Does Zechs have multiple personalities?

[zethsaire]

So, I know Une is supposed to have a split personality. Which is weird, since she just up and develops one...and doesn't really display all the right symptoms, but whatever.

I was wondering if Zechs has one, since he switches back and forth between being Zechs and Millardo, and having the whole mask breaking thing, whatever. Anyways, Debate!!

[aynessa]

I don't know about Une having a split personality...I was more of the mind that she was pretending to be a sweet person whenever she had political things to achieve, and then when she went back to being a Commander, she stopped with the pretending and went back to her usual bossy self. I suppose she could have a split personality though...

Zechs I think just wanted to hide his true self behind the mask, and vowed that when it broke he would go back to being Milliardo Peacecraft. That's what I gathered from the episode where his mask broke, anyway. Lol.

[windwraith]

I think i remember reading that une is the first documented case of mutliple personality disorder depicted in anamae. I don't think she is aware of the discrepancy between commander une and saint une...though after treizes death she gets a bit more balances and less scary as director of the preventers. but this thread is about zechs, I am pretty sure he wasn't supposed to have MPD post traumatic stress syndrome, survivor guilt and probabally a host of other hang ups but the diffrence between zechs and milliards are images he created contiously. the mask was so he wouldn't be recognised as the pececraft prince so he could hide from romefeller while persuing vengance for what happened to sanc. the breaking ofthe mask was symbolic marking that he didn't need treizes protction anylonger and would have to make his own way in the world. (didn't work to well for the guy did it)

[halogazer]

I kinda always thought that Une had a split personality, but then again, everything she did was always to appease Treize, so that could always be debated as false. She always tried to realize his ideal, and in a way, was his iron fist. Everything he wanted, she carried out for him. The switch between her "colonel" and "representative" persona was more or less to do what Treize wanted. But that's more of my opinion than confirmed fact. I really don't know.

And as for Zechs, I don't think he has a split personality. After the death of his father and the fall of the Sanc Kingdom, he bloodied his hands, and because of that, he tarnished his family's ideals on pacifism, and no longer considered himself worthy of the Peacecraft name, thus giving birth to the Zechs Merquise moniker. That was the reason behind changing his name and wearing a mask; he didn't want to be considered a Peacecraft because he didn't think he was worthy to be King Peacecraft's son any longer. He abandoned that part of himself because he was already on that bloody trip towards war, and figured there was no turning back to atone for those sins. But then again, I don't think he thought he would be able to atone for killing people and having blood-stained hands. That's why he tried to protect Relena's innocence so much; he knew she was the last hope to carry on their father's pacifistic ideals.

[twilistarr]

I'm of the opinion that Une definitly has dual personalities, just because of the drastic changes she makes between her military leader persona and the one as the representative "Lady Une". Its my opinion that this is due to her want to please Treize and further his ideal, its rather interesting really. Since her cold arrogant personality could never make a approachable respresentative it seems she had to become someone completely different in order to accomplish her mission.

As far as Zechs is concerened I'm of the opinion he's just very confused as to who he is supposed to be rather than suffering from dual personas. Identity crisis is what I'm more sold on: Zechs Merquise is an agent of chaos and war while Milliardo Peacecraft is supposed to be all for passive action and peace. Between his past/family and his created millitary present its all very contradictoray.

[windwraith]

Mar 12, 2010 13:06:03 GMT -5 twilistarr said:

Zechs Merquise is an agent of chaos and war while Milliardo Peacecraft is supposed to be all for passive action and peace. Between his past/family and his created millitary present its all very contradictoray.

Interesting point star, i think though zechs is the warrior his focus is mainly revenge...he doesn't become an 'agent of chaos' till after his mask breaks and he takes back the peace craft name as leader of white fang.

i may be off base but i think treize and zechs worked out the game plan for the final battle before the rubber hit the road so to speak. There were probabally changes after their public split...especally when zechs refuses to duel treize and fires on earth to prove he's serious. I think the irony it seems too contrived to me as if they are actors taking the world stage; the warmongering dictator representing the last best hope for the planet and the pacifist prince set up to distroy the planet. the two of them wanted their actions to be memorable.by in large i zechs supposed 'change of heart' in helping to distroy libra with heero wasn't really a deviation, mearly the result of having his bluff called and folding.

[zethsaire]

You guys are all so insightful! I guess I don't have anything to add, even though it was my topic. Except that in the english translation, Trieze says something about Lady Une being the only one who understands him and she gave herself a split personality trying to follow his ideals. She's got the whole glasses thing; when she puts them on she's scary Une, and without them she's sweet Une. And a split personality can be triggered by that sort of act...anyways, thanks for the insight!

[Lunah]

He has self-inflicted split personality - her wants to assume a different persona via mask. He does it on purpose. But yeah, he does assume two different identities.