Xeno comes back to the future and joins the scions in battle with blasphemies. The Final Days are spreading, now reaching Garlemald. Zenos also comes to see his best friend but is denied his duel once again. This is part of the level 88 quest “As the Heavens Burn”. Xeno gives his first, blind reaction to the Final Fantasy XIV Endwalker story (MSQ) cutscene.
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Man this scene threw me the first time. I was sure they were going for some sort of "damn it boy, how dare you make me feel feelings!" kind of moment.
Everyone says "Fuck Zenos" until he starts spittin facts
killing me how zenos and xenos are pure opposites, one being bald with a beard and the other with long flowing hair without even a small piece of facial hair
I won't lie..seeing you go through the MSQ is really nice to watch man. Re-watching all these cutescenes made me realize how much I love playing FFXIV. I'm not a guy that likes to watch streamers, but you made it fun for me to do so! You are one of the few reasonable streamers out there. 100/100 GIGACHAD
he may be "shallow" but he's easily one of my favorites.
I think FF has enough complicated villains, having a villain who is just strong and wants to fight you is A-OK in my book.
Zenos spitting facts. So many people fall prey to what he described, without even realizing, until they are completely consumed by their ideals.
Zenos is right at the edge of awful for many players because of his reason for being a villain, but the writer brings him back home with the fucking fact spitting moments like in this scene when he talks to them.
I'll never understand all the "based Alisae" stuff. Zenos doesn't give two shits, he just wants to fight the strong and live near death to feel something. Anything he does is to that end, he'd never want to turn a new leaf or anything. It's his reason for living, and only his, everyone else has to find their own reason, he's the antithesis to Hermes. Alisae just comes off as stupid and wonders if he'll even remember what she said later, so even she thinks it was pointless to say. Even what he does at the end of Endwalker, we don't fight him as a "thank you" for helping, we barely seem to like that he's there to help, we just sort of have to get rid of him cause there's no way he's coming back on the ship with us. He just forced our hand after the threat was dealt with, that's all.
I agree that Zenos is a pretty shallow villain with dumb motivations and reasons for doing what he does, but honestly there's something cathartic about a villain with no real redeeming qualities. The story doesn't try to make you sympathize with him or understand why he's doing what he does or "relate" to him: Its understood that he's a selfish, evil maniac who is pretty much irredeemable. Even his one moment of "redemption" later is done purely out of his own selfish desires.
So many villains these days try to make you feel bad for them, understand their perspective or make you think that they are "the Hero of their own story", but Zenos is just freakin crazy and evil and I kinda like having villains like that every now and then, even if they're not all that deep.
Estinien: He'll be after your seat on the Forum next.
Fourchenault: O_O
Still cracks me up.
This scene really had me thinking: Emet-Selch, Elidibus, Yotsuyu, Nidhogg, and others have done horrible things to innocent people, yet they're so beloved by the FFXIV community. And it boils down to their motives and reasons why they did what they did. Zenos, imo, basically challenges this: why does it matter if his or their motive was approved by the audience or not? What if their stories changed and he had better motivations than they did? They're all still killers of innocent people. After all, Zenos DID topple the empire. That was something everyone wanted, regardless if he did it "the right way."
Is Zenos a Khorne devotee or a Slaanesh devotee?
Or is he more like Archaon? Take it all, then give the gods nothing.
Strummer caring about the story is the best thing that has ever happened. This is hype af.
is there ANY way to get the vods? I really enjoy him playing it and i would want to watch it fully
I've always felt that there's a bit of a misunderstanding when it comes to Zenos, it's not that he is a shallow character, it's that he is a deep character who happens to have shallow motivations. There is a distinct difference there in my opinion and it's why I've always found him to be such a compelling presence.
This scene in EW was a surprise to some, but to me I just felt like it was a confirmation of the kind of individual Zenos has always been. He almost at times feels like another player who's stuck in the MSQ along side you and the MSQ keeps getting in the way of his own gameplay. It's really facinating.
? did he skip msq this whole time?
Zeno's reply is 100% the answer to Hermes' question