Did Goku Black and Zamasu, who were both villains by nature, have to take the path that they did?
Dragon Ball Super introduced villains with the same origins and motivations, despite them being different versions. Despite their ending being lackluster, they still showed an interesting philosophical challenge to everything our characters fought for from the beginning. Zamasu, and Goku Black are characters who have more philosophical motivations than just wanting to destroy the Z-Warriors or conquer the world (Freeza). Goku Black, Zamasu may both have had interesting reasons for their villainy. Their viewpoints on mortals' plight and how Zamasu became a villain are shown as well as their descent into villainy. This raises the question, particularly to those in the audience who saw it as a meme: Did Goku Black and Zamasu do anything wrong? They were right to think that mortals are unchanging and have a violently static existence. Or were they just misguided fools?
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Zamasu, in all its iterations, was a Supreme Kai who changed his views about mortals. Zamasu's views on mortals led him to act in a way that would have a homicidal effect on all Mortals and gods of the Dragon Ball Multiverse. He even destroyed Future Trunks’ Earth. Their philosophy wasn't unfounded, despite the distorted evidence. Zamasu changed his mind after Goku visited his universe.
Zamasu's Ideals
It is not surprising that many people are aware of Zamasu’s descent into godhood and madness. It is worth noting that when we first see Zamasu, he was a Supreme Kai under Gowasu, with a lot of naive and misguided beliefs. At the time, his ideals were superiority and confusion about why they couldn't interact with the mortals in their universe. Zamasu’s response to Gowasu’s reply, which was that they couldn't intervene and could only observe and nurture mortals, despite their choices, is negative because it does not properly address Zamasu’s concern.
Zamasu became resentful towards the Kami because of Gowasu’s (debatably neglectful) approach and Son Goku’s own fight with Zamasu that challenged and threatened his ideals. When he is exposed to the barbaric Babarians race, his radical ideology becomes so extreme that it leads him to break the rules, by eliminating a mortal. This spirals his way to extreme godhood. Gowasu sees a radical change in his personality and the confusion of his mind. Zamasu’s clarity, however, is not a good sign, but instead becomes an indicator of his spiral to god killing and ultimately, his conquest in order to implement his Zero-Mortal Plan. Zamasu and Goku Black agreed on many points, including how mortals can be destructive, barbaric, and even selfish towards their own kind. Zamasu might say it's ugly and uncouth, but does that mean he is right?
Final Answer
Zamasu and Goku Black may have been correct about some things, but their final decision and outlook that mortals are monstrous species is where they lose credibility. If Zamasu's and Goku Black’s Zero-Mortal Plan is based on justifying the murder of innocent mortals then it will fall apart when one looks at the actions of Future Trunks and Goku. Goku and Vegeta, despite not belonging to the same timeline as Future Trunks, agreed to fight Goku Black because of the threat it poses to them and because they learned about the suffering innocents had endured due to the plan. Zamasu’s sample data and reasoning for the Zero-Mortal Plan border on being self-righteous and insane.
It's important to remember that even though their ideals may have been extreme they were not unfounded. Dragon Ball Super did its best to demonstrate Zamasu’s logic and his gradual descent into cruel acts. It's not unfounded so much as a series of events that the fans can understand and clearly see where it went erroneously. Dragon Ball Super makes it very clear that, despite what the meme says, Zamasu, and Goku Black were in fact wrong.
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