#saiyanposting

[malewifehenrycooldown]

writing a dragon ball z drabble currently, so here's a current excerpt that i'm happy with. It's not much, but i hope to work on it a bit more today.

warnings: uhhh impiled unethical human science experiments. also spoilers for the beginning of dragon ball z's android saga.

no pairings, just friendship/support.

“-by a madman from the Red Ribbon Army, Dr. Gero.” 

Upon hearing the utterance of that cursed name from Piccolo, Ripley Ellery’s world froze.  Any and all words following after that are blocked out from her mind, merely reduced to a muffled incomprehensible mess. 

The brunette’s once swaying tail halts, and straightens itself out - now effectively stationary, touching the rocky terrain. The feathers that cover her shoulders and back puff and flare up, but they never recede or relax. She clenches her fists and jaw, the brown scales on her knuckles protruding, her sharp nails digging into her skin - threatening to puncture her own skin and flesh.  All the while, Ripley Ellery takes in deep breaths, trying her best to maintain all of the rage boiling inside to herself.

It’s not hard to notice that Ripley isn’t okay. 

“Hey Ripley, are you okay? You don’t look too good.” Krillin asks, genuinely concerned for his friend’s well-being. Internally, he knew the truth. Everyone did. Well, maybe not everyone exactly - but there is enough information from Ripley’s body language that they can piece together their own conclusions about her relationship with this Dr. Gero character. 

To most of the original Dragon Team - Goku, Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, Piccolo, Chiaotzu, Bulma - this revelation is more than just a threat to the world.

It’s a personal threat.

Because now there’s an unspoken thought amongst them that horrifies them.

‘She’s just one of Dr. Gero’s many experiments. How many more are there? How many more Ripley Ellerys are out there?’

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obviously I still need more time to write some more - I kinda have a hard time with having a prolonged writing session as I'm a bit of perfectionist with my writing style.

[theykilledcatboy]

Hahaha no comment

[memelordmadz]

(DBZ narrator voice) Long ago...in the early lights of two zero eighteen.., the Gods of Dank Memery decided to prank the mortal realm by procuring five chosen beings of different walks of life in a in a DBZ shitposting,‘saiyanposting’ Discord! (wind howls sfx)  Fate had foretold that they weren’t even moderators or admins.., but the honorary scribes from the land of shits and gigs, manifesting their forms as different Ginyu force members as their personal muses which would become part of their personalities( xdramatic thunder crash..)  And yet, little did they know that, the adventure they would face would be one of many different degrees of emotions. A story of friendship, betrayal, re-connection, hope, love and above all, incredibly bittersweet.(fade out) Bittersweet is the only word I can describe it. All of it. I had laughed, I had cried, and, I met a person who would change my life. Kara. Kara was the one who helped organise our different profile pictures as Ginyu Force members. Kara decided on Jeice, whilst I settled for Guldo. Kara was an amazing artist, they singlehandly spent hours drawing fan art, making tiny icons and gifs of the Ginyu Force and anything else they fixated on to such intricate detail - we shared most of our moments on Discord and Tumblr. Kara was hilarious; we were all shitposters, but I really connected with them through memes (lel), and one time on VC, they made me laugh so hard we both ended up crying cause it was that DANK. We also decided Roblox was gonna be a thing for us (oh god), it lasted maybe one session, but hey- that was a thing that happened! (You’re really regretting that in the afterlife now, aren’t cha, buddy?.. *pat pat*) Kara was really sweet and funny. They were also incredibly beautiful.  I got to a point where I could really confide in them, and we spent hours talking just the two of us together. Most of it was just silliness about the characters we fixated on, but over time I realized how special they made me feel, how special they were as a person. I had confessed to them about how much I loved them, and how beautiful they were, in which they had agreed - that I too, was incredibly beautiful and special to them. Sometimes they’d message me with a little tag like ‘hey! i love you!’ and I would light up entirely.  We shared our most intimate moments. This person who lived in an entirely different continent, got to see me - warts and all. They saw my dark side, they saw my silly side, they saw my mean side, they saw my kind side. And as we fought and made up, we learned more about each other with every moment.  Kara was incredibly humble and forgiving, a few times I’d fall into loathing and they’d always remind me that we can rebuild. Nothing is irreparable. Nothing can be lost forever. We never stopped liking.  How? How could someone teach me so much about life? About friendship? About love? Beyond distance and time? There is a saying that every person we met joins us on a journey to teach us a lesson. Kara was that person, fleeting and delicate. They helped me so much to grow as a person. I wish this was a dream, and we could go back to old times. But Kara left this world, and the memories they left behind will continue to be incredibly bittersweet for me. You were a saviour, Kara. Thank you for everything you had done. I love you.  I know you love me. I’ll see you again one day, super elite. And I’m gonna haunt you with Guldo memes and headcanons. Because... Yes we are!! We've just arrived!! The most elite warriors in the universe We even shut up whining kids We're the Ginyu Special Squad Yes we are!! We'll show you our Special Fighting Pose You better kneel before its beauty (Special Squad x4) (They shared this art publicly on the Facebook saiyanposting group and it was made just for me - to remind me about love. I hope it reminds you too, to always love your friends and never forget what life message they brought with them.)

