The Armbands In Trunks' Farewell

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 11:49 pm

theredcomet8 wrote:
Herms wrote:They don't actually mention having a funeral for Goku, at least not in the manga (anywhere I kind find). So the armbands and black clothing might just be a sign of mourning for Goku.

That's always how I pictured it was like. No ACTUAL funeral. Like not having a funeral is a sign of respect for Goku's constant fun-loving nature.

Exactly; they basically skipped directly to the wake, only it was one of those party/optimistic wakes.

@Satan-sama: Why bother giving Shenlong a moment's respect? With the exception of being rudely wakened from his sleep so that he could do the impossible by literally granting all our wishes, what the hell did that 70-foot reptile ever do for us?

Bussani · Post by **Bussani** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:07 am

The first time I heard of the black armband concept was in Gremlins 2, where Gizmo wore one after the old Chinese guy died.

B wrote:Now that I think about it, were freeze pods needed? I suppose they were, since after this ponit, most people die by being disintegrated, and if their bodies were intact, like Vegeta on Namek, they weren't dead for very long to decay.

Who knows? Shenlong would probably have un-decomposed their bodies for them, but I guess no one knew that back then since it hadn't been tried before. Even Toriyama might not have considered it yet. Also remember that Goku, with his body in the afterlife, didn't appear back on Earth when they wished him back.

Satan-Sama · Post by **Satan-Sama** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:10 am

I remember black armbands with the initials 'EG' being worn by tons of WWE wrestlers when Eddie Guerrero passed away.

Gozar · Post by **Gozar** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 12:44 pm

Dayspring wrote:
theredcomet8 wrote:
Herms wrote:They don't actually mention having a funeral for Goku, at least not in the manga (anywhere I kind find). So the armbands and black clothing might just be a sign of mourning for Goku.

That's always how I pictured it was like. No ACTUAL funeral. Like not having a funeral is a sign of respect for Goku's constant fun-loving nature.
Exactly; they basically skipped directly to the wake, only it was one of those party/optimistic wakes.

Skipped? The Wake comes first and them the funeral/burying.

Dayspring · Post by **Dayspring** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:02 pm

Gozar wrote:
Dayspring wrote:
theredcomet8 wrote:
That's always how I pictured it was like. No ACTUAL funeral. Like not having a funeral is a sign of respect for Goku's constant fun-loving nature.
Exactly; they basically skipped directly to the wake, only it was one of those party/optimistic wakes.
Skipped? The Wake comes first and them the funeral/burying.

Says who? Wakes can be before the funeral, between the funeral and burial, or after the burial. You can even have more than one wake. More and more you see two being the most common: the mourning kind prior to or after the funeral, and the optimistic remembering/party after the burial. My mom's was like this.

Also, the reason I said "skipped" is because it seems they did just that: they held no funeral or burial.

Gozar · Post by **Gozar** » Sun Mar 08, 2009 2:04 pm

Dayspring wrote:
Gozar wrote:
Dayspring wrote:Exactly; they basically skipped directly to the wake, only it was one of those party/optimistic wakes.
Skipped? The Wake comes first and them the funeral/burying.
Says who? Wakes can be before the funeral, between the funeral and burial, or after the burial. You can even have more than one wake. More and more you see two being the most common: the mourning kind prior to or after the funeral, and the optimistic remembering/party after the burial. My mom's was like this.

Also, the reason I said "skipped" is because it seems they did just that: they held no funeral or burial.

I see, I'm more used to having a Wake with a casket viewing and then the burying follows. Of course in Goku's case there is no body.