#as in i like chichi and videl as characters

[tenshindon]

No king, tell us what db girl you like. You can’t just hide shit in the tags like that

i mean i like chichi and videl but i dont think we thinkin of the same ‘like’ here ☠️

[todayisafridaynight]

Snap: WHY DO PEOPLE THINK I'M BI! I'M ACE

Snap when Eraqus, Aoki, Eliwood, Chichi, Videl, etc: *says the most bisexual shit in existence, despite being ace*

Anons: BI KING

I NEVER EVEN SAID ANYTHING ABOUT CHICHI OR VIDEL ?????

[songouda]

i keep thinking about how i'm portraying goku while shipping him with my s/i and i feel kind of bad because i think if i were really in the db world and in a relationship with goku, he would treat me just like he treats chichi (WHICH ISN'T A BAD THING but it's more like he would be kind of unaware of how his actions affect mozz and would constantly run off w/o saying anything and be kind of rude) which makes me sad

but then i remember these are my toys and i get to play with them the way i want to so i get to make goku 100x more love dovey with mozzarella than he actually is with his canonical wife and that while goku might still forget to tell me things when he's running off to save the world and/or train, he would try his best to remember and at the very least would entrust someone else (like piccolo or krillin or chichi herself) to inform me of what's going on. he also hangs out with me allll of the time and never wants to leave my side and we go everywhere together and live happily ever after :o)

[veeranger]

dragon ball characters if you came out to them as trans because that other post annoyed me a little bit. i dont even do posts like this ever.

vegeta: he would NOT call you slurs. maybe he would have in saiyan saga but we’re talking DBS he’s pretty alright now. he would be like tch whatever i dont care but he wouldnt call you slurs. bulma however would put her foot directly up his ass and tell you they're both very happy for you.

bulma: she would be thrilled frankly. if there’s one thing bulma loves its more women around. she would personally offer to develop capsule corp hrt and would invite you to girls only brunches with videl and chichi.

gohan: that other post was pretty much right he would say 👍 and move on. he’s the most normal person in dragon ball he would just be normal about it.

piccolo: ok he probably does know what being transgender is he’s been on earth a long time but he does not have any opinion on it. you would tell him and he would look behind you to silently ask gohan what to say because naturally gohan is there too and gohan would be like 😇👍 and piccolo would look back at you and be like 😐👍

future trunks: “oh wow me too!”

chichi: she would be kind of weird about it not like transphobic but she would ask invasive questions with good intentions. she would ask if you can have kids or something and tell you that you cant get a good husband without being able to have kids. she would tell you that she thought gohan was going to turn out to be a girl for a few years there.

goku: goku would literally not have the first clue what that shit means. someone would have to explain it to him and he’d be like haha wow thats awesome.

18: she would not fucking care.

krillin:

yamcha: unfortunately i do believe yamcha is a chaser.

[hard--headed--woman]

i'll never stop being angry about how Chichi and Videl stopped fighting and were reduced to housewives right after they got married to Gokū and Gohan. Chichi was a badass who liked to fight and was excellent at it, she took part in the Tenkaichi Budokai which is the biggest martial arts tournament attended by the strongest people on earth, she seemed to like going on adventures, she had an interesting personality, was interesting also in that that she ressembled Gokū in some ways (they were both innocent, pure hearted kids who were very strong and whose dad and grandad were friends and had been trained by Muten Roshi), she was brave and hard-headed, she had a strong personality, she was the first person to be able to sit on Kinto un with Gokū... and right after she got married they turned her into an angry housewife whose only role is to cook for her husband and yell at him all the time??? who suddenly hates martial arts and is ultra conservative in many ways??? that's terribly misogynistic and a horrible waste of potential. she derserved way better.

same goes for Videl. she used to be a badass, strong, amazing martial artist with a strong personality who loved to fight and help the police and won the Tenkaichi Budokai in the children's section... and now she's just a sweet housewife for Gohan. it's a shame.

and let's not forget N°18 too... things are a bit better for her because she still did one Tenkaichi Budokai after getting married and took part in the tournament in DBS (don't get me started on DBS lol) but apart from that, she fights way less than she should and has lost a lot of her strong personality. i was so mad when i heard her "it'll be good to have something to do other than taking care of kulilin and māron" in DBS... like what???? we're talking about n°18 for fuck's sake???

all of this is just so misogynistic. i wish they let female characters be strong and badass even after getting married. they all have so much potential, it's criminal to reduce them to housewives. it genuinely disgusts me.

[dballzposting]

speak boy

Ok

I never understood it when people said that they liked Chichi but "disliked her writing." What does that even mean. She is a fictional character. She IS her writing.

I understand not liking the direction that her character and role was taken in. I understand not trusting the author's motivations, or finding them distasteful or uncreative ... But she's already been written and this is who she is so..?

Liking a character for the potential that you see in them I understand too. But multiple people have expressed to me some variation of "I like her I just hate her writing," as if this is a common thing to feel, like it is an ethical given. And well. I don't get it ....

ESPECIALLY for a character like Chichi. The criticisms that people have for Videl, that she was arbitrarily feminized / wifey-fied / mommy-fied, do not apply for a woman like Chichi. Her entire character was made specifically for this purpose. As a child in her debut, she was romance-obsessed and caught up in the fantasy of it. She specifically wanted to be a bride.

NONE of her personality traits have suffered or been played down ... She's still dramatic, idealistic, believing strongly in those ideals to a near-delusional degree, violent, swinging between having a victim complex to believing that she has the power to call the shots, ETC ETC . . . She's exactly as presented, always has been.

And she never left either. She's still relevant. She's Goku's wife for crying out loud. Sure, her being Princess of Fire Mountain isn't a thing anymore, but neither is the Ox King being a King, or literally MOST OF THE MAGIC-FANTASY FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAGON BALL.

So I don't get it. She's the written stereotype of the hysterical and overbearing mother, yeah, but that's ALL SHE'S EVER BEEN. It's consistent writing, and it doesn't feel like it's empty and dismissive. This is who she is, intentionally. The other women aren't like that. For all the latent and overt misogyny, I still hold that Dragon Ball has excellent female characters. Chichi included. She's nuts. It's realistic.

