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chickenoptyrx · 10 days
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I'm a talentless hack so this is, once again, just a redraw of a Calvin and hobbes bit. I ended up changing it around, maybe too much :T
But. Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ original comic:
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exileofthelostones · 1 month
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Art by @imahungrynacho(1st photo) and salvamakoto on deviantart respectively
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sunkenshipsanddreams · 9 months
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Haven't posted a link to anything I've written in QUITE a while, but this is a work I'm very happy about! So glad to have participated in the DBZ 2023 Big Bang with @imahungrynacho as my partner and artist! @dbz-bigbang This fic is only part of a series, but the main fic is still being worked on!
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vegetas-mustache · 10 months
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Breaking news: local writer actually posts some of their writing! A whole new chapter of Goku and the Saiyans is up!
Mind the tags, minors DNI.
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flannelepicurean · 21 hours
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EXCUSE ME.
WHAT
THE EVER-LOVING
COCK-FUCKING
TIT-SHITTING
FUCK-SHIT
is WAL-BOG, U.S.A doing putting out
THIS FUCKING SHIT RIGHT HERE
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when I have
NO GODDAMN MONEY?!?!?!
Seriously, what the fuuuuuckkk?!?!?!
Vegeta front and center??? SAIYAN SQUAD ON THE GODDAMN CENTER STAGE???
They put Raditz on the front of a fuckin haaaaattt, babes!!! ✨💖 😭😭😭💖✨
And...and Nappa...Uncle Nappa's bald-ass head got second-tier top billing before SON GOKU! Wha...???
Piccolo on the side there doin the lord's work with my boi Gohan, and YES, our actual lord & savior Goku is there too, but MY GOOD AND LOVELY LIFE FORMS AND INDESCRIBABLE DENIZENS OF THE VOID, I CANNOT...CANNOT EXPLAIN TO YOU THE SHEER LEVELS OF EMOTION I'M FEELING RIGHT NOW.
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dbfandom · 11 months
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Alright, characters and emojis.
As you know, the Japanese fandom really likes to use symbols to talk about characters, it's a way to code the language without showing up in search functions. These are usually used for shipping, but not always.
Some characters are more obvious than others, but for those who may seem a little far reached, I will write a small explanation.
Some are established fanon-accepted, but they're not really strongly claimed, so some artists will use the same emoji for different characters. (And as always if you like what I’m trying to do, consider buying me a drink or a doujin with ko-fi) (twitter version btw)
So here's my list for Dragon Ball (🐉) :p
Saiyans and half-saiyans:
Goku: 🥕 (Kakarot -> carrot) or 5️⃣9️⃣
Vegeta: 🥗
Broly: 🥦
Raditz: 🦔 (the hedgehog hair lol)
Turles: 🥬(Tullece -> lettuce) or 🍎 (because of the fruit obviously)
King Vegeta: 👑 or 🔱 (they aren’t super common)
Bardock and his squad: no established emoji that I've noticed, but 🍅 should be for Toma (Tora in English). 🌿 should be for Fasha (Selipa in Japanese, which are the syllables for parsley (pa-se-ri). I’ve seen someone use 🦀 or 🩸 (the headband) for Bardock.
Gine: 🧅 I’ve seen this one once!
Cumber: 🥒
Caulifla: I haven’t seen an established one that, but 🔥 works for her hair.
Kale: 🥬
Cabba: 🥬 yes Cabba (cabbage) and Kale (.. kale lol) share the same emoji. Context!
Gohan: 🍚 ("fried rice" as lunch; the term rice is used as a way to talk about the entire meal, even if it does not contain rice); for Future Gohan, you'll find it with the kanji 未 mi, from mirai (future). 5️⃣8️⃣ sometimes too. Add in 🐺 for the beast version!
Goten: 🍤(TENpura) sometimes 5️⃣🔟. Tenpura (tempura) is a type of fried food, and it's used for Goten because (go)ten(pura) (he's nicknamed "ten" by Trunks).
Trunks: 🐯(tora(nkusu); Tora means tiger); for Future Trunks, you'll find it with the kanji 未 mi, from mirai (future).
Bra: 👙 usually. Sometimes 👸
Pan: 🍞 (bread, obviously)
Earthlings:
Chichi: 🥛🍼(her name means milk; both are used)
Ox King: 🐂 (only seen it once, but that’s because I don’t see many drawings of him lol)
Bulma: 🩲(bloomers) but she sometimes gets 💙
Yamcha: 🐺 (wolf techniques)
Krillin: 🌰 (kuririn -> chestnut). Marron sometimes gets the same emoji
Videl: 😈 (Videl -> Devil)
Mr Satan: 🥇or 🏆. He’s the world champion!
Tenshinhan: 👁️
Chaozu: 👲(not super common but I did see it twice)
Launch: 🔫 but I’ve also seen 🎭
Roshi: 🐢
Farmer with a power level of 5: 🌽
Uub: I did see 🌴 used ONE TIME..
Maron: 🩱 I’ve seen it once.
