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AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#17001: Dec 23rd 2015 at 3:56:55 PM

Oh wait...

DAMN IT, I WAS RELAYING.

Well I guess I am crazy then, woop de doo.

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Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#17002: Dec 23rd 2015 at 3:57:16 PM

They have said it before, for sure.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#17003: Dec 23rd 2015 at 4:05:05 PM

I don't even remember this being brought up before now.

AdricDePsycho Rock on, Gold Dust Woman from Never Going Back Again Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#17004: Dec 23rd 2015 at 4:08:34 PM

I brought it up months ago after watching their video on making the Cooler 2 Abridged. Someone in the comments said they would abridge World's Strongest once they hit 2,000,000 subscribers.

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wanderlustwarrior Role Model from Where Gods Belong Since: Jun, 2009 Relationship Status: What's love got to do with it?
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#17006: Dec 23rd 2015 at 5:39:39 PM

I'm also black. I think a lot of black people bonded over DBZ because it spoke to something not straight white male. There's Latino fans as well. Shonen now has become the standard for white guys, but back with DBZ, it matched the era of a bit more off the wall style that we had in music, TV, etc.
As for more black guys wearing the clothes, I think we just collectively decided to stop giving a fuck about what society said, and continue rocking style as we like it. I don't wear the stuff, but I see it worn by black and Asian guys (and to a lesser extent Latino and even white guys) as pride in being a nerd.

I'm surprised Battle of Gods was their number one, but I don't listen to them too closely to have called it.

LOLypop1224 ...what am I even DOING here? Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
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#17007: Dec 23rd 2015 at 6:25:34 PM

I read this article on the internet somewhere, and it was talking about how Goku going Super Saiyan really resonated with a lot of African-American's culture and personal experience.

EDIT: I found it.

edited 23rd Dec '15 6:26:59 PM by LOLypop1224

The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!
LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#17008: Dec 23rd 2015 at 6:39:11 PM

Huh, none of that really resonates with me and I'm also black. Oh, well, different experiences and all.

BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
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#17009: Dec 23rd 2015 at 6:48:24 PM

I was really hoping Battle of Gods would be a lot lower... (sigh). Everyone already knows how much I think Beerus is a Karma Houdini Villain Sue, so no use dragging that dead horse out again. So I'll just have to shut up and watch them gush over something I hate.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#17010: Dec 23rd 2015 at 6:50:14 PM

[up][up] To be fair, a lot of it is factually incorrect.

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#17011: Dec 23rd 2015 at 6:54:29 PM

I predict that either Tommorow or Christmas Day is when they will put up the next DBZ abridged episode.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#17012: Dec 23rd 2015 at 6:56:43 PM

[up][up][up]But he's not either of those things (at least in the movies) so...

BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
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#17013: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:02:25 PM

[up]He gets his jollies destroying planets just like Frieza. The only difference is the fact that he gets away with it for some completely unbelievable reason.

Seriously, Balance of Good and Evil is about as credible a trope cliché as The Chosen One nowadays...

edited 23rd Dec '15 7:04:08 PM by BaffleBlend

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#17014: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:04:42 PM

You're interpreting him as a character rather than a force of nature like he's meant to be.

...Though granted he's a force of nature with a personality sooooo.

BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
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#17015: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:05:43 PM

[up]He should have been killed. That's my opinion, and I stand by it.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#17016: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:05:46 PM

[up][up][up]He didn't really seem to enjoy destroying planets. It something he just did.

And you don't really get to decide whether a trope is credible or not, in universe his job is actually required for new planets to come into existence. I can understand disliking it the trope and that coloring your opinion of the character. But you are not the one who decides how the mechanics of the DBZ universe works.

edited 23rd Dec '15 7:07:32 PM by LSBK

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#17017: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:07:38 PM

Isn't "stop enjoying the destruction" some quote from BOG, though?

Or is Xenoverse mistranslation stuff again?

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#17018: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:08:29 PM

And just how would you go about killing him, hmm?

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BaffleBlend Hey there! Having fun? from Somewhere Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: LET'S HAVE A ZILLION BABIES
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#17019: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:08:48 PM

[up][up][up]It's not that I'm saying it isn't true in that universe, I'm saying it shouldn't be true in that universe. It's just... stupid!

[up]Same way that any other planet-destroying maniac gets what they deserve; hitting him really hard.

edited 23rd Dec '15 7:10:04 PM by BaffleBlend

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#17020: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:09:04 PM

Honestly, Goku defeating Beerus would have made BoG significantly worse.

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TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#17021: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:09:55 PM

Let me put it this way.

When you kill a Force of Nature, either everything goes to shit, or something worse takes it's place.

For example, a story in Marvel comics had an alternate universe where Death was killed, so Life was allowed to consume the universe and create a cancerous abomination that threatened to consume other worlds if it wasn't stopped.

Needless to say, perhaps Beerus' existence, or the existence of a God of Destruction in general, is necessary to prevent a greater evil from appearing.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#17022: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:10:39 PM

Super outright says there's no meaning in the way he destroys things.

Not a Sue by any means, but it is easy to see him as a Karma Houdini. Forcing people to grovel before him and threatening destruction for coercion is not part of his job, that's abusing his position.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#17023: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:10:53 PM

[up][up][up][up]That's not... not really sure what to say about that.

[up]True, I think disliking Beerus based on his actual personality works better than just because his position exists. And how he does his job, actually.

edited 23rd Dec '15 7:12:52 PM by LSBK

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#17024: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:10:58 PM

Except-

Wait, at this point I'm continuing an argument that was initially not even supposed to be raised. So I'll bow to what Baffle initially said and not talk about this.

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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#17025: Dec 23rd 2015 at 7:11:23 PM

[up][up][up] But Super is shit so that doesn't really matter.

edited 23rd Dec '15 7:11:34 PM by Zelenal

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