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Do you think Future Trunks had to fight any other threats since we last saw him?

Post by Peach » Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:11 pm

A lot of stuff has happened since he went back to the future… the Tournament of Power, Broly & Paragus, Moro & the Galactic prisoners, Granolah & The Heeters, Cell Max, the resurrection of Frieza, and I suppose the events of Dragon Ball Daima as well. Champa, Abo and Kado, and the superhuman water might still be out there too.

Do you think Trunks has had to face off against any of these threats?
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Post by Yuji » Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:17 am

It's been, what, 2 years since then? I doubt it. Between the 10 (?) years since he left and arrived again, he only faced Babidi and Goku Black, and they were both within the last year. So I suppose he'll have another peaceful decade until he has to deal with something else :lol:

His timeline's events are already out of order. Boo should have happened sooner. Moro and the ToP should have already happened. Maybe Moro already freed himself from the Galactic Patrol and is somewhere in the universe consuming planets, unaware of Earth's existence.

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Post by Alruneia » Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:04 am

I think he's probably fine and hasn't had any more big problematic enemies show up. If we start after Buu, then...

Yo Son Goku - Son Goku and His Friends Do Not Return. Future Tarble could just show up at any point after Future Cell's defeat, meet his nephew Future Trunks, and have him deal with Future Abo and Cado and then be on his merry way. I'm including this because why not.
Beerus - Who knows what happened to Future Beerus' dream and the prophecy, honestly, he should already have been to Earth even before Future Gohan's death. It's possible he went to see Future Broly instead. That could be interesting.
Golden Frieza - There aren't any Dragon Balls on Earth to resurrect Frieza with. Attacking New Namek for those Dragon Balls would probably not go so well either. The Moro arc shows that the Namekians are willing to fuse together to become stronger to fend off a big threat, and that should be enough for a Frieza Force remnant invasion.
U7 vs U6 - Future Champa might have just been able to collect the Super Dragon Balls in peace, really. Either way, no tournament for Future Trunks to fight in, and no trading the Earth to Universe 6 because it'd be a worthless prize.
Zamasu - Zamasu
ToP - Future Goku isn't around to suggest this. As for deleting universes, "soon" means nothing when you've lived as long as Zeno, so it could be thousands of years until Future Zeno actually goes through with it.
Broly - With Future Frieza still dead, there's not really anyone around to bring Future Broly to Earth in particular. If Future Beerus actually did visit Future Broly, then who knows if he's even alive or on Vampa to be picked up. Maybe Future Broly trains with Future Whis, or maybe he's dead.
Moro - I believe that since Future Buu wasn't defeated but was left sealed instead, Future Moro doesn't get his powers back, so he stays sealed away in prison.
Granolah - Future Frieza is still dead. The whole setup to the conflict wouldn't work.
Super Hero - There's no room for a Red Ribbon in the future when 17 and 18 always wore their emblem while destroying the world for like 20 years, everyone knows them and knows they're the enemy. If Future Dr. Hedo is even alive, I feel like there's no way he could be tricked into making the Gammas and Cell Max.
Daima - I dunno lol
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Re: Do you think Future Trunks had to fight any other threats since we last saw him?

Post by Cure Dragon 255 » Mon Aug 26, 2024 1:30 am

Peach wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:11 pm A lot of stuff has happened since he went back to the future… the Tournament of Power, Broly & Paragus, Moro & the Galactic prisoners, Granolah & The Heeters, Cell Max, the resurrection of Frieza, and I suppose the events of Dragon Ball Daima as well. Champs and the super human water might still be out there too.

Do you think Trunks has had to face off against any of these threats?
I just realized. Toei and Toriyama could have made Trunks just stay with our Goku forever. But if he did that, he WOULD BE way more proactive than anyone in actually ending threats and that could be a bother for the storytelling so sending him off elsewhere was for "The better."

