Only way I can see a Weak, but Skilled antagonist working is if they have an ability that outright hinders you. I think a few of the Shadow Dragons from GT had something like that.
Explain further...
edited 28th Sep '15 1:49:10 PM by BlackYakuzu94
A lazy millennial who's good at what he does.That just seems to be every other writer's go-to scenario for a DBZ fanfic.
"The Saiyans wake up one day and don't have super powers."
"An alien puts something in the atmosphere that takes ki away"
"Something something fuck you, aliens"
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So... Even the villain becomes weak and useless?
It would make for a funny fic if the bad guys didn't realize how strong the Sayians are.
"Haha, out weak-o-tron reduced all the earthlings to helpless weaklings! Now nothing can stop our invasion!"
"Uhm, Commander? It seems there are two individuals left who were not affected by the weak-o-tron. What should we do."
"They must have some rare genetic immunity to it. No matter! It's only two men! What can they do against out army?!"
Curbstomp ensues.
edited 28th Sep '15 2:09:20 PM by Shlugo_the_great
Nowhere is this more evident than the kienzan. On its face, the kienzan is f*cking badass. Krillin demonstrably could have killed anyone up to and including Frieza with it.
The problem is, Krillin isn't powerful enough, fast enough, etc. to land it. He has the skill but not the strength.
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Let the joy of love give you an answer! Check out my book!That's how DBZ works, there's always a warm up villain that get promptly courbstomped before they move to the actually challenging one. Sometimes the warm up villain beats up the weaker Z fighters to show that they aren't a total wimp and that them getting curbed means something.
Nappa for Vegeta, Ginuy's for Freeza, 19 & 20 for 17 & 18, those three guys at Babidi ship. You get the idea.
Yes. If Goku arrived just in time to join the others in getting roflstomped by Vegeta, we would have no indication of how much more powerful Goku's become.
19 for 20.
edited 28th Sep '15 2:40:20 PM by TobiasDrake
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What's Anti-Saiyan technology? Some sort of ki-suppression field? Because I hate it when that shit shows up in fan fic. The most boring horseshit.
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