#ben 10 love interests

[cat-scarr]

That scene in “Rules of Engagement” where Ben tries to talk to Julie again while she’s trying to leave with her new replacement boyfriend lives in my head because like despite it being a lost cause, he still tries to say he “promises to always put her first” and that “he can change.” Like, honey no, there are some things you can’t change. You don’t need to be in a relationship that constantly demands that you change. And if that doesn’t work for her, that doesn’t make you bad.

#oh she found someone who can be what she wants??? #all that means is that they weren’t compatible long term #and that still doesn’t make him the bad guy :) #framing him as the bad guy in this situation is insane idc that they do in canon #that’s even fucking worse #benlie #Ben 10 #ben 10 love interests #ben tennyson #analysis files #rules of engagement

[ben-10-setting-omnicrom]

Quick question and maybe a bit no duh type but you still rocking with Omnichip?

Lmao of course. It's literally the only ship with Ben, besides Eunice, worth stanning. A reformed Elena has basically infinite potential story wise and she's the only one besides Eunice who actually cares for Ben for Ben lmao.

Every other love interest is some flavor of abusive or narcissistic and toxic. Which is honestly super sad. No such relationship should be glorified.

#ben 10 #ben tennyson #ben 10 omniverse #ben 10 ultimate alien #ben 10 alien force #ben 10 discourse #character exploration #omnichip #elena validus #eunice #ben 10 love interests #asks and replies

[pixiatn]

Dc x dp fic except it's not DP and it's Ben 10, cause Ben 10 has a criminally low amount of fics compared to the DC×DP sub fandom😭

OK, SO-

Ben (while on a mission with Gwen, Kevin, and Rook) gets K.O'd so fucking hard somehow it deadass slingshots him to another universe so fucking hard that even Professor Paradox is like "Yeah, Idk where he is 😭??"

Boom, Ben wakes up in another Dimension with amnesia, which is bad, but WAIT, it gets even worse🤩😏 the Omnitrix freaked out from the overall energy of the attack from the threat him and his team were facing that it semi life locked him in his alien forms, meaning he cant turn back into a human but can switch between the aliens

(not at will, more so situational, y'know how like some people theorize that when Ben doesn't turn into the alien he wants, it's the Omnitrix giving him what he needs)

Anyway Ben woke up with amnesia in another Dimension, boom, and now he's trapped in his alien form, double boom. Pookie is obviously very freaked out and confused, and because he obviously doesn't want to cause mass panic cause he's a freak he just kinda lurks in dark alleys and abandoned buildings. Bro accidentally becomes a local cryptid, well, multiple cryptids.

He catches sight of Signal (like it's fucking hard with that bright ass suit) and because of his color, the shape of the helmet and maybe he used his powers in a fight and thinks bro is an alien. Ben just approaches and is like "uh.. friend? :)" he quickly realizes that he's fucking WRONG but Duke is just like "yeah this might as well happen" and the accidental besties unite, then they start kissing at some point idk

Memes

#'why do u use duke as the love interest in ur ideas' BC MY BLK KIMG DESERVES SHIPS #and hes barely in 'normal' Batfam fics😭 #mention #ben 10 #ben tennyson #duke thomas #the signal #the batfamily #batfam #batfamily #hey pookies what should Duke/Ben ship name be🤔?? #dc x ben10

[teenageoaffireknight]

love interests

kim and ron

hercules and megara

anakin and padme

gwen and kevin

ichigo and rukia

robin and starfire

aerrow and piper

#valentine's day #kim possible #love interests #love couples #disney #ron stoppable #hercules #megara #star wars the clone wars #the clone wars #star wars: the clone wars #star wars #ben 10 alien force #gwen tennyson #kevin levin #bleach #rukia kuchiki #ichigo kurosaki #teen titans #robin #starfire #storm hawks #piper #aerrow

[myheadisemptyffonly]

Sirius: Moony, are you crying?

James: Aww you do have a heart.

Remus: Yeah that's what poor people have instead of money.

#marauders #harry potter #remus lupin #sirius black #james potter #Kevin from Ben 10 is a mood #wolfstar #marauders headcanon #incorrect marauders #remus and sirius #remus and james #remus x sirius #sirius x lupin #Remus would cry over the most ridiculous things #Suddenly he lose all his rights? Puff like he had it in the first place #James accidentally burns his favorite sweater? Well that's life #The main character does not end with the secondary love interest? That is a tragedy #that deserves crying OF FRUSTRATION

[fireflywonder]

Please ship Ben with an OC and not his cousin

#if you don’t like his canon love interests just make one #instead of resorting to that #ben 10 #complaint

[like-sands-of-time]

If you don't write Ben as trembling, shaking, tripping over himself, stumbling to his knees for Rey I don't think you actually understand the character as he was in that moment

Rey could have ended that war by taking his hand tbh. If she had taken his hand she absolutely could have convinced him to do anything in that moment. He just killed his master, the man who had been in his head for 30 years, manipulating and destroying him from the inside out. He had no sense of personal identity, just a loose sense of morals and ideals and his obsession with her. She fully controlled him.

