Dragon Ball: Days of Future Past (Dead)
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Sucal
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Thats ok.
I'm musing on the types of 'factions' that could potentially develop in the time patrol, at least politically speaking.
None would have true power naturally, since Trunks and Chronoa make most of the decisions, but its mostly an amusing thought excercise that stops me writing whacky plot derailing Bonny posts.
I'm musing on the types of 'factions' that could potentially develop in the time patrol, at least politically speaking.
None would have true power naturally, since Trunks and Chronoa make most of the decisions, but its mostly an amusing thought excercise that stops me writing whacky plot derailing Bonny posts.
Sucal
The Devil’s Cut
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Completely uncanon (unless Wolf thinks they are funny enough) musings ahead! The names were basically written from the other names perspectives. Most of these also assume that the time patrol might be a bit larger then how Wolf treats it, and that it often has several minor 'low threat' issues happening at the same time.
Vultures: The one of the 'larger' factions in its own way, one might almost consider the Vultures to be the closest to Time Breakers. A touch on the unsympathetic side to those that come from or inhabit parrell quests, they got their name from how they tend to strip said soon to be erased timeline of everything they can for more resources. While the Time patrol as a whole has vulture like tendencies to keep itself running, Chronoa and Trunks have both noted that on occasion can take things too far, stealing a prized personal possession simply because nobody will be able to complain about it afterwards. Cynthia would likely mug these guys for lunch money
Cowards: Although most members of the patrol were chosen for their fighting prowess, the Coward faction rarely seeks out personal power for its own sake, and would prefer that each threat would be meet with an appropriate amount of force, rather then sending Elite patrollers like Broly or Freiza to deal with skirmishes with the Scorpion Empire over fixed point in times. Preferring not to escalate the situation and cause an arms crisis with other powers, 'Cowards' generally prefer to train their skills and power to make it wider and deeper rather then bigger, Trunks and Chronoa often sympathies with this factions goals, but wish they would understand the Elite Patrollers are often over worked and its better to have several reserve candidates ready rather then training one up form scratch. (Bonny would be a member of this faction)
Fuckups: Prefering to call themselves the interventionists, Fuckups believe that the time patrol is much too passive and that they should be actively enforcing the will of the gods and scorching the earth of any that possess or might eventually possess time patrol technology. A bit more of a cult then the other factions, they can often be the most seemingly loyal of the pat rollers, worshiping the Kai with a fervor that reacts nasty when they believe shes being insulted or slighted (such as those that time patrol). They give Chronoa time war flashbacks.
Almost a touch too unsympathetic to those that come from parrllel quests, many would claim the Vultures are more interested in taking advantage of that time lines soon to be destruction
Vultures: The one of the 'larger' factions in its own way, one might almost consider the Vultures to be the closest to Time Breakers. A touch on the unsympathetic side to those that come from or inhabit parrell quests, they got their name from how they tend to strip said soon to be erased timeline of everything they can for more resources. While the Time patrol as a whole has vulture like tendencies to keep itself running, Chronoa and Trunks have both noted that on occasion can take things too far, stealing a prized personal possession simply because nobody will be able to complain about it afterwards. Cynthia would likely mug these guys for lunch money
Cowards: Although most members of the patrol were chosen for their fighting prowess, the Coward faction rarely seeks out personal power for its own sake, and would prefer that each threat would be meet with an appropriate amount of force, rather then sending Elite patrollers like Broly or Freiza to deal with skirmishes with the Scorpion Empire over fixed point in times. Preferring not to escalate the situation and cause an arms crisis with other powers, 'Cowards' generally prefer to train their skills and power to make it wider and deeper rather then bigger, Trunks and Chronoa often sympathies with this factions goals, but wish they would understand the Elite Patrollers are often over worked and its better to have several reserve candidates ready rather then training one up form scratch. (Bonny would be a member of this faction)
Fuckups: Prefering to call themselves the interventionists, Fuckups believe that the time patrol is much too passive and that they should be actively enforcing the will of the gods and scorching the earth of any that possess or might eventually possess time patrol technology. A bit more of a cult then the other factions, they can often be the most seemingly loyal of the pat rollers, worshiping the Kai with a fervor that reacts nasty when they believe shes being insulted or slighted (such as those that time patrol). They give Chronoa time war flashbacks.
Almost a touch too unsympathetic to those that come from parrllel quests, many would claim the Vultures are more interested in taking advantage of that time lines soon to be destruction
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*cracks knuckles*
The gods can't be evacuated; their people can. But yes, the gods do have to die.
*blows out cheeks* I...have no earthly clue given that I have never seen Fist of the North Star.
