Infodump: Why I love Piccolo from Dragon Ball Z
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2024
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I got introduced to DBZ somewhere in 2000, just two years after graduating from high school where I was severely bullied. So I was still very wounded as a person. I tended to be brash, loud, impulsive, defensive and quick to get angry instead of thinking about it a little first.
I was channel surfing when I saw a "cartoon" that looked quite interesting. I'd only just learned about anime, so I figured out it was anime by the art style and decided to watch some more. I'd missed part of the episode, so I found myself looking at this green fellow with pointy ears, and the moment he opened his mouth to talk (and Scott McNeil's voice came out) I was instantly smitten!
I got curious, so I kept watching and, well, I really came to like the green dude called Piccolo. Piccolo stands off to the side a lot and isn't the most social person on the planet. He's an excellent strategist most of the time, he's very inside his own head (self-aware) and introspective. And he's asexual. Okay, granted, Nameks are asexual in a biological sense because they don't need two people to reproduce, they cough up eggs, and even then only specific types of Nameks can do that.
It's because of Piccolo that I discovered my own asexuality. I thought I was messed up somehow because I didn't have the same interest in sex as just about everyone around me who was my age. I looked the word up and discovered asexuality is a real sexuality just like being gay, lesbian, bisexual, pansexual and so forth. I'm pretty sure Piccolo would be considered ace/aro by human standards (Asexual/Aromantic) I gained a new understanding of myself that explained a lot of things. I was a mess in my 20's because I still hadn't stopped hurting from all of the bullying from school.
I watched Dragon Ball Z and saw how Piccolo changed because of Gohan. I watched him go from somebody everybody feared to an accepted member of the Z-fighters. I actually cried after the DBZ finale because I was going to miss him. Over the years, I've realized Piccolo changed me just like he was changed by Gohan. I'm more self-aware, I'm introspective and a little more strategic about approaching social situations. I'm okay with standing off to the side sometimes, because I know I'm welcome even if I need my space. I understand my sexuality and how my brain is a bit different from other peoples'.
I don't think I would be the person I am now if I didn't turn DBZ on precisely when I did in 2000. I saw somebody I wanted to be like. I did it. I've become a lot like Piccolo. He showed me that it's okay to be a loner and not fit in. Most of all, watching an outcast like him slowly find acceptance gave me hope that I would find the same. And I did. I sing in a church choir full of people who accept me exactly like I am. I can finally be myself after years of healing from being repressed by social pressures, emotional abuse and bullying.
I feel like Piccolo saved me from staying stuck behind my high school scars. He taught me how to be stronger and tougher than I was as a teenager. That's how dramatically he affected me during such a crucial period of my life.
Thanks, Piccolo, thanks for saving me.
Btw, here's a really long post on Tumblr where I babble about my old Believe fics. :)
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Great video! I'm so happy that Piccolo helped you so much. It's absolutely incredible how fiction can heal and help us grow as people. This was a really touching tribute to him. I wish I had been allowed to watch DBZ as a kid, because I think I would've attached myself to Piccolo too. Anyway, I actually teared up at the AMV at the end there. You did a really good job. ^^
You know, when I was saying goodbye to my Big Bird figurine after he broke, Piccolo’s words “Sleep well, my little friend.” were echoing in my head and I kind of said that to him before throwing him in the lake near my Dad’s house.
You have Piccolo in your head, and I have Vegeta. Vegeta's drive and focus. His inner strength and willpower to never give up on hus dreams and ambitions. To never go down without a fight or without giving it my all. To prove to others that I can do anything I put my mind to and that I can always get back up after I fall. I also recognize my mistakes and do my best to correct them, and I show that I care in my own way. just like Vegeta. He's the voice in ny head yelling at me to never give up.
Vegeta is awesome :D His little "tch" noise is actually one of the many things that pop up in my echolalia from time to time. :)
Yeah. Vegeta's awesome. Piccolo is too, but if Vegeta was a real person I'd gladly risk my life to give him a hug and thank him for being such an inspiration to me.
I effing loved this video. DBZ siblings for life.
I had the exact same thing with all of Sesame Street. but for me I was still in high school. I had bulllying all through school worst in my first year of high school. And then another thing that was bad happened and I was just broken, more nonverbal then id ever been in couldn't do anything, i didn't even have any special interests, I just didn't care and I switched schools as well. and then there was nothing on tv and I saw something I hadn't seen in years and I just watched it. and there was Sesame Street, a safe place full of characters who love everyone, if they fight, they make up and try to actually solve it, and I don't know if you've seen it before (95 precent of preschoolers have seen at least one episode mini infodump) but the characters talk to you like your there. like I had friends, and on Sesame Street there all just accepting and protecting and friendly and if they mess up or have trouble they help each other. they talk about how to calm down and other stuff I've even had trouble with even. I was going off to a school id never been to and everything was changing but Sesame Street is always a place I can go to in my mind
I love Sesame Street too! It’s my most favorite show of all time.
I got to meet Scott McNeil who did the voice for Piccolo and he was so nice to me and my mom. When we were waiting in line for autographs my mom was starting to get tired but fourteen year old me really wanted to meet him and the other voice actor so she still stayed in line with me. When we got to the front of the line and we said how long the line and how my mom had waited in line with me despite not feeling well. He said it was amazing that we made it to the front of the line and that my mom and all mothers in general deserve some sort of sainthood for all the hard work.
I'd totally cry from being happy if I met him. I'd love to thank him for Piccolo and tell him what the character he voiced did for me.
thanks doc
half an hour of info dump, AWESOME!! making a video is a good idea especially if the peeps around you don't wanna listen, which is what it is for me. I know exactly how you mean to, with this character showing up. for me it was Big Bird!
He used to be my favorite until I see he seems not to be important in recent series anymore,now he´s just like a nanny, did you know there is someone on tumblr and deviantart doing pictures of Him with android 21?, I didnt know people like this couple so much!
tard?! oh, Cyndi! How dare you call your 1st believe story 'a tard'!
I loved it then! i'd love it now with a glass of wine (maybe after I deliver this little life within me ^_^)..if you repost it somewhere other than that fanfiction website..
it was so great, Cyndi. I'd read those parts of fighting and love over and over again..happy memory thru difficult times..
Amazing how piccolo helped you thru hard times...and how you've grown..Amazing
I called it a turd. :P If I ever repost Believe/Reality, it'll be after some rewriting to make it flow better. Otherwise it's just a collection of scenes that make me cringe. LOL I'm glad people loved them and they were fun to write, but I wasn't as skilled then as I am now. I see how much better I can do on those.
streamofawareness yeah those were great times, Cyndi. glad that Piccolo helped you in some strange, fun way in your life and in your imagination..