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PERSONALITY
"The people that I like and the people that I don’t both have the right to live in the same world as I do. Because that’s the way things should be."
It's very easy to make a quick judgement call on Zelos. To most of the people around him, he comes off as loud, cocky, shallow, laid back, snarky and possibly way too cheerful about things. He'll flirt with any girl, pull pranks, tease anyone around him, party hard and almost seems to take life as nothing more than a giant joke either out of apathy or being spoiled or simply because he's too stupid to think otherwise. Even though he has the occasional quick flash of temper, when he's around people he seems to never be down about anything for very long. Unless one is observant, it's very easy to brush off any intelligence or perspective or good advice he gives out as something no more than a complete and utter fluke or stroke of luck.
Fortunately and unfortunately, most of this is an act. An act carefully constructed by an intelligent and perceptive kid who spent his entire life alone and with a grim outlook of that changing any time soon. Realizing from a young age that 99% of the world only cared about him because he could be used for their own means, Zelos built defenses to protect himself - creating a way of life in which he needed no one emotionally and no one would think to need him. Everyone has an agenda, never do anything that can't benefit you, always pick the winning side and trust no one became his mantra. He is incredibly cynical and un-trusting of everyone around him. He knew fully well that no one would ever save him from a life he hated so much, so he takes it upon himself to try to save himself and rely only on himself. While acting like a complete goofball, Zelos in truth is observing everyone around him very carefully and trying to discern what they are after. No one thinks twice about trying to get close to the obnoxious playboy or think that they're smarter than they act, after all. Often he will use this to manipulate people around him to his advantage, as well as backstabbing anyone who he decides isn't going to further his goals.
If you do notice this and call him on it, he'll be the first to call himself incredibly selfish and a jerk. In some ways, this is true. He has very selfish tendencies and he can be rather dismissive of the people around him - especially if they are genuinely concerned for him. Yet at the same time, there's a great deal of selflessness that goes along with his motives and schemes. While he dreams of being free of the Chosen for himself, he's also driven by the idea of freeing his sister from the abbey she's locked up in and giving her the privileged status he thought she always wanted (spoiler: She doesn't and he's an idiot) -- even if it means dying himself in the process. In the Kratos ending in which he dies, he dies with a smile on his face at the thought that Seles will finally be free with him gone- even if he claims that's only a perk. He also seemed to be convinced for a long time that everyone would be so much happier if he wasn't around or was never born, something he would often base his decisions off of when asked to make a choice.
Zelos's self-image of himself is completely and utterly terrible. He's very well aware of what a damaged person he is, that how he behaves is wrong or terrible - Zelos hates himself for it (possibly MORE so than most people hate him) but has been damaged for so long he doesn't know how to stop being the way he is. He thinks that his entire existence does nothing but bring misery to those around him and he's a complete waste of breath. It was a thought instilled in him from his mother at a young age, and the thought has only festered over time. When he's not acting overly arrogant, if you listen to what he says it's extremely self-deprecating. He has no true confidence in himself when it comes to things that matter in his life (love, friendships, saving the world, helping people) - he's very quick to put people like Colette and Lloyd on pedestals for their attitudes and acts all while being convinced that he could never be like that. His lack of confidence manifests in a whole hosts of fears to the point that he could easily be called a coward. He's terrified of failing the world and the people he cares about, so he doesn't try. He's terrified of being like his parents (especially his father) or the rest of his family line, so he does whatever he can to avoid that yet ironically tends to act just like them in this various attempts. He's terrified of actually living so he acts generally suicidal half the time yet his fear of being like his father stops him from simply killing himself. Only after his journey with Lloyd's group has he started facing these fears - but he's a long ways away from overcoming them.
