#dbz head canons

[nebuladreamz]

The voices are loud and I am WEAK

[dailycupofcreativitea]

I got these super awesome lovely painted drawings from @chickenoptyrx!!! My delusions are being fed! I am eating well today! Look at 'em being frenemies! No one better to do the "asshole tol and frustrated smol" dynamic than Chicken 😭🙏

Also the dialogue between them is officially 100% canon it literally suits them so well 😭🙏

[hi-there-buddies]

So who here is apart of the “Goku lied to Frieza about resurrecting him after the Tournament of Power” gang? Because whenever I bring it up people yell at me for not understanding Goku’s character. As if I haven’t been in this fandom for nearly 2 decades 😭

[treepan0]

some random hcs for the characters I like writing for because why not? not all of them are here, this is just four characters I had some thoughts on.

note: I'm using a fully romanized version of the spelling of Baby's name (tone indicator removed to clarify) so it's less weird, also there's a lot of rare pairs and I am unapologetic about that.

Cooler:

let's be real here there is a reason why he and Bebi hardly show romantic affection in Chaos Magic, and it's not a discomfort actually. In reality it's because this man gives me the vibes it would be slow work for him to get to that point, he grew up with a family that was actively trying to kill each other, and is written as a stoic character, he's going to take longer than Vegeta to get comfortable with that.

I don't know why, but this man gives me demisexual energy and I cannot unsee it. (don't ask where this came from, I have no clue.)

please for the love of kami someone take this man away from his desk, he desperately needs a break thank you.

completely unaware people find him attractive most of the time, too distracted by work.

learned to control the movements of his tail, so Frieza and Cold couldn't read him like an open book.

Bebi:

I have mentioned this twice, but I like combining his sub & dub portrayals, errors and all.

speaking of errors from the sub he says "Big Bang Attack" while using final flash, on purpose because he knows it annoys and confuses people.

is he bi? is he pan? is he Omni? I don't see him caring much actually. I feel like he doesn't care as much due to his ability to reproduce asexually, while he still feels the needs and urges of the body he possesses (thus the way he is, pretty much I hc it's from vegeta who I see as bi, unless it's an au, I just leave that fact intentionally vague), he's more reliant on romantic attraction if he wants anything outside of that. I see him as panromantic to clarify

if I have an excuse to give him a tail I will, GT robbed me of it so I will do it myself. it's also fun to make him emote with it in a more subtle manner, like I do for some other characters. (Cooler, Janemba and Broly to name a few, I would say Bebi & Janemba are the most open of the four though, since Broly's is hidden)

I think he should have Janemba, android 13 and Hatchiyack as a friend group, as a treat, I think they could all get along with their own individual dynamics and everything.

Bebi & 13 can roast the ever loving crap out of people, Janemba & Bebi can be relaxation buddies who talk about general stuff, and Bebi & Hatchiyack I see as almost like a sibling relationship.

Janemba:

I usually go with the buu's fury background; where he was an organised crime kingpin, before he got caught up in the soul scrubber, outside of that I take from various places. I like to hc he ended up in there, because Beerus sealed him inside, just like elder kai and the z sword.

out of boredom one day I did give him an adoptive mother, since he had no pre-existing canon family. Her name is Koall, she's a succubus who's tired out of her mind and still grieving her loss, despite the passage of time being massive for humans.

just like Bebi I also hc this man gets around at times, and most of it is because of his design. (dear goodness super Janemba's design.....)

it's a common hc that he likes jelly beans, since the spirit shields resemble jelly beans. I actually enjoy this common non serious head canon, I think it's actually cute for him to do that.

kind of claustrophobic, especially with dark environments. however he can subdue it with some sort of activity, so it's not terribly intensive. he keeps a portable console where ever he stays, mostly so he can build blanket forts for Broly.

I straight up said "I don't see why he and kid Buu can't learn sign language, especially since dragon ball has a universal language." so they either use their native tongue, or use sign language. most of the time however they're guilty of saying stuff behind peoples backs in said native language, Cell & Koall are the only ones able to catch them.

has definitely tried to teach some poor unsuspecting soul, to swear in his native language because he thinks it's funny. think of someone teaching a baby swears, it's pretty much the same effect for him considering his age.

complete opposite of how I see Cooler with affection, he's just a tease. this man will smooch Broly in public an the only one who can stop him, is Broly himself and no one else.

DBZ Broly:

doesn't like his neck being touched in general, Janemba completely respects this and has adjusted to such.

when he's in base for an extended period of time by choice for the first time since he was a kid, he ended up being gifted a green rabbit plush from a friend, her name is Mint and she gives him comfort.

I chose a rabbit because I felt like he could empathise with them in general, he grew up in an environment where he had to ensure his own survival, just like rabbits have to since they're at the bottom of the food chain. (nothing to do with the symbolism connected with them)

he won't openly admit it, but he likes head scratches and pats. like almost anyone could touch his head for whatever reason, and he will expect either scratches or pats.

that red fabric around his waist is the only thing keeping people from seeing everything he feels, since he never learned to clasp it like most, nor did he learn to control the movements like I hc Cooler did.

finds small spaces comforting, since the pod trips would be what little time he had away from his father, outside of being dismissed or after Paragus' death.

I feel like after a long extended period of remaining in base, he develops likes and dislikes after time here's just a few I thought of: he likes rock and metal music, he dislikes the taste of coffee, he likes relaxing scents (i.e lavender and chamomile), he dislikes white chocolate. I have my reasonings for both of those likes.

most of the time he'll ask Janemba if he wants certain affections, he's too shy and ashamed to ask anything nsfw though. not that it hasn't stopped Janemba from coaxing him into the baby steps past that, so poor man doesn't make himself suffer in silence.

it's actually been a team effort to help him get to this point, with all sorts of people teaching him proper life skills, not that he's learned to calm.

[asongoftearsandfandoms]

Sorry for telling my first gay love story in the tags y'all. Apparently I'm feeling c h a t t y this morning.

PLEASE REBLOG IF YOU VOTE!

