by Loxo » Sun Jan 20, 2019 11:24 am
I’ll try not to rant too much, but some characters really bug me. Today, I am totally disliking Zane from Mistborn.
He resents his kind, intelligent brother (who doesn’t know that Zane is related to him) but loves his sadistic, terrible, abusive father. Zane also wants to steal his brother’s girl, which has already happened to some characters in Mistborn, so that would be way unfair.
Zane likes Vin, but he attacks her almost every time he sees her. Then, he tries to make her choose between himself and Elend. He goes on a muder spree with Vin in the hopes that it will make her crazy enough to like him back. Then, he’s like, “Hey, Vin, I love you. Let’s kiss! Just kidding, STAB!”
I know his “insanity” is probably to blame for most of his strange actions, but later, we figure out that he wasn’t at all insane but had something else going on that was almost worse. (I don’t want to go into detail in case I spoil, but if I did spoil, sorry!) I also think that Zane should know about Hemallurgy, but he’s just like, “Oh, I won’t wear my Mistcloak because of this random spike that sticks out of my back!” I mean, who wouldn’t notice that? Who wouldn’t be at least a little concerned by a giant metal spike in their ribs?
He also betrays literally everyone that he meets, most especially Vin. He even attacks his own spy, pretends to poison his father, and then sends assassins after Elend, but pretends someone else sent them.
I could go on, but I think I should stop because this is kind of making me upset. Anyway, if you read the books, don’t trust Zane because he’s a terrible character.
Hi, I’m Loxo, formerly Bageera. I love cats, rabbits, and writing.
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