#saiyan hair is fun to draw

[latenight-ramen]

Rosé 🥀

[itsrhodi]

ok people are liking these so here's GT Goku as well :3c

im probably gonna at least color these w/ flats so wahoo!!

[shannonsketches]

Commission for @ronnieartistry of her Half-Saiyan OC Sweapea! I had so much fun working on this and I loved drawing and coloring her super floofy Saiyan hair.

Thank you Ronnie for your support, and for trusting me with Sweapea! 🙌 What a great OC.

If you'd like a commission of your own, slots are available on Ko-Fi !

Edit: I am SO sorry for misspelling her name in the watermark it is Sweapea!!

[tobiasdrake]

Kaioken strikes me as something that was done quite differently in the anime versus the manga, with the former going for a risky flash of power, and the later going full blown transformation, as well as insisting on stacking it with Super Saiyan forms in ways that end up ammounting to nothing...

Funnily enough, Toei doesn't get as much opportunity to play around with Kaio-ken as they might have liked. Goku uses it pretty extensively in the fights he's in between Nappa and Frieza, so they don't get much chance to bring it back in for a Playing the Hits moment.

Within the anime itself, I think that one punch he threw with Super Kaio-ken against Paikuhan is the only time he ever does one outside of the manga's rails.

Though they do get to have fun with it in the movies. World's Strongest, Tree of Might, and Lord Slug all see Goku fire up the Kaio-ken, though rarely with the degree of skill he brought to its mastery in the technique's later life.

You can really see the difference between Toriyama and Toei's creative philosophies with the Kaio-ken there, between Namek and Slug.

In his training on the way to Namek, Goku focused on hardening his body to resist the Kaio-ken's effects and learning to fire it on a hair trigger.

The basic Kaio-ken is still the only form of the technique that can comfortably be sustained for a long stretch of fighting. However, that no longer matters, because he's cultivated a new way of using it that allows him to reach greater heights.

Goku already gave us a glimpse of what that looks like when he fought the Ginyus, using regular strength and ki suppression.

This is different from when a suppressed character would suddenly release their ki and then the Scouter goes "FUCK NO" right in the PTO member's face. Goku arrived with 5k BP. And then he defeated Recoome with 5k BP. At no point until Ginyu arrives does he ever stop having 5k BP, and then only at Ginyu's request to see his full strength.

Burter and Jeice assume this was a fluke accident because that's the sort of conclusion you draw when you're so reliant on Scouter readouts. They saw Goku take Recoome down with their own eyes BUT THE SCOUTER SAYS

But Vegeta catches onto exactly how Goku is doing this.

Goku's ki flares up in the moment he strikes and then drops back down to conserve energy. He's flickering his ki suppression so fast that the Scouter doesn't even have time to register the change.

This is not the Kaio-ken. Uh. Probably. We'll never know when he uses Kaio-ken again. But whether he was using the technique or not, he was showing us what "bursts" look like.

Every second spent in Kaio-ken when not needed is wasted stamina and durability. So he taught himself how not to waste it. Consequently, Goku can sustain a multiplier of x10 by flaring it just like this, which he does throughout the Frieza battle, without ever showing it.

It's a surprise reveal that Goku's already using KKx10 because his flickering of the technique has prevented it from being noticeable. Except to Kaio.

These guys aren't present for the fight and are just spitballing ideas. Yamcha grasped at the "What about Goku's weighted gear?" straw a moment ago.

But the omniscient perspective of the audience is present, and we've seen what Goku looks like fighting. There's been no big dramatic shout of "KAIO-KEN TIMES ABOOBUHBLOO!" He has a battle aura at times, but that by itself isn't enough to indicate Kaio-ken.

And yet this is probably Goku x10 getting kicked in the face.

This reveal took Toei by surprise as much as it did the audience. "Wait, was this Kaio-ken?" is a much easier thing to sell in the black and white color scheme of the manga. The one guy who said Goku hasn't been using Kaio-ken isn't present to watch the fight, so it's entirely possible that he's been visibly flaring red with every burst.

Piccolo, Gohan, and Krillin never get tripped up by this the way Ten does. And, y'know, they sense ki so they're probably feeling each flareup.

The halcyon days of Goku roaring with Kaio-ken and suddenly burning with its power are gone; He's beyond it. He's internalized KKx10 as a natural part of his motions, like moving his wrist in a certain way when throwing a punch.

Except when he panics and goes to x20 out of pure desperation.

A tragic and costly mistake that, much like with Vegeta, leaves Goku extremely vulnerable and unable to continue defending himself.

It's hard to say what Goku should or should not do, as Frieza truly is an incomprehensible menace. He's exactly what Kaio warned about when he freaked out on Goku about "ABSOLUTELY NOT! UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES! DO NOT FUCK WITH FRIEZA!"

But he probably shouldn't have done that. Goku actually managed to do some damage to Frieza with that, to be sure.

We see Frieza scuffed and bleeding. But he blew out his body doing it.

Much like with KKx4 against Vegeta, KKx20 hit Goku a lot harder than it did Frieza. He probably would have been better off keeping to the KKx10 bursts.

And then we have Lord Slug. The movie that tried to steal the thunder of Goku's Super Saiyan transformation by hitting theaters right before Goku's transformation in the manga and having him go Super Saiyan first. Or. Uh. Trying to, at least.

This is all very complicated and intricate, and conveys a technique that's simple in nature and yet complex to master. Goku has pushed the Kaio-ken far beyond what even its creator ever imagined, because that's what Goku does. He is a martial arts master.

This is the sort of stuff you think about when you're writing for Goku as a writer.

Toei or, more specifically, the people making the anime, don't think about the story like writers, however. They think about it like animators. Because they're animators. Their job is to animate. This is where a lot of the disconnection between manga and anime comes from, as Toei tends to pay more attention to what will be cool to animate over narrative consistency or storytelling.

The movie Lord Slug also pushes the Kaio-ken to new heights with. Um.

...

Whatever this is.

Piccolo gives Goku his ki, and Goku flares up into the Kaio-ken.