[thiccsaucy]

Head canon. Bulma adopts a shitty little chihuahua. Vegeta has to walk it. It bites his ankles and pees on his boots. He can’t do shit cause Bulma loves the little fuxker…. This is his punishment for his past….

[harukamitsuki]

I need Bakugou stans to realise that it's not that I hate him as a person. It's that I hate him as a character.

A lot of my favourite characters are unrepentant assholes, or assholes who are set to or have already been redeemed. Vegeta from DBZ, Ouma Kokichi from DGR: V3, Dio from JoJo, Laxus from Fairy Tail, Greed from FMA: B, Bill from Gravity Falls, and the list that goes on.

If a character is a terrible person, that's fine by me. But if the author tries and fails to redeem them, yet still acts as though they are suddenly this amazing person, that's when I have an issue with it.

Bakugou was originally written to be a minor antagonist, and that would have been fine, if Horikoshi didn't suddenly go "I drew him crying so imma fix him".

Redemption is such a complex yet simple thing to do. So when you try to do it and fail spectacularly, um, yeah, I do not enjoy that character or your writing.

That is my main issue with Bakugou. I do not think he deserved any redemption, not because he's a bad person, but because there is nothing to convince me that he could change.

He gets one scene where he goes, "boohoo I lost and everyone is stronger than me" then cries, and that's supposed to be enough for him to become a better person? That is nowhere near enough.

There was no moment that made me believe he genuinely regretted and took accountability for the abuse he put Izuku through in middle school.

"He changed!" That's not my issue. I don't care that he's changed. I care that I don't believe in it. If there was a plausible reason as to why he changed, then I would be fine with it. Maybe I'd even enjoy him!

The fact that he's changed doesn't mean shit if it's not believable.

"That was in middle school!" Okay. This one pisses me off the most. That was a year pre-canon? Oh, wow, I guess that's completely fine! It's not as if characters are the way they are based on their past. Oh, Itachi killed the Uchiha clan before canon! Okay, maybe comparing a massacre to bullying is a bit unfair. Still, just because it happened a year ago, it doesn't mean it never happened. It doesn't mean that he's changed considerably.

"Izuku doesn't have any lasting damage and forgave him!" And? Just because your friend forgives their bully, it doesn't mean you have to forgive them. And, again, I do not believe Bakugou's apology was good in anyway. He was trash-talking Izuku, blaming All Might for Izuku's behaviour, and didn't accept any culpability for what he did to him. He didn't tell anyone else what he did to Izuku. Also, if Izuku really didn't have any lasting damage from the bullying, then why did Bakugou's apology make him calm down? If he didn't care about the bullying, then why is he so relieved by the apology? BECAUSE HE WAS AFFECTED.

"Bakugou was being abused!" ... NO HE WASN'T!! Mitsuki is not abusive. Yes, she hit him round the back of his head. After he threatened her. Anyone with Asian parents can tell you that her hit does not hurt. Not only is it somewhat normal in Asian families, but it also doesn't hurt. We have no evidence that she is abusive. Horikoshi knows how to set up abusive families, as seen with the Todorokis. This not that. Either way, even if she was, being abused doesn't mean it's okay to abuse others. You can hurt without hurting others.

"It's the school and teacher's fault!" No, it's not. Part of the fault lies with them enabling him, but Bakugou is already fifteen when the series starts. His mother clearly doesn't agree with his attitude. The school is only partially to blame. Bakugou should have learned by himself what is right and what is not. In fact, he clearly does know considering he doesn't want any of that stuff on his records in case U.A. rejects him.

Again. I don't care if he's a terrible person. I care that he's a terrible character.

So the next time someone says that I'm stuck in Season One, take a moment and think about what you're saying. Bad people in fiction are entertaining. Bad characters are not.

[ms-scarletwings]

Irken Zim’s 8 biggest fans

For funsies! As we are well aware, this guy has a lot of gut-haters and censurers across the galaxy. Over his long years of life, he’s gained a proud infamy from every corner of the Irken empire, all the way to the fringes beyond, and the number of critics snapping at his heels only grows with every adventure. Whole civilizations sit at their seat’s edge waiting for this invader’s downfall, but what of those who defy all odds, expectations, maybe even logic? Even devils somehow find worshippers, even criminals get fan mail, and even Invader Zim has someone rooting for him within the 4th wall. Weirdly quite a handful of them, actually, let’s recount.

8. Table Headed Service Drone Bob

It’s humorous, how odd circumstance can make for strange advocacy. The show’s universe operates on the rule of funny, and Bob just so happened to be in the right place and time to comedically become the only Irken alive with something to gain from Zim’s success, and so much to lose for his failure. The sheer unfairness of what the Tallest put him through along with Zim serving some hope for a miracle ticket out of his low standing seemed to snap something in him, even if just for an episode. It would make sense for anyone in his position to have a much more dampened love for their society and leaders, to the point where cheering on its greatest enemy would be preferable than another moment of being a doormat. An underdog rooting for an underdog, even if for purely selfish and coincidental reasons.

7. The Judgementia Control brains

Even more deliciously ironic, isn’t it- That Zim’s praise was be sung once from the very bottom rung of Irken society and then again from the highest spike? What better to follow up poor Bobby than another victim of astronomical circumstance, or rather, three victims together? The nutshell recap of “The Trial’s” plot climax spells out the tragedy of, what is basically Irk’s highest court officials, to become he first ever victims of Zim’s malignant code becoming a contagion. They’ve joined the Fanclub, even if against their will, and all the better for Zim this time to have support from such a high place, seeing that it literally saved his hide in this instance.

