I still can’t really get over how much of a pod person they made Videl in DBS, like she is genuinely just Nice and almost nothing more and it’s terribly disconcerting when you compare between z and super. Don’t get me wrong I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with being a nice or sweet, but the Videl in Z was scrappy, she was up for a fight and she always persevered- I mean her fight at the tournament with Spopovich?? who had fuckin majin powers and she held up insanely well?? She had trained with Gohan but other than that she had no fancy alien power shit, she had no fancy training with a great master, she was legit just a hard arsed teenage girl. A hard ass teenage girl who could also be funny and kind and sweet- Mind you. Almost as if it’s possible to be both.
Then in super shes literally just there. She’s just there and she doesn’t have a job, (not saying theres anything wrong with that, so don’t try it) I always assumed she’d be doing something?? idk maybe being a P.I? and shes just so bland... Her outfits are generic and boring, her haircuts boring (also i fuckin hate the headband, hated it on Bulma during Namek and hate it here, but thats just a personal grievance lol) no hate at all to the V.A, she did the best with the script she was given but even her voice just sounds like the voiceover for a insurance commercial. She’s just a sweet little wife to Gohan and it’s honestly just such a disservice to her character. Like her and Gohan were so cute together because he is very shy and sweet and awkward and she was a lot more blunt and upfront (still sweet and shy though, too) and they balanced each other out really well- in super its just like sickly sweet almost, and I get they probably didn’t want to make the relationship too similar to Chchi/Goku but there is surely other ways to go about it? You know who did it pretty well actually? GT.
Shit talk GT all you want but Videl in GT was a much better continuation of her character from Z. She’s a lovely mum and wife but she’s still scrappy little videl. One of my fav moments in GT is when she puts her Saiyawomen outfit back on and flies her and Chichi to fight- like yes it was played for laughs but it was still a fun nice little moment, the fact Chichi was there with her only made it better. So like it is possible... and if DBS actually tried they could do something interesting and fun with her, quite easily- If they just tried.
Also!!! Why isn’t she a Z fighter?? Give her a training arc!! Let her pull up to a fight and take out some henchmen!! There’s actually no reason why she can’t, because Yamcha and Krillin are both regular ass old humans, so... ??