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I made this a while back, posted it on Facebook and then decided to post it here too. Basically, it deals with the two characters in the series that I think have the most misconception surrounding their person; Vegeta and Krillin. Whether it's due to series filler, or dub alteration, or simply choosing to see only what they wish, people seem to have the wrong idea about these two.

Vegeta is seen as some poor sad victim, a character who should be pitied rather than hated as he was forced to be bad and just needed someone to understand him. Not so. He enjoyed what he did, enjoyed the killing and genocide, and was plotting to betray Frieza and take his throne (and thus his place as ruler of an empire built on sadism) long before he learned what Frieza had done to his people, and once he'd learned this, he even says outright he couldn't care less about his father or his people. His anger, his desire to win was about his birthright, his pride. (A topic I'd be willing to explain if any are interested.) Even after Frieza was gone he maintained an antagonistic air and desire to kill Goku (and quite possibly the others)Recognizing and admitting this is actually key to his character, as it makes his later redemption character arc much more meaningful. When you deny this, you do the character a disservice.

And then... we have Krillin. Krillin, for the strangest reasons, gets almost ALL the hate of the fandom. He's constantly portrayed as cowardly, self-centered, annoying, a joke, etc. and a lot of that is because of filler. Yes, filler. The anime writers decided he was to be purely used as comic relief, and wrote accordingly. But the label of coward seems to stem purely from the fact that unlike the others seem to be so often... he's afraid. He's afraid because he knows he's weaker than most, he's afraid because he WAS met with the reality of his own mortality (twice, in fact), he's afraid because he knows that, going into a battle, it's likely to be his last. And this from a man whose dream is simply to get married and have his own family.

But notice something: what does he do with this fear? Does he run away, screaming and crying? Refuse to enter into these battles? Abandon his friends when they need him? Refuse to risk death again, as this time it would be permanent? No. He still goes right into battle, he still aids, he still tries to do whatever he can to help, however minor and insignificant it may be, and at the risk of his own life. All this DESPITE his fears. The man is, for all intents and purposes, the embodiment of courage and love. But he's shunned for it.

Now I'm not trying to imply these characters don't have their own good points and flaws respectively. They do. It's what makes them such interesting characters. But I just hope this may open some eyes just a wee bit.

Feel free to discuss below.

Description
I made this a while back, posted it on Facebook and then decided to post it here too. Basically, it deals with the two characters in the series that I think have the most misconception surrounding their person; Vegeta and Krillin. Whether it's due to series filler, or dub alteration, or simply choosing to see only what they wish, people seem to have the wrong idea about these two.

Vegeta is seen as some poor sad victim, a character who should be pitied rather than hated as he was forced to be bad and just needed someone to understand him. Not so. He enjoyed what he did, enjoyed the killing and genocide, and was plotting to betray Frieza and take his throne (and thus his place as ruler of an empire built on sadism) long before he learned what Frieza had done to his people, and once he'd learned this, he even says outright he couldn't care less about his father or his people. His anger, his desire to win was about his birthright, his pride. (A topic I'd be willing to explain if any are interested.) Even after Frieza was gone he maintained an antagonistic air and desire to kill Goku (and quite possibly the others)Recognizing and admitting this is actually key to his character, as it makes his later redemption character arc much more meaningful. When you deny this, you do the character a disservice.

And then... we have Krillin. Krillin, for the strangest reasons, gets almost ALL the hate of the fandom. He's constantly portrayed as cowardly, self-centered, annoying, a joke, etc. and a lot of that is because of filler. Yes, filler. The anime writers decided he was to be purely used as comic relief, and wrote accordingly. But the label of coward seems to stem purely from the fact that unlike the others seem to be so often... he's afraid. He's afraid because he knows he's weaker than most, he's afraid because he WAS met with the reality of his own mortality (twice, in fact), he's afraid because he knows that, going into a battle, it's likely to be his last. And this from a man whose dream is simply to get married and have his own family.

But notice something: what does he do with this fear? Does he run away, screaming and crying? Refuse to enter into these battles? Abandon his friends when they need him? Refuse to risk death again, as this time it would be permanent? No. He still goes right into battle, he still aids, he still tries to do whatever he can to help, however minor and insignificant it may be, and at the risk of his own life. All this DESPITE his fears. The man is, for all intents and purposes, the embodiment of courage and love. But he's shunned for it.

Now I'm not trying to imply these characters don't have their own good points and flaws respectively. They do. It's what makes them such interesting characters. But I just hope this may open some eyes just a wee bit.

Feel free to discuss below.