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SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#32552: Jan 11th 2016 at 10:55:59 PM

I was gonna make the Black Star Dragon Balls a failed prototype of the Earth ones that Kami forgot about. Might that make at least some sense?

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Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#32553: Jan 11th 2016 at 10:58:41 PM

He sucked at making dragon balls in his youth because he had Piccolo inside him 24/7.

Then he released.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#32554: Jan 11th 2016 at 10:58:51 PM

No, because the main reason the existence of the Black Star balls is a problem comes from no one that SHOULD have known about them ever telling the heroes.

edited 11th Jan '16 11:03:14 PM by VeryMelon

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#32555: Jan 11th 2016 at 10:59:15 PM

Piccolo: *upon the Black Star Dragon Balls being discovered* "Oh, those things. You see, God was sort of high off his ass when he first tried to make the Dragon Balls and that's what he got. He put them away so he could destroy them later but sort of completely forgot about the whole thing once he came down."

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#32556: Jan 11th 2016 at 11:01:11 PM

I read that in Abridged!Piccolo's voice and laughed.

How about make them something completely new? Like, have a villain make them or something

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#32557: Jan 11th 2016 at 11:02:56 PM

That's what I suggested last page, created by an evil Namekian.

Rinsankajugin Since: Feb, 2012
#32558: Jan 11th 2016 at 11:05:46 PM

Oyoyoy! How about Naraka being the creator of the Black Star Dragon Balls.

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#32559: Jan 11th 2016 at 11:09:06 PM

Lord Slug made them.

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Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#32560: Jan 11th 2016 at 11:47:40 PM

Oh, I get that. But why write a wiki page for it as if it's a thing that exists and should be documented, rather than actually making whatever kind of fanfic or fancomic they're imagining it as part of?

I feel like it's skipping a very important step, you know?

Skipping that step is the whole point. Writing can be hard, especially without ongoing motivation. Documenting your ideas, much easier.

And a lot of people think doing so will get people interested in the work before it is released. It's why he have Unpublished Works on the Darth Wiki, to keep it off the main website.

I did it when I was much younger. I still like the wiki layout for putting thoughts together, so I've been trying to make an offline, personal wiki for my projects. Hasn't worked because I suck at computers.

Nikkolas from Texas Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#32561: Jan 12th 2016 at 12:50:16 AM

I made a post a while ago giving my own theory about the BS Dragon Balls and it was essentially the Nameless Namek was an idiot. He was strong though! So when he broke himself into two parts he lost 99% of his power but gained 99% to his intelligence.

But yeah, GT is a mess. But I love it anyway.

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#32562: Jan 12th 2016 at 12:56:49 AM

By the way...I found the revision on the wikia's AF page about that stuff I was talking about earlier. If anyone is even remotely interested in reading it, PM me or something.

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#32563: Jan 12th 2016 at 4:20:32 AM

Trunks, Vegeta and Future Trunks have a secret triple beam attack t Parallel Goku, Gohan and Goten's in "Super Sonic Warriors 2". Future Trunks and Vegegta have a chapter about destroying Broly too.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#32564: Jan 12th 2016 at 9:04:19 AM

It's pretty obvious that the Black Star balls were probably corrupted by the Nameless Namekian's hidden evil. It could have easily played a role in his decision to separate said evil from himself.

Funny, as much as we hate the BS Dragonballs, they are one of the few things about GT that could actually happen since they don't contradict anything from the series.

There's nothing saying Kami got it right the first time, and of course he'd never talk about the existence of such balls, knowing what the cost of using them would be. It's kinda like Bojack. Not canon, but easily could be since they don't actually harm the plot.

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#32565: Jan 12th 2016 at 9:08:01 AM

Funny, as much as we hate the BS Dragonballs, they are one of the few things about GT that could actually happen since they don't contradict anything from the series.

By original series metaphysics, the Black Star Dragon Balls would have ceased to exist when God and Piccolo fused and then never returned after Dende didn't make a new set.

There's nothing saying they couldn't have existed, but there is reason why they can't still exist.

edited 12th Jan '16 9:09:42 AM by TobiasDrake

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#32566: Jan 12th 2016 at 9:16:37 AM

[up]This as well. It's why I keep suggesting a different evil Namekian create them altogether.

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#32567: Jan 12th 2016 at 9:16:45 AM

Do the balls totally cease to exist, or do they just become inert (tongue) when the person who makes them disappears?

I mean, the main balls only became dormant when Kami and Piccolo fused, and Dended had to remake them.

So if Nameless separating made them dormant, then Kami and Piccolo refusing again would activate them again wouldn't it?

Of course it doesn't explain how Pilaf learned of them, unless King Piccolo casually mentioned their existence during the time the little troll worked for him, but there's little reason for that.

edited 12th Jan '16 9:17:02 AM by HandsomeRob

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Soble Since: Dec, 2013
#32568: Jan 12th 2016 at 10:03:18 AM

Meanwhile, the Super Dragon Balls are the size of planets and were made by the Dragon God. And there are seven of them, they can grant you any wish you want, like immortality.

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#32569: Jan 12th 2016 at 10:04:14 AM

Wait... the regular Dragon Balls already do that.

My various fanfics.
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#32570: Jan 12th 2016 at 10:04:29 AM

Not confirmed.

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#32572: Jan 12th 2016 at 10:16:59 AM

[up](x4)

Well yes, but... these grant you super-immortality.

edited 12th Jan '16 10:17:15 AM by Soble

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#32573: Jan 12th 2016 at 10:30:44 AM

[up][up][up]We have no particular reason to believe the Dragon Balls can't grant immortality. That was a driving force in the series for awhile and never once is it ever implied by people in the know that that isn't something that can be given. And eternal youth can be given and those two things are in the same ball park.

Really, if "granting immortality" is supposed to be a selling point on the Super Balls it doesn't even make sense because if Toei is following their own chain of events Garlic Jr. already shows that can be done with earths.

Leaving it to the dragon having absolutely no limits sounds better.

edited 12th Jan '16 10:31:07 AM by LSBK

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#32574: Jan 12th 2016 at 10:35:44 AM

I still want to know what happens if you make a single-resurrection wish for someone who's already reincarnated.

  • BABIDI: At last, I've gathered the Dragon Balls! Shenron! Resurrect my father/original version, Bibidi!
  • SHENRON: Bibidi? He's been dead for thousands of years. This isn't going to be as simple as just putting a soul back in a body.
  • BABIDI: So, what, it can't be done?
  • SHENRON: No, it can, I just need to figure out where his soul went. Mmmmmmmmmm...there! It's done.
  • BABIDI: So where is he?
  • SHENRON: In space where his last mortal incarnation died.
  • BABIDI: Shit! Second wish, bring him here!
  • SHENRON: Your wish has been granted!
  • RECOOME: HAI GUYZ RECOOME IS HERE!!!
  • BABIDI: ...in retrospect, I should have just wished for Majin Buu to awaken.

edited 12th Jan '16 10:36:58 AM by TobiasDrake

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#32575: Jan 12th 2016 at 10:36:05 AM

But still rather worthless seeing as how Porunga has basically no limits the last time we saw him. At least, as far as the heroes were concerned.

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