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Post by SupremeKai25 » Mon Aug 26, 2024 2:46 am

Cure Dragon 255 wrote: Mon Aug 26, 2024 1:30 am
Peach wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:11 pm A lot of stuff has happened since he went back to the future… the Tournament of Power, Broly & Paragus, Moro & the Galactic prisoners, Granolah & The Heeters, Cell Max, the resurrection of Frieza, and I suppose the events of Dragon Ball Daima as well. Champs and the super human water might still be out there too.

Do you think Trunks has had to face off against any of these threats?
I just realized. Toei and Toriyama could have made Trunks just stay with our Goku forever. But if he did that, he WOULD BE way more proactive than anyone in actually ending threats and that could be a bother for the storytelling so sending him off elsewhere was for "The better."
Time travel is a crime that is taboo even for the Gods. There's actually a 0% chance that Beerus would allow Futuer Trunks to remain. His very existence, his mere presence, is a threat to Beerus. Especially since Zeno joked about laying off Beerus in the previous arc. :)
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Post by Cure Dragon 255 » Mon Aug 26, 2024 2:53 am

SupremeKai25 wrote: Mon Aug 26, 2024 2:46 am
Cure Dragon 255 wrote: Mon Aug 26, 2024 1:30 am
Peach wrote: Sat Aug 24, 2024 9:11 pm A lot of stuff has happened since he went back to the future… the Tournament of Power, Broly & Paragus, Moro & the Galactic prisoners, Granolah & The Heeters, Cell Max, the resurrection of Frieza, and I suppose the events of Dragon Ball Daima as well. Champs and the super human water might still be out there too.

Do you think Trunks has had to face off against any of these threats?
I just realized. Toei and Toriyama could have made Trunks just stay with our Goku forever. But if he did that, he WOULD BE way more proactive than anyone in actually ending threats and that could be a bother for the storytelling so sending him off elsewhere was for "The better."
Time travel is a crime that is taboo even for the Gods. There's actually a 0% chance that Beerus would allow Futuer Trunks to remain. His very existence, his mere presence, is a threat to Beerus. Especially since Zeno joked about laying off Beerus in the previous arc. :)
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Post by ankokudaishogun » Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:43 pm

I stand my opinion they should have sent Trunks to Chronoa to become Trunks Xeno

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Post by TobyS » Thu Aug 29, 2024 2:20 am

ankokudaishogun wrote: Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:43 pm I stand my opinion they should have sent Trunks to Chronoa to become Trunks Xeno
In my headcanon the new second weaker trunks becomes the Xeno one. Hence why he's only ss1 at the start of heroes.

Maybe he's even snatched up before meeting the other trunks. Think about it. Chronoa is looking for towa assumes it's trunks and works backwards from the mostly newly created timeline and just pulls him to the time nest.

It'd be funny if the two Trunks never met. 😂
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Re: Do you think Future Trunks had to fight any other threats since we last saw him?

Post by Peach » Fri Aug 30, 2024 11:19 am

Alruneia wrote: Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:04 am I think he's probably fine and hasn't had any more big problematic enemies show up. If we start after Buu, then...

