Random ass rant but it's bothering me. People baby Zanka way too fucking much in this fandom. That piece of shit is just as terrible as Jabber just in a different sense and I'm tired of y'all acting like he ain't.
He's explicitly shown to have a fucking power fantasy when he's a goddamn early teen, and to get some sort of cocky, egotistical pleasure from it when it's affirmed. He actively shows this in his fights as well (his desire to bring down "natural talents" and it being a pleasurable idea to him).
As well as the fact, with the trauma he has? That mother fucker is a control freak sadist. Hell, with the way his emotions had been stifled and disregarded constantly, it's not unlikely for him to be an emotional sadist and ENJOY seeing stress and distress in others!!!!! HE'S NOT A FUCKING ANGEL FOR FUCKS SAKE.
Brought to you by someone who also has fucking issues, a special interest in kink and the psychology of trauma, and knows what it's talking about.
It is clear that he suffers from a control obsession, and he is emotionally sadistic and feels pleasure and vanity when he outshines those who think themselves stronger than him, as in his battle against the Shovel Woman and the Mud Man. His vanity was evident regarding his ability to outshine a "cute couple," and I think that is the first explicit glimpse of his sadism that is presented to us if we ignore his first appearance and how he dealt with Rudo aggressively and impulsively, but no one points that out.
Even Jabber commented on it after he broke his ribs, yet some people still doubt and don't take the matter seriously.
Another point I forgot to add while talking is that Zanka, during his first fight with Jabber, didn't mind hitting Rodu, and this was the main reason for the success of their plan, even though we all know what happened after that.
MAJOR ON WHEN HE BROKE JABBER'S RIB. He KNEW he broke it, absolutely no way he didn't with how in tune he is with every vibration that is sent through Lovely. I also reiterate that he specifically cited that he ENJOYED and found pleasure in taking down someone he viewed as above him during that fact.
