DBZ2 Questions and Answers and explanations
Hello out there, friends and fans of my Fanfiction series Dragonball Z! Right now I am using a laptop to stay in contact with you guys but am not writing any new episodes until my brother gives me back my computer when he finishes fixing it. In the mean time I want to take the time to have a FAQ chapter and also I want to explain a few things, as well as tell you things about the series that you may not have learned well enough by the actual writing in the show or things you misunderstood. Well here you go!
Prater- Let me just go on a lamb here and explain to you where the idea of the Prater came from, well to be honest with you I did not think of that name, you see before Z2 became really big I was apart of DBZ RPG group on ran by a person named Dustin, you see you were able to choose many different races in the DBZ universe and he had made up a race of his own called the Praters, and he used the Dragonball AF (A fake series) SSJ 5 Goku image. And I thought that was an interesting idea that he had of making a completely different race that was more advanced and evolved then the Sayians. He told me he had come up with the name by combining two words he saw in the dictionary together, although I do not remember the names. After many fun months of playing the RPG I got up to Episode 19 of Z2, and decided I wanted to have a twist with the whole SSJ 5 thing that was currently running in Z2, you see I didn't want there to just be another Super Sayian transformation, I wanted to try something different, so with his permission, I used the name Prater to replace SSJ 5, and I also changed the history of the Praters around a little bit, in small terms he had made his own history revolved around the Praters that is different then mine, but I still did borrow some properties from his history of the Praters as well.
Rya- Whew… Rya, Rya, Rya… what a tale he was…let me just tell you something right now, when I first started making this series this was not Rya's first appearance. Some years before Z2 came into Existence, I wanted to write a fanfiction on one of my own websites and I entitled it: "DBZ Crap", it told the story during the DBZ timeline in which some evil beings called Sills attacked the planet (Much like the machines in Episode 32 of the five saga) and where Rya appeared to the Z-fighters to tell them of an impending threat. (Also much like the five Saga) Of course this threat was different, he was telling them that, the Reaper from a game called Dungeon Keeper and Broly, who for some reason I made a cyborg, were coming to attack the planet it was at this time that I had made the Drones a peaceful race, and let me just tell you right now, this was before I had done script format like with Z2, the story was horrible! It was an abomination! Not only did I steal characters like the Reaper from other source material, but also it was poorly written, Broly was a friggin cyborg, it was a retelling of the Sayian saga but Gohan was in Goku's place in King Kai's place, and I also wrote the whole story in one giant paragraph, and I, at the time, thought it was good. Of course at the time I was also very young as well and I didn't no better. I was upset the day I accidentally deleted it, but now that I look back that was the best thing to happen. Of course that would not be the last… as not entirely too long after I had decided to write another story and give Rya another kick at the can. This time I had Rya be evil (Much like the Rya Saga) and he came to the planet alone to attack, of course this story was a little different, when he came to the planet his ambitions were to eat the hearts of children… this comes into my sick childish mind at the time. The story was very violent and I had killed off basically the entire Z team, all of which were very violent, Rya had two henchmen by the names of Stupid and Idiot, I am not kidding you those were their actual names. It, like the other story, was a complete piece of trash, and I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote them. I guess you can say I was a stupid little fanboy with a dream. I never completed any of those stories and as far as I am concerned now they don't need to be revisited. Which brings me to my next point, in the year 2004, after much thought I had wanted to start another Dragonball Fanfiction, except this time make is episodic like the show and not just one huge story on one page, that is when I discovered and this time around I wanted to make it script format unlike my pervious adventures with the Z fiction, I noticed once I started writing it the story just flew right out of me and came so much easier while being written in script form, I couldn't believe it, I was actually finishing stuff! And then by Episode 4 I had at the end of the episode I had brought back the character of Rya yet again, but this time by taking the idea of my 2nd DBZ Fanfiction and presenting it in a different style with a more older written and somewhat better written style and a completely different story all together, the same would also apply for the five saga, as I took the idea of my 1st fanfiction by making a good Rya but also changing the story around a lot more and making it less retarded and written in a way that is well perceived by people. I was finally able to complete the Rya story I had been wanting to tell for years once Z2 came into my mind, it was a great occasion finishing off the Five Saga and finally closing the chapter of Rya in mind and in away that felt most satisfying. I'm not saying the way I write Z2 is perfect but compared to my earlier works this can be compared to books like Lord of the Rings and To Kill a Mocking Bird.
