Ginny basically wasn't a character. Like, name one of her traits other than being good at Quidditch.
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Is Bulma x Vegeta the most out of left field pairing in pop fiction?
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Knowing about this relationship had me a little uncomfortable with how Captain Marvel says, "Hey Peter Parker, heard you got something for me" in EndgameAs a Carol Danvers fan, I never understood where the fck this came from. I mean the writers passed this chick around like a basketball to the MARVEL men but this one was weird, not that it lasted but they tried it again later or at least insinuated they were going too.
Bulma and Vegeta would have made way, way more sense post Cell Games but that would have destroyed the timing of the plot and a decent portion of Vegeta's character growth.
Also HarryxGinny was stupid. I figured Harry should have a Frodo type ending or something similar to Dumbledore where he just wasn't married. That was back before Dumbledore was gay and I just figured he was asexual or wasn't about that life.
I'm kinda surprised they
There's a joke somewhere here about the lack of available men that haven't had a part in a Yamcha kill.
Also HarryxGinny was stupid. I figured Harry should have a Frodo type ending or something similar to Dumbledore where he just wasn't married. That was back before Dumbledore was gay and I just figured he was asexual or wasn't about that life.
I'm kinda surprised they
There's a joke somewhere here about the lack of available men that haven't had a part in a Yamcha kill.
Oooh... What is it? This is the first time i've seen this.
They sort of did. It was in one of those alternate universe shenanigans so it's uncertain how much of it will carry over. It was surprisingly well done though, mostly because Lea Williams rewrote Blob into a likable big guy
I don't think any pairing in Dragon Ball makes sense, to be honest.
I still wish Goku hooked up with anyone, anyone other than Chi-Chi.
I still wish Goku hooked up with anyone, anyone other than Chi-Chi.
The original editor of Dragon Ball was pushing for Goku and Bulma to get together.
Gohan/Videl does make sense. It's just a shame Videl lost her spark after they got together. (Also most of the Gohan/Videl moments were from the anime, lol.)
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She was, though I'm pretty sure the context was that Hermione should have ended up with Harry instead of Ron.
As we well know by now, she really wasn't. At least with certain decisions. She's gone on record to say that if she could do it all over again she might have had Hermione end up with Harry instead. Theres also also the recent shit where she's popping up to tell us unnecessary details never even remotely mentioned in the books before. I still hold the world, the novels and their presence in my childhood as important and won't ever let go of the magic and my child like passion for it. But anything she says nowadays I ignore as the ramblings of an insane person who can't let go of the past.
It's only with the name of Karui as I doubled check:
Karui means light, as in light weight.
Choji while his name isn't fat/heavy he just....is fat/heavy.
So Kishimoto just paired them based on her name.
I started watching MSG from the start with 0079 and the weirdest pairing was Mirai and Sleggar. It came completely out of nowhere which is even weirder because he slapped the shit out of her. Sleggar didn't last long but that pairing was so unnecessary. What's also funny was that it wasn't Sayla or Fraw, but Mirai having all the guys hung up on her when she looks like a side character.
Black Widow and Banner in Age of Ultron still bothers me to this day. Biggest waste of time in a movie full of time wasters. Adds nothing to the plot, and the fact that Mark Rufallo is almost old enough to be Scarlett's dad is weird. Very unnecessary Whedon wank material.
Eh, not really. Even the original voice actors thought it was out of left field. There's a reason it wasn't brought up in Tri.
FUCK I'm still mad about that shit. They completely erased her personality.
This one as well. The defense was "anything could have happened in the time between films" but ultimately it wasn't really telegraphed, they had only like one scene together that was remotely 'sweet' when she calmed down Hulk in the first film, and as a whole it just felt unnecessary on an already convoluted/bad movie.
I'm all for shipping but this one never felt right and the fact they entirely dropped it in all the later films just tell me it was something nobody was really happy with.
I've seen both the dub and the sub numerous times and I don't think the sub ever laid it on that much more thicker that Matt and Sora were meant to be, whereas Tai and Sora's friendship seemed to be a more obvious basis for a relationship - not to overemphasise how much the show made of their friendship.
