Thank you so much for asking, sorry it took so long to answer.
S: What’s a head canon you have?
Have a whole bunch of these and all different kinds from silly, to serious, to no one would ever understand it but me. So here I wanted to share a real technical one for Dragon Ball Z that I’m actually quiet fond of.
Basically this is my personal head canon to explain how the time line changed so much in the Android saga from the history that future Trunks knew about. How come Goku had his heart virus attack so much later? How come the androids that showed up were not android 17 and 18? Why wasn’t android 16 around? And why were android 17 and 18 even stronger than the ones in Trunks timeline?
I think the answer to this is, it is all Cell’s fault. When the Cell from even further in Trunk’s future killed him and took his time machine back he landed years before Trunks first showed up. I always chalked this up to the ship getting damaged when he took it. So Cell comes out of the time machine and hibernates for years till his body grows back to adult size. I think Dr. Gero’s computer was actually able to pick up Cell’s energy presence. Not that it could track down or alert Dr. Gero of it but enough that the computer knew there was a stronger power level on the planet so it had to set androids 17 and 18 at a higher level and make them stronger. So because this made their creation take longer to finish Gero instead moved on to using himself and android 19 for his plans.
Android 16 wasn’t around in Trunk’s future because 17 and 18 didn’t stick around to find him and didn’t have need for him. When 17 and 18 were awoken all the Z fighters were there Dr. Gero was freaking out while trying to take control of them. 17 and 18 needed some kind of distraction to take control of the situation. So just the different time and situation of their release lead them to find and release 16 too.
As for why Goku didn’t have his heart virus strike until he was fighting android 19. I think all the training Goku did when Trunks warned them about the androids coming made him healthier and kept him from getting it until of course the most dramatic moment possible.
W: 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms.
Going with my current favorite characters in my first 5 big fandoms.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Donatello
Power Rangers - Tommy the Green Ranger