Obviously she did what she thought she had to do but I'm only observing. She wanted the death and fighting to stop. I do think if she had taken his hand she could have convinced him. He wanted to bring about peace and balance like his grandfather, he just didn't have all the right tools, like, rey's goodness and a different perspective.

#ben in that 10 minutes between killing his master and losing rey was so overstimulated #not only has he lost the direct link to snoke whos been plaguing him with nightmares and fear #so deeply intertwined from when he was in his mothers womb that ben truly knows no different #but he and rey have fought side by side.. wordlessly communicating through their bond perfectly in sync with each other #theyve both repeatedly killed for each other and saved the others life #what exactly is supposed to happen next? she came to him willingly but does she want to stay?? he needs to get her to stay #his brain is scrambled fried baked whatever #his proposal is Mr Darcy in the Rain Fail Moment but hes not hopeless just hopelessly devoted to her #all im saying is theres a universe where rey sees the good ideas in his head and the chance to change things now hes in charge #leia may have been a princess and politician and luke may have helped save the galaxy #but its ben who frees the skywalker name from enslavement.. anakin was always under the emperor and he was no different #it could have been very interesting to see their tentative union while dropping hints in the last few minutes #that snoke was one of palpys clones. then it wouldn't have been so out of left field in the next movie #and we can get an even better showcase of rey embracing the dark feeling is surround her #palpy is drawing her in this time instead of ben and she doesnt even have to be blood related #I'd actually rather she still was rey of nowhere #but hes manipulating her and bens redemption arc is him saving her.. bringing her back to the light #but showing her how having both isnt so bad.. how being light and dark is ok . how love and anger and fear arent the end of living #so in helping her hes embracing his Light and her Dark and the conclusion is oh actually #this black and white moral structure is inherently fucked and balance is the only true answer to anything #ben solo #rey of jakku #reylo

[benjimarii]

An Open Book

Here's a small snippet of my writing, since I haven't been drawing consistently. For some context, it's part of a post OV story that I've been working on for a while. This scene in particular takes place at a dining hall, where there's a celebration banquet for Grandpa Max's birthday. It's been a year after the events of the OV finale, and Ben hasn't been talking to most people, including his friends. He barely even texts Gwen and Kevin at this point, both of which are worried about him. He hasn't talked to Rook in a while as well, trying to push everyone and anyone away.

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Being there felt like torture. All of the stares and glares he got was enough to make anyone go crazy. But that was normal to him. The hero was more-so unsettled by the newer looks of concern being casted upon him. He had to admit that he didn't exactly look his best at the moment, despite the suit and tie.

Ben finished what was left of his punch and gracelessly tossed the cup into a trash bin. Officially feeling like he was done for the night, the human stared at the glass exit door. It was muddled with the reflections of party-goers, faces he'd rather not see again. He'd decided that he would just text Gwen that he felt sick and left the party, so that she wouldn't worry about him disappearing.

Huffing, he took a few steps forward before he felt a familiar, fuzzy hand connect with his. Time itself felt like it froze around him, like everything else had vanished.

Tracing his arm downwards, Ben's eyes landed on said hand. That's all he needed to see. Not having the energy to tug away, he stood there, expecting to be reprimanded and scolded about how he was being a horrible friend, or a bad plumber, or being generally a nuisance. Something that would make him angry enough gain the energy to yank his arm away and leave.

But that didn't happen.

Ben got goosebumps when he heard the delicate, yet raspy voice of his former partner hit his ears. Instead of the anger he'd prepared himself for, he heard hints of worry and fear. "You do not have to leave. We can talk, Ben." The hand holding his squeezed ever so slightly tighter, almost as if it was trying to beg him for an answer. Ben tilted his head to face the ground and took a deep breath. If he said anything now, he knew he couldn't back out afterwards.

Refusing to answer felt like the worse option, so talking it was. He would try his best to keep this interaction as short as he could.