It never bothered me Matt and Sora ended up together though, I think there was an interview about it somewhere a long time ago that the ending for 02 was originally planned for the original series, including Matt and Sora getting married. They could've all grown up and married perfect strangers.
I'm just still amused by the fan reaction, especially here in the West.
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You can tell it was all Wheadon, the moment he left the MCU that storyline was dropped like a rock. In IW and Endgame they feel like two close friends that haven´t see each other in a while instead of lovers
Yeah, I'm not even sure if these characters even met or interacted at any point in the story. But funnily enough, when it comes to Naruto pairings, it makes more sense than say, Sasuke/Sakura. Since they're just side characters who had no prior relation, we can just say "well they met and eventually got together as people do." There never was a foundation for them but they also don't necessarily not make sense. Sasuke and Sakura require you to think how it logically would end up that way.Nah this one
It bothered me back as a kid because my mentality was that if two people are childhood friends and super close then clearly that means it should evolve into romantic interest. Now it's clearer to me that solid friendship between a boy and a girl can remain as such without romance. But my kid mind was fucking rioting lmao.
I was also bothered by Matt's Brother and Tais sister not ending up together in the future or even dating when once again my thought was that any remote hint of attraction they had should mean they grow up together.
eh people shoulda realized that Naruto/Sakura wasn't happening after the whole fake confession fiasco
Feels like this pairing needed more time in the oven. I didn't really like how Harry fell for her.
It's even more messed up when you realize they were married irl and somehow put that into the storyline. Then they got divorced irl, and like the very next season
(major dexter spoiler)
her character got killed off
Yeah man, what a bad fucking way to go out. I completetly purged this from my mind.I think the most out of left field pairing ever is Seven of Nine and Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager
lol no it wasn't it was always clear Sakura had no romantic interest in him or would ever it more being friends with him.
People remember the shonen logic, if a girl is already in romantic love with the character then its game.
Wow... that was... underwhelming... at least I can see it now.
Well they never got to the point of lovers did they? They flirted and shared some emotions about their fears or whatever but I don't think they even kissed. Of course it wouldn't be a kisses and hugs reunion later, it could be spun that way if the writers wanted I guess, but the way it did happen still felt fine.
That's not to defend the original idea of the pairing, that was just weird, but still
I think the most out of left field pairing ever is Seven of Nine and Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager
Was going to be my pick. Terrible coupling for no reason. Seven and the Doctor are the appropriate ship
Hell anime logic as a whole is childhood friends who grew up together never tend to end up together. Normally the primary love interest which might be a secret/forgotten childhood friend from years past, the first opposing gender of same age person they meet, or the character with the most clear romantic intentions (if not one and the same) that wins.
There's only a few Anime/manga I've seen with romance as a main angle where the above person doesn't win and it ends up being someone else that wins (the friendly buddy buddy person who roots for the hero in the background, or the 'mother figure' in the group of friends who acts as the grown up).
I was confused by Matt and Sora for the same reasons you were but I don't recall caring much about it.
TK and Hikari was the true travesty of the show.
Batman x Wonder Woman makes more sense than Superman x Wonder Woman. Such a meet cute.
Goku and Bulma make sense I guess, but I think their platonic relationship is the heart of the series especially in Super where there is more domestic living episodes.
I think Bulma and Vegeta totally makes sense. She's super pushy and he's hella obstinate. They were meant for each other. Moreover, it was the correct plot decision because it's made their characters and subsequent plots far more interesting. Vegeta has be been the perfect rival for Goku.
Now, more controversially is the Harry Potter romances, but I gotta be honest I think Rowling made the right decision. People like Harry and Hermione do not meld well in the real world. They'd be constantly competing with each other which would destroy the relationship. Both Harry and Hermione need people who can temper the stronger and more unbearable aspects of their personalities - basically help them chill out - which the Weasleys do very well. The only real issue, as others have said, is the ham-fisted way Rowling set up Harry and Ginny.
