Vegeta is a sapiosexual right?

[Sin]

Does it count as a fetish? Intelligence a trait that LOTS of people look for in a mate.

Right? I guess it's when it is the intelligence you are attracted to over what being that intelligence inhabits. For instance if Vegeta met an intelligent oracle fish he might find that attractive. There is not a clear indicator of sexuality in DB, a lot of it is implicit, so on that basis I guess it would be hard to say if Vegeta is a sapiosexual, but equally there's as little evidence for it as there is for Vegeta being any other sexuality. I have always assumed that characters in DB aren't too complex and that their sexuality isn't more complicated than heterosexual/homosexual/asexual, but I guess that might just be pre-programmed ignorance?

Having had to Google what a sapiosexual is I would say isn't that more of a fetish than a sexuality? Either way I'd say there isn't enough evidence to say this is the case, but I will say he probably is not intentionally a sapiosexual.

It's a fetish and not a recognized part of the queer community. I had literally never heard of the term before recently. If someone is attracted to someone because of their intelligence (which is really just one component of a personality) then they are more likely than not simply pansexual, like me.

I have learned more about sexuality in the past few months on this board than I've done in my real life experiences, which is both enlightening and scary.

[JulieYBM]

Does it count as a fetish? Intelligence a trait that LOTS of people look for in a mate.

Right? I guess it's when it is the intelligence you are attracted to over what being that intelligence inhabits. For instance if Vegeta met an intelligent oracle fish he might find that attractive. There is not a clear indicator of sexuality in DB, a lot of it is implicit, so on that basis I guess it would be hard to say if Vegeta is a sapiosexual, but equally there's as little evidence for it as there is for Vegeta being any other sexuality. I have always assumed that characters in DB aren't too complex and that their sexuality isn't more complicated than heterosexual/homosexual/asexual, but I guess that might just be pre-programmed ignorance?

Having had to Google what a sapiosexual is I would say isn't that more of a fetish than a sexuality? Either way I'd say there isn't enough evidence to say this is the case, but I will say he probably is not intentionally a sapiosexual.

It's a fetish and not a recognized part of the queer community. I had literally never heard of the term before recently. If someone is attracted to someone because of their intelligence (which is really just one component of a personality) then they are more likely than not simply pansexual, like me.

I have learned more about sexuality in the past few months on this board than I've done in my real life experiences, which is both enlightening and scary.

The US media is controlled by conservatives with poor images of queer folk, ergo this reinforces the upbringing of conservative households. It is meant to perpetuate a vicious cycle, whether always intentionally or not. In US media transgender people are nearly always the butt of jokes. Supergirl and Sense8 are two pieces of recent media where we are not treated as jokes or ugly men in dresses. Media still reinforces the idea that cisgender men are freaked out by even the slightest possibility of being feminine or being attracted to the same-gender. You almost never see media show cis men exploring bisexuality or pansexuality. Remember all those times in a movie or television series where mean accidentally get physically intimate? They always end in loud, over the top "WOAH, SORRY!" reactions or being grossed out. Not once do see these scenes depicted calmly, like a "Whoops, sorry dude" or a "Actually, I didn't mind!" or "Y'know, I actually really enjoyed that. Unexpected!" Men are always expected to be macho stereotypes that reject the same gender. The only bisexual characters I ever see in media are cis women, like in Bones or New Girl (a series that broke my heart when it did trans jokes). MY parents are big fans of The Big Bang Theory--which I already hate for its senseless cruelty and treatment of my cis sisters--which has several transphobic transgender women jokes in the first handful of episodes.

As for you, I'm always really happy when someone begins to understand their sexuality and gender better. Discovering that I was attracted to men and was also a woman--especially early on--has been so exciting and rewarding. I love seeing other eggs hatch!

[ABED]

I have zero idea where you get the idea that the media is controlled by conservatives.

I too would like to see accidental contact between men met with "that wasn't bad" or something like that. It doesn't always have to be "Those aren't pillows!" Though I do think when we do see it, it is now often shown as coming from a place of insecurity such as the offensive comments Michael Scott makes on The Office.

[JulieYBM]

I have zero idea where you get the idea that the media is controlled by conservatives.

