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Zelos, while is is a major character and, naturally, does have obvious storyline connections and depth, his actual peronality and actual character are extremely lacking.

Crysta

Oct 10 2006, 09:47 PM

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Zelos, while is is a major character and, naturally, does have obvious storyline connections and depth, his actual peronality and actual character are extremely lacking.

Zelos isn't a primary character, and while a strong secondary, isn't likely to get the leading role in a game. For a party member, he's very, very good.

His actual personality and actual character is more in lieu with how most young men would probably be in that position. He enjoys the all the perks of being a nobleman and perhaps the single most important person on his side of the world, but it turns out he hates it and there's plenty of reason to hate it. His mother was killed in front of him for it. He was told he shouldn't have been born. He could have easily gone down the OMG ANGST MY LIEF SUX AND EVRY1 WIL KNOW, but he went to the other extreme, which is becoming exceedingly rare with all these anti-hero archtypes popping up. He's the comic relief, not the baggage.

So step off, sir, before I keel you with my toxic fangirlism. His personality is not "lacking" in the least. He doesn't have to show you every shade. Comparing him to Ilyana and Sain is like comparing a first-grade doodle to a complete painting.

Yzarc Drowsnam

Oct 11 2006, 07:07 PM

Crysta

Oct 10 2006, 09:47 PM

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Zelos, while is is a major character and, naturally, does have obvious storyline connections and depth, his actual peronality and actual character are extremely lacking.

Zelos isn't a primary character, and while a strong secondary, isn't likely to get the leading role in a game. For a party member, he's very, very good.

His actual personality and actual character is more in lieu with how most young men would probably be in that position. He enjoys the all the perks of being a nobleman and perhaps the single most important person on his side of the world, but it turns out he hates it and there's plenty of reason to hate it. His mother was killed in front of him for it. He was told he shouldn't have been born. He could have easily gone down the OMG ANGST MY LIEF SUX AND EVRY1 WIL KNOW, but he went to the other extreme, which is becoming exceedingly rare with all these anti-hero archtypes popping up. He's the comic relief, not the baggage.

So step off, sir, before I keel you with my toxic fangirlism. His personality is not "lacking" in the least. He doesn't have to show you every shade. Comparing him to Ilyana and Sain is like comparing a first-grade doodle to a complete painting.

Rather, a fourth grade "drawing" to a first grade doodle. He's not that much better.

Yzarc Drowsnam

Oct 11 2006, 08:35 PM

And it's all dull and cliche.

Ipsio

Oct 11 2006, 08:38 PM

Are you serious Kovu?...

I'll let Yzzy do his work.

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I don't completely hide a portion of my identity, no. And most people don't. But characters in video games and movies tend to do so a lot. How 'bout some realistic characters, hm?

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What you have to recognize is that ToS is a game with a setting of a fantasy world, but the characters are characters from OUR world.

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That's why it doesn't SEEM like anyone's cliche in that game since they're all different from characters from OTHER games, but in comparison to characters in general, they're all old.

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Essentially, everyone has an extreme about their personality that the game pushes way too hard.

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There's no moderate personalities, as is actually common.

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Zelos is a horny bastard.

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Zelos' personality IS that he is horny.

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His story, relating to the plot, goes a bit further than that but it has nothing to do with who he is as a person.

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Zelos was born and raised in Meltokio, a large city in Tethe'alla that is home to the King, and where social status is everything. The areas in Meltokio are clearly marked by the wealth of its residents, or the lack of said wealth. Zelos though, being of the Chosen lineage, is very wealthy and his family's power is second only to the King. So growing up, Zelos had the best toys, the biggest house, went to all the fancy parties, and went to the most prestigious school in the country, the Imperial Research Academy in Sybak. Which was no problem for him, since he was considered a prodigy. In actuality, Zelos excelled only in math, but still managed to graduate at the top of his class. How? Zelos wasn't only clever; he was handsome. He used his charms to trick his "hunnies" into taking notes for him and giving him the answers to all his tests. ^^;

But why would the girls do that for him? Because he was Chosen, and that meant he was rich and powerful. And because he was also cute and charming, the girls flocked to him like birds of a feather. But Zelos learned soon enough that the girls that hung on his every word were more interested in being affiliated with the Great Chosen, then actually knowing him as a person. But it was only a matter of time before Zelos grew up and decided to take advantage of his title, and all the girls became known as his hunnies. Not to mention his house is *filled* with gifts from them. But an interesting thing I noticed is that most of the gifts seen lying around in his house.... are unopened.

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Possibly one of the more realistic characters in this game.

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Having completely alien characters that non-fantasy, human characters cannot empathize with on some level usually doesn't work out too well.

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I'd rather be a character that's different from other game characters than one who... isn't.

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Hey, I can probably take your RPG character and tag a stereotype to him, too.

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Extreme personalities = more dynamic than boring people.

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Actually, I've met very few truly moderate people. If anything they only appear moderate until you actually get to know them. It goes back to the whole "you don't show your true self to everyone" theory.