Androids/Artificial humans:
Android 16: 1️⃣6️⃣ or 🤖
Android 17: 1️⃣7️⃣ or 🤖
Android 18: 1️⃣8️⃣ or 🤖
Cell: 🦗 grasshopper or cicada due to his first form. 🆑 and 🧬 have also been used.
Android 21: 🧁
Gammas: 1️⃣ / 2️⃣ or 🍓 (ichigo which is also number 1) and occasionally �� or γ sometimes (not emojis but still lol)
Aliens:
Piccolo: 🅿️ or 🍏 (he gives apples to Gohan early on). ピ is also super common (it’s the first katakana of his name), but it’s not an emoji. 🍊 for orange piccolo obviously.
Nail: 🐌
Dende: 🫑 or 🌱 (seen it once..)
Frieza: ❄️ I’ve seen this one a couple of times. 🧊 and 🥶 are sometimes used too, for him, King Cold or Cooler.
Tapion: 🗡️
Gods and Kais:
Zamasu:🍵 (the tea he drinks)
Goku Black: 🌹 (a rose by any other name..)
Chronoa: 🕛 or any alternative like⌛️
Shin: 😏 I’ve seen this one used twice, but nothing definitive.
Fusions:
Gotenks: 👻 has happened a couple of times; (Ry has told me 🍩 is also used)
Gogeta: 🥐 (because of the jacket)
Vegito: 🍬 (because he's the strongest candy in the world in the Buu Saga).
Merged Zamasu: 🌀or ❇️
Kefla: 💥 (seen it a few times but not definite either)
Others:
Buu: 🍫
Janemba: 👺 (not super common)
Beerus: 🍺
Whis: 🥃 (😇 has also been used it seems)
Champa: 🍾 or 🥂
Special thanks to Whirly for nudging me to compile further and to Popo and the twitter folks for using those emojis religiously haha
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gokustits · 7 months
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Are there any particular episodes you find hard to watch? I like all of Dragon Ball even some of the filler, but I find the fight with Vegeta and Nappa to be so tough to watch. Everyone dies and/or suffers and poor Gohan gets cold feet (understandably) and is berated for it. I get that he wasn't a normal 5 year old kid and this fight was a life or death situation since the beginning, but still, he had to watch everyone around him die (and blames himself for it), gets beat up to a pulp afterwards and deals with survivors guilt for so long. I did like that it was a big set up for the Frieza saga and honestly the whole Goku was an alien all along thing made a lot of sense and it didn't feel forced. Actually, the Saiyan's introduction was one of the best plots Toriyama came up with.
I liked that in Dragon Ball there was much less at stake during the fights. It was much more adventure focused and I enjoy seeing Goku grow up and meet so many people along the way. It was so good to see that everyone eventually ended up liking and/or respecting him.
Ps. I love your art and your blog. I'm also on the Goku Defense Squad. I don't care what anyone says: He is an iconic wholesome character that has brought happiness and good times to so many people. He is greatly misunderstood. It doesn't help that Toriyama said one thing, but stated otherwise on the manga through various situations e.g: Goku apparently thinking of his sons as mere companions and at the same time showing several instances where he goes above and beyond to protect Gohan and to help him reach his full potential as a fighter, to name one thing.
Anywho, sorry for the rambling on this ask. Thank you for reading this 😊
In og dragon ball I can’t stand to watch general black in the red ribbon army saga or goku’s training with mr popo
in dbz I can’t watch gohans “training” with piccolo he was just so sad and he wanted to go home poor baby I read the manga and it still made me sad 😔
Thank you I’m glad someone likes my blog and my insanity gskshsk
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manygalaxiesinone · 1 year
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What If Adell and Goku Swapped Places (Adell's side: Part 3))
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((Hee ho dood! Prinnyfrost reporting for duty! Time to continue Adell's side of this little swap idea I had in mind.
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We left off at the Z fighters, lead by Shoumei as Adell is preoccupied at the moment, coming to surprisingly aid Piccolo against the mysterious alien group called the Crusher Corp. The leader of these mercenaries or bandits happens to be none other than Turles, who revealed to Shoumei that not only is she a saiyan like him, but she was also his long lost little sister. While the Z fighters are continuing their struggle and Piccolo still recovering since they don't have any senzu beans at the moment, Amond helps Turles..."escort" his sister onto the ship. Turles then instructs Amond to help the rest of the Corp out until the tree finishes its fruit while he has a chat with his younger sibling.
Amond: "As you command, mighty Turles!" Walks out of the ship.
Shoumei: "..."
Turles: "So...you've certainly grown up, Brassi. On one hand, not really all that surprising. Last time I saw you, you were still a baby inside an incubator before I was...shipped out with a less desirable squad of other saiyans. On the other hand, it's just amazing to see you alive at all, what with the planet blowing up."
Shoumei: "Why are you attacking my world?!"
Turles: "What? Not interested in little family reunion? It's been so long?"
Shoumei: "Answer me!"
Turles: *Sighs* "Fine. I guess it's not really saiyan like anyway now that I think about it. Honestly, we're just taking the energy from the planet in order to make our tree of might. Our client is in need of its fruit, which grows better depending on how fertile the land is. Nothing malicious really, but sadly the planet will wither and die out as a result."