6. Dib Membrane

Yeah, that’s freaking right. He’s on the list. You think being a hype man and a mortal rival are mutually exclusive? You either haven’t been watching enough DBZ or you haven’t been watching enough Hellsing and should fix that. Anyway, and I’m speaking within the actual canon dynamic of these two… it is very important to Zim that Dib is perceived as a formidable opponent to bluster his own ego, and vise versa. Dib is not in any self-serving position to accept what an actual mess Zim’s operation is, even though he has more evidence of the alien’s horrible tactics, nonsense plans, failures, etc. than anyone else on the planet. Gaz can see Zim for exactly what he is and why fighting him doesn’t have to be this 24/7 urgent priority. Dib refuses to get that because stopping Zim’s pop-up schemes only keeps the score tied for them. They’ve both been at this long enough to get incredibly frustrated with the lack of progression regarding the big picture goals, taking over the world, and exposing a live alien to the world, respectively. I don’t think he has to keep describing this space goblin as some ultra-cunning master of villainy, or GIR as this nefarious minion because that’s what he actually thinks of them, but because if he admits otherwise, that’s not a great reflection of his own merit for the obvious reasons. Just the presentation of another dimension’s version of himself succeeding against Zim before him causes a spiral of self doubt, just as it can bring Zim to a minor panic watching other invaders leaving him in the dust. Dib wants this guy to be a challenge worth the victory lap when he finally gets what he’s been fighting so hard for.

When Zim is getting on some truly idiotic antics, Dib doesn’t actually revel in his disorganized stupidity, but meets it with a baffled or annoyed disappointment. Like me watching a character I thought was super badass suddenly do something that reveals them to just be utterly lame. Too often he almost comes off like he is critiquing Zim’s performance as a villain rather than,, you know, the fact that Zim is a villain in the first place. It more than once has led to accidentally giving the guy new ideas or pointers on how to do his own job better once in a while. If I were in Dib’s place I would under NO circumstances be giving Zim advice or corrections on what he’s doing “badly” when it comes to the invader thing, but, whatever makes you feel cool & smart, you little dork. There’s also the whole “Dib’s hatred for Zim belies his geeky fixation with aliens broadly” angle I’ve mentioned here or there before, and don’t mind to again. Studying/stalking Zim is only partially about defeating him. His curiosity over Irken tech, biology, etc. is still coming from a place of genuine scientific passion, as literally all of us know. And of course, on occasion the two make for unlikely allies against much bigger shared enemies.

5. Minimoose

Oh come on, how much could I even have to say about this moose-weapon? He has two fathers and is fully aware that Zim is one of them. Assuming we all here know about the cute Florpus quote; no need to recap the whole existence of the lil guy.

4. Invader Skoodge

Now this guy… this guy ain’t right. Exactly here, at this (I say with love) loser of an invader, we reach two tipping points when it comes to Zim-affinity. One, the tipping point where Zim ceases to ask for and ceases to appreciate the toadying. Two, the point where I actually kind of struggle to find any rational explanation for the toady’s behavior. Like I’ve tried and I genuinely don’t know how to put together how Skoodge keeps jumping into this position other than ‘it’s that funny’ or some weird familiarity from smeethood factor. All of the invaders know what Zim has done and what he’s capable of. He’s a consistent terrorist of his own kin and defamed as the greatest disgrace to the Empire. The two options for how to feel about Zim as any random Irken soldier are fear, and/or loathing. If Skoodge were just neutral or indifferent of Zim, that’d be pretty freaking odd. But Skoodge interacts with Zim on the level of at least a lukewarm acquaintance, readily even deferring to his command, despite the fact that he nearly dies every single time he does so. He survives miles of being chased by a monster on Hobo-13, he makes it to the finish line, and his first reaction is to let Zim know he’s made it in one piece. He decides to lay low and slack off after getting fired (into the blighted surface of Blorch) and out of the entire universe to choose from, he decides to go hole up at Zim’s place and stay conveniently out of the way for some time. Dude finally shows himself in the unfinished scripts, and it’s to motherfucking help Zim troll around with Dib. I’m up at night wondering what is going on in Skoodge’s head because he’s n o t an idiot. He’s a real invader in all other respects, just as competent and nationalistic as the rest of them. Easily suggestible, yes, but not stupid. There’s basically no way for him to be ignorant of the big lie the Tallest sold Zim, yet he chooses not to utter a peep on the matter. Pity? A bizarre sense of solidarity?? A delusional one sided friendship??? Don’t look at me like I know other than the fact that he’s on our protag’s team, in spirit. The wannabe Irwin to Zim’s Billy, essentially.

3. Keef

So yeah of all things to blow Skoodge’s unhealthy attachment clean out of the water, we stumbled into this freak of a human child. Keef is a loyal compadre to a fault. A huge, creepy fault. Kid was originally supposed to make a return as well, wherein he was no less of a stubborn stalker than already proven once. And extra points for the irrational selflessness. Even while demonstrating an understanding of what Zim did in Dark Harvest, possibly even with the memory of that whole squirrel incident, he still wishes nothing but for the ability to put a smile on his green friend’s face.

2. The Amoeboid Cult

And when none thought that the scary conviction Zim garnered on Earth could be his biggest fans, you find this little ditty in the comics, and it starts turning into an irresponsible god analogy fairly quick. The short recap is that following a crash on a strange planet, the Voot Runner starts leaking fluids that inadvertently spark abiogenesis, which results in the creation of a rapidly evolving race of blob-things. Seizing an opportunity, Zim at first demands their followership, and then shortly after gets fed up with it as he did the previous fanatic on the list. Nonetheless, the cell people continue to reproduce and age thousands of years their time in the span of a couple minutes, never losing that zeal for their unintentional creator, even going so far as to repair the cruiser despite Zim’s rejection of them. Out of what little they gathered about him during his short visit, they correctly learned he’s a destructive god who planned to abandon them as soon as he could. Their last wish as a civilization? For this god to also obliterate them, as final treat. Such was their devotion that it even left Zim himself completely baffled for a moment when its full depth was revealed.

1. GIR

You watch this show, right? Yeah? Henchman and sidekick number one? Chaotic thing this whole fandom can’t decide to perceive as an adoptive child or a talking pet? He may not be as competent in pleasing Zim’s wishes as minimoose, or as focused, but his heart and loyalty are ultimately with their intended master, unconditionally and for as long as this setting has continued.

[flightyalrighty]

came from the other side….saw a ongoing thread about your comic (b u l l e t s & s h o e s) ….as much I like canon as the next guy, I get lowkey angry when they try to hard apply that logic in…a comic that has Sonic covered in guts and blood of his baby brother…like buddy we are WAYYY past canon at that point! Literally just have fun with your story, not everything has to be 100% explained and we all have our own headcanons and takes on said things. 👍 Also get some rest, looks like you need that.