I consume the media and I look at who owns it and how it is funded.

[ABED]

I have zero idea where you get the idea that the media is controlled by conservatives.

I consume the media and I look at who owns it and how it is funded.

I consume the media and I also look at who's funding it and most of it is funded by leftists. Academic studies constantly show that academia, the arts, and journalism lean left. To the extent that there's anything right leaning, much of it comes down to them not wanting to completely alienate half the country. Another thing to think about is no matter how enlightened or "woke" or whatever word you prefer, the make up of much of these institutions is straight white people.

[JulieYBM]

I have zero idea where you get the idea that the media is controlled by conservatives.

I consume the media and I look at who owns it and how it is funded.

I consume the media and I also look at who's funding it and most of it is funded by leftists. Academic studies constantly show that academia, the arts, and journalism lean left. To the extent that there's anything right leaning, much of it comes down to them not wanting to completely alienate half the country. Another thing to think about is no matter how enlightened or "woke" or whatever word you prefer, the make up of much of these institutions is straight white people.

Where are the anti-war, anti-cop, anti-big money, staunchly and unapologetically pro-trans, pro-Medicare for All, pro-college for all, pro-living wage, pro-Social Security for All, pro-union, pro-striking, pro-equal pay, pro-abortion, pro-housing for all voices in the media? In our journalists on television, in our films and in our television? The media takes every opportunity it can to shit on the most progressive politician currently running for president. Why? Because it fears him and the improvements he will make for regular people's lives.

The closest thing to left-wing we might see in our media is not hating people of color and gays but then turning around and arguing against all of the policies that would improve their lives. I'll have the media call me a faggot if they'll turn around and staunchly fight to give me Medicare for All, college, a living wage and some fucking disability pay. Instead all our media does is either openly push conservative ideology or present a neutrality bias to maintain the fucked up conservative status quo we've been living in for forty years.

[ABED]

Are you just not looking hard enough or at all? Your only argument is they aren't far enough, so in that case, sure, anything short of outright Socialism seems right wing.

Sorry folks. Anyway, Vegeta was attracted to Bulma's bravery. She wasn't afraid of him anymore and wasn't taking any crap, which I imagine has some correlation with her intelligence, so sure, he's attracted to her for her bullheadedness and intelligence. I've never heard of sapiosexual before today. You learn something everyday.

[jjgp1112]

Are you just not looking hard enough or at all? Your only argument is they aren't far enough, so in that case, sure, anything short of outright Socialism seems right wing.

Sorry folks. Anyway, Vegeta was attracted to Bulma's bravery. She wasn't afraid of him anymore and wasn't taking any crap, which I imagine has some correlation with her intelligence, so sure, he's attracted to her for her bullheadedness and intelligence. I've never heard of sapiosexual before today. You learn something everyday.

I've always written sapiosexual off as a pretentious, self-aggrandizing word. "I look for intelligence in a partner because I'm so intelligent and cultured. Look at how intelligent and cultured I am."

It's a bunch of nonsense not worth knowing

[ABED]

Are you just not looking hard enough or at all? Your only argument is they aren't far enough, so in that case, sure, anything short of outright Socialism seems right wing.

Sorry folks. Anyway, Vegeta was attracted to Bulma's bravery. She wasn't afraid of him anymore and wasn't taking any crap, which I imagine has some correlation with her intelligence, so sure, he's attracted to her for her bullheadedness and intelligence. I've never heard of sapiosexual before today. You learn something everyday.

I've always written sapiosexual off as a pretentious, self-aggrandizing word. "I look for intelligence in a partner because I'm so intelligent and cultured. Look at how intelligent and cultured I am."

It's a bunch of nonsense not worth knowing

Also, who doesn't look for intelligence in their spouse or partner?

[jjgp1112]

Are you just not looking hard enough or at all? Your only argument is they aren't far enough, so in that case, sure, anything short of outright Socialism seems right wing.

Sorry folks. Anyway, Vegeta was attracted to Bulma's bravery. She wasn't afraid of him anymore and wasn't taking any crap, which I imagine has some correlation with her intelligence, so sure, he's attracted to her for her bullheadedness and intelligence. I've never heard of sapiosexual before today. You learn something everyday.

