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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#14151: Sep 17th 2015 at 12:33:11 PM

That worked out for Jafar, didn't it? :P

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#14152: Sep 17th 2015 at 12:36:40 PM

[up][up]Seeing as the dragons aren't your standard JerkAssGenies that might actually work.

You still probably wouldn't be able to do anything outside the power of the creator but even so, cutting out the middle man would be nice.

edited 17th Sep '15 12:37:08 PM by LSBK

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#14153: Sep 17th 2015 at 12:56:18 PM

Could you use one wish for Porunga to make the other Dragon Balls active if they were inactive?

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#14154: Sep 17th 2015 at 1:02:34 PM

  • Bulma: For my third and final wish, I wish to refresh the Dragon Balls so that I may make three wishes again.
  • Porunga: I don't think that's a good idea. There are important reasons why the Dragon Balls have a cooldown period. Do you understand the cosmic energies involved in—
  • Bulma: Don't care, grant the wish.
  • Porunga: (sigh) YOUR WISH HAS BEEN—ERROR CODE 401: CIRCULAR REFERENCE LOOP, SHUTDOWN IMMINENT
  • Bulma: Uh...can I just reboot the Balls or—
  • Porunga: YOUR WISH HAS CREATED AN ILLEGAL OPERATION AND MUST BE SHUT DOWN.
  • (The Dragon Balls flash brightly and then cease to exist)
  • Bulma: I'm sure someone can fix that.

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#14155: Sep 17th 2015 at 1:02:54 PM

[up]x5

I think that wish depends. The Dragon Balls can't do anything involving power greater than their creator. I think it would depend on the amount of power involved in being a reality warper.

edited 17th Sep '15 1:03:44 PM by AdricDePsycho

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#14156: Sep 17th 2015 at 1:04:07 PM

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#14157: Sep 17th 2015 at 1:26:53 PM

Staff Officer Black is honestly my favorite Dragon Ball villain. Including Z.

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#14159: Sep 17th 2015 at 1:36:01 PM

Bulma: I'm sure someone can fix that.

That would be Shen Long, I would guess.tongue

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#14160: Sep 17th 2015 at 1:56:11 PM

Say what you want about how logical Red's wish is, but as far as Black was concerned Red was a complete idiot, and he straight-up put him down in order to take over himself.

Black's a fucking boss.

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#14161: Sep 17th 2015 at 1:59:28 PM

[up]A tall man such as Black could never understand Red's feelings.

Seriously, though. The fact Red's wish was 'logical' doesn't preclude it to being absolutely idiotic. Black did the absolutely right thing to take Red down. Such man definitively shouldn't be running the army.

edited 17th Sep '15 2:00:49 PM by Heatth

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#14162: Sep 17th 2015 at 1:59:33 PM

Indeed.

But again, he didn't know to stop when it came to Goku, so his smarts only go so far.

It's a shame really, but he was probably still on a high over becoming the new leader. It would have been much smarter to just give up fighting Goku and try again later.

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BaconManiac5000 Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Baby don't hurt me!
#14163: Sep 17th 2015 at 1:59:51 PM

I need to watch Dragon Ball.

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#14164: Sep 17th 2015 at 2:09:23 PM

I watched part of the crossover between Dragon Ball and Toriyama's first manga, Doctor Slump, and that Commander Blue guy creeped me out. Apparently the original Japanese had him feel attraction to Obatchaman (who, keep in mind, is in the form of a little kid). Funimation changed it to him thinking Obatchaman was his long lost brother, but still...really messed up.

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#14165: Sep 17th 2015 at 2:47:44 PM

[up]I think this was added in the anime. I don't remember anything similar to that even taking translation changes into account.

General Blue is a horrible walking gay stereotype, though.

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#14167: Sep 17th 2015 at 3:13:17 PM

Values dissonance is a bitch...a horrible, horrible bitch...

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#14168: Sep 17th 2015 at 3:41:24 PM

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Professional-ish reviews of DBZA. Well damn.

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#14169: Sep 17th 2015 at 4:13:50 PM

[up]I have to agree. That joke always bothered me. The punch line feel less like "Vegeta is an asshole" and more like "Dodoria is gross".

LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#14170: Sep 17th 2015 at 4:26:43 PM

[up][up]I'm not really seeing the point. They admit that reaction was entirely in character for Vegeta and that Team Four Star most likely meant no harm. I'm not really sure what the post was getting at.

I mean, I understand the message but I'm not sure why they specifically used this an example.

Edit: [up]If that was their point I can better understand and might be inclined to agree.

edited 17th Sep '15 4:27:48 PM by LSBK

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#14171: Sep 17th 2015 at 4:28:00 PM

[up][up]Dodoria looks like a pink tumor with a face. "Gross" is the nicest way to describe it.

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#14172: Sep 17th 2015 at 4:50:25 PM

Personally, I love that gag. I think that Vegeta's reaction had less to do with the gender reveal and more to do with the fertility and marriage thing.

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LSBK Since: Sep, 2014
#14173: Sep 17th 2015 at 4:57:05 PM

Dodoria was apparently extremely vivid with her inner workings and such.

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#14174: Sep 17th 2015 at 5:00:23 PM

She did say she was the most fertile woman on her planet...I mean, ew, OK? Just...I do NOT want to hear about how fertile you are.

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unnoun Since: Jan, 2012
#14175: Sep 17th 2015 at 5:18:54 PM

...Intent isn't magic?

Like, yeah, acknowledging that they probably meant well is nice. I try to do it.

Doesn't mean it's not worth a little criticism?


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