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Me btw

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Irl conversations with my friend that I feel the fandom would enjoy ever since we changed each others’ phone nicknames to “Wife (Allegedy)” and “future ex-husband”

(for context I’m doing seasonal work for an old boss of mine and had a 12 hour day today)

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Sketches on my dash time to suggest what if you drew your own saiyansona

Can I offer you this self portrait from work today instead

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quiz: why do lobsters have one claw bigger

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I find it cute that Vegeta chose to sit in the front with Bulma. He could’ve sat anywhere, but he was like, ‘Yeah, no one’s sitting next to her but me. Were they married by this time? I can’t remember

Oh absolutely. If he’s not right beside her, he’s right behind her!

Yes they were married by then! :3 Vegeta calls Bulma his wife when Goku tries to bribe Elder Kai with racy pictures of her lmao

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reminder that gazafunds is a great website.

each time you load the site, it shows one randomly selected, verified fundraiser that's low on funds.

extremely straightforward, & an easy to remember url. it's my go-to when I'm able to give; removes any room for procrastination or overthinking.

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Drew Ruby Again, I'm slowly getting better at designing gowns!

❀ Comissions / Ko-Fi / Store 🌼discounted commissions currently available

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one of my long-standing headcanons / die-on-this-hills of the mistranslation that the saiyans are enslaved is this bit ^ about caring about the resale value of the planets. My takeaway is that the highest ranks and military probably don't need much money (as most of everything you need is provided by the Empire), but you do still need incentive to do good work.

I imagine people like Vegeta's crew and anyone in charge of clearing planets do earn significant commission from their jobs, otherwise there would be no real reason to care about it's price tag, and nothing to stop them from just fucking up the planet for fun like Nappa clearly wants to (outside of consequences, but if your whole life is Life and Death, threats don't mean much, while rewards that make things more convenient do).

It's probably as good as monopoly money to someone like Vegeta, but it's still probably handy for bribing lower ranks in exchange for intel and gossip, which is highly valuable to him. For someone like Nappa, it's great for drinking and carousing and doing things that aren't provided by the force.

I love the idea that it's very much a Chuck E. Cheese scenario, and the higher ranked you are the clearer that is (just like real capitalism) and I also love DBS' manga for introducing the Heaters and bringing in scouts and brokers to flesh out the economical structure of Freeza's empire as the kind of real estate mogul megacorp Toriyama based it on.

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proud of him

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Dressuptober 2022 by UnknownSpy

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digging for refs and 1) bulma is so cute but 2) imagine if Baba was like "idk idk I can't see what's gonna happen with these evil saiyans coming to earth the future is murky oooo~" because she couldn't just say "that's weird it says here that goku's life and the entire planet's fate depend on miss blue hair and pronouns boning down with the short guy in the little white boots"

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How do you think Vegeta and Bulma are about declaring their love for one another? There's a consensus that Vegeta doesn’t really do it, and anime has extra dialogue at the end of the Buu saga where Bulma practically screams it to him, but to be honest she doesn't strike me as someone to drop the L-bomb casually. What do you think?

I think I talked about some of my headcanons here and I'll repost my tags from that post, which I think answer this particular question better

I constantly think about Toriyama saying that Vegeta got his “bargain sale” line from watching tv and I choose to believe he's been slowly but surely tuning in to the movies and shows that Bulma watches. I hc that he's gathered from media that “I love you” on Earth is both a very special statement and also a completely frivolous one, and I'm sure Bulma says it a lot more than Vegeta and it's confusing that she says it to him and also to the keys she thought she lost and also to the cat and also to her bed when she's had a long day. But also her casual use of it probably helped him feel okay saying it back to her every now and again although I hc she's told him he doesn't have to say it back because he tells her all the time with the things he does for her and Trunks. idk I just love the idea that they're cozy and comfortable and not very conventional, which is the other thing I hc their relationship has in common with Goku and Chichi even though they look very different on the surface

tldr Generally I do think Bulma does use "love" much more frequently, but not very often in the intimate romantic way.

It's been a while since I've watched the anime, but Bulma thinking he's dead and then seeing him again does strike me as something that would make her giddy-shriek affection at him, just like finding out he survived the battle with Zamasu overwhelmed her so much she all but tackled him in front of god and everybody.

I don't think it's something she does a lot, because he's clearly not comfortable with PDA at either point in the series and she seems to respect that as a boundary he has, which I like a lot. But I also don't think it's necessarily out of character for her to get overjoyed and forget herself when she's relieved of that level of emotional stress.

I think it's glossed over in a lot that Vegeta and Bulma are both very fragile-hearted, Bulma's armor is just a lot more transparent than Vegeta's. Her heart's on display but she still keeps it behind the museum glass, ykwim? She's eager to give it out when she's young but is also very loudly sensitive to rejection throughout the series, and I imagine that after fifteen years with Yamcha who is highly romantic but not particularly sensitive to her needs (which she does not communicate well anyway), with Vegeta she probably did have to prepare herself for the fact that she could be saying "I love you" to a man who might never, ever say it back to her.

I hc that it took her a long time to say it seriously (although I wouldn't put it past her to use the friendly 'I love you's early on because 1) it was probably funny to watch him react to that and 2) he probably has super helpful suggestions for her when she gets stuck on stuff (like he did getting Krillin back to Earth) and I don't imagine she's above dropping a casual 'omg i love you' without really thinking about it -- would not put it past her to unthinkingly say it during sex either and I wouldn't doubt that it's made things awkward for them both more than once bUT I DIGRESS),

because even though Vegeta chose to be a part of their lives, he's quite literally from another world, and it was probably a lot of adjusting and learning and practice understanding each other before she was comfortable offering up her heart to a guy who's level of interest in that part of her -- or anyone -- was a hard thing to gauge.

I do love to think that by the time he does say it back it isn't some grand gesture, it's just kind of a Thing that falls out of his mouth without thinking, just from being around someone who can use it that way and still be okay. I like to think by then it's nice to hear, but she's learned that he actually says it all the time, he just does it in matters of pragmatic service and guardianship. Words are cheap when you're raised by liars, so he loves her by keeping her safe and making life a little easier for her wherever he can.

(every excuse to post my favorite manga bumper art)

TLDR FOR REAL THIS TIME Even if she's not using Love often, she's definitely more verbal than he is and their dynamic for me is basically just this post, the three taps thing, you know the thing.

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Ah these children who always create problems for poor mothers....