Having a protagonist who goes from such an easy-going kid to a young adult who is jaded and feels unconnected with the things he used to love is so beautiful to watch. It’s such an emotional experience watching his friends try to pull him back in season 4, it hurts in a good way
Friendly reminder that the creators of disco Elysium cannot utilize their own IP because an investor gained 51% ownership of the company using a backend deal that the creators weren’t made aware of by selling himself a scrap of paper with a doodle on it for $1 and then selling that back to the company for 5 million euro and then systematically firing the people that created the world disco is in from 10+ years before as a modified D&D campaign. ALL of them.
Zenos is foundational as someone who is driven by his desires and needs for one single moment of greatness that makes his life worth living. As long as he keeps chasing it, then his life has meaning. This is everything Venat fought for. He carries her will as much as your WoL
Zenos is literally a direct mirror of the player, and in the end, he had the answer that Hermes was searching for and Meteion failed to find.
He is arguably the most thematically important character in the entire games overarching plot.