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Character
Name: Vegeta
Series: Dragon Ball GT
Timeline: Episode 64 "Until We Meet Again"
Canon Resource Links: Wiki here!
2/4
Vegeta is the prince of his race, the Saiyans, with an attitude to match his status. He believes his race is the most powerful race in the universe, and has no issues displaying his pride for them. Vegeta is prominently arrogant and hot-headed, ruthless and cold. He's a little more mature in his old age- where he once would have flown off the handle at something that irritated him, he now will generally meet it with an eye roll or shrug it off, his temper having a longer fuse than previously. That doesn't mean he won't get angry, because he still does, but it takes something a bit more extreme to send him over the edge. But when he gets angry, he gets angry. His Saiyan blood leaves him with a burning passion for combat, enjoying mocking his foes in battle and killing them off after toying with them. He used to kill for the thrill of it, being responsible for the deaths of millions of people, eradicating a planet's inhabitants until the planet was finally forced to surrender. He once lived under the rule of the Planet Trade Organization, headed by King Cold and his two sons, Frieza and Cooler; whom of which has enslaved Vegeta's entire race to do their bidding. Frieza is in charge of the section of the organization that rules the Saiyans, and treats them as lower class nothings, insulting them and calling them monkeys and eventually destroying them. Because of such Vegeta developed an extreme bitterness, a bitterness that he will live with and combat for the rest of his life. Overtime it does lessen, but it never completely goes away.
However, he's now fully accustomed to Earth life, Vegeta no longer dons his Saiyan attire, but instead is seen wearing western style clothing, oddly enough usually in khaki pants until later in GT where is he portrayed with a sort of 90's style biker outfit. He has also fully settled down with his wife Bulma, and has had two children; a son named Trunks and a daughter named Bulla. There is also a major shift in his priorities from solely living life to train to become the strongest fighter alive to taking care of his family. His relationship with his son and daughter is very close, even though he doesn't display it the best manner all the time, particularly with Trunks. And also, his relationship with his wife Bulma grew into a long standing bond, having been with her and only her at this point in time for over twenty years.
His moral compass is a lot better than it used to be, preferring to keep innocents out of the line of danger. Vegeta however, is not a cop. His line of thinking is more on a planetary scale. He will not go out and save your cat out of a tree, he will tell you to do it yourself. And example of this is when he displays caring for the Earth as a whole, coming up with a plan to move Earth's entire population to the Planet Tuffle before it explodes, helping the Z Fighters move the population to spacecraft and is seen knocking out anyone who refused to leave the planet so that they could be transported as well. He also declares to Super Android 17 that he is the sole protector of the planet and that he came to do this job, insulting the absent Goku while displaying his strong sense of pride, yet concern for the world he lives on. During the fight with Omega Shenron, he joins the battle to help Goku defeat the dragon. Goku tells Omega that if you want good things to happen to you, you have to be good, as Vegeta throws a rock at Omega's head and states, "I would listen to him if I were you, more of than not things that Kakarot says come to pass. But I know that it’s going to take more than talk to change your mind, I had to learn the hard way myself." This reveals that Vegeta also has changed some of his beliefs over time; mostly showing he believes in karma, which is a complete 180 from the Vegeta we see in the beginning of DBZ.
Outside of battle he is a man of few words, and speaks only when he feels he needs to. Early on he is looked down upon because of his rash and ruthless nature, but eventually as time progresses, he becomes more accepted into his newfound family and friends. There is a scene at the end of Z where he is wallflowering at a party held at Bulma's, and Goku sees him there and beckons him over, echoed by the rest of the cast. He is often very serious, but in his later years he can be found making a joke here and there with his family and friends. His sense of humor is very dry and sometimes dark, as per when his wife complains that reporters may be all over her lawn if the Saiyans transform at the World Martial Arts Tournament, and Vegeta responds, "I don't see the problem, when the journalists come I'll just destroy them." He also is seen chuckling quietly while Chi-Chi reams Goku out for leaving her on Planet Tuffle following the Baby Saga. He is surprisingly seen smiling far more often after the Buu Saga ends and throughout GT, a change not usually associated with the Vegeta from earlier in canon.
One of his biggest traits, and the one that defines him the most is his pride. His pride has allowed him to overcome a lot of obstacles that would have otherwise beat down anyone else. He doesn't allow himself to get knocked down and stay down, he'll keep getting back up until it kills him, literally. His pride and mental strength has gone as far as to resist mind control. He works exceptionally hard at just about everything he does; if he feels the challenge is worthwhile he'll rise to it, as he feels a warrior should, and do everything in his power to accomplish the task at hand. However, drawbacks to his pride have led him to be very arrogant and boastful of himself, being demeaning to others and chastising the people around him. He has a very callous nature and thus pushes people away very easily if he so chooses, having the ability to do so in a single sentence if he wants. His arrogance also gets in the way to listening to reasoning sometimes, because he believes he is in charge thus is generally right, and sometimes will be quick to blame others for his mistakes and fight with himself internally later about a failure. He's matured a lot more now however, so this isn't as bad as it used to be either. It also lets opponents get the advantage over him in combat situations, taking advantage of his fiery temper. He's not -easily- tricked into things but he can definitely be fooled or lied to successfully. It's sort of half and half, he can see through some lies but only some. And it's not uncommon for his pride, anger and stubborness to override his sensibility and get himself into situations that he tries to take on by himself that he just simply can't realistically accomplish alone. In these moments, he might keep getting back up to keep going but mentally, he's given in. He thinks he can't win because he believes he's exhausted all options and the mental toll starts to show the more he gets beaten down. That is, until a new opportunity arises, if it does at all, which he'll pick out and recognize and do his best to take advantage of it.
