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The Deeper Meaning Behind "Hope"; The superbly "written" character Future Trunks'
Topic Started: Jun 27 2016, 04:58 PM (824 Views)
SSJsongojames Jun 27 2016, 04:58 PM Post #1
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 So I just found out that it was Trunks who wrote hope on the Time Machine recently. This really adds to Trunks' character:

It symbolised what Trunks was going through at that point - The hopelessness he felt because of the Androids. Trunks wrote hope because he didn't feel the same way Bulma felt when looking at the time machine. He wrote hope in hopes of avoiding the sadness that comes from still feeling hopeless even when facing the pinnacle of hope which would've led to him giving up. To focus on the hope he still has regardless of how little it is and act on it instead of dwelling on his hopelessness. This is what his actions stemmed from (I.e Not telling Vegeta about his USSJ form). The time machine itself served as a reflection of Bulma and Trunks' relationship -- With Bulma's hope being great and the pioneer of change while Trunks' was little and only existed because of the pioneer.

When looked even deeper Trunks' hope adds to the son-father angle of his character. Much like Vegeta, he feared he'll live the rest of his life under those more powerful than him with the hopes of being freed from them decreasing as the years past and so developed arrogance to shield himself from the fact (Believing he'll beat the androids despite Gohan's failure) by being the descendent of Vegeta and the best hope as Gohan stated, by believing he's better than those before him. Trunks felt hopeless after losing his pride to the Androids post Gohan's death similar to how Vegeta felt no hope of regaining his pride after Goku died. They both had to cling on to something they had little of in order to keep going: Vegeta held on to his compassion and Trunks held on to his hope. However, Trunks still had the desire to fight and didn't let pride cloud his mind again because of his humanity, which Vegeta never had hence why Vegeta vowed to never fight again after his pride was shattered which adds to the themes of belonging that DBZ had with Gohan and Trunks being more fit to protect the earth than their fathers due to their humanity, but I digress. :lol:

And that's my analysis. Trunks is officially an amazing character for me now because of this.

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