#(Raditz does have some standards but they are lower than his two partners' ofc)

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What is one sexual insecurity that your muse has?

{In-Depth Sinday Meme || Open and Accepting!}

Raditz is an insecure person. It’s why he’s so keen on being a dominating asshole when he’s in a situation where he’s the big fish in the small pond. We see it in canon when he meets his brother on Earth and how he treats his students in Xenoverse 2. He does have some real confidence in himself, but a lot of it is part of his “Proud Saiyan Warrior” persona. It’s an interesting and realistic duality to be both confident in what he can do compared to other weaker people, but also be insecure about his shortcomings as a warrior compared to his partners and anyone else who proves they’re stronger than he is.

I’ve wanted to make a stand-alone analysis post for the reasons why I write Raditz being more sexuality active compared to my other muse, Nappa, and for the reasons why he uses sex to get validation and praise for what he doesn’t get as a warrior. But I can sum it up here pretty nicely. 

Sex is the one activity where he can be both physically dominating while also being able to give and receive physical touch in a way that is “acceptable,” and it allows him to feel desired and adored for what he’s capable of. It makes him feel special and different from his partners – whom I HC didn’t have as much interest in getting laid while working for the PTO, despite all the fanon nonsense that’s popular – and therefore, superior in at least one area where neither of them feel like competing with him to prove that they’re better. (And TBH both @indomitablepride and I HC and write Nappa and Vegeta looking down on him for his promiscuity. Their thoughts on that run along the lines of, “Ew. Really Raditz? Where are your standards? Guess you’ll settle for anything that wants to.” ) 

So what would make him feel insecure about one of the few things he feels genuinely confident and skilled at? The same thing that makes anybody feel inadequate: rejection. 

Despite having had several attempts at a ship and a couple of actual ships here, Raditz knows he’s not the ideal type of person for healthy romantic relationships. He’s capable of it, but it’s not going to be easy for either party because he’s got a lot of emotional baggage. He’d need to grow as a person along with his partner. The only person who hasn’t struggled with that aspect in their relationship is Turles because he’s already aware of what his emotional baggage is since they were childhood friends. In general he’s not seeking romance even though deep down real intimacy and acceptance is what he wants far more than sex. Sex is just a quick and easy way to get a taste of what he truly wants but feels like he’s incapable of receiving from other people. He knows what unconditional love feels like from his mother, Gine, and from his friendship with Turles when they were kids. Both were lost when he was still a child/adolescent and doubts he’ll ever get that again from anyone else without having to go through great lengths to earn that. Lengths that he’s not willing to put himself through because his efforts don’t seem to matter. So he doesn’t try. A lot of his emotional needs were frowned upon as him being too “needy” by his father, Bardock in extended game canon. The hint of his grief over the destruction of Planet Vegeta and his parents and younger brother being dead made the other two Saiyans on his team visibly uncomfortable in the DBS Broly movie. (One of those great subtle moments of the film I really need to devote an analytical post to on my main blog about that entire scene because damn, it’s really good and confirmed a lot of headcanons I have for both my muses in just one minute of screentime. That’s an amazing achievement that took advantage of the visual medium of animation and it’s one of the reasons why I love the DBS Broly movie so much.)

In Raditz’s mind, if someone doesn’t want to have sex with him, then they must not have any positive interest in him at all. His looks and what he can give sexually are the only positive things he thinks he can contribute since every other aspect of his life involves being manipulative, and ruthless in order to hurt and kill people. If they don’t want to have sex with him, then they must not think he’s attractive or “good enough” because he already assumes nobody’s going to like him for any other reason. And being reminded that he’s “not good enough” is the root to a lot of his emotional baggage. It’s why he is so turned off by people who approach him with insults.