The feeling of "Wait, he was our main bad guy! What you mean he's been taken out already!?!" probably wasn't one that many cartoon watching kids were used to when they first watched these shows.
At least Vegeta made a comeback, just not as the central villain.
For @smlgbtqweek 2024, theme: "Twist", as in, the feelings between characters are a twisted web XD (I kinda just draw things and then fit them into themes afterwards, okay)
I got the impulse to try a less conventional pairing than my usual, since I usually draw a ton of NephNaru (with my silly transgirl HC Naru) and their little V-polycule with Umino.
For MLM usually KunZoi is the more logical choice, and I've drawn them on a previous year's event (and would like to revisit them in the future more too), but the much rarer, less canonical NephJade has low-key intrigued me for a long time and I decided to give it a shot, since this pairing almost never gets any food. I hope somebody somewhere is rooting for them!
Then, the reactions from the peanut gallery on the right crossed my mind, and I decided to roll with it for fun. I'm a big proship multishipper and love to see lots of different takes, and am not against any given pairing of the characters in this image. If anything, I tend to like the idea of a big convoluted polyamorous web of all the things XD
today I hate me for wanting to paint my spare room such a dark color because that means i'll be spending the next two weeks adding coat after coat to make it look nice
Source unknown, artwork found at: http://chibiland.dearchibi.com/chibiothers.html
Thanks to @kunzoi-archive for helping me find these! I knew the Shitennou chibis existed, but that site has many more season 1 characters:
My main desktop computer is broken, and I'm having trouble getting Blender to work on my laptop, so it may be a bit longer before I get more artwork done. I am still working on my story, and working on writing notes, so hopefully I can still get something done! In the meanwhile I wanted to share these here.
If anyone knows the original source for these let us know!!