And then Goku's KK aura burns with the fiery visages of Goku and Piccolo himself working together as bros.

Which makes him vastly more powerful. Originally, this was intended to be Kaio-ken x100 and in fact you still see that number passed around in supplementals and shit. It's in the Japanese trailer for the film but they took it out of the official release.

And then Goku hits Slug really super hard with the power of the ultimate Kaio-ken for a Piccolo-Daimao Playing the Hits moment.

It looks super cool, was probably a ton of fun to animate, and works perfectly with no drawbacks of any kind.

But it's also. Y'know. Kinda dumb, with no explanation given for why Piccolo's ki suddenly allows Goku to hit KKx100.

Which may be why they took Goku shouting "x100!" out of the official release, but then we're left with the basic Kaio-ken one-shotting Slug, when before he got serious he was merely being pressured by the Super Saiyan Kinda. Goku needs the x100 multiplier for this moment to work. But also. That's ridiculous.

Looks fucking cool, though. Great animation, Toei.

[layingeggs]

Uh oh Dragon Ball negativity I'm going to be negative about Dragon Ball.

It's crazy how, as Akira Toriyama's health and ability to draw declined in his life, the artists who admired him most and followed in his footsteps, never bother learning to emulate his earlier stronger work and are content only to emulate his later weaker work instead.

You look at Dragon Ball Super and Dragon Ball Daima. Like, yeh, Toriyama can't draw anymore. And a lot of these new characters, have a lot more shortcuts taken in their character design and are a lot more friendly to draw for an old person with arthritis and memory problems who has to look it up on the wiki to remember exactly what the character looks like.

And like, I sympathise for Toriyama. But he's not the lead artist for Dragon Ball anymore? He hasn't been for a long time?

Dragon Ball Super was, I think, actually made by the guy who made the old infamous Dragon Ball doujins where Goku went Super Saiyan 7 and had long white hair and was cast in godly energy?

Someone who's been drawing Dragon Ball for that long, and has had that long to percolate story concepts, is now in charge of the show, and has no desire to bring the art direction back to the standard of quality of old school Dragon Ball, is simply happy forever to make something that feels like a cheap but fun doujin.

It's just sad isn't it?

And I especially think of this any time I see Bulma.

Bulma is a huge character for this. Every time I see DBS or DBD Bulma, I'm always thinking, wow! She used to be so pretty! What happened to her?

And every time I see Dragon Ball Bulma, or early DBZ Bulma, I think, wow! She's so pretty! I'm actually surprised that Toriyama used to be able to draw pretty girls in a way that you'd expect to see in shoujo manga!

I mean, let's be honest. Dragon Ball is pretty misogynistic. I love Dragon Ball, but it's hugely misogynistic.

But Toriyama clearly studied the contemporary art trends for how to depict a cute girl in a stylish feminine way. He must have been reading shoujo manga. I would be shocked if he wasn't. Or at least doing what the shoujo artists were doing, watching loads of Chinese films and basing his manga girls off of beautiful Chinese celebrities and actresses.

And it's not just Bulma, you can't just say oh well it's because Bulma's old now in the fiction. Because even the young girl characters just don't look as pretty anymore. And the flashbacks to young Bulma, she just looks very plain and stocky, but actual DB and early DBZ Bulma has a softness to her that's very appealing.

And it was the whole art style. It wasn't just Bulma. Goku also had a softness to him that was very appealing.

And it's crazy to me, that someone could grow up loving Dragon Ball, growing up loving Toriyama, get there foot into the industry through making Dragon Ball doujins, and all you ever draw is Goku powering up and going Super Saiyan?

You never once draw any of Toriyama's cute girls? :c

And that's before we even get into the decline of the background art. And the decline of the machinery art. And the decline of the fashion.

WHEN was the last time YOU SAW Goku wearing a hat or a jacket that had the words "SON GOKU" embroidered or printed on them?

I know that young Toriyama was a beast. I know that it's very rare for an artist to have all of the skills that Toriyama had. Even Toriyama himself didn't have those skills for very long!

But it's just so depressing that Dragon Ball Super was a labour of love, and all of the love went into making it canon that power levels don't matter anymore, instead of any of the actual important stuff.

I would really much rather Dragon Ball just be laid to rest.

[saiyansimp]

Dating (some of) the Z-Fighters…

Goku:

You probably met while training! Maybe you met at a tournament and put up a valiant fight against him, or you ran into him in a remote yet gorgeous training spot outdoors. Either way you hit it off immediately! If you aren’t a fighter, then you probably were set up on a blind date through Bulma lmao

You aren’t able to spend much time together, but when you’re on dates or training together you feel like you’re in heaven. He makes you feel so incredibly special: I like to think that since the Cell Saga, he’s learned that not everyone is inherently a fighter and that’s okay! He makes sure to take an interest in your interests no matter what they are 

Cooking. Lots of cooking. Or eating takeout. I’d say you can look forward to leftovers but I doubt there’ll be any lmao

Lots of laughter, whether intentional or not. Mans is a huge goofball and always tries to make you laugh, but some of his funniest moments are just him acting as his usual self hehe, he's so nonchalant when telling you stories about his past you can't help but laugh at how casually he describes getting shot and dying lmao

His love language is definitely touch! He’s very clingy so get ready for cuddles in the middle of the night after a looong training session, arms wrapped around your waist as you cook breakfast, or even just holding your hand as you walk down the street together!

