#but also this is about ben 10

[vimbry]

sometimes a theme tune composed for a show aimed at little kids is far better than it needs to be, when honestly any vaguely catchy or obnoxiously ear-grabbing formula would do just fine nobody would really care, and then you look up the composer and it's always some like. former member of an alternative rock group or experimental new wave keyboardist and you go ah yeah it makes sense now.

#this is about story makers lmao #also it doesn't count for this example bc it's an older audience cartoon #but I recently found out the ben 10 theme was done by jellyfish co-founder and music producer andy sturmer like ohhhh that's why it slaps #teen titans theme as well bc he worked with puffy amiyumi

[faerynova]

ok listen i was a ben 10 girlie like anyone else obsessed with cartoons from the 2000s. i fucking LOVE the show let me start with that. ive rewatched the og series and alien force and ultimate alien multiple times. but i have such a hard time creating fanart/fic or even just engaging in general fandom because something doesnt quite click right and ive realized why: its because i cant dehumanize ben

ben turns into so many different aliens that it no longer matters. theyre costumes rather than a complete change with consequences. i would so much rather he get infected with one kind of super turbo powerful alien dna and we see how that changes him, physically and mentally, as he navigates this new world of monsters and fights aliens and eventually has to be made a peacekeeper of the universe all because he accidentally ended up with the omnitrix.

i want to see him go through whats basically alien puberty because hes growing into this and the omnitrix was never supposed to go to a literal child and i want him to lose his humanity as he gets lost in this world and never be able to go back.

i understand why we didnt get it and im not at all mad about it because i know this is a very specific thing i personally like to see. i just dont have the energy to make my own au so im ranting but man. i can dream.

also i want the necrofriggian babies back. i want to see ben raising his kids. i want him to struggle with being a teen dad. give me consequences to the silly events and let him go through the horrors and grow from it

#i love second gen content! but only when its drama filled and the parents really shouldnt be parents #and have to deal with so many hardships #and learn and fuck up sometimes and grow from the experience #whether its because of their attitude or trauma or because theyre too young #and ben is all three of those things!!! #this is a recipe catered specifically to me but we dont get to have any fun with it in canon #and i know why. but also im chewing cardboard about it #faeloops #ben 10

[triysn]

Thinking about celebrity trio again.

Random thoughts about how different Rex’s world is from the others, bc while both Zak and Ben’s world is fairly ‘normal’ in that attacks and disasters are still considered a break from the norm (at least in the earlier series for Ben), Rex’s world is in it. They are actively having the worst half-decade in human history, apocalypse and all. Plus, while the others’ threats are external (ie aliens and cryptids, mostly), Rex’s world’s fire is coming from inside the house.

That really affects the tone of each show, obviously, but i was thinking about how this would appear in each protagonist.

For example, I think that Rex would be really good at crowd control and comforting civilians. He's used to living in a climate of fear and suspicion, and he usually has an active hand in resolving whatever EVO-related disaster is going on. We've already seen a little of this in the show, but it would really show as Rex matures and slows down a little, rather than just focusing on the action and curing part of it. People in his world are terrified, and the EVOs he cures are someone's family or friends, if not just a living, breathing, feeling person/animal. With how much he cares about people in general, I think he'd be naturally given to try and comfort them in any sort of crisis. Plus, he's pretty dependable when he isn't goofing off. People in his world already know him as the Cure, so that helps.

Ben, on the other hand, is flashier and more defeat-the-villain kinda guy, which makes sense because his villain attacks don't directly involve civilians unless they're being actively targeted (if that makes sense). He clearly has a name for property damage etc., even if he does get the job done in the end. I think people in his world would see him more as a celebrity-type hero that's better to look at from afar. He would find it easier to make friends with civilians, or give out autographs, than comfort them probably.

Zak is a whole other story because he doesn't even interact with civilians most of the time lol. It's in his job description to avoid them. But if they get involved in some cryptid-related stuff, like that one episode with the eye-stealing monkey, he'd be able to manage if he focused on the cryptid aspect of it and probably come off as someone who knows what they were doing and still put people at ease. He's pretty good at being friendly in general because of the variety of people he meets while travelling, but in terms of civilian crisis management, he doesn't have much experience.

#damn now i'm thinking about the secret trio too #also #is it weird that i think rex would be the older brother of the trio #and zak would be the middle child #and ben would be the youngest who gets away with murder #i need all three of them to meeeet #generator rex #rex salazar #ben 10 #ben tennyson #the secret saturdays #zak saturday #headcanon #celebrity trio

[rosdevw2]

Anyone else get the feeling Rook and Glitch would confuse each other do to their speech patterns?

I don't really know what you mean, like the way they both talk fancy? honestly I think they would understand each other no probs, but would confused other people that are around them (maybe they are doing it on purpose, who knows)

#ben 10 #ben 10 classic #ben 10 alien force #ben 10 omniverse #ben 10 reboot #ben tennyson #rook blonko #ben 10 glitch #glitch tennyson #ben 10 fanart #rossart #also I been redesigning my reboot rook #still not sure how I felt about it

[jessklpy]

Night of the living Nightmare....