No matter how quickly and how much he would deny it, at his core, Zelos is a good person. In his childhood before the trauma kicked in, Zelos was a kind and earnest kid who only cared about making the people around him happy. It took a hotheaded idiot and his friends to bring that side of Zelos out again, but it's still there none the less and little by little- is what's controlling his actions and choices once again and there's little he can do to go back. Much like his Chosen counterpart, Colette, he does love the world along with everything and everyone in it - even if he finds it to be painful and tries to deny it. He wants to protect people and help make the world a better place for everyone, even if he has severe doubts he'll ever be successful. He protects the innocent, fights to insure everyone has a right to live and does what he can to give advice or aid to people in need. Strangely even though technically his role as a Chosen is over with the world unified once again- he seems to be finally accepting the role he was born into and doing what he can to be the best man and Chosen he can be, albeit while being very, understandably, non-traditional while doing so. At his current canon point, he's still figuring out and stumbling along the way just how to do this- but his future is pretty bright. Later parts of the series show that while he still wears the flighty playboy mask a lot, he's grown into a very mature, wise, loyal and kind man - a Chosen that is well known and beloved by people in Tethe'alla and Sylvarant alike.
While he's opened up much more since his time spent on the Journey, Zelos can be a very hard person to truly befriend. Trust is extremely hard to earn from him and it's something that you cannot force. Even if trust is earned, there is no guarantee that Zelos will open up entirely or be straightforward in his requests for help- he's still learning what it means to be a friend and to trust others. Often he will choose to do things by himself simply because that is what he's used to doing, even if he has friends nearby. Like Colette, he still has a nasty habit of bottling things up and burdening himself instead of others. However truly befriending Zelos has it's rewards: to earn Zelos's trust is to earn a true friend for life that will always watch your back. He'd do anything to help or protect the people he loves (well, loves more than the rest of the world) - whether that means being a doting older brother, backing you up in a fight or always believing in you even if the rest of the world is against you.
BACKGROUND
EVERYTHING SUCKED AND HE HATED EVERYTHING. THEN HE MADE BAD LIFE CHOICES. MANY BAD LIFE CHOICES. LIKE SERIOUSLY LINDSEY LOHAN WOULD LOOK AT HIM AND GO DAMN BRO WHAT THE HELL.
BUT ITS OKAY BECAUSE EFFING DISNEY PERSONIFIED CAME INTO HIS LIFE AND HE KEPT HANGING AROUND THEM UNTIL THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND PURE HEARTS WORE AWAY AT THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA AROUND HIS HEART AND MADE HIM START GIVING A SHIT ABOUT THINGS AGAIN. OKAY SURE, FEW OF HIS BAD LIFE CHOICES HAD HIM SPY ON THEM AND KINDA SORTA BETRAY THEM A FEW TIMES - BUT HE HAS MAGICAL EFFING FAIRY WINGS SO THEY COULDN'T REALLY GIVE HIM A DISNEY FALL DEATH. SO INSTEAD THEY FORGAVE HIM AND LET HIM KEEP BEING THEIR FRIEND.
THEN EVERYTHING WAS PEACHY AND THEY ALL WENT TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM A 4,000 YEAR OLD TEENAGER.
WELL UNLESS THE PLAYER DECIDES THEY LIKE THE OTHER REDHEAD GUY MORE ANYWAY. THEN INSTEAD THEY FORGAVE HIM AFTER THEY STABBED HIM TO DEATH. THIS ISN'T REALLY CANON THOUGH ANYMORE WITH THE RELEASE OF THE SEQUEL - GUESS THEY DECIDED ALADDIN PAN ROASTING IAGO DIDN'T SEEM VERY DISNEY LIKE.
