Yall i'm so sorry, but to the opinion that Zanka is "equally as bad" as Jabber I have to disagree. Loudly.
Jabber literally kills people. And that's not something he is ever portrayed to be hung up about. He sees the act of killing people who are weak as inconsequent, subject to mood and convenience over any moral pressure.
The reason that Zanka and Jabber are such a compelling pair is because Jabber is LITERALLY one of Zanka's fantasies come to life. Jabber is that projection of someone with effortless talent and a superiority complex so deeply ingrained that he genuinely doesn't value life below a minimum strength threshold. And Zanka in a roundabout sort of way takes satisfaction in that because it means he doesn't have to feel guilty or even think twice about wanting to see Jabber suffer.
Personality wise, Janka are similar for sure. When Zanka was at the top, he also had an arrogance and saw everyone weaker than him as inherently beneath him, hence the inferiority complex when he loses that position. The difference between them is that Zanka never let that show. He never actually mistreated anyone. He needed to be perceived as both effortlessly successful AND gracious about it. He wanted to be admired and idolized. The weaker are not the people he dehumanizes, if that were the case, he wouldn't be so hung up on their approval. The deification of the stronger is what he uses to excuse his sadistic joys.
If you want to make the argument that Zanka is self centered and that even his altruistic actions are self serving, be my guest. He often projects bad intentions onto peers who outperform him to justify the negative emotions he develops in response, nobody is arguing with that one. But just because he enjoys fighting people he thinks deserve it (and notably, people he thinks can handle it) doesn't make him "the same" as Jabber.
Zanka has a sense of justice, which takes precedence over his indulgences. Jabber's actions are purely toward one end: entertainment.