So I don't get it. I wouildn't want anything more from her. WELL. I would like to see her canonically watch telenovelas and then straight-up deny that she does becasue watching TV is a waste of time and she has better shit to do. But she's sneaking out of bed to watch them. Sitting on the edge of her seat. They're so exciting. She needs that in her life

Sorry this ask is from a few weeks ago when i was sort of Not Being Active and I saw this ask and it really made me chuckle I thought it was great. But then I never answered it. Rude of me. Well here it is. Thank you

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Alright, characters and emojis.

As you know, the Japanese fandom really likes to use symbols to talk about characters, it's a way to code the language without showing up in search functions. These are usually used for shipping, but not always.

Some characters are more obvious than others, but for those who may seem a little far reached, I will write a small explanation.

Some are established fanon-accepted, but they're not really strongly claimed, so some artists will use the same emoji for different characters. (And as always if you like what I’m trying to do, consider buying me a drink or a doujin with ko-fi) (twitter version btw)

So here's my list for Dragon Ball (🐉) :p

Saiyans and half-saiyans:

Goku: 🥕 (Kakarot -> carrot) or 5️⃣9️⃣

Vegeta: 🥗

Broly: 🥦

Raditz: 🦔 (the hedgehog hair lol)

Turles: 🥬(Tullece -> lettuce) or 🍎 (because of the fruit obviously)

King Vegeta: 👑 or 🔱 (they aren’t super common)

Bardock and his squad: no established emoji that I've noticed, but 🍅 should be for Toma (Tora in English). 🌿 should be for Fasha (Selipa in Japanese, which are the syllables for parsley (pa-se-ri). I’ve seen someone use 🦀 or 🩸 (the headband) for Bardock.

Gine: 🧅 I’ve seen this one once!

Cumber: 🥒

Caulifla: I haven’t seen an established one that, but 🔥 works for her hair.

Kale: 🥬

Cabba: 🥬 yes Cabba (cabbage) and Kale (.. kale lol) share the same emoji. Context!

Gohan: 🍚 ("fried rice" as lunch; the term rice is used as a way to talk about the entire meal, even if it does not contain rice); for Future Gohan, you'll find it with the kanji 未 mi, from mirai (future). 5️⃣8️⃣ sometimes too. Add in 🐺 for the beast version!

Goten: 🍤(TENpura) sometimes 5️⃣🔟. Tenpura (tempura) is a type of fried food, and it's used for Goten because (go)ten(pura) (he's nicknamed "ten" by Trunks).

Trunks: 🐯(tora(nkusu); Tora means tiger); for Future Trunks, you'll find it with the kanji 未 mi, from mirai (future).

Bra: 👙 usually. Sometimes 👸

Pan: 🍞 (bread, obviously)

Earthlings:

Chichi: 🥛🍼(her name means milk; both are used)

Ox King: 🐂 (only seen it once, but that’s because I don’t see many drawings of him lol)

Bulma: 🩲(bloomers) but she sometimes gets 💙

Yamcha: 🐺 (wolf techniques)

Krillin: 🌰 (kuririn -> chestnut). Marron sometimes gets the same emoji

Videl: 😈 (Videl -> Devil)

Mr Satan: 🥇or 🏆. He’s the world champion!

Tenshinhan: 👁️

Chaozu: 👲(not super common but I did see it twice)

Launch: 🔫 but I’ve also seen 🎭

Roshi: 🐢

Farmer with a power level of 5: 🌽

Uub: I did see 🌴 used ONE TIME..

Maron: 🩱 I’ve seen it once.

Androids/Artificial humans:

Android 16: 1️⃣6️⃣ or 🤖

Android 17: 1️⃣7️⃣ or 🤖

Android 18: 1️⃣8️⃣ or 🤖

Cell: 🦗 grasshopper or cicada due to his first form. 🆑 and 🧬 have also been used.

Android 21: 🧁

Gammas: 1️⃣ / 2️⃣ or 🍓 (ichigo which is also number 1) and occasionally Γ or γ sometimes (not emojis but still lol)

Aliens:

Piccolo: 🅿️ or 🍏 (he gives apples to Gohan early on). ピ is also super common (it’s the first katakana of his name), but it’s not an emoji. 🍊 for orange piccolo obviously.

Nail: 🐌

Dende: 🫑 or 🌱 (seen it once..)

Frieza: ❄️ I’ve seen this one a couple of times. 🧊 and 🥶 are sometimes used too, for him, King Cold or Cooler.

Tapion: 🗡️

Gods and Kais:

Zamasu:🍵 (the tea he drinks)

Goku Black: 🌹 (a rose by any other name..)

Chronoa: 🕛 or any alternative like⌛️

Shin: 😏 I’ve seen this one used twice, but nothing definitive.

Fusions:

Gotenks: 👻 has happened a couple of times; (Ry has told me 🍩 is also used)

Gogeta: 🥐 (because of the jacket)

Vegito: 🍬 (because he's the strongest candy in the world in the Buu Saga).

Merged Zamasu: 🌀or ❇️

Kefla: 💥 (seen it a few times but not definite either)

Others:

Buu: 🍫

Janemba: 👺 (not super common)

Beerus: 🍺

Whis: 🥃 (😇 has also been used it seems)

Champa: 🍾 or 🥂

Special thanks to Whirly for nudging me to compile further and to Popo and the twitter folks for using those emojis religiously haha

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[mannatea]

Starting a new “thread” of these because the other is getting way too fucking long. You can read it here if you’re just finding this one. Starting at Ep242 “Learn to Fuse!/Gohan Revived—Kaoshin’s Secret Weapon!?���

I just have to admit that the sub voice for Boo is literally the most terrifying shit imaginable, like…the dub made him giggly and cutesy…which is also creepy but not nearly to the degree the sub Boo is. He’s honestly just horrifying lmfao.

