#kessrelius

Why did people THINK he stayed gone?

Because Toriyama has consistently written and depicted Goku in a particular fashion. This? This is not his Goku. His Goku was naive, but not a manchild. His Goku cared for his family. His Goku respected Gohan having different interests than himself and wanted him to do whatever made him happy. Toriyama also doesn’t typically write specific dialogue or character interactions unless they’re key to the plot and included in his notes, so there’s that.

Actually, no, it wouldn’t. A person needs at LEAST X amount of Midichlorians to even tap into the Force, and they are a limiter on your power. It’s why Anakin’s remarkably high count was so shocking; Master Yoda had one of the highest ever on record, and Anakin had surpassed even that. Midichlorians are also not exclusively hereditary; in fact, we have only two real canonical cases of it, and it’s from the lineage of a man who was more or less immaculately conceived via the Force itself. Most of the most powerful Jedi on record were born after the Jedi were forbidden to have children, and current canon is much more strict about that than the old EU, who had to retcon that a ton of Jedi simply broke that law. And your Midichlorian level is set. That’s it. You can push yourself to the limit to be connected to the Force, but you’ll always have that as a limiter. S-Cells have no such limit or function. Nor are Goten or Trunks able to do so because of S-Cells. S-Cells have nothing to do with power; in fact, one has to increase their Battle Power to a certain level to even be able to utilize them. Goku had more S-Cells when Vegeta arrived than Vegeta did, yet Vegeta was still far more powerful. The strength they’ve inherited from their fathers is something else entirely.

Yeah I’m not American. The comparison isn’t in just America and has been used all over the world. 

OK, here’s why. Because 1, they didn’t do it. Plain and simple. Had she been acting toward that goal, that’d be one thing. She, however, was not, and even 17 was only doing it so 16′s directive could be filled and they could be free of Gero’s influence. 18, however, found the whole thing sull and was only along for the ride. Even Kami HIMSELF noted that the Androids had yet to do wrong, even the initial fight had been instigated by Vegeta and not themselves. Again, no one is guilty of being tempted to do something. No one is guilty of almost doing something. One is guilty only upon actually performing, or attempting to perform, the act. And even then, they themselves had not wanted this. They never wanted to be what they were, or be weapons meant to kill that old man’s enemies. They wanted to live life, be normal. They had that stolen from them and were acting out of a desperate longing, a need to be free and try to live life. I’d also like to add: Cell was not “brought” to the Future by Trunks. Cell ambushed and killed Trunks in an alternate timeline and stole his time machine, which was set for a return trip. Goku actually DID properly eliminate the Red Ribbon Army. Gero’s survival was incidental, as opposed to Goku “letting him go” in a bit of altered dub dialogue. Facts is facts, the only one who made their choice entirely for themselves is, in fact, Vegeta. Plain and simple.