"Rook, you... Chose to leave." The human winced slightly at his tone before quickly continuing his thoughts, "And that's great! For, uh, you. But... that was your choice. There's nothing to talk about. You're doing great, and I'm happy for you." Ben could almost feel Rook's eyes burning the back of his neck, and his chest ached. He could feel the familiar twinges of fear pulling at his muscles, telling him to get out as fast as he could. Telling him that he's in a dangerous situation, and that he needs to leave. To run, to fight, hell, even to hide.

But there was no danger here.

Just Rook.

The air was thick, as both beings could sense the tension rising. Even as nothing physical was happening around them, emotions were rapidly swirling and brewing in their heads. Neither of them quite knew what they were doing, and neither of them knew just how big that divide between them was until it was opened up.

The seconds of silence were deafening. Ben felt as if he wanted to scream and yell, but his throat closed up, and his thoughts flew throughout his mind like a tornado. Rook, on the other hand, just needed a few moments to collect his.

"You know that this is not healthy. I..." Rook paused, "I know that I should not push you with these things. But Ben, what you are doing is..." He inhaled sharply, and gave a quick sigh before giving up on that thought. He replaced it with one with a gentler tone. "I see those dark circles around your eyes. I see your shakey hands. I saw how you tensed up when Kevin touched your shoulder." Rook looked to the side, and let go of Ben's hand. "I do not care if you tell me what is wrong. I feel as if we both know that I know. But I will not stand by and let you hurt yourself like this."

The genuine care and concern caught Ben off guard. He'd spent the last year berating himself with words that probably weren't true. And he'd been doing so alone. But that's what was for the best, right? He didn't need to burden his friends with those thoughts. This was his battle, and his battle alone.

Ben turned slowly to meet Rook's stare with his own. Those vibrant, green eyes. Staring at them once made Rook happy, but looking at them now pained his heart more than ever. His friend looked so exhausted, so... lost.

"What do you expect me to do, Rook? You left, Gwen left, Kevin left, and it's fine. I'm fine on my own. I want to be on my own. And..." He stuttered, "I want you guys to be happy!" Ben forced a small smile, a smile all too familiar to Rook. The smile that he plastered on his face when fans ran towards him, and camera crews followed him around. Rook never thought he'd be on the receiving end of that smile.

The revonnahgander stepped slightly closer to Ben, which made the hero's facade drop a bit. As much as he wanted to back away, the human's legs were frozen in place. All he could do was turn around, to look away from his alien friend. Ben felt everything slowly collapsing, but why? He's always been able to keep things in, to keep everything at bay, to never show that things actually get to him. Why was it so difficult to control his emotions all of the sudden?

That's when a long, warm pair of arms wrapped around him like a safety blanket. All of this thoughts fell apart after that. Tears formed in his eyes, and dripped slowly down his reddened cheeks. Grabbing the arms slung over his shoulders, he held on tight. It was an awkward hug, but then again, they were awkward people. And, for the first time in years, he let himself cry.

#ben 10 #ben 10 omniverse #rook blonko #b10 #ben tennyson #ben ten #fanfic #finally showing off a bit of writing? #im honestly a baby when it comes to tumblr stuff im so new #i have no clue how to work this site for i am dumb #but if anyone is interested in this story id love to give some details #its very long and acts as a full arc based continuation of the prime timeline #with different villains and seasons and whatnot #i still have a lot to work on but i can try my best to answer without spoiling everything lol #its nowhere near done just so you know #but id love to hear ideas as well #all of yall are so creative its amazing

[gritsandbrits]

It's funny how a few years ago i made Kendrix explicitly to not have a love interest due to how shitty the romance was handled in ben 10 now i ship her with varian and drago

#birds of a feather sometimes flock together #in ben 10 canon shes still single but in AUs she has a love interest

[guiltye]

also ben conquering up a whole religion to his unit when they were kids genuinely started as a way to help the others cope with the horrors of their upbringing; to give them answers that they have been searching for as to why they live in manticore being raised as children soldiers. he never intended to drown in that belief, or even believe in it at all? not until he started to go down the rabbit hole, and realize that there is a better answer to all of this; and it all comes down to the "blue lady" (virgin mary, a picture of her was handed to max by the janitor when she was having a seizure, and all the kids called her the blue lady).

even after season two, when ben escapes from the manticore fire that was started by max; he struggles between what is real and what has been conquered up in his own head to cope with the answers of his upbringing. whenever he sees imagery of the virgin mary, he flinches almost because he wants to pray to her, but he also knows in some way that it isn't real. not after he was sacrificing lives that associated with manticore in "her name."

ben suffers from his own form of religious trauma, at the hands of a religion that he conquered up through his own fanaticism and hyper imagination, having to find his bearings once more with the outside world when he escapes manticore a second time.

