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Bhima, for his strength, his appetite, his mischievous sense of humor. Things that drew me to him when I was a kid were
- Two poisons offsetting each other in his body, and him returning stronger than ever
- Him setting off the fire in the house of lac before helping his brothers and mom escape
- Him carrying Kunti and his brothers during the escape, while they were tired
- Him eating up Baku's meal while waiting for him, totally unfazed by the fear everyone had of the rakshasha
- Him killing an elephant named Ashwatthama, so that Yudhisthir need not 'lie' while telling Drona that Ashwatthama was dead
- Him hitting Duryodhan on his thighs
Once I grew up and looked at it from the moral aspects as well, add to the above list
- Him killing Jarasandha
- Him defeating Karna during the Rajasuya expeditions
- Him exploding in the dyut sabha not only at Duryodhan and Dushashan, but also telling Yudhisthir that had he not been his elder brother, he'd have burned his hands that cast that dice (something he did in ⭐️MB 😈)
- The incident b/w him & Hanuman during the exile
- His activities as Ballava, including him first killing Keechak, and later, his 101 brothers
- Him leading from the front during the war, and taking on just about anybody and everybody, and making progress in killing different #brothers of Duryodhan on different days. Also killed other major warriors like Somadatta
- When Ashwatthama released the Narayanastra and everyone else, as per Krishna's suggestion surrendered before it, the astra was still active, and Bhima decided to confront it, much to the chagrin of Krishna. However, by doing that, that astra turned ALL its focus on Bhima and Bhima alone, and stopped hurting anyone else. After that, when Bhima obeyed Krishna, the astra was quelled
- His killing of Dushashan
- Confronting Ashwatthama when he was pretty lethal w/ the Brahmashira, and finally extracting his jewel
- Years later, within earshot of Dhritarashtra, insulting him after Yudhisthir had asked his entire family to take special pains to help Dhritarashtra and Gandhari forget the death of their sons
- Him getting an explanation from Yudhisthir about why Draupadi and all his other brothers, including himself, died on the way
Bhima's strength is his main character arc, can you tell me more about his sense of humor?
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