LOL OH YOU SAW ALL THAT HUH

Yeah so like the thing about me is that I care way more about Sonic and Shadow as characters than, say, well. Weapons? I know there's that DBZ influence and all but I do NOT care about power levels. I Do Not Care about whether or not Sonic can slam himself fist-first into a guy at the speed of blammo whammo and explode his head, like I don't care! I don't! I don't!!

So anyone over Yonder in the bird space arguing with me about how Sonic is sooo so strong and could beat up all the G.U.N. soldiers and rescue Shadow all on his own and explode all the bugs with his mind, stakes me damned, just... Immediately lose my interest. Like. That's just so boring to me.

Who cares about power levels. This is a horror comic about grief, not a shonen manga where Sonic's guaranteed to save the day in the end. It's exhausting to do a bunch of research to see what is and isn't possible only for a buncha nerds to come sauntering up trying to argue why the story shouldn't happen because Sonic's the strongest actually and Shadow's immune to being sliced in half with a table saw.

I understand this is inspired by an All Ages series, but boy does it sure seem like. Idk. Juvenile? My dad can beat up your dad kinda shit? Can Superman Kill Goku If He Punches Him In The Throat At Max Strength? I don't care. I really don't. I just wanna tell a story that stirred some personal feelings in me, and that came from a lot of internal shit already that came spilling out.

Is it a little silly to say I want my bug zombie sonic the hedgehog story a little more grounded than what we're used to? Maybe. But that's okay. I'm making what I wanna make and what I wanna see, and THAT is what matters.

Also I'd LOVE to rest but if I rest I'm gonna have to crunch next Wednesday again. I'm trying so hard to break free from the cycle. God. God, the cycle. Someone's gotta kill that witch.

[ryomens-vixen]

Hello! As my Bio states, The name is Vixen or Pluto! I'm not new here, but I am new to blogging, and I want to at least have fun doing it. I'm a writer and a soon to be artist.

✊😌I am a PROUD member of the LeG BooTy Qommunity 🏳‍🌈

I have an unhealthy obsession with Villains and every now and then I might simp for the main character, but my 🫀 will always be for the Villains, especially Sukuna. I may not do full on stories because I have writers block BUT I promise I will be doing head canons, Yes I take requests by the way.

WHAT I WILL DO: Smut/N$FW, Fluff sometimes, head canons, dark content, requests, Comfort, Personal Requests, Character x ♀️ Yn, Character x Character.

WHAT I WON'T DO: Male YN, GN YN, Omegaverse,Furry.

Animes I've seen: Tokyo revengers, JJK, DBZ, Demon Slayer, Ancient Magus Bride, BNHA, Bleach, FATE SERIES, Baki, Black Butler, FMAB/FMA, Soul Eater, OHSHC, Inuyasha, Haikyuu, Seven Deadly Sins.

Fun Fact: I do Play Genshin so yes you can request genshin characters.

I do have Stories of my Own and OOCs so sometimes I will post about them as a way of keeping up with my own characters and plot so if you do see said posts 🙏please ignore it or if you want to you can ask me about it only if you are curious :3

Vixen's Masterlist

Reasons: I know I go by He and Her pronouns, but I'm biologically not a boy so I do not think I could even remotely write anything pertaining or catering to the male audience and I've seen a lot of writers get harassed in their ask box about only writing Character x ♀️ YN, Do us both a favor and please seek out different writers. Same thing for the furry and omegaverse thing I'm not to comfort at all writing that so please seek out other writers.

Minors DNI, I am not going to argue with y'all in the comments or reblogs, I will block you immediately please go argue with someone else like yo mama or yo teacher...cause I'm not either one of them.

Warming to Pro shippers: No this isn't to degrade y'all or anything I am a very open-minded and unbothered person, but I want to say this if you send me a request I rather you personally send it to me because other people who don't like what you like can get uncomfortable and I want my blog to be a judgement free and harassment free place, So depending on what you inbox me I may or may not write it, but I will not post it publically, I hope you understand. I repeat (I AM A VERY VERY VERY UNBOTHERED PERSON THAT DOES NOT MEAN I LIKE OR DISLIKE OR SUPPORT, IT GENERALLY MEANS I AM JUST NOT BOTHERED BY IT) and I'm just not the type of person to judge if I'm uncomfortable I will tell you, but I'm not gonna belittle anyone over something they like I just don't have it in me. Sorry.

[wildstar25]

Doomed timeline au children? Omg tell me more

Yeah! Motek (left) and Mira (right) \o/

They are basically fire emblem awakening style OCs in that they would come from a distant, very far removed timeline where an 8th umbral calamity did occur. Arsay and Y'shtola die in that timeline to the event. In order to protect their children and the few others that survived, G'raha takes them all into the crystal tower to live safely. He figures out how to pull off the dimension and time hoping spell himself but his life would again be the price. He removes the stasis spell from the tower and allows his children to grow; raising them to be strong and capable warriors like their mother, before finally sending them off to try and re-write their future.

I have tags for them if you want to learn more! They are babies that I love to put in the pearwriggler in my head but I rarely talk about them ^^; https://wildstar25.tumblr.com/tagged/mira%20nun/chrono https://wildstar25.tumblr.com/tagged/motek%20nun

Their "if this was the real msq" story would end with them saving the day and going back to their real timeline, figuring out how to save the world where they came from a la future trunks dbz.

I still dont think I consider them canon to mainline Arsay story but if they were her canon retainers it would be a situation where they showed up after endwalker and realized that whatever timeline they are in its way too different than the one they were meant to go to. But since they are stuck they might as well try to keep tabs on their mom so they get themselves hired as retainers. It's very important that in this context they never reveal who they are, least they inadvertently cause some weird butterfly effect which triggers the calamity they were hoping to avoid.

