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[003] Tamfang Current Version

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RealLife:

\"Oh, you teach physics? Do you know about that new textbook that\'s making waves, \'\'Matter and Interactions\'\'?\"

Professor Ruth Chabay: \"Er, well, I co-wrote it.\"

[002] TobiasDrake

25th Apr '16 at 12:45:38 PM

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Goku doesn't get away with ruthless and amoral actions, though. That's the point. The other characters may not be able to do anything about it, but that doesn't mean he gets a free pass from the narrative.

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Goku doesn\'t get away with ruthless and amoral actions, though. That\'s the point. The other characters may not be able to do anything about it, but that doesn\'t mean he gets a free pass from the narrative.

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* Goku's CruelMercy towards Frieza was punished by Frieza's subsequent attack against the Earth.
* Goku's actions at the Cell Games were harshly punished by the narrative; he literally dies for the choices he makes here.

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* Goku\'s CruelMercy towards Frieza was punished by Frieza\'s subsequent attack against the Earth.
* Goku\'s actions at the Cell Games were harshly punished by the narrative; he literally dies for the choices he makes here.

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** Fighting Vegeta instead of giving Buu the attention he deserves? Buu awakens and is too powerful for anyone to handle. Goku's bad choices doom the universe.
** Sending the kids to fight Buu instead? Everyone on Earth dies while they're being trained, and all they accomplish is making Buu so strong that Gohan can't beat him either.
** Vegetto going inside Buu to rescue people who could just be revived with the Dragon Balls in the inevitable

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** Fighting Vegeta instead of giving Buu the attention he deserves? Buu awakens and is too powerful for anyone to handle. Goku\'s bad choices doom the universe.
** Sending the kids to fight Buu instead? Everyone on Earth dies while they\'re being trained, and all they accomplish is making Buu so strong that Gohan can\'t beat him either.
** Vegetto going inside Buu to rescue people who could just be revived with the Dragon Balls in the inevitable \"repopulate the Earth\" wish? Goku and Vegeta lose their fusion and the hostages are all subsequently killed anyway.
** Breaking the Potara and relying on Goku\'s own strength instead? Too bad, Super Saiyan 3\'s immense drawbacks make defeating Buu impossible. Probably should have hung onto the Potara after all.

It\'s true that Goku at his most selfish isn\'t a pure white hero, but the narrative almost always punishes him whenever he strays into Gray. It doesn\'t follow him over there. The only time he\'s ever been rewarded for a selfish decision was sparing Vegeta, and that\'s only because Vegeta was so popular that Toriyama had to invent a new villain to take over the Namek arc.

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