r/SarahMainsZenless

Image 1 — In light of recent chapters
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In light of recent chapters

It's increasingly clear that Sarah is fighting against the same thing as we are.

Of course "her" solution is not acceptable, but that brings me to another point.

That ZZZ offers so many viewpoints at the same thing.

Bringer, who was probably directly mind controlled, shouts about using the powers that are available if humanity embraces hollows. And when he blows himself up, hating Carole and her students, he stilll laughs at Phaethon's efforts to find a "real villain".

When we fight Isolde, she is undergoing some sort of trial perhaps? Her attitude is "let it happen, nothing can be worse than now". But all we see in the fight is rage and regret. Carole's students are now witnesses, not enemies. There is zero hints that she would give up the world to the hollows.

Then we hear story about Sunbringer. Her story is the most familiar one. Humanity betrayed her, she is saddened by what happened to it. Possibly connecting to those Soviet like overlords, that we can read about. It's a mystery how far did she went, as we have conflicting information. But her objective isn't to stick it to the bad guys like Isolde, but to give everyone a world, where everyone is equal.

This is very close to what Sarah sees, and neither of them do even hint the idea that the world should destroy or transform the humanity. They still have the wrong solution, but their reasons are now almost innocent.

But then we have another viewpoint, Lockspring.

He, like Bringer, seems to be of the idea that humanity must be changed. Bringer's vision is to give everyone the monstrous power, where Lockspring wants all the humans to have no power at all.

He's insanely hypocritical and patronizing. To him all of the people that suffered so much are merely data points. He complains that people are controlled by their emotions, yet he lets Sarah's despair to do work for him. He even fosters it by fuelling that idea of Creator being a salvation. He complains about humans sacrificing each other, yet his plan is built on sacrifice Sarah and hoping to sacrifice Shunguang too.

The point of this comparison is to show that they know how to create nuance and that Sarah isn't doing things to screw us over, but because she genuinely believes that it's the right thing to do.

But what about those screenshots? I think that's where the plot is absolutely heading.

Helios Academy is turning out to be some sort of doomsday related child experimentation platform. TOPS were revealed to be unapologetically believing in complete subjugation by the elites.

And our "friend" Mayflower did his share of evils. In fact she knows first hand who he really is.

What she doesn't know that the solution was most likely left behind by the same people she fights against. How incredibly useful she was to them, despite all.

Lockspring said that the true rebirth cam be only achieved by temporary destruction. He probably meant that her barely surviving through whims of powerful meant that she saw the solution. But the reality might be that her despair is the thing that needs to die.

Indeed, if they show us that Sarah didn't perish ( which is our current, assumption, but nothing in universe confirms that ), then without her despair and with support of others she could be able to help dismantle the power structures that sre destroying the world.

There is also the question of og Sunbringer, what really happened, because her successors don't seem to be all that righteous anymore. Perhaps even becoming parasites as well.

In any way reason for this random dump is to give you the idea, that Sarah, despite looking purely as an antagonist, is actually on our side. Her solution is wrong, but she was brutally funneled in it.

It shows that her line wasn't throwaway and that there is still plenty of what wasn't told yet.

Whether and how they can deliver still remains to be seen.

u/leeroyschicken — 2 days ago

Bikini Sarah (WIP by me)

Figured out that the sketch posts are barely visible in thumbnails, so I will be using thick outlines for them.

I finally want something that just looks unquestionably happy, but my stupid mind always wants to take. That's where the scar comes in.

Still not quite sure what would be her hairstyle if she was "free". I would love to hear your opinion, how you would imagine unburdened Sarah. To me undoing the braids feel like the answer, but I wonder how much does it stray from her intended look.

u/leeroyschicken — 8 days ago

Should I write a Sarah fanfic?

I was reading a ZZZ fanfic in Ao3, where someone is reincarnated as Sarah. And it made me want to write a fanfic with Sarah as the protagonist (or with another role but with a more prominent role).

But the question is, what will it be about?

I'm still trying to think, but I'd like to hear your opinions.

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u/Apprehensive-Ant-775 — 8 days ago

Like Sisters (by me)

Small Sarah in alternative universe where her friend is Tomoko and she gets to be just a normal girl.

Tomoko Kuroki is from Manga "Watashi ga Motenai no wa dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!"

Outside of superficial similarity to younger Sarah, she does also have a bit of a problem finding where to belong and how to be herself.

I would kinda want to do a background ( a floor or futon on which they sit ), but I also want to get it out so this place isn't too empty. So maybe one day.

I do love both of those goobers.

u/leeroyschicken — 9 days ago