that's what I see in gohan. a man who only ever had himself to look up to.
and only himself to disappoint.
it's probably a poor analysis made by little vidarr years ago when I first watched the movie, but I've never been able to shake the special place he holds in my heart
/Vรญรฐarr
I've loved future gohan for a while. he said something simple like "ive gotta make my dad proud" or something like that. it's not an uncommon thing to say, but what struck me was that his dad wasn't there. nobody was there. he was the strongest person he knew
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I've had self esteem issues for a while. I always chalked it up to not being enough for other people, to falling short of expectations. after some therapy I had learned that those expectations and that disappointment never came from anyone but myself
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