
Originally Posted by
Heald
To simplify things, I think the best bet would be to say that instead of blowing up Planet Vegeta, Frieza simply killed their most elite warriors (i.e. King Vegeta, Bardock and his team etc.) but obviously kept the loyal Vegeta and his lot (Radditz, Nappa etc.) alive, and with their best warriors killed, the rest of the race fell in line, becoming Frieza's slaves. Frieza then tricks Vegeta into thinking that Planet Vegeta was destroyed by meteors (in order to keep him loyal and to prevent Vegeta from trying to rise up and take his place as king), as per the original story. That way, the Saiyan and Namek Sagas would have still happened. When Goku becomes a Super Saiyan, Vegeta has already allied with the Earth lot by this time, and when Goku kills Frieza, the Planet Vegeta is freed. However, because Vegeta thinks Planet Vegeta is gone, he stays on Earth and therefore Trunks is born, causing the Cell Saga, then the Buu Saga remains as normal.
This actually works really well as an alternate reality, as you only need to change the detail about the planet not being blown up and the story would remain more or less exactly the same.
How about that? Any objections?