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Japan ([personal profile] fourseasons) wrote in [community profile] risingtsun 2012-05-12 05:35 am (UTC)

Using the Zodion Libra page I'll try to expand as much as I can on it! MAYBE A LITTLE TOO MUCH SORRY...

The "strengths" match up decently well (though admittedly less well than the weaknesses do), so I'll cover the ones that make large points in his personality section. Firstly, "romantic"-- Zelos is an expert in this area. From wooing noble women to making a name for himself and treating women right, romance is something he plays with a lot. In that he goes around acting like he's some great prince-like savior, ready to sweep away every woman and save the world! Of course this is a large factor of his mask, which is how he deals with things, and not his core personality. But he's also romantic in the more dated sense of the word! He idealizes human emotion in ways that are very tied to his core character. It's the reason why he speaks like he does, testing all the party members to see who really would value his friendship true and through, and works into his entire relationship and development with Lloyd, the main character.

Cooperative, communicative, good negotiator, and very strong beliefs are the last half of the strengths list and I think can all be grouped into an area of Zelos' personality. As the Chosen, he deals a lot with the politics of things and speaking with the King or the Pope to organize and plan and make things easier on others. He knows who to speak to and when, and what to say in order to cooperate and make things run smoothly. There are various cases of this in game, as it's a core point about his character. He often helps the party get away with things because of his ability to sweet talk the King, or talks to a shop keeper in a certain way to make him stop trying to scam them, etc. At the end of the game he's even still working while everyone else is relaxing, making sure Sheena gets a good role in the new government and that things can be easier for his friends and the rest of the world. As for the very strong beliefs part of it, Zelos does have them. He'll speak out against things he doesn't like, or if speaking isn't a wise option, he'll act out in subtle ways, but he'll definitely be heard if he disagrees with something. And if there's something he believes should happen? He's out there and working to make it happen, which is basically his whole line of plot with working to make life better for his sister. He definitely speaks out against the Pope and his title, as well.

The "weaknesses" or flaws are what match up best, and I think from Zelos' personality section, that makes the most sense. His personality is full of flaws and while he does have good points, they're growing and needing a lot of work, really. In a sense he's let his weaker parts take a hold of him and control his life, which goes with the "fearful" and even "indolent" traits! He hates his life, and feels like a constant bother to everyone, thinking the world would be better off without him. However, he's afraid to die and he's too lazy to do anything about making himself better most of the time. Unless there's a factor that would make someone important to him feel better, he's extremely unwilling to act on anything and even runs away from problems so he doesn't have to deal with them. Of course, this causes more problems...

Flirtatious is an obvious one, the one thing he automatically knew how to do from childhood and often leans on to make all the bad things sort of go away. (Which never works long term.) Narcissistic is another part of his mask and goes hand in hand with flirtatious. He's constantly referring to himself as the Great Zelos Wilder, and even gets a title "Narcissist". Though he actually hates himself, it still applies because not only does he shallowly pretend to love himself, but he constantly runs away from things and only thinks of his own thoughts instead of actually paying attention to what's around him. All his things 'for the better of everyone else' are actually just his thoughts, not him considering theirs at all. Overbearing is a word plenty of people would use to describe him. He's constantly in people's business or pushing them a certain direction to make things the way he wants-- and in that way he's manipulative, as well.

On top of that, well he's a double traitor, working on 3 different sides at once and taking all the information, using it to manpulate all the sides. So yes, very manipulative.

A lot of the attributes are basically saying a Libra would be classy (personal appearance, good manners, self-control, diplomacy, etc), which Zelos is very much used to, as well. He's second in power to the King and attends various parties and social gatherings. He knows how to make people love him, even if it is shallowly, and he knows how people work. He keeps up his appearance and uses it to his advantage.

In the end, Libra showed to be the sign that matched up with Zelos' strongest traits the most!

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