Zidane? Violent? o_O That's... a first, actually. I just think he has a punk mouth, but I hardly thought of him as violent. Paritally because the atmosphere of the game itself is light-hearted and fluffy, I don't think of any of the characters as particularly violent. Even Brahne. I think of her as powerhungry, not bloodthirsty.

Okay, so now when I think of it, yeah, he WOULD beat the snot outta someone who screwed with his friends, and THEN talk about it later. However, I also see him as a character who wouldn't want to go provoking fights just because he wants to. It's more like, if you've gotta fight to save your ass, fight. If you're fighting to protect a friend, fight. Of course, he's not exactly someone who's particularly willing or able to think things all the way through.

But like I've said a lot of times before, Zidane is my favorite character of all FF characters. I like characters like him, who have really outspoken, upbeat emotions that make them stuff their entire LEGS in their mouths sometimes. Ziddy's got this campy quality that makes him really do-goody, yet he's an outcast of society because he's a theif, so he's gotta be streetsmart.

Eh, anyway, that's just my opinion. The same things that make me really adore Ziddy are what other people absolutely hate about him.