Shoumei: "Wh-what?!"
Turles: "Like I said, we mean no ill will, but this place just so happens to be the closest option for us so, a stroke of bad luck I guess."
Shoumei demands that he gets rid of the tree, but Turles refuses, instead he offers Shoumei to join his Crusher Corp. While he can't give her a high position right off the bad even though she's family, at least she won't have to die with the rest of the world. Plus he has a feeling that his client might take an interest in her as well.
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Personally, I like to imagine it being a bit similar to Cassim singing to Aladdin in the King of Thieves movie. Telling her that aside from just making trees, they also pillage other worlds for their resources as a member of the gang. This actually does stick out to Shoumei for a tad due to her bandit lifestyle. Pulling off heists on a grander scale than what this plan had to offer does sound pretty exciting to her, but in the end, she refused, as not only would it not feel right that Yamcha and Launch wouldn't be able to join her in this after all they went through together, but that also mean that he would have to abandon both her husband and child. That last bit caught Turles off guard.
Turles: "Husband and child? Wait, don't tell me you managed to interbred with one of these earthlings?"
Shoumei: "Well, yes and no. I did get married by someone on this planet, but he's not from this world either."
Turles: "What do you mean? If he's not an earthling than what is he?"
Shoumei: "A...demon apparently?"
This revelation made Turles turn white and shutter in fear. He knows how powerful and dangerous demons are and did NOT expect to find one on some random planet, especially one filled with life considering they have a reputation on being as ruthless as saiyans, if not more so!
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After all, Majin Buu, the one both King Cold and King Vegeta have constantly warned others about when it comes to those they have to avoid at all costs, was originally believed to be a demon himself. Look, I know he's actually an alien that came from another dimension, but his design was based off of genies, or Djinn, and they were sometimes depicted as all powerful and nefarious demons.
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Meanwhile, Gohan, Launch, and Bulma made their way to the studio Adell was working at and explain what's going on. They were lucky enough to catch him while he was taking a break, otherwise they would be taking quite an earful from the director.
Adell: "So they felt it too? I knew something was up. Why didn't you guys just call me? You have the studio's number."
Launch (Blue): "We didn't want to distract you in the middle of a scene."
Bulma: "Yeah, knowing that director guy would probably just chuck the phone in a fit of rage."
Adell: "...fair enough."
Gohan: "Daddy...do you think mommy will be okay?"
Adell: "Don't worry Gohan, your mother has been in some pretty tough jams before. But I better get going just in case. You go home and try to relax, okay? I'll bring your mom back."
Gohan: "Promise?"
Adell: "Of course!" Gets up from his chair. "Sorry to leave you with baby sitting but-"
Bulma: "Just go already Adell, you can pay us back later."
Launch (Blue): "Gohan will be fine with us."
Adell: "Thanks. Be back."
With that, Adell runs outside, making sure he has enough distance from the studio before he starts flying away. Naturally, the director is pissed once he realizes that the star actor bailed just when they were about to finish and before he could scream any profanities, he Bulma, Gohan, and Launch get in Bulma's ship and fly off. Sensing the energy of his friends, it didn't take too long for him to arrive on scene and witness everyone fighting the Crusher Corp and Piccolo trying to pick himself up.
Adell: "Piccolo? What are you doing here?"
Piccolo: "Same as you. I was inspecting the sudden loss of energy from the planet and found these guys responsible using that tree. It looked pretty even for a while, but the moment they ate some of the fruit, things went sour."
Adell: "Kay...where's Shoumei?"
Piccolo: "Don't know. Last I saw her, she was fighting that buff red guy over there."
Adell: "Alright. I think I got this."
Adell walks up to the Crusher Corp, getting their attention, as well as his friends. Krillin and Yamcha specifically were both pretty delighted to see him.
Krillin: "Hey, you actually made it buddy! I thought you were too busy filimg."
Adell: "Eh, you know how it is when it comes to emergencies. Besides, one of the other actors were making things difficult."
Amon: "What's this? Are we supposed to be intimidated by some movie star?"
Cacao: "They must be mocking us, not aware of how serious the situation is."
Tien: "Trust me, that guy right there is the last person you want to make angry. He's a lot stronger than he looks."
Daiz: "Really? Let's find out."
Diaz activates his scouter to read Adell's power level only for it to quickly get so high, that it explodes in his face. Amon plays it off like there must be some sort of bug in his scouter as he forgot to update it before this mission, prompting him to activate his and getting the exact same result. Naturally, the group start to get...a tad worried.
Adell: "I'm not fully sure why you're here, but I'll make you a deal. Hand over my wife and take that tree out of here, and you can leave in one piece."
Amond: "Wife? Oh! You mean Mighty Turles's sister!"
Rasin: "Wait, the boss has a sister?"
Lakasei: "He never told us about her."
Amon: "I don't know for sure, but she is a saiyan woman and dat's what he's calling her so..."
Daiz: "Well if that's true, then we have all the more reason not to. This planet's about to die anyway and if we're lucky, one of us might be able to have our own fun with her."
