IM LAUGHING!!!!
I think, one of the reasons that set off Vegeta’s popularity, was that he was just, so, fucking, hard to kill. He survived SUCH a beating, back when the power scaling of the series was still comprehensible and meaningful. He was wrathful, persistent, and out of this world with an ego that dwarfed his crazy tiny body and his troll doll haircut. Vegeta was the nationalistic embodiment of Goku’s true heritage, which appealed to Eastern fans–and internationally became iconic, unforgettable, and respectably, villianously vicious–and Japanese fans vied for his survival in the Saiyan saga against Toriyama’s wishes, because they were so impressed.
I was simply taken away by Vegeta in the Saiyan Saga. They had done everything, EVERYTHING, and they utterly failed to kill him. The power of believing on yourself? He fucking transforms into ozaru. The power to protect your loved ones? Vegeta wrecks Gohan after he tries to protect Goku. The power of hope and life force of every single being in the world? HE MOCKS THEM and proceeds to punch them in the face with what he has left. It was until the same power of his race is turn against him that he decides to tell GTFO… I mean, a naked giant monkey child landed on him, and he survived. WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT. Not even Piccolo had such stamina… and Vegeta just simply refused to change. It took him three fucking sagas to come to terms with the fact that, yeah, he’s “one of them now, god fucking dammit”, but it was the most anticipated change of heart in the whole series.
Goddamned RIGHT
Vegeta is a fucking tank man. If there is one thing that man knows, it’s how to take a beating with style.
FUCKING THIS, MAN! FUCKING T H I S! You ROOT for him on Namek because everyone else is so dumb and incompetent. Then he’s forced to team up with the good guys, and you’re like, YES! he may be going to kill them as soon as he gets the chance but for now KICK GULDO’S ASS! So when we see Veggie get basically tortured by Freeza, at that point you’re like, well shit, he doesn’t deserve this. HOLD ON VEGETA, GOKU’S COMING! But he LIVES, he LIVES long enough to laugh in Freeza’s face because he knows Goku will defeat him. AAAAAAAAAGGGHHHHHHH SO FUCKING GOOD
Reason why I loved namek saga
I watched this episode yesterday lmao
everything in this post makes me wana run out n yell this all out to the world!!! Yes to EVERYTHIGN here. Saiyan saga Vegeta flooring us with his persistence and durability, Namek Saga Vegeta with his cunning and intelligence… n winning our hearts with his soul-bearing confession during his dying breaths..
All.of.this!!!!
Vegeta was like a damn Terminator!
Because he just couldn’t die there, he had a plan, he had a goal and that’s why when he broke we all broke with him. My beautiful prince, so strong, so powerful
DAMN RIGHT!
What I love about Vegeta is that he NEVER stops trying to be the best!
HIS FIGHT AGAINST BUU.
As Majin (right after a real tear-up brawl with Goku) and later again versus Kid Buu, that motherfucker kept getting back up. There’s this awesome moment where after taking such a brutal fucking beating, he is bleeding, broken, can barely stand, AND THE MOTHERFUCKER JUST GETS UP OUT OF THE HOLE.
EVEN BUU IS FLOORED BECAUSE WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS GUY’S DEAL
AND HE STILL HAD ENERGY LEFT FOR THIS!
This post just keeps getting better!
And let’s not forget the total about-face in re: Bulma. On Namek, he could really care less if she dies. She’s just another weak alien; they’re all alike, really.
And then at some point, he has sex with her. Presumably just because he’s horny and hey, she’s in the same house.
Except she gets pregnant, and now there’s a baby. A living, tangible reminder that the Prince of all Saiyans debased himself by having sex with a non-violent member of a fairly weak race.
And then he realizes that the baby in Bulma’s arms is the same super Saiyan that sliced Frieza in half like it was nothing. So the kid has his begrudging respect, but Bulma is still just…Bulma.
And then by the Buu saga, he’s realized that he doesn’t just care about Trunks, but about Bulma as well. Sure, she doesn’t have much physical strength, but she’s a technical genius who built him a whole training set-up, almost from scratch, just because she could and he wanted one. She’s not royalty, but when you can count all your subjects on one hand, does that even matter anymore? She clearly loves him, and has for a long time. And you know what? He’s willing to die for her.
He basically goes from a pompous, xenophobic asshole to a loving family man in less than a decade.



