Imagine being unfortunate enough to look even remotely like Trunks or Goten right now lmao.

“Everything can be brought back with the dragonballs.” Except Gohan and Vegeta I guess, because you guys just ignore them. What am I missing here. I mean, I get why they'd accept Vegeta's death but GOHAN? Am I insane.

I love how the first thing Gohan does upon waking us is accept that he’s dead and look for a halo LOL. I love him so much 😭

Sorry, Goten is the funniest character. When Trunks tells him it’s bad manners to talk at the table and not eat politely he just starts sippin his soup and ignoring everything to "be polite". What a fucking masterpiece.

Goku telling the boys to stop crying because there’s not time for it lmfao. Goku I am going to flick you back into the Other World with my middle finger, jfc man. Sorry they wouldn’t give a shit if you died, but they do care about Vegeta and Gohan lmao.

But also why is this continuing to be such a big deal when THE DRAGON BALLS SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT GOHAN BACK ANYWAY. They should be looking for him right now. And Shin too actually… wtf.

Goku doesn’t even give them a hug or any comfort or anything. I mean I know Goku’s like…a dummy but mannnnnnn they’re little kids. “You two, stop your endless sobbing!” My brother in christ I will kill you again myself. This is probably like 50% of the reason Gohan ended up so traumatized lol.

Honestly more people should feel badly for ChiChi, since they imagine she lost her son and husband now.

Poor Videl honestly. Imagine having to deal with all these weird people. They’re just like. Heard it from a friend whoooo heard it from a friendddd whoooo heard it from another that Gohan is deaaaadddddd. 🎵 No wonder she’s like WTfing all over the place. Nobody’s explained this ki shit to her to an extent where she would understand they literally can’t sense his lifeforce anymore so it has to sound absolutely bonkers that they’re just all believing it without even one shred of proof.

Krillin just giving her the most “oh, honey ☹” look that I’ve ever seen in my life HAHAH.

YOU GUYS LITERALLY WISHED EVERYONE BACK WHO DIED TODAY IS THIS A PLOT HOLE THAT EVERYONE IS SO STUPID OR WHAT. Like Vegeta not coming back makes sense: he’s definitely falling into the “bad guys” list of people not to bring back. BUT GOHAN? NO WAY LOL. I feel insane.

“I absolutely won’t believe such a thing!” Honestly Videl, you’re correct here…even though it’s weird for you to be that confident after you just saw what Boo is capable of and haven’t ever seen Gohan truly fight anyone lol. BUT ASLO AGAIN WHY ARE YOU NOT ASKING ABOUT THE DRAGONBALLS YOU JUST SAW THEM WISH EVERYONE BACK TO LIFE LMAO. WHY AREN'T YOU QUESTIONING THAT SPECIFICALLY.

I mean this is obviously a plot hole/something nobody thought through.

If the wish had been made much earlier (i.e., Bulma and Co. left to make the wish before Gohan had “died”) it would make sense that people were sad about him being dead—because he really would be dead. It doesn’t explain why nobody’s just like “eh, we’ll bring him back in four months” but at least in every other regard this would make a lot more sense.

They could have played around with the idea of Gohan being unable to come back thinking the manner in which he died might have been particularly horrific…or even that Gohan chose not to return, but all we have is this silly plot hole.

(I’m rolling my eyes because it makes all these characters just seem so incredibly stupid and NONE of them are that dumb.)

Something something everyone is like actively grieving and I’m not surprised more people don’t try to think of, say, Videl’s feelings, but man oh man with that plot hole staring me in the face it’s hard to take seriously.

ALSO ALSO they don’t HAVE four months to wait to revive Gohan anyway, so I’m sorta surprised nobody’s says that…or even just, “honey in five days we’re all going to join Gohan anyway soooo.”

I googled this shit because it was driving me insane, only to find a Reddit thread that pretty much told me that DBZ fans don’t possess even one grain of media literacy whatsoever. Fellas it’s called a plot hole; sometimes authors make mistakes just admit it and move on. LOL

Mr. Satan still not concerned about his daughter at all.

Krillin is actually the best, I love him so much.

SSJ3? Hideous. But that’s the price you pay for power.

Goku should just instant transmission himself and Buu to the sun. It'd save me a lot of time.

[dragonballwish]

I love Videl with my entire heart but to see how they showed more of Gohan and Videl's relationship and her importance in Gohan's life and less of his bond with his own little brother who also only appeared in the same saga makes me so sad to no end. We knew more about her and how she is with Gohan and we know of Gohan with Goten or just Goten in general. It's like Goten was made to be snubbed right at the start. (Actually I can say the same with Chi-chi)

Am I just imagining a non-existent problem? It is just me being sensitive at any downplays of platonic and familial bonds to cater for romance? Did they purposely do it to show how macho Gohan is? I am aware of my personal biases in consuming fiction but this I'm nonetheless sad about this

Okay, as someone who loves goten a lot I am maybe biased too but I totally agree !!!!

We missed out on a lot with them barely giving any tidbits about goten— I’d have loved to see more about goten and gohan being brothers, their actual dynamic outside of just excited little brother and mature older brother…like there’s no way they never fought once !!! Or gohan being a guardian figure for goten, helping him with anything like school stuffs too would have been really nice to see.

And like, they gave us little details about how talented goten is and how much potential he has and then immediately sidelined him !!! He’s only relevant when it’s in a side character role with trunks, goten, or goku/chichi as the main role. It’s such a disservice to his character !!! Baby scrimbly boy deserves better !!!

There’s nothing wrong with gohan having a romance but I REALLY feel like buu saga had a lot of … stuffing. In it. A lot of really non-important things that could have easily been taken out and made the arc better. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Buu saga focused on all the things I didn’t care about and completely skipped over the stuff I wanted to see more of!! LOL

So. Yes you’re not the only one. In fact, I am of the opinion that Toriyama has a weird thing against siblings because every sibling ever gets sidelined so hard— and that’s if they’re lucky enough to not have been killed

[ so you want to add some gohan discourse during this gohan discourse time? ]

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OC QUESTION TIME!!! 2, 14, 25, 29, 39, and 50!