I feel like he’d absolutely LOVE theme parks as a date, but he’d definitely force you to go on the biggest rollercoasters / death drop rides so be warned

Also enjoys any type of outdoorsy activity with you! Rock climbing, nature walks, even just fishing with you! Be ready to cook whatever he catches though

Despite not always being present he’s a 10/10 BF hehe

Vegeta

Cracks knuckles

You’d probably have to be the first one to make a move if you saw him at a coffee shop or a party and found him cute, even after you give him your number he waits like two weeks to text you

Once you two start dating though he switches his attitude REAL quick

He’d never admit it, but unlike Goku, he definitely prioritizes your dates and pleasing you over training. He’ll be in the middle of sparring with Goku and remember that you two have a date soon and make up a lame excuse to leave (probably claiming he’s hurt Goku enough for the time being or something along those lines) before dipping lmao

I love the headcanon that Saiyans love strong women because even if you’re not physically strong, if you’re snarky enough you and geets are gonna have LOTS of fun

Bullying is his love language.It’s constant but if you try and return it at all he’ll get all defensive and pissy 

Can talk about your inferiority all day but you make a single height joke? Nope. He’s done he’s out go apologize to him Right Now

Actual love language is quality time! He’s not great with words or PDA but will always go shopping with you or take you out to eat. And don’t you dare think about paying how could you even think to damage his ego like that

Very cuddly in private though, won’t ask for it he’ll just sit at the edge of your shared couch/bed and stare at you until you go over to him and wrap your arms around him, running a hand through his hair. 

If you’re an artist do NOT draw him/paint him/etc. unless you want his ego to increase exponentially

Krillin

I feel like If You Are A Woman, then you’re Krillin’s type. 

Absolutely the type to make you food / homemade gifts to express affection even if they’re not great. You love them all anyways! He tries to make your favorite meal one day and it tastes burnt and raw but you can’t let him know that so you eat absolutely as much as you can without puking

You probably met by both being friends with either Bulma or Chi-Chi and therefore spent a lot of time at Kame house. Definitely a friends to lovers situation

Which adds an even more stable ground to your relationship! You’ve got friendship and history that makes your relationship even better, inside jokes that date back to before you were dating

Like Goku, he’s also a huge joker. Probably even more than Goku, but definitely more purposeful with his jokes and with

One of his go-to jokes is trying on brightly colored wigs and it never fails to leave you howling

Will literally do anything you ask him to, he just wants to make you happy. You need him to drive you somewhere? Hes on his way. You need cuddles? Always. You need to vent? Hes all ears.

pleasepleasePLEASE dont take advantage of this trait

Piccolo

HEAR ME OUT HEAR ME OUT…. Even though Piccolo is akin to plants in that he’s green and only requires water to survive, there are certain types of plants that do reproduce sexually! 

Piccolo absolutely values intellect and morality over looks but hes a tough nut to crack so you’d better be in it for the long haul

Lots of your dates are just sitting under trees together meditating, reading or sitting in silence 

Piccolos love language is absolutely gift giving and hes amazing at it. He knows what you want/need before you do. You wake up one morning and think to yourself about how you could use a cute new outfit and by the end of the day there’s a new dress on your bed that looks amazing on you. He also LOVES making you breakfast in bed, or any meal really if you’re too exhausted from your day to cook.

Don’t get me wrong, he can be intimate. He’s just emotionally constipated alright ! But when he opens up you better be ready to listen bc not many get that privilege 

Absolute freak in bed 

You have to be willing to get along with Gohan. Non-negotiable. If you start dating while Gohan’s a kid, you absolutely go on dates together with Gohan tagging along like your adopted child. If he’s older, then the three of you regularly get together to catch up and maybe act as adoptive grandparents to Pan!

[dballzposting]

HI i had a horrible dragon ball thought and thought i should send it to you because i haven't done that in a long time :(

love stumbling across screenshots that remind me that akira toriyama doesn't give a shit about canonical heights EVER and just says numbers when asked and doesn't follow said numbers.

Like i was taking a peep at the manga because i want to learn how to replicate the art style (my most serious art has already been damaged by the dragon balls i draw and i say it like... damaged. but i don't mean that i think thats a good thing because thats what i want) and i find these bits from the 23rd tenkaichi budokai where Yamcha (6'0") and Tien (6'2") are both like a head taller than Goku (5'9") which... no they aren't lol. but it's fun to think that they are so I'll incorporate that into my belief system regardless.

And i also found this one picture from the end of the anime (equally inaccurate about numbers which i find delightful. i am incredibly amused by this.) where Goten (??) is like also a head shorter than Trunks (5'7"? probably, that's how tall future him was at that age idk man who fucking knows. not me.) which would probably put Goten at like... Vegeta height in terms of dragon ball inaccuracies because 17 year old Future Trunks was depicted as being considerably taller than his father in canon.

And that's generally insane because as far as i'm aware Goten is usually depicted to be vaguely taller than Trunks when they grow up to what should be their full heights in fan works? which is fair because Trunks is REALLY doing his best with what he has (Vegeta dna)

Also about Trunk's height- future Trunks (malnourished by saiyan standards... and probably earthling standards too) is really only 5 cm shorter than Goku?? which is not even much actually, Future Trunks is about as tall as LIONEL MESSI which, sure I'm Argentinian and that's my like referent for short men sue me... but that's hilarious because Goku is only 5 cm taller than that like what. and adult Gohan is only 6 cm taller than that! because he's only a single fucking centimeter taller than Goku! why is he only a fucking centimeter taller than his father. who even cares about that. him? probably not.

Also to expand onto the Vegeta Height Goten thing, that'd be so funny personally because i feel like the second neurotic ass SON OF VEGETA Trunks notices this he would tear his own hair out, i think he would resent that fact with everything he had. i don't even quite know why he would hate it yet, but i do know that he wouldn't be a fan of it.

But of course none of this fucking matters. because akira toriyama is a bitchass motherfucker and if i had a wife he would piss on her.

-Yui7 after getting back from talking about Dragon ball and how much he misses Goku for like a half a day.

Hi I forgot about this ask and it has sat in my inbox for 9 slutty slutty days.

IT'S TRUE!!!!!! THE HEIGHTS ARE A MESS!!!!!!

To be fair it must be hard to give a shit when you're depicting multiple characters in complex scenes and poses and angles all of the time.

BUT THEN WHY TRY TO DISCLOSE NUMBERS AT ALL !??!?!??!

I get the impression that he just draws characters as they feel. Even though Goku went through a growth spurt before the 23rd tenkaichi budokai, he's still younger than the others and he's still always been an aspiring young shoot, so Tenshinhan and Yamucha still need to be taller (and therefore more mature) than him.

