If Goten and Trunks were traumatized they sure didn't act like it with their "lol lets save super saiyan 3 for the last minute" that they decided when training together.
I too have always found the "Piccolo is black" thing to be really strange. It might just be that there are no major black people in the cast to identify with, while Piccolo is one of the few non-caucasian looking characters (because anime characters end up looking caucasian a lot regardless of being asian or aliens). Might also be that those fans stereotype black as being cool and tough, like Piccolo acts when he's not cackling madly over something.
There was also this big thing about black Saiyans / black Goku during the 90s and with that stuff coming up again with Xenoverse I assume it's about identification.
So from what I can tell, some black fans identify with Piccolo more than other characters.
edited 26th Feb '15 6:40:01 PM by Saiga
Yeah. And keep in mind that this was after Goten watched Buu turn his mother into an egg and smash her.
If seeing his own mother murdered before his eyes isn't sufficient to traumatize Goten, I don't think killing the rest of the world would fare much better.
edited 26th Feb '15 6:35:10 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Everyone's always been an asshole.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.They didn't turn into assholes. Dragon Ball has never been shy about presenting its characters as flawed people. Even Goku, since the guy flat out admits that he's a selfish ass putting Earth in danger just because he wants to fight Vegeta again.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimariWorse than Vegeta protecting Cell while he achieves his Perfect Form?
Or Goku giving Cell a Senzu Bean to ensure he's in peak fighting condition when he faces Gohan?
edited 26th Feb '15 6:42:15 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Okay, that second one isn't technically Goku being an asshole. He wanted the fight to be fair. It's not smart, but it's Goku.
My various fanfics.The difference between Cell and Buu is during the Cell Saga, Goku and Vegeta's asshole moments seemed to be a Saiyan trait. It doesn't justify it, but at least it's an explanation. In Buu, it's not just Goku and Vegeta being assholes. Everyone is acting weirdly. Goku, Vegeta, the kids, Piccolo...
edited 26th Feb '15 6:48:57 PM by LOLypop1224
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!No, not really. Piccolo is at his best here and in no way an asshole, the kids had some Mood Whiplash with that egg scene but Gotenks is consistently a buttlord and then that's about it.
Vegeta indirectly frees Boo... better than directly powering up Cell.
edited 26th Feb '15 6:48:57 PM by Saiga
The only awful thing Piccolo did was tell Buu to go finish killing the world to buy time for Goten and Trunks to train, and he was operating on sound logic: most of the world's already dead so we're obviously going to do a Bring Back Everyone wish once this is all over, and if Gotenks isn't strong enough to beat Buu, everyone dies anyway.
edited 26th Feb '15 6:48:54 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Actually, the people that get turned into candy are actually fully aware of what's happening to them, as Vegito's magical ability to fight as candy was a) due to the magic of the earrings themselves, and b) only let him keep his power, with it implied in the Daizenshuu that he would still have been self-aware even if he didn't retain his power. So yeah, three-year old Marron was fully aware of being essentially eaten alive.
Let's see if you can get past my Beelzemon. Mephiles, WARP SHINKA!Fortunately, she's three.
Toddlers experience many things that are frightening and terrible at that age. Nobody remembers that shit.
If people could remember everything that was terrifying during those years, no one would ever sleep again.
edited 26th Feb '15 6:51:08 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.But either way, Goku and Vegeta make stupid decisions. In every arc. Sometimes it's justified, sometimes it isn't.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!Hey, be fair to Vegeta. He didn't make terrible decisions in either the Red Ribbon Army Saga OR the Piccolo Daimao Saga!
His choices in the Pilaf arc, however, leave much to be desired.
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.Well, Goku didn't finish off Freeza. Sure, he assumed he was dead, and it wasn't like he knew Freeza would be rebuilt as a cyborg. But still.
And besides, Goku didn't contribute enough to the plot on Namek to even make stupid decisions.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!HE SHOT FRIEZA WITH A BIG OL' LASER BEAM, AND FRIEZA WAS HALF OF A BODY. I think it's safe to say he was allowed to have other priorities.
My various fanfics.Allowing Frieza to take the time he needed to reach 100% when both Frieza and time itself were against him was pretty dumb.
edited 26th Feb '15 7:03:25 PM by TobiasDrake
My Tumblr. Currently side-by-side liveblogging Digimon Adventure, sub vs dub.

The problem is that Goten and Trunks are saiyan children. Children, which are already resilient, boosted by being part of a race of Blood Knights. So, I can totally see Goten and Trunks going into a candy store and making jokes about Buu eating people like candy.
Marron is fully human though so she'd probably be a fair bit traumatized...
... But she most likely never even saw Buu or had any idea of what was going on so I doubt it.
himitsu keisatsu seifu chokuzoku kokka hoanbu na no da himitsu keisatsu yami ni magireru supai katsudou torishimari