Now I'm really hoping Gohan will transform in the chamber because of his pent-up aggression against Goku. That way, they can address that plot point early, and SSJ 2 can be the same as canon.
edited 1st Aug '15 5:45:10 PM by LOLypop1224
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!Seriously. I've been fucking done with this gag since Namek saga. It's just not funny.
My various fanfics.I also want them to deal with Gohan's aggression towards Goku.
I feel like it's all building up towards making Goku's death an even bigger Tear Jerker than in the original version, in that at the time, Gohan will possible flat out hate his dad.
Gonna be a terrible moment. A great but terrible moment.
One Strip! One Strip!I really don't have any faith in them to not screw it up. Mostly because I want to be pleasantly surprised.
My various fanfics.....
Considering my bitterness in the main thread, I ain't gonna judge someone for a lack of faith.
I'm gonna try and stick to my lets see how it goes attitude.
I admit, that now that we're at the Goku and Gohan training in the chamber arc, I'm wincing in preparation for how things will go on Gohan's end. But I can at least hope they'll tackle it in the hear and now. Maybe things will turn out better in this version.
It hurt. It means he has more respect for Vegeta and Guru as adults than his own dad.
.....Holy shit. That's really sad.
edited 1st Aug '15 7:25:31 PM by HandsomeRob
One Strip! One Strip!Honestly on this front I don't blame people for not having that much faith because their feelings on Goku as a father seem pretty obvious.
That also brings up the question of whether or not Abridged!Goku truly understands sex and everything that goes with it. I seriously doubt he does besides "it feels good".
edited 1st Aug '15 7:40:46 PM by LSBK
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He was apparently estranged from her in Trunks' timeline.
edited 1st Aug '15 7:28:17 PM by HandsomeRob
One Strip! One Strip!I think that's the reason I've hated this joke from the very beginning. It's founded on bullshit!
My various fanfics.Unfortunately, they don't seem to be intent on stopping it any time soon.
I'd say it's the one point where they fail miserably.
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Not just that, I hate that they really gloss over Piccolo doing very similar but worse actions and make jokes about being Gohan's "real father". Despite the fact that Piccolo's biggest positive was done by Goku - twice - and Goku's worst moment is easily surpassed by Piccolo doing the same, earlier, and not being misguided about it.
Being evil at the time is no excuse, because Piccolo (in canon) still gets annoyed about Gohan becoming soft (even after Goku is at peace with it) and in Abridged still makes comments about "dodge" from his training of Gohan. And in neither action does he ever suggest he believes he did the wrong thing, whereas at least Goku had his epiphany and dropped his plan once he realized.
Yeah I feel Gohan is being portrayed as far crueler than he should be. And it doesn't seem like he's being treated as though he's wrong.
edited 1st Aug '15 7:41:24 PM by Saiga
I think the worst part of insults directed at Goku is that he never seems to even notice them.
It's one thing with Vegeta or Piccolo or Frieza because. Well. They're all still at least partially evil or jerks.
But I feel like we're meant to sympathize a bit with Gohan and. It doesn't really come across as sympathetic.
It should be, but to be honest, I'm kinda scared they won't in order to keep doing their Goku is a bad father joke.
Is Goku a great dad? No, but it's not for lack of trying. It's cause he's always dying.
.....heh.
That being said, you can genuinely want to be a good parent and still fuck it up really badly.
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It does bring up a point, though. Gohan doesn't necessarily want to be there. I mean, maybe he does in canon, but not in TFS. In his mind, there's no reason for him to be there. Vegeta and Trunks had just gotten out, and his father was there and could probably train on his own.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!