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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#71151: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:05:24 PM

[up][up][up]That was Bojack's characterization in Season 1 of DBZA, but I wonder how he's going to be written when that one comes out.

edited 8th Dec '17 9:06:24 PM by Weirdguy149

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Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#71152: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:06:37 PM

TFS has been setting up "Bojack the stereotypical pirate literally trapped inside King Kai's planet" for quite a while. I'm actually really looking forward to seeing that pay off.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#71153: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:07:02 PM

It's been so long I forgot they had.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
Serial Procrastinator
#71154: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:08:05 PM

That really confused me on first watch because I didn't know a lot about Dragonball. TFS really was the thing that got me into the series.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#71155: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:08:15 PM

At least Turles ripped off something (and more importantly, stated the conflict outright which made Goku defiantly declare "I'm an Earthling not a Saiyan" something I wish he would do more).

That isn't a point in his favour. At all.

Goku renounced his own brother. He rejected the Prince of his race. Tullece adds absolutely nothing to that dynamic, because he has no more pull than Vegeta or Raditz.

Also, Goku has come to terms with his Saiyan heritage as of the Namek arc. That's why he doesn't bring it up more. Well, that and nobody challenges him on it.

Broly at least embodies what Vegeta originally claimed the Super Saiyan should be, in his behaviour. That's something entirely unique to him.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#71156: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:08:37 PM

I expect a joke where King Kai blames Goku for setting him free after he brought Cell to blow up his planet.

[up] Well Turles is a random thug. Why would Goku ever consider anything he says in the first place?

edited 8th Dec '17 9:10:15 PM by slimcoder

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Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#71157: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:11:37 PM

I'd like him to be a Phrase Catcher for "Shut up, Bojack!"

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#71158: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:12:27 PM

I just don't think it's an accurate name. It makes a square hole.

It makes a square hole, but he holds his hands together in a triangular shape.

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slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#71159: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:13:43 PM

All these triangles make a square, all these triangles make a square.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#71160: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:18:10 PM

What makes even less sense is that in the Tenkaichi games the energy is just an outline of a square...

So it just looks stupid when it hits a character.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#71161: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:19:54 PM

Right now, I think Broly would make more sense if, say, he really hated Frieza for nearly killing him and destroying his planet. He wanted to kill Frieza, but some other guy did it before Broly got the chance. That bummed him out, but then he found out the identity of Frieza's killer, and thinks that by killing Goku, he'll be able to prove he would've been able to defeat Frieza. In other words, it's close enough.

It's a shame I hate writing fanfics, or writing in general.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#71162: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:24:04 PM

You just wrote a plot synopsis, pretty much.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#71163: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:25:17 PM

[up][up] That's also a good idea. Just need to explain why he didn't do it earlier, given his power.

Which can be explained by Paragus wanting to avoid that.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#71164: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:27:06 PM

I never thought I'd see the day Saiga defended Broly.

Though I generally agree that he's a pretty cool design and fighter with a bad backstory and unfortunate fanbase.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#71165: Dec 8th 2017 at 9:28:03 PM

Or the fact that he was not strong enough despite being a berserker.

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
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#71166: Dec 9th 2017 at 2:01:18 AM

It makes a square hole, but he holds his hands together in a triangular shape.

No, he holds them into a diamond. Well, some of the time. More often than not.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#71167: Dec 9th 2017 at 2:23:25 AM

I know people mostly do it as a joke, but it's not even that weird. The blast expands beyond the origin point, or it would just create holes the size of Tenshinhan's hand-gap. What's the big deal with the shape changing as it expands?

I'm pretty sure Tenshinhan shaped the blast to deliberately take out exactly the tournament stage in its first use, since the whole matches the proportions of the ring exactly and that's what he would need to leave Goku no out but not endanger the audience. He even says that his target is the arena alone, and appears to be lining up his shot accordingly. It's not anywhere near as neat when he uses it against Cell (though oddly at its neatest when creating a hole to hide in from Piccolo's attack).

hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#71168: Dec 9th 2017 at 2:57:32 AM

Explain a triangle "expanding" into a square?

Never mind, if it's a diamond shape it's fine (how he forms his hands that is)

edited 9th Dec '17 3:07:46 AM by hardcorefakes

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#71169: Dec 9th 2017 at 3:12:51 AM

It just changes shape while expanding instead of expanding proportionally. Not hard to understand.

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#71170: Dec 9th 2017 at 3:24:07 AM

It's like asking why the Kamehameha isn't twice as tall as it is wide because of how your hands are placed to do the move.

Weirdguy149 Former King from Lumiose City Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
Former King
#71171: Dec 9th 2017 at 5:09:57 AM

These guys can fly and shoot energy beams out of their hands, I think some more wonky physics is okay.

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Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#71172: Dec 9th 2017 at 5:44:42 AM

I'm fine with the shape changing but if it changes it can't really be called Tribeam can it? The name is the thing.

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hardcorefakes coolest_guy from probably America Since: Oct, 2015 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
coolest_guy
#71173: Dec 9th 2017 at 8:29:36 AM

"Quadbeam" doesn't roll off the tongue as easily.

Sigilbreaker26 Serial Procrastinator Since: Nov, 2017
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#71174: Dec 9th 2017 at 8:43:17 AM

They stuck with Kamehameha, they should have stuck with Kikoho.

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MightyMatilda Mr. Clueless from New Jersey, USA Since: Jan, 2015
Mr. Clueless
#71175: Dec 9th 2017 at 8:58:16 AM

[up]The Kikoho isn't named after a real-life person. Completely different.

Personally, I prefer attack names names to be translated. After all, Japanese audiences don't see attack names as meaningless syllables, so why should American audiences?

edited 9th Dec '17 8:58:24 AM by MightyMatilda

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