For a more indepth and less cracktastic summary of his life, go here!
 | Name: Zelos Wilder Age: 22 canon, 23 Paradisa Birthday: September 4th* Gender: Male Height: 5'10" [179cm] Weight: 150lbs [68kg] Blood type: AB* Sexuality: Undeclared Eyes: Blue Hair: Red Distinguishing marks: Long red hair and crystal on his chest. Handwriting: Voice: Room: 423, Stays in the City Previous Residence: Meltokio, Tethe'alla, Aselia Fandom: Tales of Symphonia Canon point: Post Tales of Symphonia 1 Loss: Ability to gain items from women he's flirted with in the past hour AND Ability to fall asleep without aid of others Date of Arrival: September 29th, 2011 *munfudged |
PERSONALITY
"The people that I like and the people that I don’t both have the right to live in the same world as I do. Because that’s the way things should be."
It's very easy to make a quick judgement call on Zelos. To most of the people around him, he comes off as loud, cocky, shallow, laid back, snarky and possibly way too cheerful about things. He'll flirt with any girl, pull pranks, tease anyone around him, party hard and almost seems to take life as nothing more than a giant joke either out of apathy or being spoiled or simply because he's too stupid to think otherwise. Even though he has the occasional quick flash of temper, when he's around people he seems to never be down about anything for very long. Unless one is observant, it's very easy to brush off any intelligence or perspective or good advice he gives out as something no more than a complete and utter fluke or stroke of luck.
Fortunately and unfortunately, most of this is an act. An act carefully constructed by an intelligent and perceptive kid who spent his entire life alone and with a grim outlook of that changing any time soon. Realizing from a young age that 99% of the world only cared about him because he could be used for their own means, Zelos built defenses to protect himself - creating a way of life in which he needed no one emotionally and no one would think to need him. Everyone has an agenda, never do anything that can't benefit you, always pick the winning side and trust no one became his mantra. He is incredibly cynical and un-trusting of everyone around him. He knew fully well that no one would ever save him from a life he hated so much, so he takes it upon himself to try to save himself and rely only on himself. While acting like a complete goofball, Zelos in truth is observing everyone around him very carefully and trying to discern what they are after. No one thinks twice about trying to get close to the obnoxious playboy or think that they're smarter than they act, after all. Often he will use this to manipulate people around him to his advantage, as well as backstabbing anyone who he decides isn't going to further his goals.
If you do notice this and call him on it, he'll be the first to call himself incredibly selfish and a jerk. In some ways, this is true. He has very selfish tendencies and he can be rather dismissive of the people around him - especially if they are genuinely concerned for him. Yet at the same time, there's a great deal of selflessness that goes along with his motives and schemes. While he dreams of being free of the Chosen for himself, he's also driven by the idea of freeing his sister from the abbey she's locked up in and giving her the privileged status he thought she always wanted (spoiler: She doesn't and he's an idiot) -- even if it means dying himself in the process. In the Kratos ending in which he dies, he dies with a smile on his face at the thought that Seles will finally be free with him gone- even if he claims that's only a perk. He also seemed to be convinced for a long time that everyone would be so much happier if he wasn't around or was never born, something he would often base his decisions off of when asked to make a choice.
Zelos's self-image of himself is completely and utterly terrible. He's very well aware of what a damaged person he is, that how he behaves is wrong or terrible - Zelos hates himself for it (possibly MORE so than most people hate him) but has been damaged for so long he doesn't know how to stop being the way he is. He thinks that his entire existence does nothing but bring misery to those around him and he's a complete waste of breath. It was a thought instilled in him from his mother at a young age, and the thought has only festered over time. When he's not acting overly arrogant, if you listen to what he says it's extremely self-deprecating. He has no true confidence in himself when it comes to things that matter in his life (love, friendships, saving the world, helping people) - he's very quick to put people like Colette and Lloyd on pedestals for their attitudes and acts all while being convinced that he could never be like that. His lack of confidence manifests in a whole hosts of fears to the point that he could easily be called a coward. He's terrified of failing the world and the people he cares about, so he doesn't try. He's terrified of being like his parents (especially his father) or the rest of his family line, so he does whatever he can to avoid that yet ironically tends to act just like them in this various attempts. He's terrified of actually living so he acts generally suicidal half the time yet his fear of being like his father stops him from simply killing himself. Only after his journey with Lloyd's group has he started facing these fears - but he's a long ways away from overcoming them.