[gokubrain]

watching fusion reborn again and i need to talk about it before my head erupts tw for insane delusional rambling about a non canon anime movie that came out in 1995

the whole scene where theyre discussing fusion is like such a vital kakavege moment in history LMAO like it starts off with goku diving into a pile of NEEDLES (which he has a phobia of, if u dont recall) without hesitation to catch vegeta and safely escort him to the ground. wild detail to add guys but what do i know lmao

the conversation uses crazy language like goku saying “youre going to fuse with me” and “there’s no other way, you must know that” among other lines implying he knows vegeta well enough to predict his reactions in this situation which you KNOW is my shit i love when goku and vegeta show that they know each so well

goku’s stupid “vegetaaa youre already dead” followed by the weirdly long animation of vegeta’s annoyed face isnt relevant but it is super funny

also not that important but the way goku and vegeta say each other’s names over and over again its like every other word out of their mouth is each other’s names it’s so gay dude

then the scene after where goku runs to vegeta’s aid only to stop before touching him cuz he knows vegeta doesnt want his help, this kills me this kills me so bad

FOLLOWED BY VEGETA BREAKING DOWN AND CRYING, LIIIIIKE OKAY ALRIGHT THATS A LEVEL OF VULNERABILITY I WOULDNT EXPECT VEGETA TO SO CASUALLY DISPLAY IN FRONT OF GOKU LIKE ..! DAMN LMAO.. also goku trying to console him after is so good omg

then of course the line “i guess fusion is out of the question huh. you have your pride as a saiyan prince and everything” this is the kind of line that whenever i hear it i need to be sedated in order to calm down like oh my GOD. goku is just unreal. he knows and cares about vegeta SO much he’s so understanding of vegeta’s feelings he’s so fucking crazy in love with him it makes me nauseous not to even mention that this like definitely makes vegeta reconsider fusion after hearing because almost immediately after he says “kakarot, perform fusion with me” AND AGAIN WITH THIS CHOICE OF LANGUAGE.. perform fusion with me.. no suggesting no asking just straight up “okay kakarot we’re doing it.” it wasnt we’re going to perform fusion, or i will perform fusion with you, but simply perform fusion with me. wild dude. insane.

AND DONT EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THEIR FINAL INTERACTION. vegeta saying “kakarot i never want to perform fusion with you again” with the biggest smile ive ever seen him have and goku laughing in response and just saying “see u later vegeta” GODDDUUGGHHH WHAT THEFUCK !!

fusion reborn is a banger of a dbz movie dude esp for kakavege fans like its the best argument we have in kakavege’s name lmao. its just goku and vegeta being vulnerable with each other and fighting a bad guy together and having fun with literally no one else involved its just a fun little adventure they go on together that no one ever really knows about <3

TL;DR im pretty normal overall about fusion reborn…!!

[dballzposting]

GOTENKS GETS A GIRLFRIEND

Comic from an entire year ago (April 2022) that I just never worked on and finished until now...!

Basically HE MEETS A WEIRD GIRL AT THE SKATEPARK! Lol. I promised that I would never post about her until I had pics to post and you have no idea how many times I had to bite my tongue. 

More info about her + the whole situation + additional and old pics under the cut! BUT It’s really long so you can just appreciate the comic on its own if you’d like.

(Yes the first page is very deliberately mirroring the infamous “Ariel Gets Legs” comic.)

Hi c:

So this was a year ago so let’s see what I remember.

Basically it was March 2022 and that’s springtime for me and the sunshine was starting to affect me. And I was listening to Owl City because that’s the kind of springtime it was. And I was listening to “Deer In The Headlights” by Owl City and I Locked Eyes with my Gotenks figurine and I ... had a vision. This IDEA sprang FULLY-FORMED from my head like the birth of Athena.

You see, watching DBZ, I got the impression that when Goten and Trunks were fused, they didn’t really remember what it was like after. Mainly I think this was from the way that after they unfused, everyone was like OMG YOU GUYS DID IT, and Goten and Trunks looked at each other and were like “...we did?” But I remember a few times just getting that impression.

I think however, that canonically, if that were ever the intention, it fell off quick for convenience's sake. And we don’t really get much implication on the retention of a fusion’s memory one way or the other anyway. BUT, the idea that they don’t remember much was a first impression that stayed with me.

So this idea sprang fully-formed from my head, in the unabashed high of March sunshine and Owl City, in which Gotenks gets a crush on a girl at the skatepark. And Goten and Trunks, who have less than half a memory each, have to piece this together bit by bit. (For example, it starts because often times when they unfuse after Skatepark Funtime, they note feeling a shred of something residual and Odd - anxiety, embarrassment, affection, adoration, discomfort, self-consciousness, anything and everything of that nature. And eventually, they work up the courage to mention it to the other, and they start solving it from there.)

In my head it would be a long and sweet fanfiction on the internet posted by a wholesome individual who would have a presence on fanfiction.net / deviantart / youtube for like 8 years until just dropping off and moving on to bigger and brighter things ... YOU EVER SEE THAT ? Someone who is just COMMITTED to their OC x Canon and they’re friendly and prominent in their own corner of fandom and they do it for years? Yeah. Yeah that was the vibe of this.

I’m not going to be that person and put in the time for that though so just imagine it in your head pls...

The whole point of all of this was definitely just to be so sweet and wholesome. You could replace this post with clipart of the sun and that would get the point across more succinctly I think (seen below)

Anyway.

Now, The Girl. From the beginning I didn’t know how to go about her personality. Should she be rude and rough and disapproving of Gotenks, like the song that sparked this? She would certainly fit into the franchise. Should she be so so sweet like the sunshine that’s feeding this? Maybe she likes the fact that she and Gotenks both have two-toned hair. Or should she be something in the middle, or something else entirely? Maybe it depends on whom she’s talking to?

I figured that if she was sweet, there would be a scene where Trunks is at the skatepark alone and he ends up running into her. He thinks that she seems familiar, and something in him takes pause. She tells him that she’s seen him before, but doesn’t he usually have a buddy with him? He says “Yeah, my buddy Goten-” and she chirps up excitedly, interrupting - “Gotenks?” He stutters a bit, corrects her - “similar name, yeah, but no..” - and at her moment’s sadness and the tug in his chest, it all clicks in his head. 