The moment Daiz said that, the dragon team stepped back, knowing that things are going to get a bit messy for Daiz. As I said before, Adell isn't really fond of needless killing left and right, however the moment you threaten his family, you practically guaranteed a death sentence. Adell lights his hand on fire and in a split second, he punches Daiz so hard, he literally split in half!
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Imagine Younger Toguro one shotting Topaz during Yu Yu Hakusho's dark tournament, only this time, Daiz is also engulfed in flames. The Crusher Corp was in complete shock after seeing this. The others, not so much with the only exception being Piccolo. He knew Adell was very powerful, but he had no idea how much he was really holding back during their fight in the tournament. That whole time, if Adell really wanted to, he could have killed him just like that, but for some reason, he not only went easy during their fight, but also spared him at the end of the match. But why? They're enemies and he wanted revenge. He couldn't fathom it. Regardless, Adell turns around and looks at the remaining Corp members. He asks the others if they wanted to change their minds about the deal. Cacao decides to step up and challenge him and see if he can get past his armor.
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For those who don't know, Cacao's armor is specifically designed to be immune to physical damage. This along with his magma like body being more resistant to fire as well as the power boost he got from the tree of might, makes him pretty confident that he can handle anything Adell can toss at him. And surprisingly, Adell did struggle for a bit with that armor, even when he boosts his strikes with his fire, but knowing that they're on a time limit with the planet dying, Piccolo sneaks a special beam canon at Cacao, piercing through the vulnerable parts of his head and instantly killing him. At first, Adell was upset, knowing how unfair that was, but Piccolo reminded him that the planet is still dying from the tree so they don't have the time to mess around. Adell agreed and thanked Piccolo for reminding him to keep his head in the game. Just then, Rasin gets a call on his scouter. It's Turles, asking for an update on the situation. The MOMENT Rasin mentions Adell, Turles instructs the crew to pull out as he knows this is a fight they can not win. Grab whatever fruit they can and get out. Unfortunately, this results in a back and forth between the corp members as they remember that their client might not be all that happy to hear that the fruit they bring over is lacking in both quality and quantity, but they're not sure if they have another option, thus giving Adell the chance to tell everyone to combine their power and destroy the tree. Not only was the tree destroyed, thus giving the stolen energy back to the planet, but considering how close the other three were, they didn't escape the blast unscathed. The twins are dead and Amond is handing on to dear life. All that's left is Turles, who's trying to contact his crew, but is getting no response. He has no idea that Amond is still alive because his scouter is destroyed. When the smoke clears, the group can see Amond trying to high tail it, but they follow him as they figure he's probably heading back to the ship, where Shoumei would be. Back at the ship, Turles is still panicking at the situation.
Shoumei: "You know, this probably wouldn't have happened if you just picked a different planet. I guess that's just bad luck."
Turles: Slams his fist on the wall. "Do you have any idea what this means, Brassi?! My client is going to mount my head as soon as he finds out!"
Shoumei: "Oh come on, so some rich guy won't get his fill. What's the harm?"
Turles: "You really don't get it..." Turles takes out a spare fruit that he's been saving for an emergency. "Well, if I'm going to die, then I might as well do it the saiyan way, in battle."
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He blasts a hole in the ship, quickly throws a fake moon into the sky and eats the fruit, gaining another boost in power as he turns into his great ape form. This ends up damaging the ship quite a bit, but not the whole thing, thus giving Shoumei the chance to escape once she sees an opening. It didn't take too much longer for Amond and the others to arrive. Unlike what Vegeta did to Nappa, the moment Turles sees Amond, he tells him to use one of the emergency pods that were left intact to escape, glad to know that at least ONE of his crew managed to survive this ordeal, even if he might not end up being one of them. Amond was actually reluctant to leave his boss behind as the two had a pretty good bond with each other, but even in his great ape form, Turles tells him not to worry and leave the rest to him. Amond does end up leaving, making way to a far off planet where he won't be noticed by anyone to stay on the safe side. Naturally, despite the danger in front of them, the moment Adell and Yamcha see Shoumei, they runs up to her for a hug, glad to know she's safe and sound.
Shoumei: "I'm really glad to see you too Adell, though you shouldn't be worried. I've been in some hairy situations before."
Adell: "That's what I told Gohan, but honestly, you can be a little reckless."
Shoumei: "A demon, calling me reckless? Has hell frozen over?"
Adell: "You say that EVERY time I scold you."
Yamcha: "Ain't that supposed to be my job? You know, as the "Big Bro" figure here?"
Adell: "Yeah, you're right? So why aren't you doing it?"
Yamcha: "Well I can't do it now, she's an adult, and since you married her, that's on you."
Adell: "Sonuva-"
Piccolo: "For the last time, can you please focus?!"
Turles is proving to be a rather difficult opponent for the Z fighters, even for Adell. Not because of power, since he's still a lot stronger in the long run, but Adell is purposefully trying to hold back knowing that Turles is Shoumei's older brother and wasn't sure if he should off him. That is until Yamcha recalls the night when Shoumei turned into a great ape and accidentally got stuck, which resulted in the lost of her tail. He gets the other fighters to distract it as he runs off.
Shoumei: "Yamcha, wait! What are you doing?!"
