So this is definitely a random thought for 2 a.m.

[sholio]

I just realized that Yon-Rogg is basically Vegeta from Dragonball Z, and I don't know what to do with that.

I realized this mostly in thinking of him in terms of a mundane AU - mindfuck Matrix edition, and realized that what I'm basically thinking of is the part of DBZ that originally made me want to write reams of fanfic about Vegeta, where he's basically stuck in a suburban AU on Earth and hates it but can't do anything about it.

He's not the exact same character, but I think a lot of the points of appeal are similar. I guess my general tastes haven't changed that much in the last 20 years after all.

The most hilarious part of this is how much they would both hate the comparison.

Comments

[sheron]

LOL I love how these things go and that realization about the common things that draw us to characters :D

[sovay]

He's not the exact same character, but I think a lot of the points of appeal are similar. I guess my general tastes haven't changed that much in the last 20 years after all.

I realized last summer that I loved Man-bok in Crash Landing on You (사랑의 불시착, 2019) for many of the reasons I imprinted as a child on Tacroy in The Lives of Christopher Chant (1988); this is how people are.

[sholio]

Tacroy!! He was my favorite in that book as well. I didn't first read it as a child (young adult, rather) but the soul-choosing scene is indelibly printed on my brain and heart.

[sovay]

I didn't first read it as a child (young adult, rather) but the soul-choosing scene is indelibly printed on my brain and heart.

Fair warning, if you watch Crash Landing on You, you may like Man-bok.