No matter how quickly and how much he would deny it, at his core, Zelos is a good person. In his childhood before the trauma kicked in, Zelos was a kind and earnest kid who only cared about making the people around him happy. It took a hotheaded idiot and his friends to bring that side of Zelos out again, but it's still there none the less and little by little- is what's controlling his actions and choices once again and there's little he can do to go back. Much like his Chosen counterpart, Colette, he does love the world along with everything and everyone in it - even if he finds it to be painful and tries to deny it. He wants to protect people and help make the world a better place for everyone, even if he has severe doubts he'll ever be successful. He protects the innocent, fights to insure everyone has a right to live and does what he can to give advice or aid to people in need. Strangely even though technically his role as a Chosen is over with the world unified once again- he seems to be finally accepting the role he was born into and doing what he can to be the best man and Chosen he can be, albeit while being very, understandably, non-traditional while doing so. At his current canon point, he's still figuring out and stumbling along the way just how to do this- but his future is pretty bright. Later parts of the series show that while he still wears the flighty playboy mask a lot, he's grown into a very mature, wise, loyal and kind man - a Chosen that is well known and beloved by people in Tethe'alla and Sylvarant alike.
While he's opened up much more since his time spent on the Journey, Zelos can be a very hard person to truly befriend. Trust is extremely hard to earn from him and it's something that you cannot force. Even if trust is earned, there is no guarantee that Zelos will open up entirely or be straightforward in his requests for help- he's still learning what it means to be a friend and to trust others. Often he will choose to do things by himself simply because that is what he's used to doing, even if he has friends nearby. Like Colette, he still has a nasty habit of bottling things up and burdening himself instead of others. However truly befriending Zelos has it's rewards: to earn Zelos's trust is to earn a true friend for life that will always watch your back. He'd do anything to help or protect the people he loves (well, loves more than the rest of the world) - whether that means being a doting older brother, backing you up in a fight or always believing in you even if the rest of the world is against you.
BACKGROUND
EVERYTHING SUCKED AND HE HATED EVERYTHING. THEN HE MADE BAD LIFE CHOICES. MANY BAD LIFE CHOICES. LIKE SERIOUSLY LINDSEY LOHAN WOULD LOOK AT HIM AND GO DAMN BRO WHAT THE HELL.
BUT ITS OKAY BECAUSE EFFING DISNEY PERSONIFIED CAME INTO HIS LIFE AND HE KEPT HANGING AROUND THEM UNTIL THEIR ENTHUSIASM AND PURE HEARTS WORE AWAY AT THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA AROUND HIS HEART AND MADE HIM START GIVING A SHIT ABOUT THINGS AGAIN. OKAY SURE, FEW OF HIS BAD LIFE CHOICES HAD HIM SPY ON THEM AND KINDA SORTA BETRAY THEM A FEW TIMES - BUT HE HAS MAGICAL EFFING FAIRY WINGS SO THEY COULDN'T REALLY GIVE HIM A DISNEY FALL DEATH. SO INSTEAD THEY FORGAVE HIM AND LET HIM KEEP BEING THEIR FRIEND.
THEN EVERYTHING WAS PEACHY AND THEY ALL WENT TO SAVE THE WORLD FROM A 4,000 YEAR OLD TEENAGER.
WELL UNLESS THE PLAYER DECIDES THEY LIKE THE OTHER REDHEAD GUY MORE ANYWAY. THEN INSTEAD THEY FORGAVE HIM AFTER THEY STABBED HIM TO DEATH. THIS ISN'T REALLY CANON THOUGH ANYMORE WITH THE RELEASE OF THE SEQUEL - GUESS THEY DECIDED ALADDIN PAN ROASTING IAGO DIDN'T SEEM VERY DISNEY LIKE.
For a more indepth and less cracktastic summary of his life, go here!