The gods can't be evacuated; their people can. But yes, the gods do have to die.
*blows out cheeks* I...have no earthly clue given that I have never seen Fist of the North Star.
KnightDisciple
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"Kenshiro Style" is hard to pin down because, just going by what's shown there, and my very-limited understanding of how things work in FOTNS, it basically relies on high-speed, high-power, high-precision blows to pressure points. But this allows ridiculously disproportionate effects.
The Kenshiro character probably has a power level in the low 4 digits. Maybe we can be generous and say he's in the low single-digit millions (which is pretty crazy-strong). Still totally dwarfed by Perfect Cell. Yet he can, with 1 barrage of blows, cause the upper half of Cell's body to explode. Twice.
If a Super Saiyan knew that style they could probably use it to, like, retroactively erase people from existence by sheer dint of how hard they punched them.
The Kenshiro character probably has a power level in the low 4 digits. Maybe we can be generous and say he's in the low single-digit millions (which is pretty crazy-strong). Still totally dwarfed by Perfect Cell. Yet he can, with 1 barrage of blows, cause the upper half of Cell's body to explode. Twice.
If a Super Saiyan knew that style they could probably use it to, like, retroactively erase people from existence by sheer dint of how hard they punched them.
Sucal
The Devil’s Cut
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Hmm.
Other factions In mind that I'd need to expand.
'Nerds': Joined to meet famous people and witness famous events. Considered an annoyance by many of the Xeno characters. (Stop hitting on me)
Fucknuggets.: joined with an agenda and or simply to gain more power for something they want to do back home Least organised, more of a beating each other up/training club. Often fight with cowards
The Lost: Refugees from time and space, the motley rabble. More of a ptsd support group for those who lost everything and had few other offers. Trunks is their hero for making something of himself despite this and many were recruited by him. Maybe starting a Cynthia fan club
Other factions In mind that I'd need to expand.
'Nerds': Joined to meet famous people and witness famous events. Considered an annoyance by many of the Xeno characters. (Stop hitting on me)
Fucknuggets.: joined with an agenda and or simply to gain more power for something they want to do back home Least organised, more of a beating each other up/training club. Often fight with cowards
The Lost: Refugees from time and space, the motley rabble. More of a ptsd support group for those who lost everything and had few other offers. Trunks is their hero for making something of himself despite this and many were recruited by him. Maybe starting a Cynthia fan club
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...Nathaniel, take note.
The Fourth Monado
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*takes the note*...Nathaniel, take note.
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They didn't know about the gods, though, remember? And regs are regs. Reasonable doesn't enter into it.
Sucal
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They didn't know about the gods, though, remember? And regs are regs. Reasonable doesn't enter into it.
Yeah, but we never gave them the God Ki and they would have become gods after death even if we spent the entire time at home doing Jell-O shots off Freizas pecs.
It's practically the definition if 'not her problem' because in the future they've been gods the entire time (and might be awaiting at us with mental counciling bills)
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I mean, I'd give her a pass on it, but I'm not a bureaucrat.
The Fourth Monado
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Aranfan
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How what? How did she know about Kakara? She did the transformation to adult during the therapy session. IIRC.
KnightDisciple
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Yeah, but he clearly does....
But beyond that, Verde/Jaffur was asking Lilli about Karen, not Cynthia.
The Fourth Monado
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But she never said her name then
You have no idea IC what her name is
Aranfan
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If @Lunaryon or @The Fourth Monado want me to edit away that part of the post I will.
Sucal
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Soeaking as someone who often feels like one and has been described as such by unhappy people at work, it's the wrong kind of bureaucratic stupidity. If we accidentally created one or more of them I could understand it, but the current situation is the type of logic that would be responded to with 'if I fill out these forms, I'm leaving Bonny here in your timeline with orders to fix things'.
Bureaucracies and corporations often seem illogical and crazy from the outside, but there is always logic from the inside, people just aren't allowed to explain it sometimes. Also because if you do someone a favour once, they get really shitty when no one else does them the same favour
Aranfan
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Must have forgotten about that in the shuffle.
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And I imagine that's the argument she'll make to get out of the paperwork for seven demigods. Whether she's successful or not is ultimately up to Nathaniel; after all, I'm not privy to the organizational logic that drives the demigod paperwork. Maybe it'd be the local version of Beerus's responsibility. Who knows? But for right now, it's still something she can crack a joke about to lighten a depressing situation.
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- They/Them
By the by, could you edit your post? Like Nate said, Cynthia was never introduced to Karen by name. Sorry if it's an imposition.