I'm not at all blind to how much of this is christian rock. Sorry but loving Goku and loving God have pretty much the same energy to me.
The relevance of the sonic music should be obvious!
Goku and Vegeta have been living in my brain, haunting my psyche since 2007-ish (I would've been around 10). So I'm near unbearably attached to them.
I've always been incredibly invested in Goku and Vegeta's interactions, dynamic, and connection to each other.
Even when my "OTPs" were them and their canon wives, I could never seperate them in my mind.
It's actually kind of funny how long it took me to realise that, hey, I actually think they work better as a couple.
I want them to be a couple! I only started shipping them about five years ago.
So this is where we're at now!
powerpoint presentation
the subjects of my obsession
Goku/Kakarott
Jesus am I really gonna explain who Goku is? Am I even qualified for that?
NOPE! I mean, I probably am (look at the shit I'm doing!), but that's not what these profiles are here for.
I'm 100% writing this page with the assumptuion you're at least casually aware of Dragon Ball and what it's about (surprisingly, not the Dragon Balls. not since the 80's). Instead I just want to lay out whatever I think's relevant for a gay monkey shrine.
headcanons
Autistic with memory-loss issues due to brain damage. The brain injury-induced amnesia is canon, but I like to think there're longer lasting effects. Both memory problems and the symptoms of autism align perfectly with his canon behaviour.
He and Chi Chi split shortly after Gohan was born. It was clear something didn't click. Chi Chi probably caught onto why years before Goku did. That said they're still very close and raise Gohan together. This obviously diverges from canon but I'm functioning under the assumption this is a universe in which kakavege was planned for!
Prince Vegeta
I fell for Goku first but I fell for Vegeta harder!
Likewise Goku fell for Vegeta first but Vegeta fell much harder!
headcanons
Transgender. This one's devisive with some people, but I have my reasons and there're not really anyone's business. I imagine his armor acted as a binder until Dr Breifs or Bulma noticed how badly he'd fucked up his ribs and hooked him up with free surgery during the pre-android timeskip.
C-PTSD that he didn't get diagnosed and spends most of the show brute-forcing away at his own horrible detriment.
He and Bulma are terminally on and off. But remain besties the rest of the time!
Could never see quite right out of the eye Goku shot. His other senses are already so sharp that he doesn't care after about a week.
official material that feeds my illness
DBZ just, in general
Oh god where do we start...
Alright so let's be real, even the most homphobic fans at this point seem to be on the page that Goku and Vegeta are some kind of soulmates. Even if it's only as rivals to them (it's not just rivals in my eyes but THAT'S PRETTY DAMN OBVIOUS). So maybe let's start with dredging up the individual moments that built up the current connection between them in the franchise.
their first battle
Intended as Vegeta's first and last impression onscreen. The final showdown between Goku and his bloody saiyan origins, the prince of all saiyans himself!
The entire Dragoin ball series has lead up to this, and already the energy is there! Fucking love the way they bounce off of each other.
But then of course Goku let the guy live. The fans liked him too much, so it seemed Goku did too.
namek
Not gonna lie, Vegeta's death to freiza danmn near made me wanna cry (I was 10! and new to anime). Especially since I was watching the english dub of Z where they changed the dialogue to make it even sadder.
A lot of what was said in this scene isn't true to the japanese version, but it was my first and only impression for a decade, and shaped my attachment to the guy and his relationship with Goku. So forgive me for holding some sentimentality for it.
By which I partially mean Goku's line,
"A heart of stone can't shed tears like you did. You must have been holding them in your whole life."
It was sweet and sad, and even though it was inaccurate to Vegeta's character at the time, it did end up leading into his eventual change in heart.
I think it works retroactively.
Even without that though, what Goku says in kai/japanese is still pretty interesting. Up until this point, Goku had been actively hostile to the idea of being like other saiyans. Here he praises Vegeta's endless pride as a saiyan, and is inspired to adopt that pride for himself. This sticks with him permanently
Vegeta dies reaching his hand out to Goku, tears in his eyes, begging Goku to destroy the monster that ruined his life. He seems to have complete faith that he'll succeed too.
buu
HOH MAN!
So like imagine your rival who you're definitely unavoidably obsessed with dies and leaves you right in the middle of the most volatile part of your lifechanging, identity shattering development arc. Despite being the entire reason you're going through that to begin with!
Now imagine you're as emotionally inept as Vegeta.
Bad fucking time, but eventually you pull yourself together enough to get your life in order. Mostly everything's fine.
Then the fucker comes back for a super cool one-day-only deal and it's probably the only time you'll ever get to test yourself against (or spend time with) him but these elves are getting in the way and KAKAROTT ISN'T TAKING IT SERIOUSLY!
So you do the most logical thing available to you and you let a goddamn WIZARD into your brain on purpose. Then try to kill Kakarott! He's technically still dead anyway, this is your last chance at closure.
It all goes wrong though when Guildmaster Wigglytuff Senior shows up and OH GOD he's tough as hell, you can't beat this. Time to kill yourself!
You ask a friend(?) where you'll go, but more specifically if you'll get to see Kakarott again. The answer is no. You'll be erased and your memories of him will be gone. You go through with it anyway, with one last goodbye to your family, and Kakarott.
Pretty shit day right?
I don't really have anywhere to go with this POV nonesense, it's just a roundabout way of illustrating that Vegeta spent 7 years unable to fully resolve his attachment to Goku, went out of his way to ask Piccolo if they're get to go to heaven together, and then used his last word to say his name.
It's so over buddy, that man's in your head forever!
Love is Like a Ballad: Vegeta's Theme (愛はバラードのように～ベジータのテーマ～)
Below is a cut song from the movie Fusion Reborn. Technically non-canonical but the first time in the series' timeline where Goku and Vegeta fuse.
The translation here is almost definitely inaccurate but it gets the main idea across. That being that it's easiest interpretation is that it's sung about Goku from Vegeta's perspective.
I've seen Vegebul (Vegeta x Bulma) fans claim it, but it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me from that angle (and I like vegebul, I'd accept a vegebul reading if it made sense!). Especially since Vegeta never once interacts (or mentions? I believe?) Bulma in this movie.
Goku on the other hand? They openly bond in this movie and it's the emotional core of the whole film.
Their reunion, Vegeta opening up to Goku and shedding some tears, Goku's gentle and caring demeaner as he reassures him.
Then Goku telling him he doesn't want them to spend their limited time together arguing. The surprisingly intimate framing while they're in that one spike pit. Honestly some of the most romantic shots in the entire series are here.
It's very soft a sweet for a scene involving Vegeta.
Also they fucking fuse. Not inherently gay but like, it's certainly something.
Performed by Shin Oya
You risked your life by defending
Such a small planet
Every time I saw you
I thought you were an idiot.
why? I know it's impossible
why? While hurting
Will you stand up to evil today too?
In the wind, in the rain
Your voice resounds deep in my heart
like a ballad
For love, for dreams
I'll even give up my pride too
Not to lose something more important during the fight.
Even if I break through the steel wall
Even if I destroy a huge mountain
It's not real strength
You're the only one who knows
why? The skills I trained
why? A hot battle too
They leave only emptiness.
On the eternal nights and rainy mornings
The smile you give me is warm
like a ballad
For love, for dreams
And with the friendship that blossomed, I just
I'll give everything to you
This song is incredibly difficult to find anything on. At least if you only speak english like me (this dbz wiki only had the page available in polish). I had to run both the original and polish translation through google translate to get something that makes sense. So it's likely full of inaccuracies.
offerings to the cause!
shipping memes
In case you don't see the vision! Gonna be headcanon heavy.
