Dragon Ball Z Abridged

I prefer emotional abuse. Nobody can see the scars that way.

This entire topic is leaving a horrid taste in my mouth.

I'm more into gaslighting myself. That way they can't be sure what's going on or who is behind it, or if their grip on sanity is slowly dwindling.

...Maybe we should stop, yeah.

I saw casual groping between friends of all genders in high school, so I'd say that you all think that Reality Is Unrealistic.

edited 29th May '17 2:57:36 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

So to leave that.

What could be the most likely reason of why Mr. Perfect Cell is so defensive of Yamcha?

He takes pity on him as a person.

Consensual groping among friends is not the same as unconsented groping :V

And wow, you guys are wimps; you're not actually friends until you can abuse each other.

edited 29th May '17 3:01:37 PM by BlackYakuzu94

Because there's legitimate humour out of the Villain trying to kill them all being nicer to him than his own friends.

I thought Tien's line to Yamcha about the latter's positive attitude being one of his redeeming traits was pretty accurate. Cell didn't need to be Mr.Nice Guy there.

That was just Tien being a dick, as usual. I don't know, Tien being the straight-man without being super mean-spirited about it worked better for me. The mean-spirited works better for characters who have other parts to their personalities.

edited 29th May '17 3:25:50 PM by LSBK

I figured it was aspects of his egomania mixed with being part Goku, he doesn't need to mock Yamcha, he's above that.

If anything, the current Abridged characterization of Tenshinhan as a mean-spirited snarky jerk is perfectly in-line with the canon personality he had in the 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai.

edited 29th May '17 4:11:20 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

Kind of a lot of character development happened after that, though? I mean, in DB terms anyway.

And also only in the anime I think. The episode where, while Roshi's team collected the Dragon Balls to thwart King Piccolo, Tien met one of his previous victims and got on hands and knees to beg for help, is one of the most powerful moments in the series. Also filler I guess?

Cell is made up of all of Yamcha's friends, isn't he? Wouldn't he thereby have a greater affinity for him than everyone else there?

Goku's the only one who likes him.

That' because, outside of Trunks, Goku is the only one aware of the fact that Yamcha committed suicide in Trunks time line.

Not that I'd expect anyone else to care really.

That's not quite what he said.

"The fact that you have any hope left in your life is your most admirable quality."

It's a backhanded compliment; an insult prettied up to sound nice, like telling someone that it's incredibly brave of them to be wearing that outfit today. He's not saying that it's cool that Yamcha's super positive. He's saying that it's impressive that Yamcha can find even the slightest bit of positivity when he's such a dismal failure of a person.

That Tien got him to thank him for calling him a trash heap of a person was pretty much the ultimate Troll Win. Hence Cell's reaction.

edited 29th May '17 5:49:10 PM by TobiasDrake

Wow, I remembered that line totally wrong. Thanks for correcting me.

And Fuck Abridged!Tien.

Where's your awesome theme song, Tien? That's what I thought.

edited 29th May '17 5:53:45 PM by Nikkolas

Because Cell is partially made up of Goku and Yamcha is Goku's friend.

Hell, that's not even Yamcha's coolest theme song:

edited 29th May '17 6:22:10 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

We all know Yamcha's best theme.

I wanted to say 'Tien doesn't need to prop up his ego with a theme song' but that would imply that I like Tien.

Do you not like Tien or do you not like the 30 percent of fans who argue he's the best character and refuse to hear anything else?

Hey, the Humans' fanbases have to be militant in response to unprovoked Saiyan hype and aggression.