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𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙠𝙪 - 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙜 - 𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝙵𝚛𝚘𝚖 @𝙳𝚢𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚕

[zcnkai]

Independent Goku by Husayn! RULES

[dyavol]

There's quite a lot to be said about the subject, but I too feel its incredibly interesting the parallels between Son Goku and Frieza -- namely, how his encounter with Frieza had completely changed Goku; The two of them shared a critical key characteristic, namely, Frieza, like Goku, completely Refused to lose no matter who he came up against.

And through Z, after Goku had came up against this, being on the receiving end of this monstrous tenacity, he had become someone who was willing to lose, willing to Accept loss, as we saw in the Android/Cell Saga; this growth being pivotal to Goku's continued spiritual growth.

It is not at all lost on me that Frieza is, among other layers, deliberately written closely in character to the original Sun Wukong in Journey To The West (even down to the destructive pursuit of immortality) - in their conflict, one may perceive the continued growth that the character has undergone, in a meta-narrative sense, from JTTW to Dragon Ball to Z, and see how defeating this proverbial demon of the past has put that element of Goku's ego to rest at last. This is growth that we see continue on even to the point that following his conflict with Cell, Goku became even more accepting of his finity, centering others and their growth above his own, and even their egos over his.

[zcnkai]

❛  what do you live for? what do you try for?  ❜

It hadn't occurred to him that he should need to dig deep for a Reason to go on, to need a goal put one foot in front of the other towards. After all, when the goal was done, what was left?

The more he thought about it, the more questions that came, so why not voice the first that came to mind. "Gosh, when you put it like that: Well, why wouldn't I, right?" And having spoken it aloud gave him a chance to answer the question better, now that he's had the inverse twin brought to clash with it. "If I don't give it my all while I can, that just means someone else's gonna need to pick up the slack, somewhere." If he had to lean on a practical answer, but of course, there was more than one truth. "Besides, don't you wanna find what you can really do - 'cause I know I wanna get a shot at seeing everyone's best for myself!" And that really did scratch deep at him - Goku couldn't even know what his own best was if he didn't see how others illuminated the realms of possibility for themselves in ways he'd have never even imagined.

[zcnkai]

@spkyscry

"Heya, cuz!"

Looking through Grandpa Gohan's old documents led Goku down treacherous roads, and perilous misadventure all the way to Scarlet Hollow - North Carolina, where he felt it was as good a time as any to drop in on a previously unknown relation, at her place of work: Tabitha Scarlet.

"Hope I didn't startle ya!"

[zcnkai]

@xtoomanytimelinesx

The life of a martial artist was one full of challenges and surprises, never quite sure of what the future would hold even as one foot was put in front of the other - a compelling pull that led to such things as a mystery he felt at the very corner of his senses: why did he sense familiar energies just a moment ago, several of them? It wasn't sharp enough that they were fighting, but even still, if they were having a get-together, it was only natural that the Super Saiyan would want in on it.

But the One who met his gaze when he instantly transmitted nearby was neither of who he might have thought -- and that brought a real smile to his face, paying no heed to the fact of how abrupt that appearance was - after all, people tend to inform him if his conduct is an issue, no need to preempt that.

"Well hey there, I'm Goku!" Was the common greeting, with a wave of his hand. "Say, I've never seen you around before, have I!" Of course he hadn't, but history served a number of scenarios just so similar, and those tended to involve androids designed to kill him - but he'd cross that bridge when they got there. "Do you train around here?"

[zcnkai]

GOKU JUMPSCARE - like for a short starter or two?

[zcnkai]

❛  tell me you did not know that would happen.  ❜ - Bulma

From // Always Accepting!

Has it really been this long since Goku's been so beaten down after a fight that he couldn't even lift his own body? The familiar scalding soreness when he tries to even speak tells him no, the total crushing exhaustion had a grip like nothing else he's ever felt, but Bulma's reaction, and dragging him away to help his recovery meant it must look way worse than he feels like it is. At the very least, he was still able to maintain enough consciousness to keep up the Super Saiyan state, for now. Truly, her grip on the practical's saved his life way more than just once, he never counted how many times and it looked like it was going to again. What more could anyone ask for from a friend - he's just glad he manages to pay her back the same.

The adrenaline might have been wearing off, but even still, he could smile past the pain up to her and laugh through it all. "Heheheh-ouch. I can definitely tell you I hadn't planned on it..." If he had it his way, all fights would be settled fair and square, without needing to practically blow yourself up to snag a win, like the world tournament, but those were the breaks when someone wanted a lot more than to keep it clean and between martial artists. "You didn't bring any senzu beans, did you? Worrying everybody by coming home like this is the last thing on my agenda..."

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❛  please don't tell me you're about to do what i think you'll do.  ❜ - Whis !

From // Always Accepting!

"Sorry, Whis!"

In the tightest of binds, in the darkest of hours, and especially as a cheeky element to employ in training sessions, there was one ability that stood out as an old reliable among the rest - No one saw it coming the first time, but with Goku's mouth opening as if to try and bite his arm, Whis must have felt the storm approaching. That is, the feint of the attempt, as what came out was a stream of flaming ki to try and prompt his tutor's Ultra Instinct to loose him and make distance, to bring the pair back to neutral.

