I've thought about this before. I love Vegeta's character as is, but a female Vegeta would have been SO awesome (providing she stays as true to her male counterpart as possible). A relentlessly driven woman who delivers ruthless beatings
and can take a good thrashing in equal measure, absolutely NO going easy on her in fights. A female character who's every bit as flawed and complex, and never seen as some sexual gag. Would've been positively groundbreaking.
Anyway, I'd say no to a female-Vegeta/Goku pairing. Since the point would be to keep her as in character as possible, she'd hate him for outclassing her and work tirelessly towards defeating him and reclaiming her "rightful" place, while gradually developing a grudging admiration and eventually become his friend (post-Buu). Nothing more than that. I don't see Goku developing romantic feelings towards her either. He clearly lucked out getting tied down to Chi Chi early because he seems otherwise indifferent to women, relationships, etc. I just can't see him even thinking about Vegeta that way. He'd consider her a friend (long before the feeling is mutual) and respect her prowess as a warrior, that's all.
metamoss wrote:
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If Vegeta was female, I could see the whole "Underestimate the small guy (or gal)" thing we he (she? arrgh so confusing!) first appears. Then maybe Kuririn will get infatuated with her, but then Vegeta would definitely turn him down. Then maybe Kuririn would try to win her affection for awhile, probably with it always ending with him getting clobbered in the face comically.
Does that mean Krillin
wouldn't draw a sword on Vegeta as she attempts to escape in her pod?
I dunno, the joke sounds too much like that cliche anime gag where the girl is always smacking some perv around. It's so corny and annoying and not very Vegeta-like imho.
Definitely can't see Vegeta/Yamcha happening either. Wouldn't he still resent her over his death? I mean, sure, she
technically didn't kill him but... yeah. No. Besides, Vegeta in any form despises weaklings and (s)he most definitely sees Yamcha as a weakling.
Honestly, I could best see Vegeta with a gender-swapped Bulma (Bulmer? Bloomer?). I just like the dynamics of that couple and I could still see them working even if the sexes were switched. And we'd still get Trunks maybe. Now I know making Bulma male would fudge up the whole story in certain ways but hey. I'm sure they'd make it work somehow.
http://i.imgur.com/5c2vx.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/cqVRE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vaCPm.jpg
This artist has some rule 63'd Vegeta (and Bulma too) with bonus Goku and Chi Chi in the first pic. The 3rd one is lulz.