[geetas]

[perswante]

The new Xenoverse 2 DLC looks 10/10

[malewifehenrycooldown]

I was going to write up a post about my ship with Android 18 but then realised I had to explain the whole 'But what about Krillin?!' question. So here's a meme I quickly put together to demonstrate how the ship works.

[malewifehenrycooldown]

bulma would have done literally anything to get her hands on the android technology, like you know that woman would reverse engineer the code - shut down all self destruct modes etc, would have found a way to replicate an inorganic source to absorb energy (particularly ki energy) and use it for the good of humanity. like it was SHEER LUCK that dr. gero got away with his creations.

[malewifehenrycooldown]

very close to finishing dbz anime, idk if i'll go and find the anime movies first or just jump straight into gt despite how polarising that installment in the series is.

[malewifehenrycooldown]

other small facts about db self insert, ripley ellery

ripley ellery is her full name, but raptor ripley is a catchy nickname for her coined by yamcha. they don't really call her raptor unless pulling a joke or prank on her - she doesn't take it super seriously.

since having dinosaur dna (specifically a utahraptor), it means she has a combination of fur/feathers and scales. (dinosaurs don't really have feathers, it was more akin to fur but soft like feathers. at least that's the current scientific assessment).

power level scaling is on the same level as android 18 and 17. she's not a super saiyan so she can't really get to that level. however her partial dragon forms do give her a boost on par with a super saiyan. the full dragon form however does rival ultra instinct's power level, but it does have a limit. The longer she stays in her full dragon form, she'll become more exhausted because she's literally carrying extra body mass - we're talking kaiju size. so like. she cannot stay in that form for more than 24 hours.

UHHHH she can also turn into a utah raptor. if you've seen the size comparison with a human, you can understand why she likes being in this form. it's a great surprise weapon against her enemies.

being dr. gero's subject means that she did witness the beginning of the android program he was creating. this also means that cell witnessed her creation too. he calls her the most 'imperfect' subject during the Cell Saga.

there's a specific character quirk of hers that's really interested in sound systems, radios etc. not sure why she's interested but the technology fascinates her. (unrelated but i have thought of an au where she's a member of a punk band.)

maijinn buu saga - she fuses with android 18 as a backup plan, creating ripley 18. I haven't figured out the finer details just yet but let's just say at one point krillin isn't super sure that sending children in to fight maijinn buu is a good idea (lets be honest it's not).

during the later saiyan saga, ripley and vegeta clash and the prince is genuinely surprised that a mere human is keeping up with him in a fight. like its clear to him something is VERY wrong with ripley, but and does compliment her combat prowess (in his own vegeta way) by saying she's just like the many saiyan warrior women he knew growing up.

before anyone asks, yes, she does get involved in wrestling thanks to Mr. Satan after the Cell Saga. When he saw her, he immediately thought: "she'd be a FANTASTIC talent in the ring!". she takes to the profession very easily.

Ripley enters the Tournament (you know the one that kicks off the Maijinn Buu-Supreme Kai saga, yeah that one) - Ripley picks up on the fact that Goten and Trunks really want to enter the Tournament that is absolutely NOT FOR CHILDREN (there's a children's branch and an adult's branch of the tournament) - and so she decides to foil their plans - because she genuinely fears their possible deaths and oh boy she really does not like the idea of dealing with an angry ChiChi and Bulma - so she purposefully sabotages them so that she instead ends up in the final match with Android 18.

Before anyone asks - she throws the final match with Android 18 - who is absolutely pissed at this but Ripley's like 'hey do it for Marron, make her proud dear.' This ironically inspires 18 the throw the match with Mr. Satan since he's really just a wrestler - not an actual fighter.

This is a current visual idea of what Ripley Ellery looks like.

[picrew here]

[malewifehenrycooldown]

i'm not sure how to describe ripley ellery into words, but she just started out as a human test subject for dr. gero's werid phase of wanting to see what happened if you combined dinosaur dna with a human - but then later i thought it would be kinda metal if she could turn into a dragon - or at least had dragon wings - and honestly it just kinda spiraled out of control.

she does escape gero's lab eventually with goku assisting her and since her memory is kinda blurry regarding where she came from or who her parents are - she kinda ends up as a ward to bulma's family in the meantime. <- the briefs are so sweet i love them /platonically.

uhhh kinda becomes an unoffical member of the dragon team kinda? it's a little more complicated than that, more of a slow burn of building up trust with her before really considering her part of the team. but it should be important to establish that krillin thinks she's so fucking cool, and he's kinda the first person (outside of bulma and goku) that ripley really considers a friend.

[malewifehenrycooldown]

whelp having dragon ball thoughts now.

[malewifehenrycooldown]

i like bulma i think she's neat :3

[malewifehenrycooldown]

i just realised i'm crushing on *most* of the villain cast of dragon ball and idk how to feel about this.

[malewifehenrycooldown]

one thing to keep in mind with dragon ball is that it does occasionally prioritize its comedy over its action, and i think if you go in with that in mind, it does make it a little more enjoyable.

[malewifehenrycooldown]

finally on the android arc!!! <3 *twirls hair thinking about android 18*

[gibsalad]

Go with the Flo