Zant being a manipulated dipshit is kind of the point. He's not some grandmaster chess wizard. He was a pawn the whole time.Wind Waker has Zelda's only good stealth section and is derided by people whose only understanding of gameplay is immediate catharsis.
Better story
The Zant plot twist
Pick one.
Was the motivation of the villain being his toxic nostalgia for the past at the expense of the future too subtle?