Zell facts.
He's an abrasive, loud, and short-tempered guy that's honestly always ready to get down for violence -
But with Squall he's a fucking puppy by almost no exaggeration. Squall tells him to chill, Zell .... tones himself down to a really impressive degree. like he's still pissed but he listens to Squall's leadership.
Squall's an ass to him? Zell is LITERALLY. COMPLETELY. UNEFFECTED. Just brushes it off like nothing happened. Admires Squall too much to take it personal and get pissed. Other people? Probably going to get bitten at.
Squall just keeps him on a leash by proxy within the game and I find it hilarious, but it also shows one - how much Zell really likes the dude, but two, how much he RESPECTS him that he follows his instruction when it's given.
Ugh I know I wrote examples but that's lost to time. Why can't i have everyone in my party so I don't miss any dialogue?!
"Behave."
If Squall embodied ice, Zell personified fire. Everything seemed to roll effortlessly off Squall's back with indifference in contrast to Zell who forever seemed incapable of that indifference. He was as subtle as a bull in a China store and just as reckless as one.
Talking poorly about SeeD was a sure fire way to get on Zell's bad side. With Squall's pointed and sharp instruction, Zell's inhaled sharply and his tightened fist attempted to relax. The offender should be thanking his new birthday Squall was present.
"Should've let me lay 'em out," Zell grumbled the moment they were out of earshot.
“I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.”
— Mary Shelley, Frankenstein (via masonatlas)
.... Then again-
"Get your mind out of the gutter, chicken-wuss. I'm not that into you."
@visionaryanarchist seifer vc: a chicken-looking guy? tsk. hardly.
"THE FUCK?! YOU'RE STILL ON THAT PLAYGROUND SHIT?!"
"Man, piss off. You got an inch of hair and call it 'style'?" Probably ain't the only thing that's an inch.
"Obviously you're still on that same dated hairstyle so that only seems fitting..."