https://x.com/dauragon/status/1766012165817881060?s=46&t=pkYRN-wpjTtpdtd5waU7Cw
“I wonder if Toriyama was ever aware of the cataclysmic effect he had on multiple generations of young women by creating Vegeta.”
https://x.com/offkatherine/status/1766135972444389526?s=46&t=pkYRN-wpjTtpdtd5waU7Cw
“Bulma, the spoiled and rich girl, said "I can fix it" and it happened.”
I almost fell out of my chair reading that last part, but I think the replies to the first tweet are pretty interesting, as most of the women I know who like DB really like Vegeta and Trunks, except for one who’s a Fat Buu stan, but those two comments had me gone.
I mean...
Bulma (and the fact that they had a kid together) just helped the development along more, but Vegeta was already (slowly) changing before that.
I'm not surprised that women love Vegeta (And Trunks with the whole edgy prettyboy thing going on there), but I'd be surprised if plenty didn't like Goku too, what with the whole "dumb himbo" thing. I know some women like the dumb but goodhearted guy archetype.
It is fitting however, that a woman who looks at herself like a queen/princess ends up with an arrogant narcissist prince (of a practically extinct race lel).