✨ DRAGON SOUL !

hii if ur an active dragon ball acct PLS lets be friends 😭 ive been on dbz tumblr for like 7 years now but a lot of my old mutuals moved on and i’m so lonely SOB!!

the entire appeal of vegeta as a character is his dedication to never winning. he is allergic to victory. it’s kind of the point of his character, it’s sort of the most cut-and-dry shit ever. he exists as a personification of how obsession about perfection (especially to the point of mind-swelling arrogance) and fixation on besting other people is a bad thing. it’s the thing that corrupts the better half of vegeta’s life, not just towards goku, but as an adolescent as well during his time under freeza’s rule. the final arc of vegeta’s characterization (in Z) is him finally accepting that goku is better than him and coming to terms with the fact that just being in the presence of the very best is satisfactory enough, and that pursuit of greatness should come from personal benefit and gain rather than trying to topple others.