Thanks peb! With respect to Zack, my original plan was to use the RPG Maker defaults for as much as possible, but I drifted away from that more when I felt they didn't meet my needs. Using Zack as the main character (including the original name and starting stats) was a holdover from that design choice, as he was the default main character.
But yeah, he isn't avoiding the "protagonist hairstyle" allegations. haha