#dragon ball franchise

[clonedchaos]

What Series Did You Get Into Dragon Ball?

So DBZ Kai came on Cartoon Network and oh my stars was I feeling nostalgic. I’m one of the kids that grew up with Kai and GT on Nickelodeon back in the day (yes I know it was the censored one but I wouldn’t have been in the fandom otherwise most likely lol). It got me curious, what series did everyone get into the franchise at?

[theeyebrowexpress]

Why has nobody drawn the “badness level” scene from Lilo and Stich but it’s Satan and Buu

[qutibahalfarouqitheclonetrooper]

This sprite of Broly from Dragon Ball Super Broly!

The Legendary Super Saiyan!

[fourcolour-ace]

friend @wuiche and i were chatting last night and she drew me this

gohan Gohan

[askstrangeweird]

Android 18 goes to Planet Namek

I know she doesn't really go there, but I figured she'd look good there, hope you like and think I'm right!

[skeleclown]

ZARBON MY BELOVED

I LOVE THIS MINOR VILLAIN SM BRUH

[zerochance]

Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension (1996)

Series: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z Platform: Nintendo ↪ Super Nintendo

Character Portraits

[keliharuza]

Dragon Ball Musical Adaptation

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qcextq-F0Rv6s-Mdo_B5lYT7D3kWq9MStBQFaRaL4oo/edit

WIP Dragon Ball Musical Adaptation Outline which I won't make into a full-on project because copyright and i started way too many projects already, but feel free to comment/suggest stuff

[jacob-the-human]

Spoilers for the Dragon Ball Super Manga!

[lindsayfrazerdraws]

[fourcolour-ace]

I always try to write them with this in mind.

i absolutely adore saiyan saga. it causes me so much pain in different ways

[fourcolour-ace]

DBZ Non-Combatant Gohan AU

Something we often talk about is how Gohan never had a choice.

In canon DBZ, a child was thrown(sometimes literally) into a world where everyone's fate was riding on him. A four-year-old child. We all know this.

Some months ago I asked myself, 'Well, what would have happened if he had been able to choose?'.

Which brings us to the(slightly improbable) alternate timeline in which Gohan had a normal childhood.

Imagine, if you will, the scene after the defeat of Raditz: Goku and his brother dead, onlookers have assembled, Piccolo is just about to grab that kid, but then Chichi arrives.

"There's no way you're taking my baby!" She's not about to let the reborn Demon King take her son, and by now it's become clear there's no arguing with Chichi. Piccolo has had his fill of human BS for the moment; he warns of a day when Gohan's strength will be needed to save the Earth, and leaves.

The fate of the planet now(as ever) rests on the shoulders of the deceased Goku. Chichi takes her son home and he starts kindergarten only a few days late.

I'm open to suggestions regarding the details of the big fights: my peers have told me the Z Fighters are "screwed" in the Saiyan saga without Gohan. Despite my years in this fandom, fights are not my forte(haha). For now, we just trust that the DBZ guys will always make it through, because they have to. The Saiyans, Frieza, the Androids and Cell: all are defeated without the son of Goku's help. I don't intend to have Majin Buu appear in this, no shade to fans of the Buu saga but things are too different by that stage of the story. Indeed, there is another layer to this will displease many: Goku and Chichi are separated.

This is no act of hatred towards GoChi, I assure you. I only wanted to make Gohan's lack of presence in combat more credible. I imagine as the years passed Chichi was ever more determined to keep her son off the battlefield, while Goku would most likely never give up on trying to train the boy. They aren't divorced, but live apart. Chichi moves with Gohan closer to the city so commuting to school will be less challenging, while Goku stays in Mount Paozu, where I imagine the Son family home becomes a bit of a Z Fighter hangout. By the time he's sixteen, Gohan hasn't seen his father in nearly a decade(though he did see most of the Cell Game broadcast). Goten fans worry not, your boy will still be born, just later.

So, when does Gohan join the fight? I'm not sure exactly, but know that there's no way to keep a Saiyan(even a half-blood) off the battlefield forever. He does meet his father at the 25th World Martial Arts tournament(I have a fun workaround for how they all found out it was happening), which is the big moment I always come back to when I ponder this AU. I won't take up too much more of your time with this post, but let me sketch it out for you:

Gohan and his high school friends are attending the tournament in order to cheer Videl on. Oddly enough, it is Vegeta who takes notice of the teen, with his uncannily familiar face.

"Kakarot, does that boy look Saiyan to you?"

"A Saiyan?" Goku looks in the direction that Vegeta indicates. "That's my son!"

So he calls out to him, the boy turns to see his father, and the die is cast. Nothing Chichi says will keep Gohan from learning his heritage now.

There's a whole lot more to this but it'll be coming in another post! Thanks for reading.

[jelly-fish-wishes]

Behold. My favourite Dragon Ball Super character.

[skeleclown]

bruh that fuzzfeet studio goku statue got me all fucked up fr

[fourcolour-ace]

I see the "Don't be misogynist" challenge continues to be impossible.

In all seriousness, angst has its place, but I do not get the impression that the fans you're describing are interested in what Pan's death would actually do to Gohan.

She's not worth anything to them unless she increases Gohan's power somehow.

There is a very disturbing trend of people in the fandom wanting to see Pan be murdered in order to completely break Gohan and have him go “Full Beast” and honestly? That’s beyond disgusting. The mentality behind this is repulsive. I’d suggest they be ashamed of themselves, but they clearly have no shame.

[scoots-canoe]

Tien in dragonball super (canon)