#dbo

thanks for asking, now deal with me

Premise: when you fall in love with someone you tend to unconsciously put them on a pedestal, highlighting their best qualities —and unconsciously overlooking the others—; however, sometimes such standards are way too high because they're the result of you excessively idealizing another human to almost perfection. I'm not saying edwin did this overnight or at extremes, but probably it started happening at some point within the thirty years they have known each other, and edwin wasn't even aware of what was happening in his head, that's for sure.

Explanation: what I'm trying to say is that probably charles was aware of edwin expecting something from him. I mean he didn't take that as edwin being in love with him but just as his only friend believing in him and his capacity to be the persona he had been carefully handcrafting, so he kept going with it, being the kind, brave, sunshine character, and don't get me wrong, he is all those good things (but there's more in him yk?)

the truly funny thing about this id that i don't think that mask was perfect, I think there were cracks here and there, but they weren't as noticeable as what happened after the devlin's case —and crystal wasn't there to break the news to both of them about reality— maybe charles actions were passed as excusable or even reasonable by edwin himself.

perhaps charles did some violent shit when he couldn't deal with his anger and edwin thought that it was just the force needed to save them both from a dangerous situations or solve a case, and then, charles learned to use all sorts of weapons because deep down he was still feeling in danger and probably edwin though that he was just being dedicated with their job —and good and strong and smart and just trying to keep them safe from all the dangerous creatures out there— [corrected cause I made a mistake here] (...)

did this in such an unconscious way that when crystal told him about charles and what was happening with him, he had to stop for a second and restart his brain to re-evaluate all the moments within the past thirty years.

The world of DB Online was so fascinating, exploring a time long after the days of Goku & co. And far more interesting than anything they've done in Xenoverse and especially DB Super where the focus is entirely on dumb transformations and nothing else.

Ask Distressed by Obscenity, an iterator oc of mine! :)

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I love the idea! And it seems Toriyama is using some of his ideas from that game and incorporating it into DBS.

I personally think Marron might be the first "student" but, not become a fighter. Because Marron loves it when her parents fly her through the sky & she is able to visually keep up when her parents are sparring. She seems to have some skills already but she doesn't seem to be interested in fighting. I can see her doing some training just so she can fly around and to protect herself. She doesn't really need to be a fighter.

What I'd prefer and think could happen...

Instead of a New Turtle School, Krillin could train a special unit of police officers to protect citizens without using deadly force; teaching them how to fly, sense ki, ect.

There are police with similar uniforms as Krillin but not colors that are as vibrant & flashy. So, Krillin could be the captain or something & teaching them how to better protect citizens from dangerous threats.