm to zenos at first - the apathetic super powerful murderer seemed like a flat trope. it wasn't until the tail end of SB when he became properly obsessed with the wol that i started to find him interesting. 'bite down on my jugular'? insanity. contrast that with just how bored he is with every other aspect of life and you realise this is a man that's just been completely hollowed out whether by birth or design, and has finally found something to fill the hole with. and yet - yet - the void still beckons, and living is still a chore. as it so happens that juxtaposition resonates very well with my wol, so chemistry sparks...!
i'm only a little way into EW - actually exactly about where you are - and the few times zenos has shown up were hilarious. trying a whole roomful of weapons to find the one he'll fight and kill his reluctant bestie with? peak comedy. peak tragedy too. everyone tells me he's got a great role in this one, so i can't wait. good to have you on the zenos train as well!
OP I had to include your tags:
those aren't my tags, they're @corzev 's tags, but absolutely - corzev is, as usual, entirely right about zenos :D