Well, that depends. Do we make this timeline's Trunks a girl, or do we make the Trunks who came back in time during the Android Saga a girl as well? Because...that'd actually be kinda brilliant.
My various fanfics.![]()
I'd say both, if only because that seems implausible, but then, I'm still not entirely sure how Dragon Ball time travel works, so sure, if you want.
Good enough reason, I suppose.
edited 2nd Mar '15 4:15:00 PM by KarkatTheDalek
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It would make sense too, considering that there are millions of sperm and the chances that the same two got to the egg first in both timelines are rather unlikely.
Not to be gross or anything.
edited 2nd Mar '15 4:15:43 PM by BaconManiac5000
what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone elseWell, since this argument is happening:
Pan as a Super Saiyan? I'm all for it. The whole cause it's for Boys thing doesn't fly with me. It's the guys making it who think that, and they are wrong. Recall a quote for The Legend Of Korra:
Now, this isn't in the West and not in Japan, but I can't help but think that such a thing may not be so crazy, Simply put, if you have to put effort into explaining why a Female Character can't be a physical combatant (and I admit, she doesn't have to be; she just has to be useful in someway and prominent) then maybe it's not worth the effort. If they have the potential to fight, just let them fight.
Now, this is Dragonball, so she would have probably become useless like every other character not name Goku (Equality folks!
), but that's neither here nor there.
That being said, I disagree about her becoming one at the end of the series. Yeah, Trunks and Goten just busted it out like it was nothing special, but they eventually had someone to fight (they utterly failed at that, but that's not the point).
If you're gonna have Pan go Super Saiyan, then she needs a face to apply her Super Saiyan fist to. A villain to fight so that said power isn't wasted.
This is all a moot point however, because the series is done, Toriyama never thought of it, and likely isn't interested in trying.
I must admit, I do wonder what things would have been like if Trunks had been female.....
Probably would have been named Bra sooner for one thing. Oh man, I don't know if Vegeta is sexist, but imagine his reaction to a female Saiyan being a Super Saiyan before him. Shits would be flipped.
Oh, Toriyama. You missed the boat on that one.
One Strip! One Strip!Wouldn't be as strange as some of the other changes Trunks somehow made. Like Android 19.
Speaking of changing the timeline, I kind of feel like Dumplin's current mission is one Trunks should've spent more time on the briefing for. Imagine Dumplin coming back, and this happens:
Trunks: "HEY! How'd the mission go? Simple enough?"
Dumplin: "Yeah, easy as makin' candy from a baby. Went and killed both the Saiyans, no problem."
Trunks: "...both of them?" *Marty McFlys*
And, of course, Girl!Trunks would even more obviously had the hots for Future!Goku
Trailer!
My various fanfics.Dumplin: "Yeah, easy as makin' candy from a baby. Went and killed both the Saiyans, no problem."
Trunks: "...both of them?" *Marty Mc Flys*
While Dumplin sings "Earth Angel" in the background.
Does anyone else think that Xenoverse would actually make a pretty kickass show?
We could spread the wonders of Dumplin to a wider audience!
edited 2nd Mar '15 5:00:07 PM by KarkatTheDalek
Oh God! Natural light!Even if Gohan channeled 100% of Yamcha, he'd still have more respect than Yamcha.
FUCKING AUTOCORRECT!!!!!
One Strip! One Strip!I didn't read every post, but I saw someone mention Goten could be a girl.
No, he couldn't. Toriyama cared about making Dragonball popular, and kid!Goku was extremely popular (which is why GT turned him back into a kid). Goten was a means to make the series even more popular, so yeah.
"If you weren't so crazy I'd think you were insane."Pfft. We all know very well that the series was not hurting for popularity by any stretch of the imagination by that point.
I mean, I'm sure that is the reason Goten exists, but it's not exactly a purpose so essential so as to forbid all modifications. Or, for that matter, a purpose a female Goten couldn't have served.
Goten could have been a black lesbian and it wouldn't have affected Dragonball's popularity. It was basically an institution.
My various fanfics.I think the real breakdown, at least in the West, isn't so much "Boys won't watch a show with a Female Lead" as much as "Parents won't buy their boys the toys."
Since we're talking about GT, I just want to throw in my own 2 cents.
Dragon Ball GT is the king of wasted potential. Many of the concepts that GT comes up with range from pretty decent to actually brilliant, and yet the execution ranges from okay to crap. Pan not going Super-Saiyan is just one of many things on that list.

Why not Trunks, though?
edited 2nd Mar '15 4:02:16 PM by KarkatTheDalek
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