Yamcha: "Just trust me! I got this!"
As the fighters are dodging each of Turles's mouth ki blasts, Tien was caught slipping and was grabbed by Turles. He began to squeeze him in his hands, crushing him. Chaotzu was horrified and tries to use his powers to take over Turles's mind in order to let him go, but it doesn't work. Fortunately, Yamcha finally manages to cut off Turles's tail with his sword that he still has since he didn't fully give up his bandit lifestyle. Turles lets go of Tien as he returns into his regular form, but he doesn't give up. Knowing that Adell is the strongest one here, he charges at him, basically demanding a one on one fight between the righteous demon. There wasn't any particular plan behind it, he just figured it would be the most fitting to die by the hands of the strongest member of the warriors, at least have some dignity. As he expected, even while holding back, he stood no chance against Adell who had beaten him pretty badly. Despite this, Adell still doesn't kill him, something that clearly upsets Piccolo.
Piccolo: "What are you doing?! Finish the job!"
Adell: "Hang on! It's not my call to make here."
Piccolo: "What the hell do you mean?"
Adell: "Shoumei! This is your brother, isn't he? I don't think it would feel right to just end him without asking you first."
Shoumei: "..."
Turles braces himself, ready to die as he figures what Shoumei's answer would be.
Shoumei: "...Let him go."
Piccolo: "WHAT?!!"
Turles: "B...Brassi?"
Shoumei: "Don't get me wrong, I don't really consider you my older brother, but I think I understand the struggle you're dealing with. I'm a criminal too, you know. Plus, even though you say that saiyans are ruthless, you had no trouble letting your underling escape before fighting us, even though he failed his mission. You can't really be all that bad deep down, right? But let me make one thing clear, "brother". If you ever threaten my home or my family, what you received here will be nothing compared to what we'll do that will haunt your dreams for as long as you live."
Turles says nothing and simply gets into the other emergency escape pod and fly off. Piccolo tells them that they're making a big mistake by letting him go and Krillin somewhat agrees, but Adell just shrugs stating that it was Shoumei's to make and Shoumei and Yamcha reassured them that everything will turn out alright. They then carry Tien so he can go get healed up and resume the rest of their day. Meanwhile, Turles makes his way to a rather large ship. Upon arrival, he is escorted to a healing pod to get patched up, but when he's finished, he is told that his...client would like to speak to him...privately. Turles sighs as he pretty much braces himself for what's about to happen. As soon as he enters the room, he is met with a tall figure, sitting on some sort of round hovercraft.
???: "Turles. I see you've returned from your latest mission...without any fruit this time apparently."
Turles: "Yes. The planet we've been to resulted in a rather...disastrous expedition. All of my men, the entire crusher corp, have been vanquished. I'm the only one left."
???: "Really? That is rather disastrous."
Turles: "I have no excuses. At least...nothing proper. A failure is a failure sir...and to think the ones who defeated us decided to spare me."
???: "Turles, do you remember our arrangement?"
Turles: "Yes. How could I forget? I bring the fruit in exchange for my protection and livelihood."
???: "Close, but no. You were right about my end of the bargain, but you seem to have forgotten yours." The figure stands up and walks closer to him. "I specifically requested for anything of value from your little trips and what can be more valuable than information?"
Turles: "I-Information? Yes of course! In that case, I have at least made a couple of discoveries on that planet that you might be interested in."
???: "By all means, do go on, Turles. Spare no details."
Turles: "With pleasure...
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Cooler."
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This is another OC of mine! A pure-blooded Saiyan who used to live on Planet Vegeta before it was destroyed (this is probs the only Saiyan OC I'll ever make pfff). Her name is Sera, taken from "celery" (celery ➤ cel ➤ ser ➤ sera). In the Saiyan Saga, she's in her 40s - and in her 50s post Buu Saga.
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She was a part of Vegeta's original squad, alongside Nappa and Raditz. Power-wise, she was slightly stronger than Nappa but still weaker than Vegeta.
Personality-wise, Sera is rough around the edges. She had no qualms doing the planet purging thing (having the “the strong survive and the weak don’t” mindset), and is relatively indifferent in nature overall. Generally passive, and doesn't have much of a temper. She's also not much of a talker. She was NOT the "mom friend" of the group. All of the men irritated her, and she never tried to stop Raditz being bullied by the other two because she just didn't care.
Something that does set her a part from the majority of her kin though, is that she also never cared much for conquering planets. Ever since she was young, Sera thought it was all...pointless? And kind of stupid. Before the Cold Force forcibly "recruited" them, the Saiyans made their living by basically stealing from other planets and killing whatever inhabitants that were on them. Rather than do what they can for their own kind on their own planet, they were war-mongering instead. To her, it painted the Saiyans as being a little...pathetic in a way.
It also doesn't help that she's actually Vegeta's half-sister, sharing King Vegeta as a father. The king never cared about her or her mother, while leading their people in such a distasteful way. It's no wonder Sera has some ill-feelings towards royalty, which did still extend to Vegeta. She always thought he was an insufferable brat.
Now, timeline stuff!
