Hello again! Yes, we're doing the Q&A thingy again. Every 15 chapters, I ask my readers if they have any questions about my story, and I answer them in one chapter. Let's get straight to business.
Question from Tatakai: Do you plan on publishing it (DBGB) as a book in case it suddenly blows up?
Answer: I've thought about publishing it in physical form, but if I wanted to do that, I'd probably have to use the extended version of the webnovel, and then expand on THAT. If Shueisha doesn't get on my ass for publishing a fanfiction physically, I'll see what I can do once I get more money.
Question 1 from Athie: Where did the inspiration for the villains' personalities come from?
Answer: Platinum was based on the character of the same name my friend originally created. He seemed to be based on a combination of Freeza and a dictator like Hitler or Stalin, so I figured I'd take those traits and apply them to my interpretation. Pepkorn is based on how Tatakai, another friend of mine, depicted his character of the same name. Draft, once again, is based on a friend's interpretation of a character of the same name, which they allowed me to use. His reinterpreted personality is partially based on Piccolo and Future Trunks. Parakress, though he isn't a villain anymore, is based on a mix of Vegeta and Piccolo. Nori is based heavily off of Broly, even though most readers don't know who what is. Baezel Yami is based on Cell and Goku Black, being an artificial being and a clone of Baezel. And Zendoria is based on Towa and Zamasu.
Question 2 from Athie: What's the narrative of the story? As in, the theme.
Answer: In my opinion, it'd be the theme of growth. The characters grow in response to external or internal needs. Take Baezel, for example. Much like the Son family, he grows in strength in order to protect everything and everyone he holds dear, and when he fails to do that, his first instinct is to figure out how to fix it. He's the kind of person who wants to make everyone happy. At least, that's how I intend to portray him.
Question from YaBoiD: Are the characters aware of different alternate timelines, or things like the Discord RPs?
Answer: I'm not 100% sure. They don't have the ability to use something like a time machine yet, so they wouldn't know about alternate timelines. (i.e. the YT series or the Discord RPs) But for now, no.
Question from RX1-Calibarn: What are your plans for Taro?
Answer: I want to make Taro far, far stronger. I might get his potential unlocked at some point down the road, and I'd have him fight Pepkorn, but the issue is that he'd need to fight Pepkorn for AGES to get to his level. I don't see Pepkorn keeping my boy alive long enough for that to happen.
Question from banan: What went into designing Baezel, and what was your design process?
Answer: Believe it or not, Baezel's gone through a lot of redesigns. He started out having this disgusting-looking pompadour hairstyle, and for some reason, when he went Super Saiyan, he had Goku's Super Saiyan hairstyle. The Gacha version of DBGB fared somewhat better, as that's when the Trunks-style hair was established, but his outfit was basically just Goku's Cell arc/Boo arc outfit. I tried out many variations of that uniform, until I decided that an orange gi with blue pants, blue wristbands and black shoes with white socks was good enough.
Question 1 from ChatGPT: With Pepkorn's devastating actions and the escalating conflict, what are your predictions or expectations for the upcoming confrontations between key characters like Baezel and Pepkorn?
Answer: Baezel and Pepkorn are going to have their battle at the end of this arc, that's a given. As for the others, I'd like for them to fight against Pepkorn as well. One of the ideas I had was for Pepkorn to host a tournament of his own at the Tenkaichi Budokai arena, and have each of the Grand Battlers fight him one by one, with him suppressing himself to their individual levels to have fun. For example, if he were to fight Lemogras, he'd suppress his base power to Lemogras' level. I might ditch that whole tournament idea, though, since I don't wanna start a trend.
Question 2 from ChatGPT: How do you envision the resolution of the current arc? Are there specific outcomes or character developments you're aiming to achieve by the arc's conclusion?
Answer: While I have a general idea for the resolution, I don't know how I'm going to expand on that. I wanna include everyone, so that they all get a shot at fighting him. But I'm sure I'll figure something out eventually!
And with that, the Q&A chapter is over. See you in another 15 chapters!