Yondu says that, but... "Earthlings, ah, Terrans," As Yondu called them. "Tend to be a soft species for the most." Then again, they seemed like those who had no clue of what was going on in the universe and hadn't had a need to fight for their planet's survival. That will toughen up a world real fast, or find a way via technology to protect or fight.
"What was the alternative if you hadn't? He would had died to his father or your crew." It was a rhetorical question, Yondu no doubt already knew that even if he's regretting it now. You did what you had to survive, and toughen up the next generation to survive as well. In saying that... Vegeta didn't care for his own father, but that may partly be a Saiyan thing. Family relationships between child and parents weren't traditionally that strong, even within the Royal family.
"I treated Trunks like crap during our year of training before our fight against Cell, but it had allowed him to toughen up and learn a lesson before having to face our enemy again." If it had been the Vegeta from now doing the teaching he would had explained why Trunks' form he had focused on would had failed, not just allowed him to put all that time into training, only to lose in battle to learn what he did wrong. It certainly did do the job though, he figured out why it was a flawed form... just... Vegeta could had been better about explaining why it was. "Neither of us may like what we had done to them in the past, but it is because of that they turned into the people they are now." And Vegeta is damn proud of what his son had become.
"I say stop thinking so hard about it," Vegeta starts, lifting his glass back to his mouth, but pausing just before drinking again, "If he is yours then he'll let you know when you step over the line. If you raised him then he has enough of a backbone to do that." Then draining the rest of the drink and angling the glass to signal a refill by Yondu.
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"What was the alternative if you hadn't? He would had died to his father or your crew." It was a rhetorical question, Yondu no doubt already knew that even if he's regretting it now. You did what you had to survive, and toughen up the next generation to survive as well. In saying that... Vegeta didn't care for his own father, but that may partly be a Saiyan thing. Family relationships between child and parents weren't traditionally that strong, even within the Royal family.
"I treated Trunks like crap during our year of training before our fight against Cell, but it had allowed him to toughen up and learn a lesson before having to face our enemy again." If it had been the Vegeta from now doing the teaching he would had explained why Trunks' form he had focused on would had failed, not just allowed him to put all that time into training, only to lose in battle to learn what he did wrong. It certainly did do the job though, he figured out why it was a flawed form... just... Vegeta could had been better about explaining why it was. "Neither of us may like what we had done to them in the past, but it is because of that they turned into the people they are now." And Vegeta is damn proud of what his son had become.
"I say stop thinking so hard about it," Vegeta starts, lifting his glass back to his mouth, but pausing just before drinking again, "If he is yours then he'll let you know when you step over the line. If you raised him then he has enough of a backbone to do that." Then draining the rest of the drink and angling the glass to signal a refill by Yondu.