On Earth, after Nappa's back was broken by Goku's kaioken attack, Sera stepped in to fight him. She seeing kaioken beforehand and having better agility than Nappa allowed her to put up more of a fight for Goku, but in the end, she was still overwhelmed and knocked out by him (but not before giving Goku a compliment, saying that his technique was impressive). Due to she being unconscious, she missed Vegeta killing Nappa.
When she came to minutes after Goku and Vegeta left to have their battle, she assured Krillin and Gohan that she wasn't going to do anything to them, the planet, nor help Vegeta. She never liked destroying planets. After hearing how Nappa was killed, she told them that her allegiance with Vegeta was probably over because he might try to kill her next for losing if he defeats Goku, so she ought to go to give herself more time. She calls her pod to her and gives the boys a mere "see ya", before leaving the planet.
Sera does end up going to Namek as Frieza has ofc become aware of the dragon balls existence. She's under close watch by his soldiers, being more or less forced to remain on the ship because trust in her has sharply declined due to Vegeta's rebellion. Naturally, she also doesn't want Frieza to wish for immortality because that would essentially be the end of the universe, so she does try to help Krillin and Gohan whenever she eventually comes across them again. She tries to help fight the Ginyu Force, but Recoome's too powerful and she gets wounded heavily like the others.
After Goku arrives to Namek and the Ginyu Force is soon dealt with, the cat's out of the bag that Sera has also betrayed Frieza, so she commits to helping the Earthlings. I like to imagine that thanks to her chill personality, honesty, and lack of bloodthirsty-ness, she endears herself to Krillin and Gohan waaaaay faster than Vegeta does (Gohan even starts calling her "Miss Sera" after a certain point teehee). She doesn't help, nor stop them when they take the dragon balls while Vegeta's napping to make their wishes. She frankly doesn't want Vegeta to get immortality either, because 1) in her eyes that's almost as bad as Frieza getting it and 2) being unable to die doesn't mean your power suddenly increases (unless Vegeta were to wish for that too) so it wouldn't even help against Frieza anyway.
She joins the group when Vegeta blasts off, and Porunga still ends up disappearing due to Guru's death. Frieza advances upon them, and his bout against Vegeta happens as normal. When Frieza takes on his 2nd form, her attempts to help Krillin and Gohan end with her getting sent flying into the ground and getting the air forced right out of her lungs. When Piccolo joins, things start briefly looking better, but of course go south again when Frieza goes into his 3rd form.
Frieza's final form does genuinely terrify her. Like the others, she didn't (and couldn't) help Vegeta. The healing pod finishes restoring Goku and he still arrives right as Vegeta's about to die. She's a total bystander from this point onwards, and also gives her energy to Piccolo when he goes to help defend Goku while the Spirit Bomb is being charged. Her added power does make him pack more of a punch to Frieza, but it makes little difference in the end.
As we all know, the Spirit Bomb fails. Frieza shoots Piccolo in the torso, she in the abdomen, and kills Krillin. While Gohan carries Piccolo, she drags herself up and flies away, as per an enraged Super Saiyan Goku's order. She marvels at the brilliance of the transformation before she goes, realizing that this is what Vegeta tried so hard to achieve.
She follows Gohan to the ship Goku used, and stays there (bleeding profusely mind you) with an unconscious Piccolo while Gohan goes to get Bulma. After he does so, Gohan flies away in the hopes he can help Goku, to which Bulma angrily asks Sera why she didn't do anything to stop him. Dryly, Sera rhetorically asks Bulma if she looks like she's in any condition to do so.
Like all the others, she's wished away to Earth when a revived Dende made the last wish Porunga still had available. Dende heals her, and she just...chills from that point forward. She's both somewhat happy and annoyed to see that Vegeta was revived and also taken to Earth, especially when he gloats about killing the Namekians that weren't also revived because of he not being one of Frieza's henchmen. Such behavior only serves to make HER look bad too, even if she actually didn't kill a single Namekian herself.
During the wait for the Namekian dragon balls to recharge, she does stay in Capsule Corp for a while. When they all find out that Goku's still alive but out training in space, she doesn't bother to stop Vegeta from leaving the planet to go search for him.
It's at this time that she being free from Frieza fully sets in. Sera takes a moment to fly out to a quiet grassy field far away from any town or city and just...sits there. For an hour or two, enjoying the peace. No more would she have to travel to multiple plants and conquer them in Frieza's name. No more would she have to endure the cruelty from he and his deceased generals, subjected to their racism and misogyny. No more would she have to carry the burden of being a Saiyan who didn't agree with her kind's lifestyle. After the decades it's been, her life is finally under her own control.
And, she loves it. Sera then undergoes the journey in trying to learn what she exactly wants to do with herself, now that she has freedom. She leaves Capsule Corp after a few weeks, getting tired of dealing with Bulma's nosy questions of her relation to Vegeta. She only leaves Bulma with the information that she's his "big sister".
Sera's traveling around Earth, partaking in street fights for easy zeni and sleeping out in trees or in caves, when she learns Vegeta eventually came back - much to her surprise. The surprise fades when she remembers Vegeta's character and sees that he's most likely waiting for Goku to come back to Earth so he could try to kill him. Again. But because Goku's a Super Saiyan now and Vegeta still isn't, she's confident in Goku being undoubtedly stronger than him now.