Yo Son Goku - Son Goku and His Friends Do Not Return. Future Tarble could just show up at any point after Future Cell's defeat, meet his nephew Future Trunks, and have him deal with Future Abo and Cado and then be on his merry way. I'm including this because why not.
Beerus - Who knows what happened to Future Beerus' dream and the prophecy, honestly, he should already have been to Earth even before Future Gohan's death. It's possible he went to see Future Broly instead. That could be interesting.
Golden Frieza - There aren't any Dragon Balls on Earth to resurrect Frieza with. Attacking New Namek for those Dragon Balls would probably not go so well either. The Moro arc shows that the Namekians are willing to fuse together to become stronger to fend off a big threat, and that should be enough for a Frieza Force remnant invasion.
U7 vs U6 - Future Champa might have just been able to collect the Super Dragon Balls in peace, really. Either way, no tournament for Future Trunks to fight in, and no trading the Earth to Universe 6 because it'd be a worthless prize.
Zamasu - Zamasu
ToP - Future Goku isn't around to suggest this. As for deleting universes, "soon" means nothing when you've lived as long as Zeno, so it could be thousands of years until Future Zeno actually goes through with it.
Broly - With Future Frieza still dead, there's not really anyone around to bring Future Broly to Earth in particular. If Future Beerus actually did visit Future Broly, then who knows if he's even alive or on Vampa to be picked up. Maybe Future Broly trains with Future Whis, or maybe he's dead.
Moro - I believe that since Future Buu wasn't defeated but was left sealed instead, Future Moro doesn't get his powers back, so he stays sealed away in prison.
Granolah - Future Frieza is still dead. The whole setup to the conflict wouldn't work.
Super Hero - There's no room for a Red Ribbon in the future when 17 and 18 always wore their emblem while destroying the world for like 20 years, everyone knows them and knows they're the enemy. If Future Dr. Hedo is even alive, I feel like there's no way he could be tricked into making the Gammas and Cell Max.
Daima - I dunno lol
How would Buu not being released affect Moro? It's possible he could still be out there consuming planets.

Wouldn't the Dragon Ball being discovered on Planet Cereal still happen regardless of whether Granolah uses it to become the strongest warrior?

Also, couldn't the Frieza Force remnants find Broly without Frieza being alive and recruit him to strengthen their fractured empire? It's possible they go for the Cereal or Namekian Dragon Balls with Broly's help.

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Post by theherodjl » Fri Aug 30, 2024 9:43 pm

I honestly hope not. Future Trunks deserves a happy ending or even the somewhat-happy ending that he received. Having to encounter another great threat again and needing to save another timeline would just be sadistic, and it would only establish that the purpose of Future Trunks' existence is to suffer.
I would prefer any potential story that involves Future Trunks again be a slice-of-life, rather than being another arc where he has to train to overcome a villain and/or get the aid of U7's present timeline again.
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Post by TobyS » Sat Aug 31, 2024 4:51 pm

theherodjl wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2024 9:43 pm I honestly hope not. Future Trunks deserves a happy ending or even the somewhat-happy ending that he received. Having to encounter another great threat again and needing to save another timeline would just be sadistic, and it would only establish that the purpose of Future Trunks' existence is to suffer.
I would prefer any potential story that involves Future Trunks again be a slice-of-life, rather than being another arc where he has to train to overcome a villain and/or get the aid of U7's present timeline again.
Paragus is older possibly dead, a half saiyan one generation more removed, he might not be motivated to attack.
Moro got some magic back when Kid Boo died, which he didn't in Trunks time, he's just sealed.
Heeters are probably running crime in space but there will always be crime.
7-3 and co are safely in jail.
Meerus never gets zapped outta existence.
21 never gets finished without Boo parts.
Granolah never learns about Trunks and wouldn't beef with him if he did probably.
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Post by Alruneia » Sat Aug 31, 2024 6:59 pm

Peach wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2024 11:19 am How would Buu not being released affect Moro? It's possible he could still be out there consuming planets.
Basically...
TobyS wrote: Sat Aug 31, 2024 4:51 pm Moro got some magic back when Kid Boo died, which he didn't in Trunks time, he's just sealed.
This. It might not be directly stated that Kid Buu's death is the cause for Moro's magic returning, but it's at least heavily implied.
Peach wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2024 11:19 am Wouldn't the Dragon Ball being discovered on Planet Cereal still happen regardless of whether Granolah uses it to become the strongest warrior?