That's why Vegeta steadily got taller as he gained wisdom and muscle mass.... he had to look more important.

Goten is kept shorter than Trunks consistently, except in GT I feel like they're allowed to be on-par. But they're both definitely taller than Vegeta I mean come on.

If the real meaning comes from visual impressions then I'll be on record as saying that watching Future Trunks on-screen you definitely see one TALL STACK of fresh organic non-GMO free-range Super Saiyan BEEF. Perhaps he should be shorter like his father. But when have animes cared about genetics

Trunks is always a tall bitch and Goku is always so tall and Gohan is always so tall and Goten even is so tall. They're all so tall. And then they keep making Vegeta taller too.

Krillin just has no chance

[magenta-racer]

Genderbend/Rule 63: Turles And Aubera

Felt inspired to create these genderbend designs after seeing JuneReito's amazing artwork.

I always have fun drawing Saiyan's hair, also I love how M!Aubera looks like OG Tora, but with hair bangs and let it loose. :)

Dragon Ball franchise and Turles © Akira Toriyama.

Aubera, genderbend designs and art © Me.

[toonqueen]

Figuring Out Who to Play in Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 lolol

Okie I bought Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 but need to decide what character to make for it. My main OC Avoca looks like she is Super Saiyan  4 but is just a normal level while like that. SHE WAS JUST BORN THAT WAY. I saw Xenoverse doesn’t have the ability to make your char look SSJ4 in base so I was thinking of playing one of her adult kids in the game instead. *Cough* The Dad is a version of Future Trunks of course. *Cough*

BUT THEN I also found out in Xenoverse,  Trunks used the Dragon Balls to wish for a powerful warrior and thats why your character shows up.   For some reason I found this more funny than just the Kaioshin of Time asking you to work for her because- just imagine being wished somewhere by an alt-timeline version of your Dad like WHAT lol. Anyways, I thought it would be a fun thing to use to explore each kid’s personality. How they would react to an alt-version of their Dad wishing for a powerful warrior and then them showing up. Maybe it will help me decide which kid I should play in Xenoverse 2 lol. 

Hell, I'll put up a poll to help me decide too lol.

INFO ON EACH OF THEM UNDER THE CUT.

Boxer

He is supposed to have a sweet Samwise face I just can't draw sweet people WEH.

With light purple hair and blue eyes he’s obviously related to Trunks. His hair cut is even pretty close to Trunks. (It's more like Gohan’s bowl cut on Namek.) However Boxer wouldn’t say ANYTHING. He’d pretend like “NOPE THIS ISN’T ODD AT ALL.” I would also headcanon that Trunks finds this obvious too but also does not say anything. So it's gonna be awkward. Boxer will not get up in Trunks business though and treat him as any other acquaintance. He would very dutifully follow orders and help any way he can. 

I keep thinking about what Trunks would think in this situation lol. Long story short, Avoca is technically related to Goku. So Trunks could see Boxer and not think ‘this is my future son from an alt timeline’ he can also think ‘this is me from an alt timeline where Goku was my father instead of Vegeta????’ Boxer does have softer face features l sooo… anyways lots of internal screaming from poor Trunks.

Boxer is technically personality wise supposed to be a perfect blend of his Mom’s and Trunks’ personalities but I can totally see Chronoa witnessing Boxer and Trunks sharing the same brain cell a lot lol. 

Jock

And he’s gonna be the complete opposite of Boxer. While he is 6’4, dark purple hair, and yellow eyes- He could pass off NOT being related to Trunks. However, he would just tell Trunks right away he’s a son from an alt timeline. He would call Trunks ‘Pops’ and be his wingman. While at the same time having Trunks’ back, he would also pick on him like the same way he would tease his siblings.  

Jock has a huge dislike for gods and angels but will behave for Chronoa since a version of his father is there. Anyways, he’s here for a fun time and won’t stir up trouble. But also won’t tell anyone he has a time machine on him. Lol. Maybe he’ll tell Trunks if there is an emergency. 

I headcanon that Trunks in general, though proud of his Saiyan heritage, at the same time would keep the ‘being royal family’ on the down low. Jock on the other hand, very loud about it. Also one of his jackets has a combo of the Capsule Corp and Saiyan royal symbol painted on the back because why not. 

Olive Twins/Seelie

I DIDN'T DRAW THEM BOTH CUZ THEY ARE TWINS they are gonna look the same anyways it was hard to draw the same thing TWICE.

Olivia and Oliver have the ability to stay fused as long as they like so I would play them as their fusion named Seelie probably. With black hair and teal eyes they aren’t obviously related to Trunks. They would not say anything but would also be little gremlins about it. They would be very protective of Trunks. Also they would very much block anyone who isn’t like their mother from hitting on Trunks. LOL. They can easily be bribed to stop doing that though with any treats or trinkets they have never seen before.  

As I write this I realize Jock would totally help this alt Xeno Trunks get a date with anyone not like his Mom because he doesn’t want another HIM around. While the twins are very loyal to their Mom, only someone Mom like can see their Dad. Did I mention the twins are like goblins? I just picture them making those clicking noises like house cats do when watching birds when anyone they don’t like gets near Trunks. LAWD.

Their Fusion doesn’t look much different from each other since they're twins. Makes them taller lol.  But the fusion does take on more SSJ4 features like their mother has. YES I KNOW THE GAME CAN’T DO SSJ4 features but I’d figure something out weh. 

Brawler

He wouldn’t obviously look related to Trunks - blue eyes but black hair. He has his face though but maybe it’s not noticeable under his long black hair and bangs lol. Though when he goes to Super Saiyan it's more noticeable. Brawler would not say anything about being technically related to Trunks. He wouldn’t want to influence anything in whatever different timeline this Trunks is from. I’d say out of all the siblings he is the most calm. He’d also not be much different in behavior than Boxer would have. Maybe less stressed than Boxer would be. Lol. He would be a pacifist if he could but you know how LIFE IS. 