Sera's completely out of the loop of Frieza's return, up until she sees that dreadfully familiar ship flying down into Earth's atmosphere. She meets up with everyone, greeting Gohan and Krillin, brushing off Yamcha's nervousness + Piccolo & Tien's suspicion, and gets caught up on what's happened. She goes with the group to confront Frieza, and watches in awe as Trunks appears and easily deals with him.
She's skeptical of the teen seemingly knowing Goku and where he'll exactly touch down upon his return to Earth, but goes with it, though a little weirded out by how she catches Trunks staring at her on and off. Goku returns; after Trunks finishes talking to him and goes back to the future, she learns about the upcoming Android threat.
She's irritated because she would rather not have to deal with life or death situations so soon, and is vexed by Goku and Vegeta wanting to face it head on rather than stop it from happening altogether with the dragon balls, but upon hearing that she dies to the Androids in the future, Sera understands that getting stronger is thus mandatory. She agrees to have training sessions throughout the next 3 years with Goku, Gohan, and Piccolo - slowly gaining the trust of the latter during it all (Gohan liking her enough definitely helped). She learns how to sense ki, and how to suppress her own, from them.
Also during the 3 years, Sera discovers that she rather likes Earth's music. When she tries to sing once, she finds herself liking it a lot. Unbeknownst to others, Sera starts going to a karaoke box and develops a hobby of singing...particularly drifting towards the heavy metal kind. The intense instrumentals and she bellowing out made up lyrics consisting of violence and revenge to them was very cathartic, as she bottled up a lot of emotions during her imprisonment under Frieza's reign. Her Saiyan biology allowed her to literally growl / scream with ease, like she's heard many metal singers do in their songs.
After a session one evening, she's approached by a man who claimed to overhear her and stated that she sounded very good. He had a metal band that needed a new lead vocalist, and was interested in she potentially joining it. Knowing that she needed a job, she figured "why not?".
Sera had to balance still training with the others AND training vocally-wise for the band, but she made it work. Thanks to her, the underground band actually started getting more and more popular, and she genuinely liked being recognized for something outside of her power for once. She had to take a small hiatus from the band when the day of the Andriods' attack came around, though.
This post has gotten long enough, so I'll summarize the rest since Sera doesn't change canon's events that much.
She joined the others to search for the Andriods, saw Vegeta return + that he's also a Super Saiyan now, saw 17 kill Dr. Gero + 18 free 16, and got smacked around by them alongside the others. After healing from a sensu bean, she saw that her power still wasn't enough and figured she'd be better off doing her own thing. She was sure Goku (whenever he recovered from the heart virus), Gohan, and probably Vegeta would be the planet's best chances for survival.
She returns to her band and it gets active again...up until she sees Perfect Cell's broadcasted threat of the Cell Games. Ofc she's like "what the fuck" and goes to Capsule Corp to get caught up. Even after hearing about the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, she still doesn't care about training and fighting in the Cell Games, which sparks an argument with Vegeta about her pride as a Saiyan. She cuts it short by telling him that "Saiyan pride" itself doesn't exist anymore since their race was decimated. He has his own sense of pride as she has hers, and hers is aware she doesn't measure up to the threat. She'll still be there when the Cell Games start though, because she doesn't want to miss that show.
The only thing worth of note is that Sera does get roughed up by a Cell Jr., but the Cell Saga pans out how it does in canon. Buu saga wise, Sera's band has risen and become more mainstream through the 7 years, so more people are aware of her identity. After stopping by the Son family home to check up on Gohan and Goten (she's basically their "honorary aunt" at this point), she learns of the World's Martial Arts tournament and joins because she does want to see Goku again, but the threat of Majin Buu rises soon after. She largely stays out of it though, and ends up eventually dying when Kid Buu destroys Earth.
Sera is sent to Hell by King Yemma, where she does encounter her papa King Vegeta, her mom, and some of the other Saiyans once again (details on that deserve its own post ohoho), but it's only a temporary punishment before she's allowed access to Heaven due to she having atoned for the lives she took during her slavery back in the Cold / Frieza Force. Everyone's wished back, and she gives her energy to Goku's Spirit Bomb that kills Kid Buu.
In terms of DBS, I'll leave that alone for now. Super's like this weird spin-off series that I don't like (don't care if it's truly canon or not), so I don't feel any need to specify how Sera does or doesn't impact its events.
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roy-dcm2 · 1 year
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DBZ The Tree of Might Reaction
DBZ Movie Rewatch #3, - Tree of Might
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[It's T.Hawk in Saiyan Armor]
This one was original named “A Super Decisive Battle for Earth,” which makes sense, because they really do get pushed right up to the edge, like Goku has to resort to the Spirit Bomb TWICE actually, because the first one doesn’t work. The “Tree of Might” is sapping all the life energy from the Earth, so there’s a montage of plants withering and animals laying down to die.
I also really like the Tree of Might as a concept, a parasitic alien tree that destroys planets to produce fruit that makes you stronger. By the way, this is the second ecological disaster in these DBZ movies.