Otherwise, though, I never formulated a concrete idea.

The thing is I accepted early on that her character was fluid, as in, she would be whatever I needed her to be. I bit the bullet early - “yeah, she’s a fan character made to be the girlfriend of a canon character, yep, this is what’s happening.” So I didn’t stress over how she should turn out, just that, as a yarn-spinner, I’d have yarn to spin. HOWEVER, as I’ve brought this concept back a few times throughout the past year, a semi-static characterization has formed. More on that + her design later.

SO. GOTENKS. THE ACTUAL STORY. From the very beginning it was simply this - Goten & Trunks like to go to the skatepark as Gotenks because it’s wild and reckless fun. They don’t remember much, but they do retain the manic glow of someone having just indulged in their favorite activity. Gotenks SHREDS ! He’s SWAG!! King of the park, man!!

However. There comes a day where he meets a girl who makes him Shut Up. Gotenks, who is always confident and rambunctious, actually becomes stricken speechless. Hence the reference to “Ariel Gets Legs.” So whether she treats him well or not, we have this story where he becomes subdued and shocked around this girl at the skatepark. 

I also had this reeeaaally cute idea that I haven’t drawn yet where his Kamikaze Ghosts act as his inner voice and give him away. He gets nervous around her and just starts coughing, and coughing and coughing and then he HACKS up a ghost who looks at her and says. “WOWIE ZOW! Hottawhat MOMMA! Hoo wow now THAT bird’s got FEATHERS!” and just weird antiquated shit and Gotenks has to stand there and try to get it to shut up without touching it and causing an explosion (and usually those ghosts are his Guys like his Gang like his Lackies his Toadies usually they do what he tells them to do and they make for some swag epic effects when doing shows at the skatepark yknow. But now they are Ruining Everything!!!)

An early concept would be that they meet because he Eats Cement at the halfpipe and she’s there to clean up the mess because his decommissioned cadaver is Blocking The Lane (previously posted pic for reference:)

EARLY and never-before seen pic for reference:

Anyway. So let’s talk about her design

I could have designed her Any Way I Wanted but I followed my heart ... and my heart wanted to make a character based off of a Bird. DON’T ASK ME WHY.

I really like Dark-Eyed Juncos because they migrate to where I live during the winter and I think they’re so sweet. However at this time I had given the Junco schtick to a different OC of mine so I went .. “Ok. What if I used the Yellow-Eyed Junco instead?” Now that was the right move. Pictures of Yellow-Eyed Junco from google Below:

AREN’T THEY CUTE ?! :D

Most of this OC’s colors are actually directly lifted from the bird itself. 

And her design definitely has bird inspirations, like her fluffy goddamn dress that looks like it’s stuffed with feathers, and her spiky two-toned ponytail meant to summon to mind a bird’s tail, and of course her pointy nose.

Here’s another drawing from the time where I was wanting to doodle hair more akin to that which you see on characters like Bulma and Arale (I actually referenced some pictures of Arale in the early design phase)

I still use this picture as a color ref. And her dress just looks so so soft here. I love it a lot.

Anyway. So her NAME.

I thought about this one for a while. I knew that her name ought to be a pun, or just otherwise stupid and goofy. I cycled through a few ideas. I didn’t want to be too unorthodox, but in the end I followed my heart and did a REVERSE-PUN:

Her name is Junco.

This is a real Japanese name. 

She is, like, the only character to have a real and conventional and normal name.

However, she is based off of the Junco bird. 

Her name is pronounced like the real Japanese name though, not the bird.

Jokes on you, asshole.

Runner-ups were “Plum” from “plumage” and for the color of her dress, and the different names for the bird in different languages.

Anyway. So, JUNCO. What’s her deal? To start, as a character, she has bird motifs, and all bird puns are applicable, even if not applicable to the yellow-eyed junco specifically (for example, wayward quotes from her about eating bugs or seeds, or her lexicon containing words like “preening” rather than “bathing,” is valid and likely.)

I think at the beginning I thought that she had a mom whom she lived with and who would pick her up from the park but at some point that dissolved. For all intents and purposes she’s just been Singular. Individual. Independent. TBH I think that she’s been damn lonely.

At some point the vibes became that she, for whatever reason, is alone. She didn’t migrate when the rest did. Maybe she’s waiting for them to return, maybe they never will. But when everyone else goes home at the city-imposed skatepark curfew, she’s the last to wander away and hoist her board into a tree or on top of a streetlamp somewhere and watch the starless sky. 

Gotenks’s reality as a fusion factors into this - he too has a time limit for her, and she’ll never understand what dictates his capricious comings and goings.

As I mentioned, there are lots of branches to this story tree, but whether she likes him or he likes her or they have a rivalry of sorts until coming to hold hands, the trunk of the story is always that they are both weird kids whom no one else understands. 

What’s come to be, and what I’ve been able to articulate clearly only recently, is that Junco and Gotenks bond in the way that two lonely and traumatized kids do. I can’t explain it, it’s just the vibes native to their story. 

But of course, what’s ACTUALLY native to the story is that there are fusion shenanigans with Gotenks’s Cinderella-esque time-limit and this girl at the skatepark who loves him/hates him/befriends him and they know each other intermittently throughout the years and it’s a super sweet & wholesome story and it’s dripping with playful drama and sunshine and they race each other on their boards to “Loaded (George Noriega Radio Edit 2)” by Ricky Martin ..!

And yeah following the events of the above comic she probably keeps the truck to his board + his skate tool + the screws and she uses them to line her nest (other items in her nest include a cartoonish decrepit wood stove and a copy of “Waking The Tiger” by Peter A. Levine.) 

ALSO: The world of potential surrounding the idea of if/how she finds out that Gotenks is a fusion, how she feels about Goten & Trunks, ETC ETC is .. largely untapped because it’s just not my focal point. But there is lots to say, and I have thought a lot about it before, and if I play my cards right I’ll get to post about that later. 