Brawler is more of a reverse Zamasu where he really likes people in general. A very Doctor Who vibe but uh, much more introverted than Doctor Who. LOL. He is very much wanting to help people but uses a different name when he helps someone because he doesn’t want to be perceived. He has that extroverted introvert energy going for him. I already have a list of different names he would use while on different planets/timelines/universes when helping people: Ajax, Orion, Eschalot, Ascher, Dechard, Sync, Kyrios - and I’m sure I can come up with more. If I use him in Xenoverse 2 I’ll probably do Orion or Ajax. WE’LL SEE. I do love how clever I was doing Brawler though. IT HAS AN UNDERWEAR WORD IN IT SEE. But still fits with his brothers Jock and Boxer so FRIKIN CLEVER.

Anyways thats all I got. lol. It took me too long to write this AHHH. I'm also working on profiles at refsheet.net

[paladin-of-nerd-fandom65]

Pretty good answers, you can take a break from answering my questions they aren’t going anywhere lol take as long as you need :)

1: some ppl give the superfamily different “abilities” instead of the typical kryptonian power set to separate them, besides Chris does the rest of the family have different powers? For example I can see Jon having super saiyan red/orange hair that can boost his heat vision or can create a mini sun to heal or boost his family’s power.

2: since Chris likes spider-man, does he ever “web swing” across the city using his dark powers? Plus tie up bad guys using the dark powers too? I can see him tying up bad guys by the feet upside down hanging from a lamp post and spinning them around XD

3: any thoughts of making the duo wear matching outfits with the starburst name/logo on the front?

4: does mar’i do the same stuff as Jake like in previous asks? Does slapstick like the three stooges, aims for the crotch on a 10, uses the Nightwing sticks, etc…

5: let’s say Kon/Tim is sleeping on the couch, what would they do as a prank? Draw on their face, fart on their face, put shaving cream on their hand and tickle their nose with something, belly flop on top of them, etc…

6: not a question but a fanfic idea: overusing the Nightwing entity causes Chris to act similar to Spider-Man while wearing the venom suit creating a meaner & maybe evil Chris; Jake and Chris battle it out in the rain with Chris brutally hurting Jake close to death. Right before he delivers the killing blow, Chris has flashbacks of him and Jake doing fun stuff, Chris at the last second takes back control and holds Jake and cries that he is sorry.

1. Well Conner canonically has what’s called Tactile Telekinesis which allows him to hold a whole variety of objects and items with his mind in mid air, Kara can also probably channel a bio electric aura around her for an extra layer protection against energy or even magic attacks even though it can mess around with her heat vision abilities and finally to say Mon El, he had the ability to detect points on either a humanoid body or on select architecture that he can use to either strike or climb up (akin to Karnak from the Inhumans). The sole one whose powers are somewhat either enhanced or a near copy of Clark’s power set is Jon.

2. More likely it’s Jake who uses his grappling hooks akin to swing Spidey style as his ability of flight isn’t as pronounced as his sister’s. Any flight he achieves has to have a running and dropping start to them; basically any short flight he gets being a sort of natural wing suit on him. Now as for Chris webbing up crooks of all sorts via the shadows on their legs, I can probably see that in addition to a sticky note left for the cops to pick up says crooks that reads “Bad Guy(s)” just like how his teacher Dick does it

3. While a certain possibility for very rare occasions like say an actual multiverse Crisus event, they wear enough blue on their individual outfits already and yet those respective splashes of burnt orange and yellow keep them distinct. So, matching outfits is possible but not entirely probable and necessary.

4. A little bit but she has her own tiny touches and takes things that distinguish her from her brother. Mainly shed lean more on sitcom snark and ‘high brow’ comedy akin to what Grandpa Alfred showed her (Probably shows including “Blackadder” and “Are You Being Served?”) as opposed to slapstick. For her combat prowess, less likely to go from hits below the belt but a tad bit more vicious in taking down villains and she primarily uses her starbolts and enhanced strength along with Tamaranean fighting styles her Mother taught her and back

5. Jake’s go to mischief technique in these cases is a trick her sister and him have learn from their Father since the latter was all too fond of doing it during his days at the circus; take a small marker and doodle of silly and funny drawings on any part of the sleeping person that’s sticks out of the blankets. Chris quickly picked up on it ever since he was about 8 and anytime either of them happened to be awake first thing in the morning can their respective Uncle for Jake and Big Brother for Chris are dead asleep, they’ll wake up later to find some ink on them. And it’s not just the faces either….let’s just say if they to wear socks that night, there’s a 50/50 chance that those socks would be off them and sure enough there’s some doodles there as well.

6. It’s certainly a tempting enough story arc I can see happening with a minor tweak or two. Mainly, it’s the Flamebird entity being tapped into by Thara Ak Var that tends on being the berserker of the two ancient deities due to its more appropriately firery nature as opposed to the more cold and dark Nightwing. That said, I see Chris losing control of his powers and temperament being a consequence of all of the Nightwing entity’s bearers since mere mortals, even Kryptonians, aren’t immune to the entity’s presence affecting their minds with continuous overuse overtime. So with that, Chris after the battle makes a vow to no longer solely rely on the Nightwing entity for emergencies during superhero fights. The entity itself understands this and even encourages Chris to find other ways to save the day of possible.

Thanks for your patience, friend. It’s appreciated @gothicghost2000

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball Super 115

Tonight’s Episode: Kefla Whoops Goku’s ass!

Last time, Goku had defeated Caulifla and Kale, but they had a secret weapon up their sleeves!  Well, I think Caulifla was keeping hers in her belt/sash thing, really.  Turns out Champa gave them Potara Earrings before the tournament started, with instructions to put them on late in the tournament.  So now we’ve got Kefla, and if she’s anything like Vegito, then Goku is in deep trouble.

Kefla’s only real weakness seems to be that it takes her a bit to get used to how overwhelmingly powerful she is.  When she leaps at Goku, she overshoots him, for instance.  But it doesn’t take her long to get used to her body.  Come to think of it, Vegito had a similar period of adjustment. 