[zcnkai]

"You going to get serious or do I have to stop pulling my punches?" - Gogeta

Unprompted // Always Accepting! // @fxsiondance

"You're kidding...! Don't tell me you've still got more up your sleeve...?"

The power differential here was incredible, nothing but incredible - and just as he figured from a fusion like this, there was going to be no way he'd be able to match with raw power. But there was one way he could try and even the odds, just one. Already blown back into base form, he looked like he was going to give up, but really, he was trying to get himself back to his best. Whis wanted him to train it up anyhow. And he was going to have to hope the Vegeta in Gogeta would hold him back from just bursting back with the same.

Without the clouds of all these transformations fogging his mind, all this need to focus, a deep breath was taken inwards, the whole world beginning to black out, from his view. Everything but Gogeta, everything but the fight. Everything but the straight path. His power wasn't increasing at all, but his stance was gone - the wind around had become perfectly calm despite the aura of the two fighters remaining present. There is nothing but them, as far as they need be concerned. An awakening to emptiness. The pinnacle of technique.

"Alright... Round 2's yours. I'll try my best for round 3"

[zcnkai]

❛  it's only over when i say it is.  ❜

From // Always Accepting!

Battered back turned to the once and past tyrant, they were here once before, once again at such a juncture. Most people would call it better judgment to just kill him now, and put an end to his reign of terror. But some how, some way, he keeps crawling back out to finish what he started.

The hope of the universe was on the Super Saiyan's shoulders, the rage of a billion billions. And even still, he did not give in to any dark thought however justified. And he stood ready for new levels of power to revive this conflict.

"You really are more of a helpless fool than ever if you think that. Stop me if you've heard this one before: Never make mischief again. Your pride's killed you already, don't keep making the same mistake."

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❛  nothing's going to happen to us, right?  ❜ - Goten !

From // Always Accepting!

After everything they've been through, it was really easy to be too cautious to jump into the fray when a situation was pretty much all yours. As it was, a crew of bandits having climbed the mountain to surround their house looking for the Four Star Dragon Ball, this was a perfect chance for Goten to get confident. Setting a comforting hand down onto Goten's head, Goku beamed a gentle smile.

"I'll be right here every step of the way, son, I promise. If something happens, we'll both make it right."

Of course, this pleasant chat was to be cut off by an annoyed dragon-giant, leading this crew with a heavy steel club over his shoulder, and an impatient attitude.

"Yeh, yeh, all well and good, too bad ye'll see your kid crushed to pieces!"

[poohsources]

🐝  *  ―  𝑬𝑷𝑰𝑪: 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑴𝑼𝑺𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.

Troy Saga ❛  do what i say and you'll see them again.  ❜ ❛  what do you live for? what do you try for?  ❜ ❛  say no more, i know tat i'm ready.  ❜ ❛  the blood on your hands is something you won't lose.  ❜ ❛  is the price i pay endless pain?  ❜ ❛  something feels off here, i see fire but there's no smoke.  ❜ ❛  we should try to find a way no one ends up dead.  ❜ ❛  why should we take when we could give?  ❜ ❛  i see in your face, there's so much guilt inside your heart.  ❜ ❛  have you forgotten the lessons i taught you?  ❜

The Cyclops Saga ❛  it's almost too perfect, too god to be true.  ❜ ❛  what gives you the right to deal a pain so deep?  ❜ ❛  your life now is in my hand.  ❜ ❛  remember them, we're the ones who carry on.  ❜ ❛  what good would killing do when mercy is a skill more of this world could learn to use?  ❜ ❛  i am your darkest moment.  ❜ ❛  i don't know where i went wrong but i warned ya', and you failed the test.  ❜ ❛  that's just like you, why should i be surprised?  ❜ ❛  unlike you, every time someone dies i'm left to deal with the strain.  ❜ ❛  i'll remind you i saw you as a friend but now we're done.  ❜

The Ocean Saga ❛  at this rate, we won't make it out alive.  ❜ ❛  please don't tell me you're about to do what i think you'll do.  ❜ ❛  yes, but how much longer til your luck runs out?  ❜ ❛  you rely on wit, and people die on it.  ❜ ❛  you're like the brother i could never do without.  ❜ ❛  and suddenly you doubt that i could figure this out?  ❜ ❛  keep your friends close and your enemies closer, never really know who you can trust.  ❜ ❛  'cause the end always justifies the means.  ❜ ❛  do you know who i am?  ❜ ❛  you are the worst kind of good 'cause you're not even great.  ❜

The Circe Saga ❛  whatever you need to say can wait some more.  ❜ ❛  there's no length i wouldn't go if it was you i had to save.  ❜ ❛  wouldn't you like a taste of the power?  ❜ ❛  don't thank me friend, you very well may die.  ❜ ❛  did you do something to them?  ❜ ❛  if you make one wrong move, then you're done for.  ❜ ❛  you and i are now evenly matched.  ❜ ❛  you've given me no reason to bestow you with my trust.  ❜ ❛  who's to say, with the mistakes i've made that they will be the last mistakes i ever make?  ❜ ❛  this is the price we pay to love.  ❜

