User blog comment:KidVegeta/Announcing My Next Story/@comment-111.92.7.102-20101206090953/@comment-3097771-20101207113359

Tien is a useless character that had terrible development/execution. I don't plan on expanding his character. Sorry. As for Dabura, if you remember, Yamcha never met him in DBZ. I think it's fair for the two to meet much earlier, with neither knowing who the other is. This also does not break canon. -KidVegeta