Also, couldn't the Frieza Force remnants find Broly without Frieza being alive and recruit him to strengthen their fractured empire? It's possible they go for the Cereal or Namekian Dragon Balls with Broly's help.
...sure? Honestly, like my Future Beerus vs. Future Broly idea, this enters fan fiction territory, things are so open when we start to apply "if this, then maybe that, and if that, then maybe this". With enough of that you can do anything. But in general, I feel like the things that happen in space shouldn't be affected by how Earth is different in the future timeline, so if these things happened, then they should've already happened a long time ago. It would be kinda funny if Future Frieza was actually alive because Future Broly got recruited by his army and successfully attacked New Namek for wishes from Porunga, but I don't see it being the case any more than Future Gohan finding Future Videl off-panel before his death and Future Pan secretly existing somewhere on the future Earth. Both are technically possible, but only via a lot of "if this, then maybe that", and it just seems farfetched to me.
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Post by MisteryOne » Fri Sep 20, 2024 8:20 pm

Probably depression since he was unable to save his timeline, making not only his but Gohan's struggles pointless. That, and feeling out of place for obvious reasons.

Seriously tho, unless someone revives Frieza, everything should be fine...unless Moro gets his powers back.

Maybe by the time Toei makes him go back to past again he will have unlocked Beast or something.
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Post by TobyS » Sat Sep 21, 2024 10:50 am

Alruneia wrote: Sat Aug 31, 2024 6:59 pm
Peach wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2024 11:19 am How would Buu not being released affect Moro? It's possible he could still be out there consuming planets.
Basically...
TobyS wrote: Sat Aug 31, 2024 4:51 pm Moro got some magic back when Kid Boo died, which he didn't in Trunks time, he's just sealed.
This. It might not be directly stated that Kid Buu's death is the cause for Moro's magic returning, but it's at least heavily implied.
Peach wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2024 11:19 am Wouldn't the Dragon Ball being discovered on Planet Cereal still happen regardless of whether Granolah uses it to become the strongest warrior?

Also, couldn't the Frieza Force remnants find Broly without Frieza being alive and recruit him to strengthen their fractured empire? It's possible they go for the Cereal or Namekian Dragon Balls with Broly's help.
...sure? Honestly, like my Future Beerus vs. Future Broly idea, this enters fan fiction territory, things are so open when we start to apply "if this, then maybe that, and if that, then maybe this". With enough of that you can do anything. But in general, I feel like the things that happen in space shouldn't be affected by how Earth is different in the future timeline, so if these things happened, then they should've already happened a long time ago. It would be kinda funny if Future Frieza was actually alive because Future Broly got recruited by his army and successfully attacked New Namek for wishes from Porunga, but I don't see it being the case any more than Future Gohan finding Future Videl off-panel before his death and Future Pan secretly existing somewhere on the future Earth. Both are technically possible, but only via a lot of "if this, then maybe that", and it just seems farfetched to me.
They didn't know where new namek was though that's why they stole the DB's on earth despite more powerful warriors, they also only got sent to the boonies for a recruitment drive by Freeza recouping, so they don't find Broly till after Freezas revival.

It's also in the future plus however long they'd take to find Namek so Paragus is already dead most likely.

And most of all Freezas army seemed to be collapsing to infighting and revolution, resurecting Freeza was a last ditch effort they wouldn't have time to pull off imo. But yeah you do you with the fics I guess.
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Post by SelfTrainedNamekian » Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:04 pm

most likely. i mean earth is there for the taking and hes the only who can defend it. so in a huge universe of course there would be more threats all the time. the question is if they are strong enough to beat him. i would bet it would come from the demon realm to avenge dabura

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Post by Peach » Fri Sep 27, 2024 10:49 pm

SelfTrainedNamekian wrote: Fri Sep 27, 2024 4:04 pm most likely. i mean earth is there for the taking and hes the only who can defend it. so in a huge universe of course there would be more threats all the time. the question is if they are strong enough to beat him. i would bet it would come from the demon realm to avenge dabura
I didn't even think about Dabura. Maybe the fuckers from Dragon Ball Daima come after him.

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Post by Hellspawn28 » Thu Oct 10, 2024 11:28 am

In another timeline, I would imagine Trunks could have defeated Baby. Seeing that he is the only GT villain can exist in Trunks world.
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