Although... when Vegito returned in Episode 66, he was ready to rock right out of the gate.  I guess that only makes sense, seeing as it was the second time Goku and Vegeta fused.  Still, it’s kind of weird to think about how Vegito remembers being two different guys, then being Vegito, then separating again, then being Vegito again after a number of years.  I guess it’s no different from all the times Gotenks has shown up, but I’m used to thinking of Gotenks as a temporary thing.  Vegito is too, apparently, but I still think of him as this one-and-for-all deal that just happened to cancel out. 

Anyway, Kefla’s putting the boots to Goku, and she’s only in base form. 

What’s she doing--?  AW SHIT!  IT’S THE GIANT SWING!

Okay, so she does have the hair tie from Kale.  I’ve seen fan artists draw Kefla with her hair “down” and I never understood what they were getting that from.  Anyway, the audience is counting the swings.  Goku’s dizzy as hell right now! 

Arrgh! The centrifugal force!  Chris Jericho tapped out to this once.  But Goku won’t because he’s not fighting Cell this time he knows Universe 7 is counting on him!

She just keeps swinging his ass!   While we’re waiting, here’s KISS with the hit song, “She”. 

Meanwhile, Beerus complains about the use of Potara being illegal.  Champa doesn’t see the problem, and the Grand Zenos think it’s cool, so that makes it legal. 

So Beerus demands to use Potara earrings himself, and mugs Shin. Whis points out that there’s a risk to this.  If Androids 17 and 18 fuse, for example, they might get an incredible warrior out of it (Shin calls this “Android 35″).  However, if that fused fighter makes a mistake and gets eliminated, then they lose two fighters in one stroke. 

Meanwhile, Vegeta is still fighting Top, and he keeps getting distracted by how powerful Kefla is.  Top offers to eliminate him so he can watch the action from the bench, and then he puts the squeeeeeeeeze on Vegeta, which is nice, because it’s always fun to see him get worked over.

Meanwhile... yuck!  Gohan and Piccolo are fighting U6′s Namekians, and Pilina does the long-arm bit, and Gohan just stomps right through it!  That’s messed up!

I mean, he can grow it back, of course.  They’re just like the U7 Namekians.  Really, the only awkward thing is that Pilina wears gloves, which means he has to go find his severed arm and get the glove.  Well, maybe he Clothes Beamed himself a new glove.  All we really see is him putting it on. 

Meanwhile, while Universes 3, 4, 7, and 11 aren’t interested in exploiting fusion, Universe 2 decides to give it a shot, and Helles tosses Potara earrings to Zarbuto and Rabanra.  Things immediately look bad when Zarbuto can’t get his on because he’s too dumb to remove his helmet. 

Then Kefla charges through them while fighting Goku, and the Potara are shattered.  Easy come, easy go, Helles concludes.

Meanwhile, 18 has an owie, and Catopesra shows up to capitalize.

But 17 shows up to bail her out.  Aww...

Meanwhile, Goku finally manages to reach Super Saiyan Blue.  As before, this is probably something he wasn’t quite ready to try yet.  Remember, Jiren kicked Goku’s ass in Episode 110 and he’s been fighting Caulifla and Kale to try to get back in the groove as he recovers. So he’s not just sandbagging in lower forms to drag this fight out.  He probably couldn’t turn Blue until somewhere around this moment. 

But Kefla turns Super Saiyan, so Goku’s probably still at a disadvantage here.  That’s the power of fusion.  Speaking of fusion, the dub keeps referring to it as “merging” in this episode, which seems odd to me, since they called it “fusion” almost exclusively before.  It’s like there was some directive from Toei about it, but I can’t imagine why.  Maybe someone wanted to restrict “fusion” to the Fusion Dance as opposed to the Potara thing.

Not a whole lot for me to say here.  They shoot rapid fire ki blasts and go to town on each other...

Vegeta finally manages to overpower Top, but he doesn’t eliminate him, so either he knows Top’s still got a lot left in him, or he’s too distracted by Super Kefla to think straight.

Eventually, Goku has to use Kaio-ken to keep up, but he still keeps up.  At one point he does an Instant Transmission to fake Kefla out, then reappears in the same spot to land a blow.  Nice twist on the technique after Caulifla had his usual tactics scouted. 

But ultimately, Kefla gets the better of him, and lands a heavy kick to the side of Goku’s head. 

He’s down.  Kefla congratulates him for putting up such a great fight, but it’s over, and all that’s left is to throw him out of the ring.

Or.... not.  Goku rises to his feet and says he won’t give up.  He’s still got some fight left in him.  So Kefla throws some more ki blasts at him and...

Uh-oh!

Uh-ohhhhhh!

Uh-ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

[h4r3-h4r3]

Bless you for doing the lord’s work and giving us good Cumber food 🙏 not enough people give him the love he deserves so you, my friend, are a diamond

This also fills me with immense joy. Cumber has so much potential. He’s a big feral saiyan that punches like a freight train. And parts of his design (face mask and restraint jacket) combine iconic characteristics from some of my favorite villains: Hannibal Lecter and Bane.

He’s got a lot of fun shapes too: jagged ripped up clothes, scruffy tail, dark angry eyes, huge hedgehog hair…😚👌 *chef’s kiss*.

Plus there’s his story potential of being an ancient saiyan with ties to Yamoshi and SSG.

In summary: This character was made for me.

Fellow Cumber fans: Feel free to drop a suggestion for future art of him! Because he is incredibly fun to draw and I am easily persuaded.

[pleasantspark]

Little Kuriza - Chapter Three (Mama's Boy) Frieza x Saiyan! OC (Orion) + Kuriza Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance(?), Thriller Tropes: Part of the Little Kuriza Series. Warnings: Smut/Suggestive Content AUs Utilized: Overhaul AU

"You've been gaining a lot of weight..." Commented the Voice of the Elite Soldier of Frieza, Zarbon. Orion's eyes turned to face the male and she could see a hint of disgust in his eyes. Orion rolled her eyes.

"I just, had a bunch of pancakes." She dismisses.

