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Thoughts: Great start to the second arc! Kuririn seems like a little dick, but hey he's cool. I hope Bulma and the gang don't get left out though! And I'd like to see Pilaf again! It would be really interesting to see how strong Goku can really get. I mean without his tail he's not as strong but oh well.
Predictions: Training? I mean they have to find a girl...no clue who it will be..Bulma? Is she a gal for Kame-sen'nin?
Your reactions to the episodes so far feel like a trip down memory lane for me back when I was new to the original manga. I really hope you enjoy it from here on out.It's just fresh, you know? Reading about someone who's just experiencing the series for the first time and isn't all caught up on the mythos surrounding the series if you know what I mean. After years in the fandom you sort of feel like there really isn't much left to surprise you.
What happened to this thread. I'm not sure how far the limit is for necroposting, but I'm curious as to why one of the best threads hasn't been updated in a while.
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
Spoiler:
Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.
Fizzer wrote:Given that it's been over a month, I'd say the guy probably gave up
He's been gone for 2 weeks according to his profile.
Why Dragon Ball Consistency in something such as power levels matter!
Spoiler:
Doctor. wrote:I've explained before, I'll just paraphrase myself.
Power levels establish tension and drama. People who care about them (well, people who care about them in a narrative) don't care about the big numbers or the fancy explosions. If you have character A who's so much above character B, who's the main character, you're gonna be left wondering how in the hell character B, the character we're supposed to care and root for, is going to escape the situation or overcome the odds. It makes us emotionally invested.
If character B doesn't escape the situation in a believable way that's consistent with previous events, then that emotional investment is gone. It was pointless tension, pointless drama made just to suck in the viewer. It has no critical value whatsoever. The audience is left believing that the author can just create whatever scenarios he wants and what happens to the characters is decided by whatever the author wants to happen, regardless of the events that happened in the story. Which, in fairness, is what happens, but the audience wants to be fooled. The audience wants to know that the world they're following has rules. That the world they're invested in isn't going to bend to external factors that are irrelevant to them.
An author can do whatever he wants with the characters, that's not false. But the author should also have the responsibility to make sure it fits in cohesively with the other events in the narrative he has created.
I really hope you enjoy it from here on out.It's just fresh, you know? Reading about someone who's just experiencing the series for the first time and isn't all caught up on the mythos surrounding the series if you know what I mean. After years in the fandom you sort of feel like there really isn't much left to surprise you. 
