#piccolo my man

[candraz]

Some DBZ sketches from tonight's Livestream 😌✨

I am a little👌obsessed

[gatorgrumbles]

I will not shut up about him or cease drawing him, if i stop assume I’ve died

[waffle-time-god]

“I guess I always dreamed of being as strong as my dad.”

Future Gohan you deserved so much better.

Full image under the cut

This was supposed to be a quick sketch that turned into several days of casually adding to it until we got this. My first attempt ever at a comic lol.

[piccoloswifers]

[kittykat299]

As a character one of Piccolo's strongest values is and has always been family despite that never being addressed explicitly. His desire for a family, a place to belong, drives him even before he realizes he wants it. He grew up isolated from others with only the memory of his father urging him toward destruction, and despite being noncanon the filler bits of OGDB depicting his childhood only emphasize this (seriously though I could write an essay about the episode where he finds the family having a birthday party. I dont care if it's "noncanon" it's fucking heartbreaking). I think this is best illustrated by the contrast between OGDB and Super, where in OGDB he's isolated and destructive, always on the outside and viewed as a monster (the monster his father wanted him to be, the only approval he ever got for years was a dead man's wish for him to become a monster) in Super he's actively part of a family unit- he's heavily involved in the Son/Satan families' lives and despite putting on a show of grouchiness he clearly places a high value on his place in their dynamic.

Of course the road to this wasn't perfect, his early friendship/mentorship with Gohan is a clear replication of his own traumatic childhood. "It made me strong, so it'll make you strong too" beliefs which were directly harmful (this is the real reason he's Gohan's second dad, he literally gives the kid generational trauma).

If my thoughts were more organized I might start a tangent about how his apparent general distance from Gohan in the Buu saga could have been an attempt to rectify that mistake by distancing himself, before ultimately apologizing and making a concerted effort to be better resulting in them being close again in Super but at that point I might as well be writing fanfiction.

In any case I fully believe family is one of Piccolo's strongest character motivations whether he acknowledges it or not.

Thank you for coming to my TEDtalk

[birdantlers]

I didnt even know DB Daima dropped bc life shit but @peridotite has informed me that they just casually drop that namekians apparently originate from [checks notes] the demon realm

Yk everyone's favorite and most memorable DBZ setting ..... The Demon Realm .......... ..

[shannonsketches]

he's so important to me

[dumpsterbabytrunks]

JESUS CHRIST PICCOLO???

[cassielsunstone]

Piccolo <3

[upgradewater]

deja vu

[payaso-affairs]

ITS GONNA BE BILLY'S BIRTHDAY LETS FUCKING GET IT

[gatorgrumbles]

I drew my number one husband to celebrate his day

[piccoloswifers]

[kakusboyfriend]

"why are you saying piccolo and cell are asexual isn't that kinda shitty since they can reproduce asexually and-" 1- piccolos species hasn't fucked in like 300 years 2- 99% of the characters you ship cell with shares DNA with them so you might as well fucking not I guess.

[werewolf-femboy-maid]

FUCK I'm also still mad they never brought raditz back, like what do you MEAN he never comes back man really???

Didn't even watch the whole show and I'm pissed I wanted to see more brotherly interactions

[shannonsketches]

you know what I take back my vegeta schitts creek headcanon, I think he's david around goku and alexis around everyone else

in my most comedic soul though he is just masc gina linetti