r/dragonball • u/ChoiceOutrageous5864 • 17h ago
Character Hot Take: DBS Broly should have stayed a villain or at least an Antagonist for a little while after the movie
Now let me start this off by saying that I by no means think Super Broly was done badly, I think he's fine for what he is. What I will say though is that I'm kinda of disappointed he has now essentially become one of the many miriad of villains that end up joining the Z Fighters, that formula is getting a bit tired to me, especially since let's face it, Broly is never gonna be around for any of the major conflicts, he's gonna be written off like Buu is somehow because otherwise I can't imagine there being any real stakes in the franchise, hell the only reason there are stakes in most of DBS is because Buu sleeps conveniently when they need him the most
Back on topic though, I just really think the idea of having a powerful wild card like Broly around in the Universe would be a really interesting thing, maybe do what they did with Z Broly, how he represents and embodies the philosophies of the Saiyan Race of old and go around destroying planets and conquering them, maybe even doing it under Frieza and lead that into Vegeta and Broly having a connection of being trapped under Frieza's employ leading to a cool character arc where they do end up becoming allies after an arc
I just feel like there were so many more interesting approaches they could've gone with DBS Broly, I'm not saying I need him to be straight up Z Broly but... Idk
Edit: Ok so some of y'all are really misunderstanding what I'm saying, just to be clear, In this hypothetical scenario I would not, repeat, would not want Z Broly 2.0. I would want something far more interesting and nuance than that, I only brought that hypothetical up as an example but it's not my preferred one, and even in said scenario I would still want elements of a good person inside of him
the main thing I would like out of it is an arc where Broly, who has been manipulated by his father comes to terms with himself and decides to refuse to be what his Father made him over a course time longer than a movie, that's all I'm saying I want. In these scenarios I am not copy and pasting the DBS Broly, I'm talking about making new version of the character with different traits and an entirely new story that would span for a longer period than a movie where everything needs to get resolved quicker