His ability to empathize has grown over the years, but it's still pretty tiny in comparison to most normal people. He just doesn't have the capability to have a lot of empathy for others except in areas that he has personal experience in, and even then- he still wouldn't either show it or care enough in a lot of cases. This is different for close friends but those are very few and far in between outside of his immediate family. He is very slow to trust others; however, if someone did manage to get into that tiny little place in his heart, at this point in his life he becomes a very loyal (but grouchy) friend who wouldn't hesitate to kill anyone that decided to hurt any of his loved ones. Which is something he is afraid of, to a certain extent- losing someone close to him, because at his canon point there is no wishing anyone back from the dead. There are no Dragon Balls, they're gone and won't be back before he dies. And with as much as the Earth gets threatened, that's a legit concern. In turn, he's accepted his own losses from when he was a small boy and is stronger and very independent from it, being one of the few survivors of an almost extinct race. Those losses have become something of the past that he no longer dwells on- in fact he's been known to mention it here and there as if it were mere fact- but has moved forward to make sure the same fate doesn't happen to his own loved ones; he has no problems sacrificing his own life to make sure his family and friends are safe. But if it comes to having to kill someone close to save everyone else he will do it with no qualms, because the needs of the many outweigh the needs of a few. He worries often about not being strong enough, and doesn't want to become soft in times of peace- which is part of the reason why he continues to train as hard as he does.
He is also a tactical master, thinking of almost every conceivable way to outsmart his opponents to stay one step ahead and almost unmatched as a martial artist, living most of his life on the battlefield. Despite his age, he's in pretty good shape since Saiyans retain their youthfulness so they can fight longer, as Vegeta himself states. That and he's not stupid, but he's also not a rocket scientist either- he's got a pretty good grasp on technology, being able to drive a car to using combat medical devices to operating spaceships (he even has an Earth driver's license! Yeah, that's pretty weird but it's true) but a lot of Bulma's inventions need to be explained to him. One thing he comes with however is the experience of age. He's an old geezer now so he's seen everything those whippersnappers have done from raising his own two children. Because let's face it, his childhood is nothing like what we'd call a normal childhood. Common sense is his ally, which thankfully he's got a lot of but there are times where he can be a pretty big derp about something he just doesn't understand or has never seen before. But eventually, he'll figure it out, or someone will pound it into his thick skull.
3/4
+Determined
+Hard worker
+Loyal
+Wise
+Intelligent
+Independent
+/- Proud
-Arrogant
-Hot Headed
-Callous
-Not empathetic
-Stubborn
-Bitter
Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Joltik
Password: Ginger Snaps. Or Gingers who enjoy snapping- so someone get that duct tape quick and tape their hands together. Or perhaps the Snapping of the Gingers, which sounds quite painful if you ask me. They don't deserve that. But at least if you do the rubber band better be huge and the mark it leaves better be legendary. Please post it on YouTube when you're done, thanks.
4/4
First Person Sample:
This is ridiculous.
[The Pokégear is set in front of Vegeta with the content of the backpack spewed across the ground in front of him. Arms are folded across his chest and he isn't looking too happy.]
First I find myself in a strange house with a woman I've never seen before, throws me this infernal backpack, claims to be my mother, and sends me on my way? What kind of circus is this!? I've not even been given enough supplies to last me the rest of the day! And to top it all off, someone explain to me why there is an insect following me everywhere I go. It's shocked me more than once and I swear before the end of the day I'll be having bug soup. It better hope its lucky streak doesn't end because if I catch it it's lights out for that little lightning bug.
And will someone please shut the music off?! It's driving me insane!
Third Person Sample:
Well, isn't this just perfect. Can't fly, can't blast anything, can't do anything at all. Stuck in this little town with no where to go but down that route right outside of town. After ransacking the backpack he'd been given and angrily expressing himself over the Pokégear, he shoulders his pack with the express purpose of finding how the hell he was going to get himself home, though that sinking feeling in his stomach told him that he probably wasn't going to be going anywhere that was remotely close to West City. Never mind that his stomach was also rumbling because he still hadn't eaten yet, which he is trying to gracefully ignore. Ugh, food, who was going to do the cooking now, Bulma was back at home so that means he'd have to learn how to cook on his own. The last time he tried that it didn't go over so well, but it looks like it was finally time to learn and deal with the consequences.
Plus there was that bug. He'd been trying to ditch it all day to no avail.
He toys with the Pokégear, flipping through the options on it. Pokédex, what in the galaxy was that. He's holding it right in front of him when it decides to suddenly come to life on its own, a robotic voice startling him as it announces its message. "Joltik, the Attaching Pokémon. Joltik cling to larger Pokémon, and absorb static electricity, storing the energy in a special pouch." He gives the device a strange look, until he notices that little flash of yellow behind it- the insect was back, and it hadn't gone unnoticed by the Saiyan that the bug in front of him now matched the picture of the bug on the Pokédex. "So, you're a little freeloader are you? And what's your interest in me then? I'm no Pokémon, whatever those are."
He's not expecting the thing to understand what he's saying, of course, as he watches it approach him. He's got half a mind just to step on it and be done with it, but a small part of him is interested to know what exactly a Pokémon is. Joltik takes advantage of this, zipping up his pant leg, up his back and lands safely into his hair before he's got the chance to change his mind, happily poking out the front to get a nice view. An angry glare gets shot up at it and Vegeta sighs; looks like he's stuck with this thing no matter what he does.
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