Sorry for the extensive text with minimal visual incentive. I’m hoping to post more pics of them soon when I make them/finish them, but in truth I tend to abruptly come in and out of fascination for this concept, so if I never ever post about it again don’t be surprised. :(

And the thing is last year I posted a lot about Gotenks At The Skatepark and I truly did have myself a bit of an obsession (to the point where I tried to pick up the hobby myself) and that all started with this one random idea of Gotenks meeting a girl at the skatepark .. What a nice thing. Truly one of dballzposting’s few wholesome moments. It was nurturing for the soul.

Thanks for reading. Stay gorgeous out there

[themattress]

How Toriyama/Toyotaro salvaged "End of Z"

Let me start this post with a personal confession that may or may not be unpopular: I have very little interest in Dragon Ball DAIMA. I have slightly more than I used to after Akira Toriyama's death since I am naturally curious to see what the last Dragon Ball related material he ever produced is like, but otherwise it still looks like just a different take on Dragon Ball GT, my least favorite Dragon Ball series, except that more characters than just Goku turn young and it's the Demon Realm that's being explored instead of space. It also doesn't help that the head writer, Yuko Kakihara, makes me nervous - she's done fine work as an episodic script writer on anime such as Fresh Pretty Cure, My Bride is a Mermaid, and Pokémon Journeys, and she was fantastic as the head writer of IRODUKU: The World in Color. But in terms of shows closer to what Dragon Ball DAIMA seems like, she was head writer on that god-awful Stitch anime that Disney stupidly allowed to be made. Worse still, she was the writer of Digimon Adventure Tri. So you can understand why I have reservations.

Point is, I consider Dragon Ball DAIMA to be a sideshow, regardless of what its merits may end up being. For me personally, it's the manga/anime trilogy of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super that really counts the most. And as tragic as the circumstances behind the end of Toriyama's involvement on the latter are, I am highly impressed what he and his mangaka protégée Toyotaro were able to accomplish. With three major steps, they have substantially retconned the notoriously underwhelming ending of the original manga series and DBZ anime, known as "End of Z" among fans, in a way that makes a satisfying closure.

The first step was way back in Dragon Ball Online. Toriyama was involved back then in canonically mapping out the future of the Dragon Ball world, long after Goku, his friends and his family have passed away. And a major part of that was how Gohan, Goten, Trunks and Pan affected that world for the better in their adult lives. Gohan in particular has a masterful end to his long struggle between being a fighter and being a scholar by becoming a scholar on ki fighting techniques, publishing a study that makes it widely possible for humans around the world to master ki control and gain flight and energy blasts. It's a perfect outcome for him.

The second step was through Toriyama's involvement in the new movies and Super series. End of Z now cannot happen the way it was presented in the original manga and anime. There are way too many discrepancies, from character appearances, the lack of certain characters who it would make little sense not to be there, and details like "none of Goku's friends saw him for 5 years before then" which have now been completely contradicted. Obviously the 28th Budokai where Goku meets Uub and takes him under his wing for training is still canon, but that event is now free to transpire in a far more plausible and satisfactory way than the famously rushed, haphazard and OOC way in which it was depicted before.

The third and final step was the last collaboration between Toriyama and Toyotaro in the Super manga. The final three chapters they worked on together were an epilogue to the story of the Super Hero film, actually tying its plot together with the side plot featuring Goku and Vegeta on Beerus' planet. Perhaps responding to prevalent criticisms, the movie had already made a major point of showing how the world can still be successfully defended by the Z Fighters even without Goku and Vegeta being there. And in these three chapters, the point is carried even further by having Goku test what the new generation is capable of, a theme that's even reflected in the final chapter's title, "Passing On To The Future". This completely recontextualizes End of Z. Originally made as a laughable attempt to salvage the "Goku passing the torch" direction with Uub in place of Gohan after Toriyama botched it so badly with him, now it makes Uub only the latest in a large field of fighters that includes Gohan. Now it's Gohan, Goten, Trunks, Pan, even Broly of all people, who are being gathered as Earth's next line of defense once Goku and Vegeta finally expire. Uub will join that group. (Oh, and being Namekian, both Piccolo and Dende will still be around to assist, of course.)

So while the narrative of Dragon Ball may have peaked with the Cell Saga, now the Majin Buu Saga -> Battle of Gods Saga -> Resurrection F Saga -> Universe 6 Saga -> Future Trunks / Goku Black Saga -> Universe Survival Saga -> Broly Saga -> Galactic Patrol Prisoner Saga -> Granolah the Survivor Saga -> Super Hero Saga -> End of Z together create a worthier follow-up than just the Majin Buu Saga -> End of Z was back in the day. Certainly not perfect, even when leaving the loose ends out of it (so Freeza's just gonna stay loose out there with a new ultimate form?), but feeling much closer to a fully realized ending.

Thank you, Toriyama. You made it up as you went along right to the very end, but as usual, your remarkable creative talent managed to make it all fit together. You are deeply missed.

[tuesdayinthedas]

ooh yes I subscribe to the "Saiyans are a wandering species", they are easily adaptable and hardy and have some traits that imply they can they can evolve quite quickly.

It appears that Saiyans easily pair up with other species. Such as Tarble with Gure, Vegeta and Bulma, Goku and ChiChi and also the ease at which they produce offspring (Gohan, Trunks etc) that can even produce their own offspring (Pan). It implies they have highly adaptable genetics/DNA that allows them to produce viable children that can continue bloodlines as long as they are similar enough (The assumption that Saiyans are a form of space mammal and humans are mammal). AND cause its the males that are passing off genetic material in this case they must have some way to ensure that females of other species don't reject the foreign DNA or they are able to mimic the species they mate with. I mean Gohan was even able to grow a tail and now that's cool when you think about it.

And the fact they can also transform into Oozaru using other celestial bodies besides the moon, some even being able to create their own artificial celestial body to transform, highlights this adaptability.

What do you think about the Tuffles/Tsufurujins? Do you have any headcanons about them?

Finally getting around to answering asks! (Work has been something else.)

I don't actually have any specific headcanons about them!

I do generally subscribe to the basic lore that the saiyans did not originate from Vegeta-sei/Planet Vegeta, though. That they conquered it after coming from somewhere else.