#i. ben mcdowell. #i know maybe only one or two of my folks know dark angel and probably whatever the hell i am talking about. #but ben was such a neat character for being in just ONE episode? #we see so much of him? #and i would have loved to see zack's reaction to him tbh. #because i'm sure that ben and zack leaned on each other a bunch since zack was the leader of the group; but ben was giving them something #to hope for. #even if none of it was real. #ben just lost control of that along the lines tied with his own wavering mental health. #also talking about religious trauma is so interesting because it's a very real thing but this is to a religion that he genuinely made up. #and genuinely thought was a good thing. #and was sacrificing people in the name of some being that he made up. #MANTICORE LITERALLY broke ben and when he escaped when he was only 10? to the real world? he had to desperately grasp at straws for answers #answers that it seemed that no one was giving him when he was alone and on the streets as a KID. #who didnt know that there WAS a world outside of manticore.

[cat-scarr]

Gentle reminder, people. Ben was 15-17 Years old from beginning of alien force to end of Omniverse.

He tried his damnest with the girls (the accursed HAREM) and while he did make mistakes in the end the fault doesn't lay on him that those relationships fell through.

Stop demonizing the damned watch kid, I'm SICK OF IT. THE GIRLS WERE TO BLAME AS WELL.

GOD...

Sorry Cat, lmao.

NO YOU’RE RIGHT THE PEOPLE NEED TO BE REMINDED

To add to that, do people not realize that the relationship issues got worse the more invested he got in being a hero? It’s almost as if he couldn’t be a normal boyfriend because he literally gave up having a normal life :))) it shouldn’t take a genius to understand that and yet

#you’re so right half those bitches didn’t deserve him anyway #period 💅 #Ben 10 #ask #ben 10 omniverse #ben 10 love interests

[spiralneko]

weird that pyronites have some form of secondary sexual characteristics when theyre literally living rock and fire

#spiral system #jackie speaks #ben 10 #this is not a dig on that species i love pyronites a lot #its just interesting to think of the implications of this

[blorbobutworse]

I get that some people hate men. But...I also feel like there's something intrinsically wrong with hating them. Fear them, yes. And that fear can turn to anger. But hatred...I don't think most people deserve that. Men are tender. Men are soft, and funny, and silly, and they are boys and children and and adults and elderly. And, they are rough and loud and violent and angry. You want to know why?

Because men are people.

Some/most men are dangerous and misogynistic,

And men are people with layers,

And men have been raised in a system that prevents them from growing, and being forced into a box because they have been neglected emotionally,

Are all ideas that can, and s h o u l d coexist.

#this really feels intense bc I have guy friends #and they're rude as shit #but they also ask about your day #one of them always makes sure the others say their thanks #another loves pokemon qnd ben 10 #he gets s o happy when people listen #men can be dangerous. my life taught me that. #but anyone can be dangerous. its systemic. #blorboblurbs #basically valid to be scared/wary of men but hatred of male expression #ie sex life/ interests/ gender expression #that's a horrible thing to do. #no holds barred #your a bad person. get over yourself. your not any less human than we are.

[teenageoaffireknight]

love interets

gwen and kevin

kim and ron

#ben 10 ultimate alien #gwen tennyson #kevin levin #valentine's day #love couples #love interests #kim possible #ron stoppable #disney

[leori-the-unlearned]

TOH FIC AUTHOR IS A TRANSISTOR FAN I FEEL SO SEEN <3<3<3

fic link

btw if youve never heard of transistor look up the OST on youtube and listen to one of em you will NOT regret it

#i always love when things i love are made into interests of characters like this #like kh fics that have sora reading animorphs (read 1 where luz was reading animorphs earlier <3) #havent seen any yet but if anyone gives danny phantom/luz/ben 10 an interest in digimon i WILL die /pos #leori words

[sxilor-1010]

At this point, everytime I think back to my crystal candy ship in Ben 10 (Tetrax x my OC Nova), I realize its practically just selfshipping since Nova's technically a self insert in the Ben 10 universe-

#sxilor speaks #sxilors ocs #nova 10 au #don't get me wrong tho Nova's got her own universe because I can't just copy straight off of ben 10 #some events change and even added some of my own villains for interest #but like.... Nova is pretty much just me & my love for Ben 10 personified #also I had a massive crush on Tetrax when I first saw him on screen so. #it just makes sense that the crystal candy ship is just me self shipping #selfship #ben 10 tetrax shard #Shining Perfection; Tetrax F/O #💎🍬 Crystal Candy; Tetrax x Nova