"Yeah, you really must love pancakes, huh?" Zarbon asked sarcastically before flipping his hair off his shoulder and walking away.

"Asshole, just because something doesn't fall within your idea on what counts as beauty doesn't mean I will follow this halfassed standard." Orion snaps.

Zarbon chuckles. "Believe me, if I want to be lectured by a fat cow, I would either ask Dodoria or Berryblue, you're just incapable of saying no."

Orion tried to open her mouth for a argument but found Zarbon to have walked out.

Fucking pompous prick.

Orion went to the scale and sighed, she wondered for awhile about her weight, the comments and making fun of has gone too far, Zarbon occasionally kept talking behind her back, and she's been self concious, so she invested in a scale, she also cut back on the urge to eat. But with her Saiyan Roots and somehow needing to eat more and more. With the urge to eat far more.

She was starting to feel a little nervous. She was scared she would be fatter than her usual weight. And that Frieza would think she was too ugly for him. She went on the scale and took a deep breath. Once she heard the beep, she braced herself and looked down.

180lbs.

That was far much, 15 pounds more? She cut back last we-

She felt lightheaded, and nearly broke the counter from how hard she was clenching it. She felt nauseous these past few weeks after her time with Frieza and couldn't figure out the cause.

She was probably catching some STD...

Why would the STD make her fat, dizzy and-

She lurches forward vomiting in the toilet. Groaning. Her hands shake as she felt nauseous.

"Shit..."

Was she pregnant?

She couldn't possibly be pregnant. She tried to be as careful as possible but it wasn't enough apparently... She couldn't be so sure if she was pregnant. She needed to take a test.

She sobbed, she looked at the pregnancy test. She was pregnant. She couldn't believe this. Orion was scared. What was she going to tell Frieza? She didn't know what she was going to tell him. She didn't want anything to do with Frieza anymore. She was scared.

She wiped away her tears and gets up. She was going to tell Frieza that she didn't want to be with him at all. She shuddered. Yeah, she'll tell Frieza, she will.

Kuriza sat down on the couch after watching a fifth show, he was so bored. He found his auburn eyes wandering towards the door and oftentimes he told himself not to disobey his mothers wishes, and he would.

But was it really too bad to peek?

Curiosity is a Temptation and Temptation is a sin.

But damn, sin is hard to resist.

He heard footsteps approach and the sound of swearing and he immediately got up and ran instinctively in the closet nearby, he noticed from the crack of the closet that the door opened and a figure that looked similar to him. His eyes followed the male.

"Shit, why is she avoiding me... Maybe I can see if there's something this stupid monkey is hiding." The male walked around the room observing the room, he picked up some objects and some... of his stuff. He noticed how the male's features matched his own, and how he effortlessly narrowed his eyes the way he did when inspecting things.

"I didn't know this monkey was interested in pathetic science things..." He scoffs, Kuriza took offense to that as he found science to be the greatest thing to be ever made.

The male walked up to the fridge where most of his drawings were displayed on. "Drawings that were made by a child? Does she have a child? Does she have my child? If so, why didn't she tell me... That monkey..." He snaps.

Kuriza found himself not liking this man already, he didn't find the fact of this man potentially being his father even good either, he's calling his mother a monkey and disrespecting his hobbies as well. He wanted nothing more to yell at him, to snap at him and tell him off, but he wanted to listen to his mother.

After awhile the male searched all throughout the suite and came up empty handed. He huffs. "She might just be watching a kid, no signs of kids here."

He then left the room, once he was sure the man was gone, Kuriza emerges from the closet... Completely scared. He knew he had to confront his mother now. There was a chance this man was his father and he was not risking any lies.

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[radiomonkeys2]

Berserkers Clash: Djuggesh vs Nappa

(By Salvamakoto)

Nappa, the Saiyan elite, vs Djuggesh, Yulaan's close friend and berserker-kommando

Two monkeys engaging in a bloody bit of cross-universal fun! The two berserker juggernauts stand off against one another. It can only logically end with something gory, like one of them beating the other to death with their own detached arm

These days, despite how much the two verses tonally clash, I figured that since Dragon Ball is a bigger draw, I will likely have characters from the Yabanverse crossover into the Dragonverse just for fun and profit

And no, Djuggesh is not a Super Saiyan God; referring to the original infographic at the top, Yabans have more hair colors than just black. Seeing as one of the inspirations back in 2018 was that, in fleshing out their culture and society, Saiyans and thus Yabans wound up coming off as quasi-fascistic in many ways (before I came up with Titanism that is), so I went with black, white, and red as their primary color scheme in general, like the Sith and, you know, the Chaplin Mustache Man's regime. I've toyed with the idea of Yabans having even more hair colors than that. Predominantly it'll be black, but perhaps brown and blue ought to be included. Because they're gene-modded by a god, the rules of the Getabaru are not totally applicable to the Yabans.

"But what are the IRL reasons for the female Yabans going topless so often?"

Answer:

Spare me a doubt and an advocate here when I say it really had nothing to do with any sort of coomerism. I was always aware that the coombrains will lust for it (I may already have some who think the Yabanverse is some "topless female fighting fantasy" story). It just comes with the territory.

But in truth, the idea came from watching old kung fu movies, most directly the Cynthia Rothrock vehicle Undefeatable. As I consumed more and more, I could not help but take notice of the fact that there was always a pure dichotomy: you would routinely get these hotblooded fistfights between two shirtless dudes that often screamed "platonically homoerotic muscle-worship" but never the same with women (probably more noteworthy because while they were far from egalitarian for many reasons, kung fu movies had at least an order of magnitude, maybe two, times more female fighters than Western action movies did, ESPECIALLY in the heyday era of the 60s, 70s, and 80s.) Of course, there's many ways you could read that, including the cold fact women typically don't take off their clothes when they start fighting like men would, but it's really not at all a mystery why movies never indulged in this. We in the America (and our influenced/vassals in the far-East) tend to see the female nipple as Satanic. Maybe Europe has a different viewpoint (basically everyone except the British), but Americans view female breasts as inherently sexual, so even if we did get more action-ladies in time, there was little chance of seeing the same sort of "fighting shirtless for the sake of machismo" outside literal pr0n artists.