Name Pun: Rya- Did you know that Rya is the first three letters of my name Ryan? Pretty obvious when you look at it, but not only does he have basically my whole name, but he is also in part, based on me and my appearance. He's, I guess you can say he's me in a DBZ story. But he is much cooler and stronger then me, and plus he's an Alien, I plan to someday take pictures of myself and turn them into drawings and perhaps post them to show you a representation of how I see Rya, I'll use my blanket as a cape.
Here's a note of interest: I have the entire Z2 series mapped out in my head from beginning to end, although many plot points and other things have yet to be determined by me and I still have to up with ways to present the story, and I also plan to after Z2 is done to expand the story more with a sequel series.
Gotrix- The idea of Gotrix was simple, a friend and I back when we were little use to go outside and role play DBZ, and we made up a new character friend named Gotrix, the character in my Z2 story is merely a representation of that role playing character. Or in English is based on that character we made up. The whole Yamcha rivalry was made up be me in this story.
I can't quite think of any other explanations for things at the moment, if you want me to cover something then tell me in the reviews and I'll try to explain it as best as I can.
Now onward to the Questions and Answers portion!
Q: How many episodes do you plan to have Z2 run for?
A: At least 300 episodes, I hope consisting of roughly 8 or 9 sagas, I'm not quite sure at the moment. But I do want 300 or more episodes.
Q: What can you reveal about the Sequel series?
A: Well it's a long way off, but I can tell you it will be a lot different then any other Dragonball thing you've seen and read before.
Q; Where do you get your ideas?
A: Right out of my head, like I've said before I mapped out the series by coming up with many ideas right off the top of my head, I tend to be very good at coming up with good or decent ideas, not to brag, but sometimes mine are better then others.
Q: What kinds of characters are going to appear after the Merl Saga?
A: Well characters villains that are a lot cooler then him, and if you noticed in this current saga there was one elude I made to the next Sagas coming soon, you just had to pay close attention to find it out.
Q: How old are you?
A: Strictly Confidential, sorry!
Q: What made you decided to put Goten and Bra together, and Trunks and Pan?
A: Basically I just brought to life a whole history of fan stuff, the Goten and Bra relationship and the Trunks and Bra relationship has been made up by fans all over the internet, I'd say they are some of the biggest fan couples ever made on the internet, and I'm simply just giving the fans what they want in a few words or less.
Q: How come the Ages are different?
A: Because I had originally believed that after they had beaten Kid Buu that it had only been 4 years later and then 10 years later into GT, after I had learned that all together it was 20 years later into GT, I had decided to just keep it the way it was and allow the characters to be younger then they actually were in GT.
Q: How many years have passed on Z2 so far?
A: So far it's been… 2 years after GT, and it's been 4 years since the defeat of Rya, so, 6 years in total… I think…
Q: Who's going to die next?
A: Now why in the world would I tell you that? Well, I can tell you that in coming sagas, 5 people will die.
Q: How come you have filler sagas like the Pilaf Saga and the Merl Saga?
A: Because I don't want to get right into the next plot line, that's unprofessional to just go straight from one plot into another plot with no rest.
Q: How come you have so many Sayaiman-like filler episodes?
A: The same as the last question.
Q: Why are you doing this?
A: Because I love DBZ!
If there are any more questions that you need answers to, please ask them in the reviews. Thanks!
Villians so far: Rya # 1, Pilaf, Rya # 2, Rya # 16, Claude # 50, Claude # 62, Corpolius, Rike # 4, and Merl. More to Come!
New Heroes: Gotrix, Goken, Rya # 56, more to come!
Now all we have to do now is be patient and wait for my Computer to be fixed and I will be back to writing some more Z2 right where we left off! See ya then!
One More Note: Can someone try and figure out Power levels for these characters? That would be appreciated.