Zeru14 wrote:I'm gonna have to agree with those who say the the original version of the future where things go so far south with no turnaround, makes no sense, given previously established factors from past arcs. In the Android Saga, Fortuneteller Baba isn't seen or mentioned at all, does she die in the original future, seems unlikely given that she can travel between realms(and is a big chicken), so yeah like with Grandpa Gohan she could've brought Goku back for a day to provide assistance(which she does in the Supersonic Warriors). King Kai is another factor, while of course he doesn't watch whats going on Earth all the time and there is no way for anyone on Earth to contact him, all that would have to happen is that the recently dead Z-Warriors could travel down Snake Way again and inform him of events and ask for his help, in contacting New Namek to use their Dragonballs, this didn't happen for no explained reason, what did King Kai say no, how OOC would that be after the Saiyan and Frieza Sagas, did none of Warriors think of this(not even Piccolo or Gohan) or did they just want to stay dead leaving Gohan and later Trunks alone. So yeah Toriyama wanted to tell a bad future time travel story, but had to throw out or just ignore previously established factors in his own canon(that being Baba, King Kai, Namek Dragonballs) to make it work.
Concerning the fortuneteller, she has allowed the dead to walk among the living for these reasons: Allowing Gohan proper closure with Goku, allowing Goku to participate in one, final Tenkaichi Budoukai with his friends & family, and Enma requesting Vegeta to hold off Boo. The known exception to this pattern is when she calls warriors in to be one of her five fighters. She's not known to go out of her way to call in deceased individuals who haven't already requested her services. I don't even think Turtle Hermit, who she's related to, asks her of any favors. It seems established that she isn't concerned with that, making it a consistent character trait. With that in mind, there's nothing particularly off about her not calling Goku to the field (for a single day, I might add). It's not as if she did anything similar with previous or future threats. Humanity is typically left to deal with itself outside of forces threatening existence (refer to Enma's request).
Dragon Team, before the Artificial Humans arc properly begins, agree to challenge themselves & fight instead of preventing their alternate fates. The characters acknowledge the possibility that they may die "again". Despite this, they aren't shaken by that thought. They find no shame in dying from battle as martial artists. They've made their peace before the first punch is thrown & believe they can overcome what happened in another world, completely up to the task thanks to Future Trunks' warning.
They shared the same behavior against the Saiyans. Knowing Chiaotzu wouldn't be revived, Tenshinhan resolved to go all out to defeat Nappa. He had no intention of coming back to followup on Vegeta. Yamcha was absentminded towards everyone reviving them in the first place. No one used Kaio to check on Earth's status until Goku was contacted during his Namek trip (They're surprised he can do this!). Keep in mind that they were appearing one after another yet all of them neglected to see what Earth & its inhabitants were doing. They decided to immediately seek training to surpass Goku should they meet him again. What's odd with that in comparison to Future Trunks' era? When they're alive, they're open to avenging others. When dead, they consider the case closed. In general, the warriors don't seem to have a problem with death so why would they in another timeline? Taking it further, Goku trained in Heaven for seven years, completely ignorant of what was going on on Earth. It's not a matter of "leaving anyone alone", the characters simply moved on & pursued other goals & ventures in death. Is this not all in-character?
Finally, with New Namek, there's no reliable transportation, the coordinates are unknown, and the planet itself exists out of reach from its old sector, vastly further than where the destroyed Namek was located. With managing time between building a suitable spaceship from scratch & wandering through space for a long time, Bluma considered it easier to go back into the past. The time machine itself was a struggle to build, if you recall. The material for any project was difficult to configure. The explanations are self-provided through its characters & general circumstance instead of logic being thrown out to support a story. As occasionally true in dramatic scenarios, sometimes things just go wrong no matter how capable people are.