The Underworld Saga ❛  all i hear are screams, every time i dare to close my eyes.  ❜ ❛  i no longer dream, only nigtmares of those who've died.  ❜ ❛  when does a man become a monster?  ❜ ❛  now you tell us our effort's are for nothing?  ❜ ❛  how has everything been turned against us?  ❜ ❛  do i need to change?  ❜ ❛  i'm the only one whose line i haven't crossed.  ❜ ❛  what if i'm the problem that's been hiding all along?  ❜ ❛  what if i've been far too kind to foes but a monster to ourselves?  ❜ ❛  if i became the monster and threw that guilt away would that make us stronger?  ❜

The Thunder Saga ❛  you wouldn't have spared me. i made a mistake like this, it almost cost my life.  ❜ ❛  i've got a secret i can no longer keep.  ❜ ❛  you know that we are the same.  ❜ ❛  we must do what it takes to survive.  ❜ ❛  tell me you did not know that would happen.  ❜ ❛  if you want all the power, you must carry all the blame.  ❜ ❛  how are we supposed to trust you now?  ❜ ❛  how much longer must i suffer now?  ❜ ❛  someone's gotta die today and you have got the final say.  ❜ ❛  please don't make me do this.  ❜

The Wisdom Saga ❛  you've made your worst mistake here.  ❜ ❛  this cruel world doesn't give out presents just for being good.  ❜ ❛  you're my friend, i couldn't ask for more.  ❜ ❛  did you know you talk in your sleep?  ❜ ❛  i'm what you want here, i'm what you need here.  ❜ ❛  you don't know what i've gone through.  ❜ ❛  i know your life's been hard, i'll stay inside your heart.  ❜ ❛  life would be so much worse if you had died.  ❜ ❛  you dare to defy me, to make me feel shame?  ❜ ❛  no one beats me, no one wins my game.  ❜

[poohsources]

🐝  *  ―  𝑭𝑬𝑨𝑹 / 𝑯𝑶𝑹𝑹𝑶𝑹 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.

❛  nothing's going to happen to us, right?  ❜ ❛  i'm ... scared.  ❜ ❛  i don't like where this is going.  ❜ ❛  did i ever tell you i'm actually terrified of [the dark / heights / spiders / etc.]?  ❜ ❛  you hear me? we're not going to die today!  ❜ ❛  did you hear that? it sounded like screams.  ❜ ❛  i really, really don't like this.  ❜ ❛  we're completely alone here, nothing's going to happen to us.  ❜ ❛  this place has been abandoned for centuries.  ❜ ❛  whatever happens, keep the lights on.  ❜ ❛  you're not scared, are you?  ❜ ❛  this is like straight out of my worst nightmare.  ❜ ❛  do you believe in ghosts?  ❜ ❛  what are you afraid?  ❜ ❛  what was that?!  ❜ ❛  see, i told you there's nothing to be afraid of.  ❜ ❛  go on, no one will hear your screams.  ❜ ❛  it was a foolish idea to come here alone.  ❜ ❛  no one is going to save you now.  ❜ ❛  don't be afraid, i'm not going to hurt you.  ❜ ❛  you really think you can run from me?  ❜ ❛  it's a shame i'll have to kill you when we're done with this.  ❜ ❛  want to make a deal with the devil?  ❜ ❛  i'm not afraid of you. not anymore.  ❜ ❛  there are figures hiding in the shadows, waiting to strike.  ❜ ❛  this wasn't so bad now, was it?  ❜ ❛  what could possibly go wrong - it's just an old abandoned meaning, it doesn't mean it's haunted, right?  ❜ ❛  face it, we won't make it out of here alive.  ❜ ❛  i'll even give you a choice - it's either you or them. who's going to die tonight?  ❜ ❛  i will haunt you for the rest of your days.  ❜ ❛  don't scream, it will only make this worse.  ❜ ❛  you look so pretty when you're scared of me.  ❜ ❛  i won't kill you ... yet.  ❜ ❛  ghosts and monsters aren't real.  ❜ ❛  i'm not afraid of anything!  ❜ ❛  you! you're sick! you sent me here to die, didn't you?  ❜ ❛  close your eyes. it'll make it easier if you don't see it coming.  ❜ ❛  no matter where you hide, i'll always find you. so you better give up now.  ❜ ❛  i promise i'm gonna be your worst nightmare.  ❜ ❛  it's only over when i say it is.  ❜

[zcnkai]

To keep things absolutely unambiguous with all of you: Goku's keeping a Z based characterization, going into events Post-Z/into Super. Just thought I'd make That clear!

[laladbzland]

[zcnkai]

Ethereal Vibe

angel

(all eyes are always fixed on you every time you enter a room. no matter what colour your wings are, you embody that colourful aura and everyone is drawn to you. you may not be one for too many words, but your eyes convey many feelings with just one look. be a little obsessed with yourself, I promise you it's ok)

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