Are Tien and Chiaotzu a romantic couple?
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LOL, all my posts were killed during the maintenance. Long story short: nothing really indicates anything in official works but who cares? Be gay and do crimes.
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Re: Are Tien and Chiaotzu a romantic couple?
As Julie said, there’s no significant evidence one way or another. Tenshinhan is most likely asexual, but if he isn’t, then he’s probably gay for Chaozu. I don’t think it’s at all likely he’s straight though.
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Much as I'm against people leaping to conclusions about Tenshinhan's sexuality, this does go both ways; we don't know that he's gay, but we also don't know that he's not. He could very well be gay, but live a generally celibate existence. Or he could just be really low-key about it in general.
TBH, I'd disagree on the last point but otherwise agree.SaiyamanMS wrote: ↑Wed May 01, 2019 1:15 am As Julie said, there’s no significant evidence one way or another. Tenshinhan is most likely asexual, but if he isn’t, then he’s probably gay for Chaozu. I don’t think it’s at all likely he’s straight though.
He could be gay, could be ace, could be straight, or anything in-between or beyond. However, I've always seen his relationship with Chiaotzu to be almost brotherly. They're students of the Crane Hermit, who shared a lot of formative years with each-other under their aforementioned master, and thus will always share a strong bond.
It's possible they have some kind of romantic thing, but I personally would doubt it. Just doesn't feel like that's what's going on.
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I call Tenshinhan pansexual because not only do I think that we pans need a little more exposure but it writes his relationship with Chaozu as being something that transcends mere gender. Your girl is hopelessly poetic.
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Tien is not the only character widely assumed to be gay by much of the fandom. Many fans around the world think Freeza is gay too. There's even a thread about this:
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zarmack wrote:The whole "Dragonball is only supposed to be light and funny" mentality that exist in a lot of the fandom is in many ways even dumber than the "edgeload" side of the fandom. You know, the contrarians who think DB should be a Slice-of-Life series, the folks who worship Pre-Raditz Dragonball uncritically, the folks who downplay and often flat-out deny that Dragonball is an action series, the folks who try to push that false argument that none of the serious moments in the series were mean't to be taken seriously, etc.
Dragonball doesn't have a single tone. It has both silly and serious moments, both humor and drama, just like real life. The idea that a work of fiction should be only all-comedy or all-serious is unnatural and frankly, retarded.
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What about Zarbon? Or did that just start with TFS...ruler9871 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 4:53 pm Tien is not the only character widely assumed to be gay by much of the fandom. Many fans around the world think Freeza is gay too. There's even a thread about this:
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Him too, as well as all of the Ginyu Force.Polyphase Avatron wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 5:18 pmWhat about Zarbon? Or did that just start with TFS...ruler9871 wrote: ↑Thu May 02, 2019 4:53 pm Tien is not the only character widely assumed to be gay by much of the fandom. Many fans around the world think Freeza is gay too. There's even a thread about this:
viewtopic.php?t=27010
zarmack wrote:The whole "Dragonball is only supposed to be light and funny" mentality that exist in a lot of the fandom is in many ways even dumber than the "edgeload" side of the fandom. You know, the contrarians who think DB should be a Slice-of-Life series, the folks who worship Pre-Raditz Dragonball uncritically, the folks who downplay and often flat-out deny that Dragonball is an action series, the folks who try to push that false argument that none of the serious moments in the series were mean't to be taken seriously, etc.
Dragonball doesn't have a single tone. It has both silly and serious moments, both humor and drama, just like real life. The idea that a work of fiction should be only all-comedy or all-serious is unnatural and frankly, retarded.
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Again, there is nothing that indicates it.
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Zarbon is not gay. My crystal ball told me that we would make me his woman. He...is pan!! Beauty wa beauty!
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I wonder if people would be so quick to cry "nuh uh, it's familial sibling type love" were Chaozu a female character.
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Their interactions strongly suggest they have a close, brother-like relationship and that's all. Ofcourse, anyone is free to imagine whatever they want besides what the story provides.
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Wow, that is ....just wow.
Anyway, the only female we see him with is Lunch. Does anybody recall if he shoes any interest in her at all? As I recall it was fairly one-sided.
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Care to hook a girl up with an explanation of what you are getting at?
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Lol, that's exactly I was just thinking. It's a kids cartoon and we're talking about exposure for... nevermind.
Anyway, no they aren't in a romantic relationship, they never have been, they never will be and no such thing will ever be implied.
One is a grown man and one is a grown...child clown. Such a thing would be pretty disturbing to be honest. They're just close friends like Goku and Krillin.
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I really don't understand what this is even trying to get at, there's really nothing to imply that about either of them in any way in the manga or anime though people can certainly think whatever they want. It's clear they are good friends just as Yamcha and Puar are, there isn't anything i could see that would lead me to believe such a thing, and as far as i'm concerned they are not a romantic couple but if you disagree then that's your call.
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Yeah, Dragonball isn't very subtle with it's gay characters. Just took a look at Blue who I think is the only character that is actually portrayed as gay.SuperSaiyaManZ94 wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 11:31 pm I really don't understand what this is even trying to get at, there's really nothing to imply that about either of them in any way in the manga or anime though people can certainly think whatever they want. It's clear they are good friends just as Yamcha and Puar are, there isn't anything i could see that would lead me to believe such a thing, and as far as i'm concerned they are not a romantic couple but if you disagree then that's your call.
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No there was that fruity guy, I have no idea what his name is...was it during EoZ? The guy that hit on Trunks? The one who looked like the biker from the Village People.
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Lol. You're right. He's called Otokosuki apparently
He always makes me laugh. Come to think of it, this tournament had a lot of cooky characters like him and Captain Chicken.
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Care to continue that sentence? Or do you just want to throw LGBTQIA+ folks under the bus for saying "Toriyama probably doesn't give a shit so I'll interpret them as being [x]"? I know I'm being bitchy here but holy-dick-on-a-pogo-stick, what part of your mind made you think it was necessary to sayBullza wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2019 11:10 pmLol, that's exactly I was just thinking. It's a kids cartoon and we're talking about exposure for... nevermind.
Anyway, no they aren't in a romantic relationship, they never have been, they never will be and no such thing will ever be implied.
One is a grown man and one is a grown...child clown. Such a thing would be pretty disturbing to be honest. They're just close friends like Goku and Krillin.
What part? How? Why? What made you think "Ah yes, I need to include a part in my post where I begin to say something then turn around and say 'nevermind' without continuing my sentence as if I'm embarrassed to say it but don't actually remove the beginning of the thought from my post!"
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