OHHHHHOHOHOH, YOU'RE APPROACHING ME!!!! i am not the jonker babey but i AM the rambler so! i'm preemptively putting this below a readmore :']< thank you for the ask sky!!! 😄😄😄💙

here's the prompt!

2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs?

So. 😐😳😳🙈🙈 right now I think the uncontested favorite is Gioia! she's just so girlie of all time... I think the different stages of her character are what keep pulling me back to her- I don't have many characters like that and it's really fun to brainstorm the bridges between each of her eras. Another favorite is Lana, my YGO GX oc and also. my first one ever <3 Gioia has in-universe eras but Lana... lana has had so many rewrites and reincarnations to get to where she is now. working on her feels like honoring baby sarah so I am very partial to Ms. Lana too 🥰

14. Introduce an OC with a tragic backstory

ouuuuug I have SO many with tragic backstories.. i was one of those kids growing up that was obsessed with putting my characters through the most harrowing shit ever 😆 i say that like it's in the past.. i am still on this madness n mania! I think one the most tragic backstories I have is that of my Dragon Ball Xenoverse protagonist... Goten! 🤓🤠🤪🤪🤪🤓🤓😳

truthfully in retrospect I cannot tell you WHY I decided to play as Goten, beyond the fact that Xeno Trunks doesn't have his bestie + seemed a bit lonely.. i said by god I'm gonna help you trunks!! 😭😭 I don't remember how or why I ended up where I did, but I decided that this specific iteration of Goten would be from a version of the timeline (and there is. a lot of lore I wrote to explain this 🆘🆘) where Frieza did end up succeeding in defeating Goku and conquering the Earth, falling in line with the Frieza Planet #80 thing that happens in one of the games (I never played it, but I read about this on the wiki and went hahahahahaha). I'm answering this question last so I won't talk too deeply about The Tragedies that happen in his timeline prior to Xenoverse, but :( he ofc never got to meet his dad, and he loses Gohan and Chichi back to back.. I'm going through my notes again- even Piccolo dies?! 😭 Anyways, Goten grows up in a world where everyone is faced with a power so intense that struggling against it is futile. Despite knowing this, the remaining Z Fighters struggle anyways... Without any intervention, the future is very bleak.

Things only change when Goten gets into an attack ship to leave Earth (I think this was originally to go somewhere that he could become powerful without drawing Frieza's attention? but then it kinda fridges the rest of the Z Fighters so i'm not super keen on it anymore..) He's beamed into the prologue of Xenoverse, and the plot unfurls pretty normally from there. Despite the headache he gets trying to understand everything, he's pretty happy to be in the Time Patrol because it does help him become more powerful! plus he gets to learn more about his father + also how to defeat Frieza! I don't think I ever properly circled around to his original narrative, before Xenoverse, but I think that arc should conclude with him realizing Frieza is on some fucked up time sauce and that they Actually Shouldn't be as powerful as they are.. shenanigans ensue, it takes Goten WITH all of the Xenoverse experience, the Z Fighters, and a surprise betrayal from Vegeta to defeat him. :]

Even though his original business with the Time Patrol is finished at that point, I think he stayed with them because he was curious about How his timeline got so fucked up from the original one... this loops into Xenoverse 2, I imagine. Anyways, he has one foot in the Time Patrol and one foot in his own world- iirc they are able to revive everyone who died during Frieza's conquest of Earth bc Gohan has a romance with Videl in their timeline? but I think Goku stays dead bc he'd died twice at that point??

anyways this concluded with xenoverse pan swag, at least one xeno gotenks moment where he uses TWO SWORDS YAHH (Goten uses either Yajirobe's katana or Yamcha's Azure Dragon Sword.. i forget which though 😭😭😭), and a smidge of truten 🥺🥺🥺 to top it all off. his and trunks' relationship here drives me INSANE because like. Trunks doesn't exist in Goten's timeline and Goten doesn't exist in Trunks' timeline, and yet here they are!!! i think they're able to relate on a lot of things too, but primarily the melancholy of fixing issues with the Main Timeline, where everything is good and right, where Goku and Gohan are alive. 🥺 now that I think of it, the one event where your character is supposed to stop Trunks from yeehawing into the sunset with Future Gohan is probably. very difficult for Goten because he'd probably disappear with his suddenly-alive brother too, if given the chance! but anyways thanks to these kinds of things they have a lot of trust in each other + a lot of synchronization between each other.. I think that makes xenoverse 2 a lot more dramatic too mwahahaha

(i answered this one last bc i was worried i'd go overboard with it... the prophecy came true, girl help!! 😱🤪🤪)

25. The OC that resembles you the most (same hobby, height, shared like/dislike for something etc?)

This one... it is very funny to me... so as I said above, Lana was my first OC ever.. when I first made her at the age of 6 or 7, she was really just a modpodge of things I thought were cool: France 😞, fashion, mysterious green blood that was from another universe....??? When Lana was created, she barely had a personality and well.. since I was an isolated child living on the internet, we really didn't have anything in common.

I rewatched YGO GX during the first COVID lockdown with my sister and girl it woke something UP in me. In her current iteration, there are.. a lot of similarities... like baby me, she was pretty isolated as a kid but Also Thought Nothing of It; she had a fish out of water moment when she finally did get to be around people her own age normally; she had a lot of anxiety about underperforming when compared to her older sibling (this birthed my favorite thing ever for Lana... the Syrus brotherhood of steel.. i thought syrus SUCKED as a kid so this is personally hysterical)... Once she settles into school, she really does fine in her own regard! but that doesn't stop her from having a Senior Year Disillusionment Moment <3, and it takes her many a few years to get back on her feet after graduation...

i'm looking at Lana like 👀👀👀👀 if you can bounce back so can i!!! so can i bitch!!! 👀👀👀👀

29. Which one of your OCs would go investigate an abandoned house at night without telling anyone they’re going?

so considering Gioia literally abandons her entire life to run away with some mystery man and quintessentially go explore some haunted house, without telling anyone... it is Gioia hands down, easy peasy 🤓🤓🤓🤓

I could also see Asa, Thee Primordial Skyrim OC, doing this because she just gets up to this kind of shit accidentally </3 Another OC who would actually do it on purpose would be two of my many Dragon's Dogma OCs: Seveste and Samara! they are twins your honor :] Seveste would do it in pursuit of cool treasure.. Samara would do it to convene with the spirits that haunt the house 😫

39. Introduce any character you want

so I Was going to tell you all about my Dragon's Dogma OCs because they marked the beginning of an Era for my OC creation, and tbh I don't think I'd've gotten to Gioia if not for them, but... I barely have any notes about them and tbh I don't remember the lore enough to actually go into detail about them </3

SO.