I made up...a ton of lore concerning this, but to go in-depth about it would involve a lot of spoilers for my pre-DBZ fic, so...

But! There's a lot to wonder about: If saiyans didn't come from Vegeta-sei and had to conquer another planet, why did they do so? Did something happen to their original home? Were they abused or enslaved by someone else like they were by Freeza? Were they just greedy and bloodthirsty and liked another planet more? Lots of interesting things to play with here!

In my own head, I like to think that, wherever they originally came from, the first Super Saiyan helped them defeat their enemies and establish a home of their own. Maybe this has happened a few times throughout history, even! Perhaps saiyans evolved from a small population that was taken from one planet and wandered space, adapting to become strong, until one of them transformed and helped them find a planet of their own.

I'd love to hear other people's headcanons!

[pleasantspark]

Forever & Ever - Chapter One (Cold Cold Heart) Frieza x Fem! Frieza Race OC Genre: Horror/Romance(?) Tropes: Yandere Part of The F&E Series Warnings: Possessiveness, Frieza (Because he's a whole ass warning in of itself), Sexism, Forced Gender Roles, Misogyny, Internalized Misogyny, Stalking, Implied Offscreen Death, Death, Yandere Behavior, Canon Divergent, Impossible Logic, DBZ Logic, Forced Pregnancy (Offscreen), Abusive Relationships, Gaslighting, Toxicity AUs Utilized: Frieza Redemption Arc AU (Separate Arc, a COMPLETE different whatif) Frieza Race Overhaul Doc Used! Please check for it here: x

In her days of being on the run, Orion could have not guessed what she gotten herself into. She's been on the run from various planets starting when she saw the fearsome Frieza arrive on Old Namek. Morri told her about the danger that was going to happen and he allowed her to take a group of Namekians to flee the planet, and since then. She believed she was being watched.

Orion was born a Female Frieza Race, the last of her kind. She was sent away in a Pod that crash landed on Old Namek after her parents failed to send her to Earth and Morri decided to keep her around. She was pretty for her Race, unlike the traditional males of the Frieza Race, you can tell pretty well she was a female.

The two Namekians she was assigned bodygaurds had acted like her protectors. They travelled across the galaxies trying to find a place to accommodate themselves. But she couldn't shake off the feeling that she was being watched... By someone...

That feeling only got worse as she arrived on Earth, the pod door opened and the Two Namekians that were assigned to her immediately fell on the floor for her to walk on them. She shook her head.

"You don't need to do that, Vio and Mint." She said, to the Namekians.

"It's what we're here for." Vio gruffs, and got up, Mint following after.

"Where are we?" Orion asked.

"Earth." Mint comments. Using his scouter to show a hologram of Earth. "The main inhabitants are creatures known as Humans or Earthlings."

Orion inspects the image and hums. "What does this Earth do, I concur?" She asked.

"...We shall find out." Mint then stops the Hologram and turned to the taller Namekian.

"Should we proceed to assess the area in case of any potential threats?" Mint asked.

"We are tasked to do so, lets. Miss Orion stay here." Vio said.

"Of course." Orion said. She watched as Vio and Mint went to check for any signs of danger, while Orion watched the landscape. It was pretty peaceful. But... The area was... Oddly quiet. She felt uneasy. She wanted to bolt out and find Mint and Vio. But she was told to stay put.

Eventually, minutes passed, and they hadn't returned, so she got away from the pod. And began to walk, before she knew it. She felt a cloth wrap her nose and mouth and she saw what seemed to be someone's manicured fingers clench around the cloth. She struggles and shushing was heard.

"Shh, shh. Be a doll and don't make this any harder, I don't want to clip a nail." A voice said.

Orion eventually went limp in the person's arms and her eyes fluttered.

In all of his years, the fearsome Frieza has been without a partner. He had no need for something trivial as that. He had done well without someone to bother him.

But... As the years passed and as the days passed and the seasons changed. He's gotten word on a... anomaly. A new development if you will. It was a... Female of his race? His father always told him the females have been dead for centuries and he had no hopes of extending the Frieza Races Genetics, and as King Cold died, he was left with the sinking despair of his species dying out due to the lack of females.

That is, until one of his spies found a Female Frieza Race on Old Namek and had followed them around so he had the grunt place a tracker on the Pod traveling through space. This led to the discovery of the female and her... Bodygaurds. So he devised a plan, a plan to take the female and finally make more of his species.

The female arrived to Earth and he took note that she was left behind, he ordered Zarbon to come and take her away. So here she was. Laying unconscious in a chair, tied to it. What a waste... A Waste of so many years. Just to find out the only female of his race was here the entire time. She was even more beautiful up close, he placed a hand under her chin and looked at her closely. Her eyes fluttered open and upon seeing Frieza she screams. She attempted to kick him away and Frieza looked unamused.

"Now, that's no way to treat your future mate." He would say, crossing his arms in disapproval. She blinked at him, looking around frantically.

"Where am I?" She asked.

"You're in your new home. Where else did you think you were at?" Sneered Frieza who was in his First Form, Orion squirmed and looked down.

"Please let me go... I need to go back to Vio and Mint..." Orion begs.

"No, how about this? You do realize how important you are, right?" Frieza asked, getting close to her face, "You're... The last of our race, a female. And as the only female of our Race, you are to provide me, and our entire race, a new lineage. That's all your good for... Breeding, and providing me a outlet for my desires."

Orion's eyes widened and she squirmed away. "What?! Are you nuts!? I don't want that!"

Frieza was getting frustrated, he was used to getting what he wants. And here she was, defying his wishes, usually when lower ranking soldiers defied him, he kills them on the spot. The only exception would be Zarbon and Dodoria, but he cannot kill Orion as she was the only female of his race left.

He stomped his foot, and growled. "You're being absolutely bratty! You're not giving into what I want! And as your superior I demand you to give me what I want!" Frieza shouts.

Orion felt uncomfortable.

"And if I want you to bear my children, you'll do as I say. And since I can't kill you, I can find other ways to ensure you listen, and if you don't... You'd wish you weren't born as a female in my own race."

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