As I don't particularly care either way and the Yabanverse was never meant to ride right alongside tonally with Dragon Ball, the Yabans being "gene-modded Saiyans" (whether a subspecies of Saiyans or Legally-Not-Saiyans) gave me the raison d'etre to just go ahead and indulge in that sort of gender-equal violence, including tending to pit bollois against male characters rather than the more common "Designated Girl Fight" since whatever perceived strength and cultural differences between males and females leads us to sticking to homogenous fighting isn't as relevant when bollois are involved. Bollois aren't human, so just do whatever I need to to justify why they're such "toxic men with boobs" can be done. "Women are naturally more nurturing because they're the ones who give birth?" Here's yenois, screwing the reproductive dynamic completely. "Women need to be more empathic because of their children and the long gestational period and childhood?" Bolloi mothers only gestate for a month or two max, and Yabans are lethal within a few weeks, some of whom are even born lethal, so being "motherly" by human standards is entirely a choice. "Women are more valuable than men because a woman can't get pregnant 100 times in a week?" Okay true, but again, yenois steal their purpose for the most part, and nagois and bollois are largely aro-ace/very low-burn herbi-het, so it's not really a concern. Just keep the questions coming, and I'll find a way to piss off the biotrads somehow.

For example, there's ANOTHER reason why women don't tend to do much topless, despite being legally allowed to, that any woman would tell you if you actually listen to them: "boobs are unwieldy." Imagine you try running or fighting or doing anything with a pair of 1lb fat rolls strapped to your chest. Not very comfortable, not very fun, unless you have a sports bra.

"Screw it, Yabans are 5x denser than humans, and bolloi boobs don't get in the way anywhere near as much." Voila, solved, and no I'm not hearing any counterarguments!

[perfectcellapologist]

Debating whether to make my DBZ sona a demon or a hybrid Saiyan

This basically comes down to: do I want her to have fun colors for her skin and hair? Or a cute little tail with a bunch of fun transformations to draw too?

[bxd-kxrma]

Karma watched in amazement as Murakumo’s wind was caught, and even more so as the wind was turned into fire. It was a skill unlike anything she had seen and to say she was impressed would be an understatement. The Oni was curious about what else he had hidden up his sleeves but to draw that out would have dragged on the battle much longer than she would like.

“You can sense it too, right?” The scene would turn to Mei and the Prince of Saiyan’s, the assists of the two warriors at play. “Karma’s power has been growing since the beginning of their match. Being an Oni, she’s able to syphon the power locked within equipment the gods used. Doing so requires great concentration and control, some texts speak of Susanoo, the god of storms, would accidentally cause tsunamis while learning to control the power he held.” She would pause for a brief moment and watch the match some more before going on to explain. “Becoming a Oni however, takes great sacrifice. A deal to merge one’s soul with that of pure darkness.” Even on that darker note, she would smile. “It is nice to see her having fun.”

Back on the stadium, Karma would react to Maroon’s attack by using the winds culminated around the blade once more, she would make a heavy slash downwards, propelling herself up and over Maroon as he dashed in, arcing herself through the air and as she traveled, paper tags with symbols appeared in her hands before she would throw them.

All

Maroon

Landing Around

Karma had set up a trap, one laced with Divine energy, she was using her trump card. The most powerful detainment she knew and just as she landed on the ground, she would snap her fingers. Those seals bursting an elegant gold light as divine, ethereal chains suddenly extended from the lights and wrapped around the man’s body.

“Try as you might, but the chains of the gods cannot be broken.”

The woman would grin wide, her free hand now moving out beside her, calling forth another blade.

“Totsuka!”

A twin of the weapon in her other hand.

With this, Karma’s power surpassed the set limits imposed by the ruling of the competition. She didn’t care. She knew there was more to him, she knew there was overwhelming power he held back from her and now she had him right in the corner she had promised him. Chained, bound, she had heard of another form he possessed, she knew it was a match for gods, she knew it could even surpass the strength of the gods she defeated before. Rules be damned, there would never be an opportunity quite like this ever again!

She needed to see it!

Karma’s form began to change, uncapping her power strength. Those teeth that protruded from the sides of her lips grew, her white hair began to take on the attributes of fire as the blacks of her eyes turned a purgatory white, void of any iris or pupils and her skin began to change color to that of a pale grey-ish purple and from the two swords came both wind and water, circling around the blades and her body as she spoke the same line from the beginning of the match.

“Nanada Maroon! Repent! You face Karma Akagi! God Slayer!”

The sheer force behind her words was enough to blow away tree’s, her feet dug into the concrete below, positioning herself, crossing those swords and charging him to deal a fatal blow.

Even through being electrocuted Karma felt she had the upper hand, the merciless bashing against concrete Karma was dealing to Maroon had the peek of a grin form on her face.

The hearing an Oni possessed was far superior to that of a humans, she could hear the spinning disks immediately when they appeared causing her to let go of the warrior to dodge the oncoming assault of the sudden weaponry.

How they got there was beyond her. It mattered little as now Maroon set a precedent.

“I’m glad both of us are able to call upon our armory!” She would comment, referencing the disks that have now shown themselves.

Her hand would extend and much like calling her own weapon from before, a mass of black and red shadows would gather, extending to fit the form of a sword as she called its name.

“Murakumo!”

As the smoke dispersed from the object, it left behind a long, sharp sword, silver blade with a hint of light blue in its color, markings of its full name etched near the base of the blade ‘Murakumo no Tsurugi’ the mythical sword held by Susanoo, another trophy of war gathered by her. Its condition was pristine, unmarked by any blemishes. As it was gripped by the Oni by its hilt. A harsh breeze whipped in the air and gathered around the blade.

“It’s a shame you decided against using your Valkyrie form. No matter, if it was your desire to lose then so be it!”

Being a good distance away from Maroon, Karma would stand and swipe the air in front of her, slashing a harsh, sharp gust of wind directly at her opponent!