I will instead tell you of one of my favorite DD memories and give you a little more info on the aforementioned Mister Seveste! first.. I made him and his sister when I was 15, so. </3 keep this in mind. When I first made him, I wanted to really lean into the thief king idea But I couldn't come up with a name for him.. so I asked my sister for help naming him and she was like Oh! Heinz! because he does Heinous Things!

..............

as u can tell, I Did Not Name Him Heinz. it's funny in retrospect because my first thought back then was Heinz Doofenshmirtz and I was like, NO!!! HE IS SERIOUS!! >:[ but now, he kind of is a doofenshmirtz-esque character..

This Doofenshmirtz aura stems HEAVILY from one very iconic moment in his playthrough. You can romance basically any character in Dragon's Dogma (my first playthrough iirc i Accidentally Romanced the innkeeper or quest-giver without knowing it bc i talked to them frequently. girl help!!), so for Seveste's playthrough I decided to properly romance Aelinore, the young wife of the duke, who is. Much Older Than Her :( iirc this romance was written pretty nicely, although I think you do get thrown in prison and whipped for cucking the duke 🥺🥺 It's all worth it because, in the end, you do get Aelinore out of her situation!!

So, Aelinore romance arc concluded! I carried on with the plot, which eventually meant I had to fight the Now Super Aged Duke in his bedchambers.. Important note here, Seveste is a magick archer and iirc he could shoot flaming arrows? And there were many pots of oil in the bedchambers.. so I remember either pouring these pots out all over the floor or just setting them up maybe? all while the old and feeble duke is trying to get a few punches in on mister Seveste.. it was a time

I got it all set up though, and so the most iconic moment of my entire life unfolded... I had Seveste ready a flaming arrow, and then I yelled at this poor old dying fuck, "FIRST I STOLE YOUR WIFE... NOW I STEAL YOUR LIFE!!!" And then I shot the arrow and he blew the FUCK UP <3

My younger sister and I were like OUHHHHHHH!!!!! It's one of my fondest memories to this day XD Whenever I think back on it now, my brain applies a Doofenshmirtz voice to the quote which makes it even more potent!

50. Give me the good ol’ OC talk here. Talk about anything you want

all of this has made me want to play Dragon's Dogma again... the second game is coming out soon so maybe I should!! beyond that, MAN.. Something I've realized lately is that I honestly need to start reading more and taking more media in.

Growing up, most of my OCs were basically dolls with enough personality and story to make go mwah mwah with the canon characters in whatever thing I was watching. That, or they were my fucked up little meow meows that I used to RP the Hunger Games or what have you... Between Dragon's Dogma and now, I think they've gained a stronger sense of narrative BUT. Something I've noticed between my more recent major OCs like Lana, Thalis, and Gioia is that they're all a reflection of myself in one way or another. Which is partially fine, everything I ever create will have a bit of me in it somehow yk. But I think they're a little repetitive and I want to branch out more with their personalities and stories.. everyone kind of has a depressed girl era that they crawl out of, which I've written to give myself hope in a personally dark time but.. their depressed girl eras can be Richer! them crawling out of the hole can have more depth!

I want to revamp a lot of the OCs I made in my youth and rewrite their stories, but I think I will expand my own horizons before I do so!

[endlessrise]

I love Dragonball as an anime and manga because Toriyama and Toyorato are dope as writers and drawers. However, there is something Dragonball is the worst at, and it's how they make use of female characters. Bulma married Vegeta and has always been searching for a boyfriend, so there is that. Chichi kind of the same thing except that she was a fighter, but that did not really stick around either.

Marron, a Don Juan but woman. There is nothing else to say about her.

Android 18 did not exactly have to become the girlfriend and wife of Krillin later on, but that had to happen, I suppose. But, what is a shame about her is that she also stopped fighting and likely never trained either. She did not suffer the consequences of not training because she is an android.

Then we have Videl which was the one character with the most potential to actually do something. Hell, I can say that if it was not for the thing that happened during the tournament in the Majin arc. She would have been able to surpass android 18 in skills and power. Worth mentioning that she was already stronger than Krillin after her training with Gohan.

I would have genuinely understood if she had stopped fighting and training because of what happened, but this is not even the case. After eating a senzu beans and definitely showing how strong her mental is, she was perfectly fine mentally after being almost killed by that nameless guy. I'm calling him nameless because I don't remember his name.

Oh, and also, Hercule is the strongest human who does not use ki. So, believe it or not, Videl has a lot of potential as a fighter even if her father was written into a complete joke. The girl was said to be stronger than him back then, which she was, she was even stronger than the strongest human with ki known as Krillin.

If she was not written as a housewife like the others, she could have actually made it in the tournament of power instead of someone like Tenshinhan, for an example. Because I can confidently say she would have been stronger than 18 in the tournament arc.

This misuse of female characters is why I really don't want to see Caulifla and Kale again in the manga and on screen. Toriyama doesn't know how to write women. He makes them with a lot of potential, but he does not do them the justice they deserve.

