Originally posted by cdtm
So, you know how the androids of the mainstream timeline didn't kill ANYONE? They're supposed to be these murderous androids that depopulated the Earth, yet the versions in Universe 7 basically just ran around like punk kids having a good time?Pretty sure anyone that died was because of Vegeta, blowing up trucks left and right.
So what if that extended to Cell? Maybe he would have been a "good" frankenstein monster, who dedicated his life to attoning for the sins of his father, Dr. Gero.
But nope, burned down with the lab.
It was never really explained what made 17 and 18 more benign compared to their future timeline selves (other than Trunks' actions changing some things of that time or something), but even if the current timeline Cell was more good had the lab he was in not been destroyed, he still would've needed to absorb the androids in order to complete his evolution, or he'd be kinda useless, whether good or evil. I like your ideas for him though, and I honestly don't know which kind of aura he'd have or what color appearance he'd have now if he was ever brought back.