You know Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan 2's gonna show up sooner or later. Probably sooner.
True, but we were already talking about BOG, so shit products aren't off the table.
I don't know if that's true. He's a guy who carries out destruction, not the personification of it (unlike Death). Anyone can destroy, and Beerus can even go long periods without doing it himself as long as destruction is still happening.
I mean really it'd be easy to off him and replace him with someone who is capable of destruction, but won't be a dick about it. It's a position, and even if it needs to exist, he doesn't need to be the one in it.
So then Gohan kills him instead
I agree Goku beating Beerus would have sucked, but if Beerus was meant to stop being an antagonist he could have been written as less of an asshole. Or actually made necessary.
edited 23rd Dec '15 7:22:27 PM by Saiga
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.
Or heck, for a more direct comparison, Galactus devouring planets is often portrayed as necessary for the Marvel universe to function.
edited 23rd Dec '15 7:24:36 PM by Moth13
To be fair, I have the exact same problem with Galactus as I do with Beerus. The superheroes should just murder that son of a bitch already so he doesn't try to destroy Earth again for the millionth time.
But apparently, yin and yang have to be in a narrative, no matter how much they have to stretch things to show how it would work. (grumblegrumble)
edited 23rd Dec '15 7:31:45 PM by BaffleBlend
"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — UltimatepheerYeah I'm not a big fan of Galactus either, mostly because due to Depending on the Writer he comes off as suuuuuper evil sometimes.
Galactus' problems are due to Marvel Comics being a never ending series of events, so his exact need for eating planets suffers from Depending on the Writer.
edited 23rd Dec '15 7:31:56 PM by VeryMelon
Oh, and speaking of Galactus.
They actually DID just decide "Fuck it" and killed him off once, but then it turns out he had a multiverse destroying abomination inside of his body, so they had to revive Galactus so he could use the Ultimate Nullifier to get rid of him for good.
And recently The team called the Ultimates used Galactus' birth pod to change him into a being that gives life to worlds instead of devouring them
And it makes you wonder if something like that will happen with Beerus. If every universe has their own God of Destruction, having one die (without a successor) would be a really big deal.
Of course, King Kai died in the Cell Saga, and that didn't do anything. Except in Bojack.
The *Legendary* Super Saiyan is motivated by a crying infant! He is a literal giant f***ing baby!This was alluded to earlier, but this
◊ is how Galactus appears to be spending his time now.
I actually thing it's fitting that now Galactus is giving back life instead of taking it.
Considering the crazy shit Marvel just went through recently, giving back life makes sense.
One Strip! One Strip!
x8: Haven't seen past the first season. Too many things rubbed me the wrong way about it, though funnily enough the problems I had with it are completely unrelated to this argument.

Yeah, you guys kinda walked right into this one, really.
"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer