#re-reclass

with some help (and some inspiration) from @re-reclass, i managed to put together a video for some of the older incorrect quotes on this blog!

But also that Toriyama clearly isn't writing a family drama and that would be depressing as hell so I'm happy to accept the filler and fanon that improves the Son family dynamic. People insisting that Goku's a shitty parent should lighten up.

And even if Toriyama is behind the story, I can't accept the way Goku is characterized in Super most of the time because he was never so callous after growing up before.

This is the most reasonable hot take on a topic where goku-goers are very divided LOL, perfect middle ground !!!!

I think people who think goku is a “shitty parent” either have outstanding parents or simply are taking it too seriously, because honestly the series doesn’t give a whole lot of information about his home life, but going by what we DO have is enough to tell me he is a pretty good dad, who takes care of his kids where he is physically able to, if that makes sense.

Half of the series he’s literally just not available to because he’s fucking DEAD (+ does not know something is happening to his kids so cannot just come back to help) so you can’t count that as bad parenting, and the other half of the series, he’s doing what he can to help his kids (and the world) in a world that is quite literally full of villains who are trying to kill them all. If I had to choose between forcing my kid into a situation where they are prepared to fight back vs letting them and everyone else die? Yeah I would want my kid prepped to fight back. For example.

Therefore. I think goku is definitely unconventional in his parenting because there is no room to be a regular dad, and he’s definitely not like 100% good dad either, there are definitely places he could have done better.

And you’re totally right that there simply not enough info on the day-to-day in Toriyama’s canon, and super doesn’t do much good to his character hahaha,,, if all of that was written in, I think Toriyama would not actually write it in a way that is very deep anyways ??

I kinda ended up rambling. Mostly I agree with you, even though I don’t consider him a “bad dad”. I think he’s def not the best one, though.

💥 What is one canon thing that you wish you could change?

ooooh, that's a good question. i think it's hard for me to choose favorites out of my work unless i narrow the criteria; i guess in terms of stuff i've published and things that feel in-character to me personally, it would be when will you learn

i think this is the closest i've gotten in anything finished to replicating the style of the books, though not perfectly

(i honestly feel most comfortable writing from haruhi's pov; so writing kyon's pov when she's around is a challenge, because while i have a perfect understanding of her actions and the reasoning behind them, he almost never completely understands why she's doing what she's doing and so that information just kind of bounces uselessly around in my brain)

What a wild choice to start off the Doctor baton pass by retconning the word "gravity" out of existence. Chef's kiss. Love it. Exactly why I watch this nonsense show.