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Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#27751: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:34:42 PM

She didn't even relentlessly pursue him. She just showed up at the 23rd Budoukai out of nowhere and said "Hey, Goku, marry me. You promised" and Goku was like "I did? Okay" and that's the end of that.

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TyeDyeWildebeest Unreasonably Quirky from Big Rock Candy Mountain Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: How does it feel to treat me like you do?
Unreasonably Quirky
#27752: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:37:42 PM

That's... uh... that's in response to me. T Hat's awkward.

"That was a really long string of really personal insults to us as people"? What the hell did you say to him?

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
Ghost '11
#27753: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:37:42 PM

[up][up]He said yeah because he knew what his heart was thinking...

edited 24th Jun '17 7:38:00 PM by randomness4

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RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#27754: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:41:14 PM

[up][up][up] She didn't just show up to the tournament, though. She entered the tournament for the express purpose of being able to face Goku in the ring and confront him about his promise there. That's a tiny bit nutty.

TheMageofFire Since: May, 2012
#27755: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:41:17 PM

[up][up][up] I have the answer to that, but I'll leave it up to Sharknado to say it in P Ms or something since that's a personal matter.

edited 24th Jun '17 7:41:50 PM by TheMageofFire

SonOfSharknado Love is Love is Love Since: Oct, 2013 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
Love is Love is Love
#27756: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:42:47 PM

I mean... you can just go to the thread on the subreddit and look at the comments.

I'm Lets Go Chuck Taylor.

You'll have to open all comments and scroll to the bottom.

Because I'm in the negatives. >.>

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#27757: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:43:06 PM

Might be against the rules to talk about in too much detail. With importing and exporting stuff.

Like. Generally speaking being really personally insulting probably isn't great to do?

If I was your aunty I'd recommend you apologize, but. Y'know, whatever. Right thing to do and junk.

edited 24th Jun '17 7:43:57 PM by unnoun

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#27758: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:44:21 PM

I can't find where Kaiser Neko originally posted that reddit response, but I'm amazed he's a moderator there. Oh, and I still don't have a problem with people who think Goku is the worst anime dad.

unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#27759: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:45:07 PM

I mean, if it's a community about the thing he's the director of.

Giving him that power makes sense, him having the time to manage it is what doesn't.

edited 24th Jun '17 7:46:17 PM by unnoun

HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
#27760: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:50:14 PM

No, not powered armour, that'd be dumb.

Killjoy.

What's better than powered armour is having that power. The Android concept is simply superior and already established - it's such a no-brainer to have her use that and say that it took a long time for her to understand it.

But that isn't gonna happen. I mean, even with my idea that you poo-poo'ed, it was stated that Bulma seems to have zero interest in such things. There's also the apparent fact that she apparently just doesn't get Gero's work (which is pretty convenient since she repaired an alien space ship, but whatever).

And of course, I don't need to state the out of universe reason, which is the real reason why it won't happen. Well, one out of universe reason; there are probably a few.

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VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#27761: Jun 24th 2017 at 7:56:59 PM

I'm not against the idea of Bulma upgrading the Androids, but it should only go so far.

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#27762: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:01:19 PM

Spaceships aren't modifying humans with nanotechnology. Besides, it's not like she didn't get it at all, just that it was difficult to work with with what she had available. We don't really know what she does in her spare time, but continuing to study Gero's tech is at least plausible.

I know it probably wouldn't happen, but it's a completely reasonable idea in universe - more reasonable than a lot of what we've been seeing recently.

[up] oh, of course. I was thinking that since she's been working on 16, she'd just learn how to remove the limiters on 17/18 that prevented them from being as strong as 16 was. That was mostly so that 18 and 17 could be equalized in strength. This is mostly for the Earthlings to have a more sensible power-up. I don't think the Androids are so weak that it'd be hard writing stories for them, as long as you're not lazy about it.

Moth13 Since: Sep, 2010
#27763: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:03:14 PM

...Also. When Frieza got wished back, Shenron only had one wish left. Pilaf got money.

So. How does that work with Shenron and three wishes now?

Pilaf gang uses one wish on money and the last wish on ice cream.

VeryMelon Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#27764: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:29:07 PM

[up][up]That would make sense for Bulma to do. It'd bring them up by a decent margin without overdoing their gains.

Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27765: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:34:01 PM

TFS Goku was pretty cold to Gohan on Namek. I can't agree with that defensive reddit post saying he's never been a bad father rather than an incompetent one.

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#27766: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:36:21 PM

Yeah, it's often played as just absent-mindedness but there have been a couple of times where they've made it clear that Goku is consciously deeming Gohan unimportant.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Cat Knows Where It's At
#27767: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:37:07 PM

I read through that conversation and Kaiser said a couple of things that were just flat out wrong. That was one of them.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#27768: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:38:18 PM

I mean, Super Saiyan Goku changed his personality a little.

Even in the manga where Goku's transformation is most explicitly motivated by Frieza threatening Gohan, after he transforms he. Basically threatens Gohan? Because it seems like Goku is on the verge of completely losing control of his shit.

edited 24th Jun '17 8:42:55 PM by unnoun

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#27769: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:41:40 PM

I mean, the first thing Gohan says to Goku when arrives on Namek is excitement at his father being there and that he loves him, and Goku's reply is "Yes Gohan, I am here!" You can't say the implication there isn't obvious.

edited 24th Jun '17 8:44:21 PM by LSBK

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#27770: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:42:05 PM

or his 'hey' when Gohan is excited to see him

Alfric Sailing the Skies! from Crescent Isle Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#27771: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:44:30 PM

Wasn't he actually pretty responsible as a Super Saiyan? He tells Gohan to go to the ship where it's safer, and while he's pretty intense with him, he's got a point that when shit starts getting real, the ship is the best place to be, rather than anywhere near the fight that's gonna be going on.

edited 24th Jun '17 8:45:05 PM by Alfric

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#27772: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:44:31 PM

I mean, I wouldn't describe those as cold or mean?

Not like "get to the ship".

Those other things seem like the things Kaiser said.

Like, when Goku says "I am here" it's still in a pretty damned encouraging, enthusiastic, light-hearted tone, like Gohan's declaration of familial love for him and Goku's other lines in that scene.

Like. Him saying where he is being an act of encouragement seems like just a Goku being dumb joke.

edited 24th Jun '17 8:49:48 PM by unnoun

Saiga Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Getting away with murder
#27773: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:46:18 PM

They "hey" is absolutely cold, and completely out of character for him. It's only there to make him look bad.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#27774: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:46:55 PM

It's also hilarious.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#27775: Jun 24th 2017 at 8:48:51 PM

...Okay, yea, the "hey" is pretty shitty dad-ish.


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