hermes x azem || I like them, your honor
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There's nothing inherently wrong with the Ancients choosing to live solely for the sake of the star, except their over-emphasis on their duty leads to Hermes's crisis and through him their downfall. On the flipside there's nothing inherently wrong (putting aside all the atrocities for one second) with Zenos choosing to live solely for his own pleasure except that it's shown to be a lonely and empty existence.
I hate criticisms of Hermes that blame him for being too sensitive or too depressed, but if there's any fault that he committed it's that when he had his whole existential crisis, he chose to make Meteion to find answers for him rather than find them for himself, and then accepts her answers without arguments when she returns. Shit, even Zenos understands that the meaning of life, of each individual's life, has to be decided by them:
Endwalker shows you a variety of potential answers to the question of meaning, but you don't get to choose from them. To explain, when Venat asks you how your journey has been you get interrupted before you can answer. When Zenos asks you whether you thought life was a gift or a burden, you are also unable to answer. It would be impossible for the game system to account for all the potential answers one could choose to either question, and forcing you to choose from a small list would essentially railroading you into understanding the story a certain way. I think what Zenos says here is a large part of Endwalker's existential thesis: That you have to decide for yourself.
(wait, does that make me a hypocrite then for trying to explain the meaning of a story who's meaning is to find meaning for yourself? AGH)
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Adrift in a starless sea, grappling with a dilemma all his own. Alone.
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I need to try drawing him more...
Hermes Final Fantasy
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god’s got it out for you!
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