Saturnine wrote:I guess Baby gets wanked out of proportion because he's the only believable, sensible and half-decent villain in GT. Oh well
I wouldn't say that. Aside from this specific thread, it's not like Baby is praised -- OR BROUGHT UP -- at all on other social medias. I am fond of discussing Dragon Ball on r/dbz (very popular) and people still talk about Zamasu even though it's been more than one year since his defeat. Yet, I have yet to see an actual discussion revolving solely around Baby. The funny thing is, the most upvoted and popular post dedicated to Baby is a fan-art of Vegito Black which is basically Goku Black + Baby Vegeta.
In addition, Zamasu's popularity will increase exponentially now that Fused Zamasu will be added to Fighterz and the Zamasu arc is reaching its climax too (not that it wasn't that high before!).
To be fair though, it's not like Baby had much opposition to begin with. Who were the other major villains of GT? Super Android 17? Moving on...
Omega Shenron? Very, very unique concept, too bad that Omega Shenron had the personality of an evil toaster.
It's similar to Zamasu as the only half-decent (despite hugely controversial) villain in Super
Good villains are meant to be controversial, that is proof of his fantastic writing. If a villain is able to make you rethink about who is the good guy and who is the bad guy, then that villain is a success. And Zamasu did that. I still see people today debating on various social medias whether Zamasu's decision to slaughter that Babarian, or to commit genocide upon all mortals, was justified and reasonable. The situation is not as black and white as it might seem!
I hope the new series gives us more Zamasu-like villains and less of the silent, bland ones (Hit and Jiren) or recolours of old villains
There will never be another insane and arrogant villain like Zamasu. He literally hugged himself and merged with the very fabric of the Universe; truthfully, I fail to see how any future villain could top that.