[redphienix]

I like super

*remembers the backwards way in which Roshi was handled, yet again, as a completely irredeemable pervert for 'humor' without the veil of 'it was a different time and an emphasis on 'harmless' is implied as we like joking about this' to hide behind because they didn't want to confront the fact the source material had moved on and that- regardless of that- THEY could have moved on and just referenced the trait in infinitely better ways (that the prior source material often did) by just having him reading naughty magazines during important events or something like come the fuck on the answer to using his character well was right there but no have him become debilitatingly horny because a girl was there and try desperately to recreate the 'Haha, he's just a harmless sex pest old man it's fine :D' tone ignoring how that tone evolved into 'He's bossed around by Launch and watches stretching vhs tapes all day' and then- embarrassingly- make a mini arc around him training himself to stop getting a boner at the drop of a hat and portray this as a cool growing moment right after the writers themselves showed their inability to grow- great job*

*remembers the multiple flanderizations of Goku that lean into the fanon interpretation of him as a complete dumbass who doesn't /really/ care about anyone- doesn't know what kissing is- doesn't comprehend anything beyond 'Me Fight :D' and how the fandom ran with this and made 10 billion jokes about how goku just fucks and fights and doesn't care about chichi*

*remembers the weird episodes dedicated to blackmailing Gohan into appearing in a scandalous situation where it looks like he's cheating on Videl like what was the point, I guess it's not terrible? But why? Felt like 3rd wheel romance high school stuff in retrospect it just feels weird to exist*

*remembers how lost in the weeds of power scaling the writers got where they had guns and bullets and small lasers determine events like dude- you have a wealth of fantasy to play with, a million concepts for how underhanded villains like Freezy Pop could win unfairly, and you went "IDK, a small gun." THINK man, sit down and THINK and use whatever you come up with in the story instead*

*remembers how mad people got at back tingles. I'm not, actually, kinda just made sense to me because it's an alt universe where they haven't found super saiyan yet- teach them some basics and reveal how to scratch that itch- it's silly but I dig it, anyways the fandom got big mad*

*remembers how Jiren is pretty dog shit as a villain in a series dedicated to making fun or worthwhile villain concepts even during fucking one off episodes in OG dragon ball, he's just "I'm the strongest" and that's it and he's the FINALE. This same series had Hit who was vastly more interesting as 'an assassin who is won over by the dedicated fighting spirit of his target' that was far more compelling and it's still lax compared to prior villains*

*remembers how super arbitrarily re-styled dragon ball away from portraying blood or reasonable battle damage in the 'fighting with battle damage' series and like it's fine- there's still some- but what a weird step almost as if to PG-ify a series that routinely just did its thing*

it's pretty good :) Don't like talking about it with people much though for some reason :)

[queerb]

I'm SO mad I can't download the tiktok where I found this out but in the character select for Sparking Zero, there is a dedicated button to have ChiChi, Bulma, and Videl comment on every fucking character in the game. I LIVE for useless noncanon stuff like that!!

[oliartes]

Dragon Ball Gohan rant (can you tell he's my favorite character?)

I gave teen Gohan too much shit when I was younger watching dbz. Like sure the great saiyaman is cringy and I will skip over it any time he shows up, BUT hes a massive dork and who is being a massive dork. And I kinda like the design besides them covering up his head/hair (which I know why they did it's just sad :( )

One of the main things I gave him grief for besides that was just the fact that he didn't train/fight much before Videl had him enter the tournament (and same for when hes an adult in dbs) but like why should he? We learned in the Cell games that Gohan is not a fighter. He fought for peace unlike the saiyans who fought for fun (and peace kkkkkk.) And we learned from the very beginning of dbz that Gohan never wanted to fight, he wanted to be an academic. He was/felt forced to fight for the peace of the world/his friends.

(But then again you also see little glimpses of his saiyan nature peek through, like in the Cell games he turns some what arrogant and is smiling, and in the ToP/Zeno Expo he even talks about enjoying the fight, and how it must be his saiyan side.)

I also gave him some shit for being such a wreck in school and not showing his true strength but ChiChi literally told him too, and she just did what she thought would be best. He said himself that fitting in was hard and also kind of a waste. Would it be easier to explain that you're half alien and have super human powers? ehhh- It would be easier for him in the long run but then again hes like 18 hes pretty much done w high school anyway.

(I love how off topic i can get- i tried to not but T-T )

He's just a dorky traumatized half alien who just wanted peace

[larkawolfgirl]

Honestly (DBZ)

Rating: General Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, M/M

Fandom: Dragon Ball

Relationships: Piccolo/Son Gohan, Videl Satan/Son Gohan, Chi-Chi & Son Gohan, Piccolo & Son Gohan

Characters: Son Gohan, Chi-Chi (Dragon Ball), Piccolo (Dragon Ball), Videl Satan, Son Pan

Additional Tags: Family Drama, Family, Confrontations, Arguing, Emotional Baggage, Bad Parenting, Making Up, Queerplatonic Relationships

Summary: Chichi learns about Gohan's relationship with Piccolo before he has the chance to explain it which leads to a bigger argument years in the making.

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Gohan gazed lovingly into Videl's eyes as they lay in bed, his fingers gently caressing her cheek. "I can't even begin to describe how happy I am, Videl. You, Pan, Piccolo, our home, my career…I don’t know how I got to be this lucky.”

Videl smiled, leaning into his touch. “You’re a good man, Gohan. That’s enough to earn it.”

He shook his head. “I could name a hundred good men without as wonderful a wife as you are.”

“Oh, stop! You’re making me blush!”

He leaned in, kissing over her tinted cheeks. “No, really. I can’t thank you enough for pushing me to be honest about my feelings for Piccolo. It’s like I’ve stepped out of a shadow I didn’t know was there, finally seeing the sun for what it is.”

"I'm glad it was the right decision. Seeing you and Piccolo together...the way you look at each other, you understand each other in a way I don’t think I could understand. It’s clear this relationship is important to you.”

“It is,” Gohan agreed, his thoughts drifting to the countless moments when Piccolo’s steadfast presence had offered him solace and guidance. Their bond that had evolved into something profoundly impactful on his life and, by extension, on his family’s. 

Videl shifted closer. “And I know it's been wonderful for Pan too, having another caring parental figure in her life."