I've always written sapiosexual off as a pretentious, self-aggrandizing word. "I look for intelligence in a partner because I'm so intelligent and cultured. Look at how intelligent and cultured I am."

It's a bunch of nonsense not worth knowing

Also, who doesn't look for intelligence in their spouse or partner?

Exactly! It's just a way for people to make themselves feel unique.

[Soppa Saia People]

sapiosexual is literally just what people on reddit call themselves, and the term only exists for that. it's at most a preference, and it absolutely isn't even in the realm of being a sexual orientation.

[jjgp1112]

sapiosexual is literally just what people on reddit call themselves, and the term only exists for that. it's at most a preference, and it absolutely isn't even in the realm of being a sexual orientation.

I've seen it go far beyond reddit. It's something of a running gag on twitter and I've seen a shitload of tinder profiles from girls where it's used without a trace of irony.

[Kunzait_83]

Considering what we know about both characters (Vegeta and Bulma) up to the point in the series where they originally hooked up (early Jinzoningen arc) and the circumstances surrounding it - Vegeta training like a madman for the forthcoming fight against Gero's creations at Capsule Corp while Bulma was on the outs with Yamucha: or in other words, a super ripped and shredded uber-athlete pushing himself to his absolute physical brink while the very attractive rich girl he's staying with is breaking up with her long term boyfriend and is in full rebound mode - there very likely isn't ANY part of that initial union that amounted to anything more than two very physically attractive people going through an emotionally intense period, resulting in their having completely meaningless, sweaty, casual sex.

That they eventually wound up later on settling into a relatively stable relationship/marriage after that initial one nighter resulted in Bulma getting knocked up seems to be a happy, incidental accident of circumstances and two "opposites attract" personality types meshing together better than expected more than anything else.

Basically everything that we're given about them in the series suggests that they were a primal, spur of the moment hookup first, and a surprisingly functional couple only later on after the fact.

So no, even if we take "sapiosexual" to be a real thing (which as several people in here have noted, is already a somewhat dubious classification), I HIGHLY doubt it in any which way applies to Vegeta even on its own terms, given the (very overwhelmingly likely) circumstances surrounding his and Bulma's hooking up.

[JulieYBM]

Vegeta was a virgin until he met Blooma. There is no way he'd let just anybody touch that glorious, smol peepee of his

[Jord]

Vegeta was a virgin until he met Blooma. There is no way he'd let just anybody touch that glorious, smol peepee of his

I dunno. I always expected that he and Nappa had a liitle TLC after that battle on the bug planet shown early in the series. With Nappa as sub of course.

[TheBigBoy]

Thanks for taking my troll thread seriously everybody!!!!

[jjgp1112]

Thanks for taking my troll thread seriously everybody!!!!

I think that was pretty obvious from the start. This place has had a serious problem with these nonsensical bad-faith threads as of late.

[goku the krump dancer]

Thanks for taking my troll thread seriously everybody!!!!

I think that was pretty obvious from the start. This place has had a serious problem with these nonsensical bad-faith threads as of late.

Exactly! I guess some folks are just so bored that they seem to enjoy getting a rise out of people with these kinds of silly topics.

"In universe" though, Vegeta literally said that Saiyan men are generally attracted to feisty, strong minded women. That literally has nothing to do with intellect as it does determination.

BTW i cant help but think of Tinder whenever I see "Sapiosexual" lol, its in every other girl's profile.

[FoolsGil]

Well, the only way we'd truly know that would be if Bulma was ugly AF, or at least did not look humanoid.

It's not that I don't believe sapiosexual isn't a thing. But I do believe that the only ones who are capable of such a thing in real life, are blind people who must use other senses to develop an initial feeling for someone.

Thanks for taking my troll thread seriously everybody!!!!

You're welcome. I needed something to do between homework.

[supersaiyanZero]

Vegeta was a virgin until he met Blooma. There is no way he'd let just anybody touch that glorious, smol peepee of his

Do we need this? Can you fantasize about a character in your own private time? Between this thread and your "I wish zarbon would fuck my brains out" I'm beginning to think you're on the wrong forum. Not everybody wishes to sexualize dbz. Saying so and so is pretty hot VS graphic and vulgar depictions are two different things.