their whole point is to be a parable for the reader about how it's wrong to be spiteful, antisocial and negative like they are and they're like "nah fuck it, i'll still win" AND THEY WON'T BUT YOU HAVE TO RESPECT IT THIS IS WHY THOSE 2006 LINKIN PARK VEGETA AMVS WENT HARD
i just had a flashback to the my own prison - creed majin vegeta amv jesus christ
I like how in My Hero Academia, since it's a school setting, you get to see the rest of the class (and later, the general public/the folks he interns for) get genuinely put off by Bakugo's asshole behavior.
Only because Bakugo is "loud" - if he would be silent/brooding (and still rude) they'd be swooning
Vegeta became my fave since he grew as a character - no longer denying when Goku was stronger than him, being a better father and husband, yet still training to surpass Goku. This is moreso in super since Goku was hella dumbed down to just "oh boy time to fight!"
discard fucks, acquire bulma
I've been summoned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQO_...
Zukopaparoach.mp4
they did let Sasuke win like 9/10 fights with Naruto though. Loved that for him.
Everyone knows the only reason Vegeta lost was because he pointed at himself with his thumb. Once you do that you're cooked
hating despite it all
Vegeta grew and developed, though, and became a much more endearing character, all without losing his edge and being sanitized. Luthor and Uchiha are still whiny fuckboys getting slapped on a daily basis by people with serotonin~
If by “Grew and Developed” you mean he stayed exactly the same but every now and then Bulma gets mad at him and he does something nice
Sasuke did turn face at the end of Naruto tho. He had a child with Sakura (For some reason) and helps out in the future even tho he is technically a criminal.
True (and don't even get me started on that whole chestnut), and really, the only reason he hasn't been Old Yeller'd is because his bestie happens to be ninja president and the kind who can literally forgive wholesale murder~
Did Sasuke actually killed people? I never got very far into Shippuden so i am not sure what happened besides what I got from cultural osmosis
He only killed some samurai guards, he never went full-on mass murder like basically everyone else around him. Before he snapped he actually refused to kill anyone except Itachi or others exceedingly trying to stop him.
It's been a long while so my memory is definitely fuzzy. But didn't he end up killing a bunch of people (innocent people) when he tried destroying the Leaf Village, as well as at the 5 Kage Summit? Please CMIIW; I'm a hater, but I wanna be accurate
He never actually attacked Konoha. The samurai guards at the summit were the only innocents he killed, he warned them to get out of the way, and they were relatively few in number (but yes, murdering them shows how far in the darkness he was at that point).
Vegeta wins, like, all the time against Goku though, and frequently his help is instrumental in defeating opponents. He just sucks at fighting anyone who's not Goku or his pride and ego constantly get in the way while Goku's determination and reckless altruism end up saving the day.
They are to be admired for their narrative tenacity if nothing else. Like yea, fuck lex luthor. But you gotta admit he's dedicated and ambitious despite being the foil, and destined for failure
Put some respect on my boy, Shadow!!!
They said never going to surpass their counterpart tho
Yeah. I suppose I phrased this poorly. I meant that he fits the Vegeta/Sasuke archetype better than someone like Lex imo. Given the same tools, but unable to catch up. Luthor has intelligence where Superman has strength, but I see where they're coming from too.