Now, more controversially is the Harry Potter romances, but I gotta be honest I think Rowling made the right decision. People like Harry and Hermione do not meld well in the real world. They'd be constantly competing with each other which would destroy the relationship. Both Harry and Hermione need people who can temper the stronger and more unbearable aspects of their personalities - basically help them chill out - which the Weasleys do very well. The only real issue, as others have said, is the ham-fisted way Rowling set up Harry and Ginny.
I wonder how much of this can be thrown at the feet of Rumiko Takahashi and her work on Urusei Yatsura.
Actually you can tell exactly when this shift in affection happened for Bulma:
Any man who can own this shirt and rock the look is a Man who Fucks, and Bulma understood that fully in this one moment.
Any man who can own this shirt and rock the look is a Man who Fucks, and Bulma understood that fully in this one moment.
Oh man. The first time I saw this I died laughing.
"What the fuck's a condom?!"
Love TFS.
It's not really too much of a stretch to see why Bulma would be attracted to Vegeta, or vice versa. What I find hard to digest is why Vegeta would marry her. Of all the characters Vegeta seems like the the least likely to want to "settle down" and want a family life(maybe Roshi too). Oh well I guess it's just another silly comic book so probably a waste of time trying to figure it out.
I don't blame anyone for thinking Naruto would end up with Sakura.
The series loved inundating its audience with its parallels and I do think it did a lot of ground work to push Sakura way from the Sasuke the "bad boy that broke her heart" to the Naruto the "good guy that won her over" like she was some kind of prize. All those parallels drawn to Jiraiya/Tsunade and Obito/Rin only seemed to reinforce the notion Naruto's love wouldn't be unrequited because he was the "chosen one." Hell, as time went on, the series even drew direct parallels to Sakura/Kushina. By the time it came out Road to Ninja had me thinking it was actually endgame because it was really a movie that put Naruto and Sakura's relationship front and centre. Non-canon and all that, but Kishimoto wrote that movie, I think?
The series loved inundating its audience with its parallels and I do think it did a lot of ground work to push Sakura way from the Sasuke the "bad boy that broke her heart" to the Naruto the "good guy that won her over" like she was some kind of prize. All those parallels drawn to Jiraiya/Tsunade and Obito/Rin only seemed to reinforce the notion Naruto's love wouldn't be unrequited because he was the "chosen one." Hell, as time went on, the series even drew direct parallels to Sakura/Kushina. By the time it came out Road to Ninja had me thinking it was actually endgame because it was really a movie that put Naruto and Sakura's relationship front and centre. Non-canon and all that, but Kishimoto wrote that movie, I think?
I think this is actually the excuse Toriyama uses. Vegeta conveniently has Nappa/Saibamen kill all of the Z Fighters except for Krillin and Gohan when Goku arrives and forces Vegeta to actually do something. It wasn't that Vegeta wouldn't have killed them because he wasn't that evil, it's just that it was below him to do so. So Nappa is the bad, evil saiyan that doesn't deserve a second chance while Vegeta does get a chance since he never technically killed anyone.
Basically, revive the Saibaman with the Dragon Balls and have him and Yamcha become best friends.
Yeah, it was super obvious when Sakura lies to Naruto about being in love with him. Like at that point, they weren't going to have Naruto and Sakura get together. Sakura never had an interest in him.
I can see people overlooking that and seeing other "hints", like when Minato compares Sakura to his wife. Naruto loves to do the "new generation mirrors the old" thing so Sakura and Kushina having similarly fiery personalities probably had people thinking Naruto/Sakura was a sure thing.
He's too embarrassed he was actually killed by just one Cyberman and Krillin killed the rest.
I'm partial to Peter and Carol as well. It seemed like it could've been interesting and fun if writers decided to explore it instead of sticking Peter back with MJ (not that I don't think they're good together).
Troi and Worf was worse.I think the most out of left field pairing ever is Seven of Nine and Chakotay in Star Trek: Voyager
Hmmmm.... This doesn't explain Gine and Bardock's situation tho.
Especially since they BOTH seem kind hearted and caring in the retcon.