"It really has. Piccolo is so gentle and patient with her. He's helped me learn new parenting styles."

Videl nodded thoughtfully. "You should tell your family. I know you've been hesitant, but they deserve to know, especially when it’s something that makes us this happy. And I think they'll understand, especially your father."

He sighed, feeling the warmth of her suggestion mingled with the trepidation that came with it. His father would certainly be confused, but it was his mother he was worried about. Her strict rules and traditional values would surely clash with the unconventional nature of his relationship with Piccolo. “You know how my mom is. She’ll see him as a threat to our family.”

“Maybe, but we’ll make her come around. She loves you, Gohan. She wants you to be happy. You just need to make her see that this is your happiness.”

"You're right, as always." He pulled her tight against him. "I don't know what I'd do without you, Videl. Your unconditional love and support means everything to me. I promise, I'll tell them soon."

Videl kissed him tenderly. "I'm proud of you. And I know they will be too."

Gohan smiled as he watched Piccolo gently play with Pan in the living room. She giggled and grabbed at his antennae, her tiny hands exploring the ridges and curves. A soft chuckle rumbled from the Namekian's chest, a sound that had become surprisingly tender and familiar within their home.

"You're getting so big, little one," Piccolo murmured. "Soon you'll be strong enough to start training with your dad and me."

Pan babbled happily in response. Gohan felt his heart swell with love and pride. Having Piccolo in his daughter's life meant the world to him.

As Pan became distracted by her toys, Piccolo turned to Gohan, his expression growing serious. "Gohan, we need to talk about our relationship and how it will impact Pan's upbringing."

Gohan nodded, giving Piccolo his full attention. "Of course, what's on your mind?"

"I know your family doesn't know about us. And while I'll support whatever you decide, I do have concerns about Pan growing up with secrecy and shame around our bond." Piccolo's eyes bored intensely into Gohan's.

The half-Saiyan lowered his head. “I know. I already promised Videl I’d tell them. I’m just worried about how my mom’s going to react. You know she doesn’t like you very much.”

"Then, you will make Chichi see reason. Pan deserves to understand this relationship as benign and natural. I won't have her believing her father is doing something wrong." Piccolo's voice grew firm with conviction. "You need to find your courage and conviction, Gohan. Decide what we are to each other, and let no one make you feel ashamed."

“Even if it means confronting misunderstandings and prejudice?”

“Especially then,” Piccolo affirmed, his expression resolute. “You’re a father, Gohan. Your choices shape the world Pan grows up in. She needs to see strength in conviction and the love in our kinship–not fear or doubt.”

Gohan was taken aback by Piccolo's intensity. But he knew Piccolo was right - he had to stop hiding. For Pan's sake, and his own. It was time to stand tall and declare his truth.

“I’ll stop hiding. For Pan, for Videl, for us. It’s time I show the world the family we’ve built together.”

Piccolo gave a rare smile. “That’s the man I trained you to be.”

The laughter and chatter within the warmly lit living room abruptly ceased as the front door swung open with a resounding thud that echoed through the house. Chichi stood framed in the doorway, her figure rigid and imposing as her eyes landed on the scene before her.

Gohan, Piccolo, and little Pan were nestled together on the couch. Gohan's arm was draped over Piccolo's broad shoulders, while Pan giggled, tucked between them, her tiny hands squeezing over the pink patches of skin on the Namekian’s arms.

"Mom!" Gohan's voice wavered between surprise and concern as he stood up. This isn’t how he’d wanted this to happen. Not with them suggesting the implications he knew she would make, and certainly not with Pan there to witness the argument.

“Chichi,” Piccolo acknowledged, sounding surprisingly calm. 

"What is going on here?" Chichi demanded, her voice shrill.

Unsure how to begin to diffuse the situation, all Gohan said was, “I didn’t know you were coming.”

It was the wrong thing to say, giving her more room to speculate. "Clearly not, or you wouldn't be carrying on like this in front of my granddaughter!" Chichi glared at Piccolo. “Is this what you do when your wife is away?”

Gohan tried to muster up his courage but his words sounded weak in comparison to his mother’s dramatics. “It isn’t like that.” 

"Unbelievable! I didn't raise you to be disloyal! After everything Videl has done for you, this is how you repay her?" Her voice was laced with accusation.

Turning her fury on Piccolo, she jabbed a finger his way. "And you! I should never have let you near my son! You've been a bad influence from the start!"

It was the straw that broke him. Anger he hadn’t even realized he carried erupted to the surface. How dare she treat him that way? It was one thing to belittle her husband or children, but Piccolo deserved nothing but respect.

Shaking, Gohan stepped between them. “Stop it! I won’t let you talk about him that way!”

Pan was used to hearing her grandmother raise her voice, but Gohan almost never yelled. The little girl started wailing.

Instantly, guilt set in, and Gohan attempted to soothe her. “Everything’s okay, sweetie.”

Her crying eased but didn’t stop completely. Piccolo cradled her against his chest. “I am taking her outside. She does not need to hear this.”

“Thank you,” Gohan said, touching his shoulder.

As soon as Piccolo was out of the door, his mother spoke again. “Are you sure you want to trust him with her?”

Gohan glared, his anger flaring again. “Oh course, I do.”

“He kidnapped you, what if he steals her away, too? I’ve heard him talking about training.”

There was no hesitation in his response. “He isn’t going to kidnap, Pan.”

“Why do you trust him so much?”

“Because he has always been there for me. He’s honest and loyal. The only reason he kidnapped me was because the world was in danger and you refused to let me train.”

“You were just a little boy.”

“Yes, I was.”

There was a moment of silence as they both mourned him having to grow up too fast. 

“I knew I should have protected you more…”

 “Yes, you should have. You should have protected my childhood and let me play like a normal kid. But you also should have let me train so that we had a chance of surviving.”

Chichi was shaking now and holding her mouth like she was about to cry. “I was scared. I didn’t want anything to happen to you.”

“I know.” Gohan understood where she had been coming from more now than ever. He didn’t want anything to happen to Pan either. “But if we hadn’t done anything, everyone would have all died.”

