Victorious said:
In the SSJ2 Kid Gohan vs SSJ2 Majin Vegeta thread Tosh said Gohan reached his max potential of his dormant powers with his SSJ2 in the Cell Games. I said this was ridiculous, the power Elder Kaioshin brought out was his max potential. He said yeah, but it's max potential "beyond it's limits". "True" i said, but you really think the max potential and massive hidden dormant power Elder Kaioshin sensed of Gohan is only SSJ2 Kid Gohan level and thus is weaker than SSJ2 Goku? He said yeah and absurdly tried to defend that position, including saying SSJ2 post Zeta Gohan was weaker than SSJ2 Kid Gohan and SSJ2 Goku. So i said why didn't Elder Kaioshin sense a far greater hidden power in Goku, since Goku was already capable of going SSJ3 Goku and is thus way beyond the puny SSJ2 Kid Gohan power that Tosh thinks was the dormant power Elder Kaioshin sensed in post Zeta Gohan. Tosh then said because "there's no evidence Elder Kaioshin can sense Goku's SSJ3 power". LOL
a) Dende knows about the Metamoran dance and when Goku says two people need to be close in battle power and size, he doesn't contradict the statement and suggest suppression, even with Yamcha and Piccolo there.
b) Goku was unable to perform the Metamoran ritual while on Planet Metamor because nobody was close in battle power or on par with him. The latter points are extremely important because they go hand in hand and don't leave room for suppression to occur.
c) The scan I posted shows that Piccolo is closer in height to Goku than Vegeta is and he isn't considered a relevant factor because of his low battle power. So the conclusion is that the battle powers need to be close to some degree.
d) With point a), b) and c) factored in, I can safely determine that Goku would need to be close to Gohan at some level before suppression can be factored in.
People fusing in Base forms as the common norm doesn't make it an absolute principal, it's simply that that's just how it occurred at those very specific times.
Your argument is self consistent, but so is mine and it doesn't require all the reaching of:
a) Goku didn't try it out because nobody was close to him.
This could be a relevant argument but it goes against the narrative comments from people who know about fusion and what type of people are considered possibilities, obviously Piccolo, whom has significant battle power, isn't a reliable option.
b) Ultimate Gohan can suppress to Goku's Base form.
Well... this could work as well, except it also does against point a), b) and d). They aren't close enough in battle power to be considered compatible with the ritual. This has to occurs before suppression occurs.
Within the context of what's told to us, the readers, it makes more logical sense to go with my theory as opposed to yours. Regardless, if you think I'm a fucking idiot for thinking so, than that's your opinion, which isn't an absolute fact.