#this took me a lot of all caps incoherent screaming text in a separate draft to get my thoughts into words lol

[rocketbirdie]

I see so much potential in Zack as a fascinating antihero but instead he gets the "Protagonist's Inspirational Mentor" treatment and GOD FORBID they imply that Cloud's designated Inspirational Mentor had any moral greyness or mental instability whatsoever.

So Zack continues to be a one-dimensional Good Guy who can never make consequential mistakes and is only allowed to show vivid emotions under extreme circumstances. Which is just baffling considering how absurdly fucked up Cloud's entire everything is LMAOO. Like wtf are the writers' priorities. Ughhhh

Man... I just want so much better for Zack as a character. I want there to be SO much more to him. I will always have my seat reserved for the day he FUCKING SNAPS