“I just wanted you to have a normal life.”

“Normal?” Gohan’s hand clenched into a fist. “You call being stuck inside a single room studying all day normal? I wasn’t allowed to play with other kids. The only company I got was during training. You micromanaged every aspect of my life!”

“Because I wanted the best for you!” Chichi shot back, her fist balled at her sides too now. “I didn’t want you to waste your potential the way your father has…Always chasing battles and leaving his family behind!”

Gohan laughed bitterly. "Oh, so it's Dad's fault now? You're the one who never let me make my own choices!"

The dam had burst. Years of resentment poured out of him.

Pacing back and forth, his frustration boiled over. "All I ever wanted was to be a normal kid! To play and make friends. But instead I was forced to study all day, then throw myself into battle after battle. Did you ever ask what I wanted?"

Chichi opened her mouth to respond, but he barreled on.

"No! It was always about what you and Dad wanted. At least Dad had an excuse. It’s Saiyan nature to thirst for power and pass on their legacy, but you? All you wanted was to live the life you never had through me. But I'm not just an extension of you and Dad. I'm my own person!"

Chichi sank into a chair, looking stricken. "I'm so sorry, Gohan," she said softly. "I thought I was doing the right thing...giving you the life I always wished I had. But I see now that I was wrong. I didn’t mean to hurt you."

Gohan's anger melted away. He sat down across from his mother, his eyes full of sadness rather than bitterness. "I know, Mom.” 

Gohan took a deep breath as Chichi wiped tears from her eyes. He knew this conversation was difficult, but it was time she understood the truth.

"I know you and Dad love me," he continued gently. "But I can't pretend anymore. Piccolo has been more of a father to me than Dad ever was. He actually cared about my interests and what I wanted. He didn't just see me as a means to defeat the next enemy."

Chichi bristled slightly at the criticism of Goku, but she held her tongue. 

"Dad was hardly around," he went on. "He was either dead or off training. But Piccolo was there. He taught me how to fight, yes, but also how to think and make my own choices. If it wasn't for him...I wouldn’t be who I am today."

“That’s what I’m afraid of.” Chichi’s face contorted with a mixture of hurt and desperation. “I don’t want you to regret the choices you make because of his influence.”

“The only thing I regret is not standing up for myself sooner. I am an adult. You can’t control my decisions anymore, and I choose to have Piccolo in my life–in our lives.”

There was a moment of silence as Chichi sucked in a breath and released it, presumably trying to remain calm. “I don’t care if you want him in your life or not. It is unfair to treat your wife like this.”

“Videl knows. How I feel and what we do.”

She was taken aback by that information. “You are fucking him.” The verb sounded foreign and ugly in her mouth.

“No, I’m not,” he answered, eyes and voice both laced with ice.

“You expect me to believe that when you were just canoodling on the couch?”

“It doesn’t even matter. This isn’t about you, Mom. This is about my family.”

“I am your family.”

“Yes, you are. But you don’t get to dictate this. We are happy.”

“Videl certainly–”

He cut her off, words resolute. “Videl is more than supportive. And Pan adores Piccolo.” 

“She is supportive?” Chichi slumped in her seat. It was as if she was a balloon of hot air and the air had all ran out. 

Gohan reached out to touch her hand, his voice softening. “Are you okay?”

“I just…I suppose I never thought your relationship could be that secure. She must really love you.”

“Dad has his faults, but he loves you, too.”

“I know. It’s just easy to forget sometimes.”

Gohan waited, allowing her time to process the complexities of her own marriage before continuing. “I know you’ve always wanted what’s best for me. But I need you to understand that this is what’s best for me–no, for our family. This is the life I want. With Videl, and Piccolo, and Pan. You have to accept that."

Chichi stood up and went to him, embracing her son tightly. "You're right, Gohan. I'm so sorry I never realized how much Piccolo means to you. All I could see was my baby being taken away from me. But you aren’t a baby anymore, and instead of taking you away, he’s shaping you into a wonderful man. It won’t be easy, but…your happiness is the most important thing."

Gohan returned the embrace, feeling the weight of years lift from his heart. It had taken so long, but finally his mother understood.

They broke apart when the front door opened, revealing Piccolo cradling a sleeping Pan. “I assume you two have sorted things out?”

Chichi nodded slowly, a fragile smile tugging at her lips as she looked at the way the Namekian cradled her granddaughter. “Yes,” she said, her voice barely above a whisper.

She met Piccolo’s gaze. “Piccolo,” she began, voice unsteady with emotion. “I’m sorry for how I’ve treated you. You’ve been a part of this family and I…”

He gave a solemn nod. “Apology accepted.”

Chichi let out a breath, relief flooding her features. She stepped forward and, to Piccolo's great surprise, enveloped him in a tentative hug. After a stunned moment, he gently returned it.

Gohan beamed as he watched the exchange. The rift between two of the most important people in his life was finally healing.

Just then, the front door opened again and Videl walked in, stopping short at the scene before her. "Oh wow, this is a surprise!" she exclaimed, taking in Piccolo and Chichi's embrace and her husband’s obvious happiness.

Chichi pulled back from Piccolo and turned to her daughter-in-law with a smile. "We're celebrating the new addition to our family," she said warmly, glancing at Piccolo.

Videl's eyes lit up with understanding. She crossed the room to slip an arm around Gohan's waist.

"Well in that case," she said, "I think this calls for a feast!”

As Videl moved to the kitchen, Gohan went over to his mother again. “Can you let me be the one to tell Dad and Goten?”

Chichi giggled. “Of course! I can’t say I understand it myself, let alone well enough to explain to your father of all people.”

Gohan couldn’t help laughing as well. If anyone was going to need a simple but clear explanation, it would be his father. “Maybe I will make him some slides like I do for my students.”

She grinned. “Be careful, that might scare him away.”

He put an arm around her shoulder and started leading her toward the dining room. “That’s a good point. Since you’re staying, how about I tell you more about our relationship.”

Chichi smiled. “I’m willing to listen.”