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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
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#13876: Sep 1st 2015 at 11:59:03 AM

They just reversed the polarity of his neutron flow and stuffed him in a human.

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HandsomeRob Leader of the Holey Brotherhood from The land of broken records Since: Jan, 2015
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#13877: Sep 1st 2015 at 12:05:14 PM

Well, Goku's wish might've fast-tracked things a little, though I'm not sure how much.

He did specifically ask for Buu to be reincarnated as a good person, but with all his power intact. Since they had some clear marching orders, the forces of heaven might have been able to pick up the pace a little.

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#13878: Sep 1st 2015 at 12:07:01 PM

[up][up] There is a precedent for that.

When Piccolo Daimao reincarnated into Piccolo Jr., he gained a capacity for good. My headcanon for this is because Daimao was explicitly comprised of only the Nameless Namekian's Evil, but as a new lifeform, Piccolo Jr. had the complete moral range of a normal person - but was shackled with the baggage of Daimao's identity and soul.

  • Nameless Namekian - 1 part Good, 1 part Evil
  • God - 1 part Good
  • Piccolo Daimao - 1 part Evil
  • Piccolo Jr. - 2 parts Evil, 1 part Good

Pure Buu is basically just evil incarnate. A force of annihilation with no rhyme or reason and very little that really seems to resemble an identity or even basic sentience. Suddenly having the complete moral range of a mortal entity might do a lot of the heavy lifting for them.

Frieza, by contrast, is already a mortal entity. He is evil not because he's an evil entity powered by evil and whose sole purpose is evil. He is evil because of the choices he made. He's not a god-killing abomination, he's a selfish, privileged, egotistical asshole. Frieza is a more complex form of evil than Majin Buu.

EDIT: Headcanon: That's why Frieza's reliving his defeat at the hands of the Super Saiyans in his cocoon too. It's part of the purifying process. He'll be there until he understands why. Why they fought him. Why they beat him. Why he deserved to fail.

edited 1st Sep '15 12:10:47 PM by TobiasDrake

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#13879: Sep 1st 2015 at 1:36:38 PM

I feel like you're quoting something.

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#13880: Sep 1st 2015 at 1:58:10 PM

He's said the first half before; he's quoting himself. Nothing wrong with that as it actually is pertinent to the discussion.

edited 1st Sep '15 1:58:36 PM by PushoverMediaCritic

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#13881: Sep 1st 2015 at 2:32:42 PM

I'm an Exposition Dragon. Repeating things is part of the job.

Did you get all that?

  • Yes
  • No

edited 1st Sep '15 2:32:51 PM by TobiasDrake

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#13882: Sep 1st 2015 at 2:46:42 PM

  • Eggie
  • Drug
  • Bag
  • Fuck

edited 1st Sep '15 2:46:57 PM by BaconManiac5000

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Watchtower Since: Jul, 2010
#13883: Sep 1st 2015 at 3:51:55 PM

[up][up]

>No

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#13884: Sep 1st 2015 at 7:46:23 PM

[up][up][up]I mean with the "deserved to fail" part, I feel like you're referencing something I can't remember. Oh well.

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#13885: Sep 1st 2015 at 7:56:30 PM

Tonight's stream was pretty great. We've now experience the failed version of Eirran (Eirika and Kirran). It made Lani vomit everywhere. We also now know that their fusion doesn't work based on power levels but rather on blood alcohol level. Lani and Kirran fused again but, since Lani was drunker, there was a glitch in the Matrix that resulted in Lirran saying two different things at once. The defusion was also rather violent.

Oh, and we learn a bit about the application process for Team Four Star and find out that Lani can do a fairly good Sonny Strait Krillin.

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randomness4 Ghost '11 from The Land of Inconvenience Since: Sep, 2011
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#13886: Sep 1st 2015 at 8:29:54 PM

He did an impression of "that" Krillin before...it was effective, 75%.

