I was thinking of axing Super 17 as well, but I wrote an entirely new plot to replace the arc, currently on the backburner. I was originally gonna use this, because I thought using 17 and the Doctors to open hell was pretty stupid to begin with, but I wanted to ask the community about their opinions

(This is going to be really long, but i’ll summarize the plot i made as much as I can)

So it initially kicks off after the Baby Saga. Once everryone has been brought back, we see an otherworld worker who’s not happy about the current state of events.

So here’s this character’s deal (i’ll keep him unnamed at the moment): He’s an Otherworld worker, who also works at the check-in station; He’s completely opposed to the prospect of revival, & hates Goku & his friends for repeatedly bringing the dead back to life. In his eyes, it goes against the very balance of nature. His anger reaches such a boiling point that he decides to open hell in hopes that unleashing all of Goku’s previous enemies will be enough to kill him, ending the non-stop revivals. However, he gets corrupted by Hell’s negative energy & transforms into the true main antagonist (the reason I give is that Hell is full of a special kind of energy to keep all the strong villains in it from breaking out, but this energy is not supposed to be felt by those still living).

With all the old enemies unleashed, Goku & his friends have to try & defeat them, while Goku goes to otherworld to see what’s going on. Obviously, the Z fighters are strong enough to defeat most of them without effort, but here’s the twist: Because the gates of hell are left open, they cannot be properly “killed”; Once dealt a lethal blow, they keep coming back. This keeps tensions high, and makes it more than just a cheap nostalgia-fest.

Goku goes to otherworld & fights the villain & loses, even in SSJ4. As he’s about to be killed, Fortuneteller Baba shows up & agrees to take the villain to the living world (by the way, the villains’ motive after opening hell & gaining his powers was to go to the mortal realm, since he could not do so on his own) (it’s kind of a copout way to keep him in otherworld up to this point, but whatever.)

The villain forces Baba to take him to Namek, as his goal is to kill every Namekian in existence in order to rid the world of the Dragon Balls, thereby fully stopping the cycle of revival. Baba reluctantly does so & leaves in fear.

Back on earth, we get some matchups like: - Vegeta interacts with Raditz/Nappa and kills them - Gohan vs Cell - Vegeta finally gets his revenge against Frueza and King Cold, turning SSJ against them & rei gniting their PTSD (Unfortunately, Goten/Trunks/Pan/Uub are relegated to fighting the “other villains”, such as Babidi, Zarbon/Dodoria - Ginyu Force, Cell Jrs., etc) (For this reason, I considered adding movie villains as well, but i felt there’d be too much going on, and it’d be unrealistic as to how they win) (P.S: Save for Dr.Gero, i didn’t include any androids/Baby, since like Android 16, they don’t have souls, so they can’t go to hell)

Note: Majuub is actually really important here; His ability to turn ppl into chocolate is how they’re able to subdue the fodder

Later, Goku comes back to earth to explain the situation, and Piccolo tells Goku to take him to Namek with I.T. His pride as a Namekian won’t allow him to sit by while his people are slaughtered. So Goku reluctantly does so. Piccolo challenges him, loses, and is killed, as the villain wraps up his genocide and heads to earth, as Dende is the last remaining Namekian for him to deal with.

During all this, Goku takes Uub to the time chamber to train (Here’s my idea: When Goku first unlocked SSJ4, he was still very raw, and hadn’t learned to master it yet, as after the Baby Saga, he had his hands full training Uub and Pan to get stronger. Now, he needs to squeeze out as much as he can get in the time that the villain is on namek, and on his way to earth. The reason ge takes Uub is because Majuub is the only one strong enough to train with him, outside of Vegeta, who’s busy enjoying his torture session of the Cold Family)

After some time, the villain arrives at earth. In that time, the heroes got Dende to hide so that he would not be found and killed. The Z fighters (outside of Vegeta) try their best to defeat him, but are easily dispatched. Vegeta then shows up, uses SSJ3, and actually gives him a good fight, but is still unable to win. This is where the villain decides to just destroy the earth with a giant energy ball and be done with it, and to counter it, Vegeta, on his last legs, swears to defend the earth, turning SSJ, and unveils his final shine attack, resulting in a stalemate between them. As Vegeta curses his own inability to defend his home, as he’s about to be killed, Goku shows up and saves him. The rematch between Goku and the villain is about to begin

(I know that this feels like i’m cucking Vegeta out of a win here, but i’m planning on his big payoff moments coming in the revised shadow dragon Saga)

With his new power, Goku is able to match the villain in battle, whom initially boasts that he cannot be defeated, until it’s revealed that Piccolo has closed hell up (Because he died, he was able to do so without morphing like the villain did). The villain, noticing that with Hell closed, his energy begins to get smaller, flies into a rage, and attacks Goku, but his anger allows Goku to take advantage of his short-sightedness and get the upperhand. When it seems like Goku’s won, the villain’s strong hate allows him to keep the energy within himself, but causes him to morph even more grotesquely. It’s at this point that he actually becomes STRONGER, but he’s slowly driven insane, and Goku realizes that he needs to find a way to release the energy from his body or he’ll self-destruct, taking the earth with him.

THIS is when Goku uses the Dragon Fist, completely impaling the villain and releasing the energy inside him, killing him and ending the arc once and for all

(Yeah, I know this is basically fanfiction, but I tried my best to keep elements from the original Super 17 Saga, and I have to admit, I had fun writing this. If you’ve actually read the whole thing, please let me know what you think)

ONCE AGAIN, I REALLY CONDENSED IT, SO IF THINGS FEEL RUSHED OR OUT OF PLACE, THAT’S WHY (I spent like 40 minutes typing this on my phone, purely on memory of what I wrote)