Oop that link actually opens the asks woah :0
HI FREND!! :D! Gohan moment… Ough… Beloved nerd boy. Idk what the overarching ask stuff is about but I share interpretation based on some of the asks I’ve seen and because it’s Gohan time >:]
Tbh my interpretation of him isn’t that he despises/doesn’t enjoy fighting at all because of the fact the whole Saiyaman arc exists. To me it’s more that he likes fighting but only on his own terms in a fight that he knows he can win.
Against an enemy he can surely tell is weaker, who isn’t a true threat and where he’s helping people by taking them down, then he might have a blast in the fight. Testing his strength out, not going rusty Y’know? It’s just fun! He’s still half-Saiyan so his craving for battle is still there but just to a much lesser degree.
When it comes to fights he’s forced into or where the stakes are so much higher… Thats when he starts to hate it. Unfortunately a lot of the fights the other Saiyans DO enjoy are ones just like that, which would have that expectation of ‘I’m supposed to like fighting when it gets tough’. Of course that view is based on opinion, preference and nothing else. Like someone who likes to play easy games to feel good vs someone who plays tough ones for challenge.
Gohan likes to take it easy, get action in the form of little fights against human criminals where he can use a bit of his power. When it comes to anything with higher stakes it’s a whole other story.
Also funnily enough- To me Gohan beast isn’t what most of the fandom seems to interpret it as (uncontrollable, full of rage etc.). To me it feels more like a cold, controlled power that has him give in to his Saiyan battle drive a bit more, but that is ultimately powered by his love and desire to protect his family and therefore keeps him grounded. This feels especially true to me considering how easily he was able to switch out of it after the battle and the fact he was just kind of… Chatting with Piccolo. Barely bothered by it.
Compared to most of the characters in the show Gohan is considerably more analytical and thoughtful, so he feels much less likely to give in to an uncontrollable rage as an adult. He’s just so full of love and care and has a family and friends, his human emotion keeps him in check when he fights to protect them. To Goku (majority of the time) and Vegeta battles are challenges, to Gohan they’re threats to his most cherished family. Unlike the others he just can’t find any semblance of joy in fights when majority of them he’s been a part of have just been… Life or death.
Heem heem ;-; Is my thoughts. More than I thought I’d write… ough…
Prefacing this to tell you the link is just to my /ask so yes the link opens the ask HAHAHAHA and the discourse was just opened because I wanted people to tell me their gohan opinions no matter what it is !!
HI FRIEND !!! You continue to have very interesting takes on the characters :]
I agree that gohan does like fighting smaller fights— it’s the stakes that make everything less enjoyable. Gohan doesn’t want the whole world to blow up if he loses !!! He would much rather have a friendly spar with the consequences being very inconsequential (pay the tab for dinner tonight, gohan)
And well, gohan has never been bloodthirsty, though his emotional capacity to go sicko mode has been there as a kid … but. He’s had enough time to grow out of it and come to terms with those emotions and learn to manage them. I agree with you (though I DO like the interpretation that he can and will go feral and also that he will get mad and stomp around if you insult his action figures (see: buu saga))
Gohan beast is cool but it’s literally just another ssj2 gohan v cell literally down to the core so any new interpretation is welcome. I don’t know if I really would say I think it’s him being cold and calculating but he very obviously wasn’t out of control. He had his wits about him and once the problem was solved he was able to relax whatever. So I agree there. I didn’t care a whole lot for that whole part of the movie so I zoned out 🤷
I think it’s because he is so full of love that gohan has so much capacity to go apeshit though and that’s why I think that became his thing.
Lovely interpretation of his character thank you so much for sending this to me!!!
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