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#13887: Sep 3rd 2015 at 1:21:22 AM

Well I don't think it was posted, but http://teamfourstar.com/video/tfs-plays-dragonball-xenoverse-46/ new Xenoverse video a few days ago. Some squickish conversations, just a heads up.

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#13888: Sep 3rd 2015 at 10:44:08 AM

Something that always bugged me: Why was Bulma so excessively grumpy the day they left Earth on their way to Namek?

Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#13889: Sep 3rd 2015 at 10:50:54 AM

The day they left? Umm was she? I don't remember that.

On Namek however she had reason for it.

edited 3rd Sep '15 10:52:33 AM by Memers

Lionheart0 Since: Oct, 2009 Relationship Status: I'm just a hunk-a, hunk-a burnin' love
#13890: Sep 3rd 2015 at 11:00:00 AM

Well, who's to say that Dabura wasn't revived and we just never saw him? I mean, that probably didn't happen, but it doesn't matter either way.

An easy handwave to that is maybe filler!Dabura chose to stay dead since he seemed to like the afterlife so much?

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#13891: Sep 3rd 2015 at 12:02:09 PM

[up][up][up] Because she was the only one taking the mission seriously. She was in a space suit and had packed for a long space flight while Krillin packed like he was going camping for a couple of days and Chi-Chi packed like Gohan was going to a boarding school for half a year. She pretty much says as much.

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#13892: Sep 3rd 2015 at 12:08:32 PM

The funny thing is that their ship exploded and was subsequently abandoned on a planet that also exploded.

Everything Chi-Chi packed for Gohan is now space dust. He returned with only the shirt on his back.

edited 3rd Sep '15 12:08:44 PM by TobiasDrake

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#13893: Sep 3rd 2015 at 12:15:29 PM

Which wasn't even his, it was the Saiyan armor.

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#13894: Sep 3rd 2015 at 12:30:09 PM

Maybe that's how he convinced Chi-Chi to let him train with Goku.

  • CHI-CHI: Are you ready to resume your studies, Gohan?
  • GOHAN: No, I'm actually not.
  • CHI-CHI: ~.@ What do you mean, you're not? Go get your textbooks.
  • GOHAN: You made me take them to space. Then they exploded. Then the planet exploded around them. They're gone forever.
  • CHI-CHI: ...but...I packed every book...it will take years to replace them!
  • GOHAN: Guess I'll just have to train with Dad while you're doing that.

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#13895: Sep 3rd 2015 at 12:46:02 PM

That's my new headcanon. [lol]

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#13896: Sep 3rd 2015 at 1:02:06 PM

At one point, Chi-Chi gathered the Dragon Balls and wished for Gohan's books to be restored. Shenron proceeded to do so.

There are now several dozen textbooks floating in space where Namek used to be.

edited 3rd Sep '15 1:02:20 PM by TobiasDrake

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#13897: Sep 3rd 2015 at 1:02:11 PM

Then Chichi gathered the Dragon Balls.

[nja]

edited 3rd Sep '15 1:02:23 PM by unnoun

Zelenal The Cat Knows Where It's At from Purrgatory Since: Jul, 2009 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
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#13898: Sep 3rd 2015 at 1:55:43 PM

For those unaware, FFVII Machinabridged is out. The first two episodes, in fact. The first one can be found on YouTube but the second is currently only on their website.

It's... okay. The Sevening and this one are currently much better.

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#13899: Sep 3rd 2015 at 9:15:30 PM

I beg to differ. I think the first episode of Machinimabridged for the most part blows both Sevening and the normal abridged series out of the water. It's certainly the most fun I've had with a TFS episode since, oh, the beginning of the Cell saga.

Sevening is interesting, but kinda boring. The original abridged series, while fantastic, seems to come up slightly short. Haven't watched episode 2 of Machinimabridged yet, however, so maybe it starts sucking there?

but HOW?
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#13900: Sep 4th 2015 at 1:31:48 PM

The Batventures of Adventman.

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