I used to be convinced that I liked this movie, but watching it again. It’s kinda boring. Turles' Minions don’t leave that much of an impression, and they disappear to fight off the rest of the Z-Squad. Goku is in this weird place where he can Kaiohken x10, but can’t go Super Saiya-jin. There’s no really victorious moments. Goku just limps to the finish.
Turles is SOMETHING. He’s not just a carbon copy of Vegeta/ Nappa. He’s pretty grounded for a villain that’s the leader of a squad. He might be a world conqueror, but he knows he’s working his way up. He’s found himself a niche, and has a mechanism to steadily rise to the top. He needs strong allies, and so he does take the time to try to recruit Goku/ Gohan.
I’d say that he should have turned into a Great Ape, but that would just draw more comparisons to Vegeta. However, something that keeps coming up, is the idea that Turles is what Goku would have become, if he hadn’t hit his head. Its interesting that Turtles works with a squad, just like Goku, unlike Vegeta that didn’t tolerate weakness.
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[hashtag - this screenshot is not from the movie]
There’s a theme of Nature restoring itself. First with the forest fire at the start of the movie, and then with everything returning to normal once the Tree of Might explodes.
6/10 It is a plain bagel.
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[Pour one out for the original Z-Squad. This is the last time they'll pretend to be part of the plot.]
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scrimblocollector · 2 years
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The problem with the "Gohan being raised by Saiyan Squad" AU is realistically, at least in the early stages, Nappa alone would do the job let's be real
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chickenoptyrx · 3 months
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Ok so. This 1 kinda got away from me~ but its based on this Calvin and hobbes bit >.>;
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exileofthelostones · 1 month
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The main series, and the biggest reason, for this AU's existence! Please give it a looksee, and leave feedback!
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risingsouls · 2 years
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@bambino-muses​ asked: Matchmaking time! For Chicory, Turles, and Android 21! (warriors-of-earth)
Matchmaking Time! || Open!  
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[I think Gohan might be a good one for Chicory, potentially? I think it could churn out some pretty wholesome content.
Any of the OG Saiyan Squad could be interesting to interact with Turles. Depending on your take of him, I think any of them coming to find out another Saiyan survived could start some neat stuff.
I think Bardock and 21 could have interesting interactions maybe? Or Turles and 21 because science.]
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vegetas-mustache · 1 year
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In this chapter of Goku and the Saiyans, there is no smut. But there are Nameks, and Gohan is a cute lil kiddo.
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mystech-master · 2 years
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Which series does Protagonist Power-Up Privileges right?
Protagonist Power-Up Privileges is when the protagonist gets the special powers that no one else does. Sometimes this can even be a group of protagonists.
I mean most of the time anime just makes the MC super OP compared to everyone else.
We've got Dragon Ball with Goku and all his Saiyan transformations/zenkai boosts make everyone not named Vegeta or Gohan look like nothing.
Ichigo and Naruto have their BS bloodlines and while I am not too familiar with Bleach at least Naruto has an equal in Sasuke
One series I look to for the most part for this trope is Digimon, because the Digivolution levels of the partner Digimon are a clear sign of power-up favoritism.
Digimon Adventure has only MC and Rival/Lancer (Tai and Matt) get Mega Level until Tri years later
Digimon Adventure 02 has the MC and Rival/Lancer/6th Ranger (Davis and Ken) get two fusion evolutions in the form of Imperialdramon's 2 modes
Digimon Tamers has 3 main leads throughout and an extra 4th ranger all get Mega Evolutions with Takato/Guilmon only getting Gallant Mon Crimson Mode in the last fight. The 3-4 other Tamers/side Digimon don't matter except for Impmon/Beelzemon
Digimon Frontier does this the worst because Takuya and Koji get their big evolutions which require everyone else to lose the ability to fight.
Digimon Data Squad is similar to Tamers, 3 MCs and a 4th Ranger with the protag gaining a new form in the last fight (although Crimson Mode is cooler than the Agumon Burst Mode IMO)
Digimon Xros Wars/Fusion can be pretty bad since in the first half only Taiki/Mikey has the Xros/Fusion Loader and the other 2 are reduced to sidekicks/moral support most of the time. When we get over to the 2nd half with the Death/Dark Generals and we get the other 2 Loader carriers only Kiriha/Christopher gets an evolution while Nene gets none, which is more noticeable when they only get one Digivolution instead of a line in this series.
Hunters has the single digivolutions be more like battle modes which kind of makes it not matter as much although Arresterdramon did get Superior Mode and the Xros Up mode with the Brave Snatcher
Appmon is similar to Tamers and Data Squad, say it with me: 3 MCs and a 4th Ranger. Although the MC doesn't;t get a new super form in the final fight. Yeah, there are a bunch of side characters too but they didn't have digivices already like Data Squad or get them passed out like hot cakes like in Tamers.
Ghost Game I haven't been following lately but it seems like it might be following the Tamers/Data Squad/Appmon format and we just haven't met the 4th ranger yet.
So tell me, what series do you think does the best and worst with this trope, giving your protagonists their big hero power-ups and leaving everyone else in the dust?
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