#I have the hc that Albedo accidentally hurt himself before they removed the parasite #Only thought about it 'cause he moved a lot while he was sleeping #Also thought about it 'cause I watched that episode again #ben 10 #ben 10 ultimate alien #ben 10 fanart #ben 10 alien force #ben ten #ben 10 albedo

[bambeptin]

after heroes united

#generator rex #rex salazar #ben 10 #ben tennyson #bamboo draws #WHEW this was fun to work on #yaaay drawing the skyyy #also almost forgot about rex's jacket stripes till the very end

[addicted-to-the-knife]

Renfield (2023) is one of those vampire movies that gave me everything I could have wanted and more. I haven't felt this way about any vampire media in a long time. Nic Cage was the most perfect choice to play the count himself in this film. Just--- *chef's kiss*

#and don't even get me started on all the other characters #i'm literally so in love #please i missed being so enarmoured and excited about vampire movies because most of them just never hit the mark for me personally #and this one just hit aaall the right spots #10/10 great movie please watch it #renfield #renfield 2023 #renfield movie #count dracula #robert montague renfield #teddy lobo #tedward lobo #nicolas cage #nicholas hoult #ben schwartz #i also love WWDITS of course but it's not Like That for me yk? #anyway-

[leo-bandito]

hey, bye.

#GONNA BE HONEST. #not a lot of thought put into this one I just like this song & the album cover inspired me #& I’ve been thinking about future Kevin . Again. makes a face. #ALSO I KNOOOWWW the perspectives & angles r fucked ok I did this in Aggie freehanded leave me alone . #kevin levin #kevin 11 #ben 10 #uaf #ben 10 classic #< I guess .? #Kevin 11k #I’ve found myself tagging stuff UAF in the same vein as tagging things as Trigun 1998 or trimax instead of tristamp #looks pointedly at OV #b10 #ben10 #future kevin #Ben 10k #bright colours #bright colors tw #tw bright colors #Just do me a favor don’t look at his leg. #I JUST REALIZED I FORGOT HIS. PADLOCK. AUUUUUUU #Ok i Like. I dunno how 2 articulate this but it’s like #like there is something there with him going off the deep end again and getting sent back 2 th null void and it sucks but like. #there’s also something there with like. getting trapped there again #like rheres like. I dont know this could go both ways cos theres something to trying and trying but you still end up back where you started #WHETHER HE GETS SENT BACK 2 THE NULLVOID OR ITS AN ACCIDENT ITS HAUNTING ME ! #looking miserably into the distance. I wish we had more future kev in canon. I hate you Ben 10 Omniverse.

[seance]

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY SEASON 3 TRAILER.

#tuaedit #uaedit #the umbrella academy #tua spoilers #luther hargreeves #allison hargreeves #diego hargreeves #klaus hargreeves #five hargreeves #ben hargreeves #viktor hargreeves #lila pitts #the sparrow academy #edits #I MADE SO MANY GIFS BUT COULD ONLY FIT 10 SO #more incoming #my girl allie deserves her spotlight #also what's with five hair helppp #they really said we gotta team him up with EVERYONE except his sibs huh #i won't talk about pogo

[moxielynx]

@whatudottu hihihihiiiii so ur ramblings about tetrax has me wanting to talk about tetrax cause i will take any opportunity to talk about him

d-23 tetrax is cool even if he didnt speak much in the episode, honestly d-23 ben deserved to be smacked around a little (/J /J that kid is like 13 😭), the twist that they were actually the good guys this whole time was great, especially since sixsix was also working with azmuth, which was a nice perspective

i like to imagine that d-23 tetrax is actually a total sweetheart and didnt actually like fighting ben since ben is just a dumb kid who doesnt know any better (even if he is a stubborn brat)

im pretty certain that petropia in the reboot is perfectly fine because for a while Vilgax wasnt. Vilgax, so he couldn't have hired Tetrax to steal whatever that crystal was from petropia then destroy it, so reboot tetrax is just what happens as a result of Tetrax not facing the consequences of his actions so now he's a MEANIE!!! but the dad instinct is still there judging from the way he interacts with Ben in "Mutiny for the Bounty"

as much as i prefer classic tetrax i really like that they went with a completely different approach with reboot tetrax, and like it makes sense too considering theres no way petropia would be destroyed in the reboot as well if vilgax couldnt do it (if petropia were to also get destroyed in the reboot then that would be so funny cause that basically means the planet is fucked no matter what 💀💀), its really cool to see that this might be what tetrax was like before working for vilgax and makes me really think about how different each version of tetrax is, and only makes me even more depressed that we never got prime tetrax in Omniverse, especially since there could've been so many moments where tetrax could've showed up

classic tetrax obviously isnt as cruel and uncaring as we see in the reboot or as he said when he was telling ben about his backstory because if he really didn't care as much but was like "okay this is fucked up i need to get my act together" then he wouldn't have looked so distraught watching his planet fall

i refuse to acknowledge the change in reaction in uaf tho cause it fucking SUCKED they cant just turn him into this stoic fucking guy after he literally shows up and shakes ben like a rattle, that and also they obviously didnt gaf about his backstory cause in the og backstory you can tell petropia's destruction was YEARS, probably decades ago cause he had those back spikes and even a different outfit but in the uaf version its just the same exact model THEY DONT CARE ABOUT TETRAX LIKE I DO!!!!!!

uaf tetrax made me so sad because i was already insane about the idea of dadtrax because of Secret of the Omnitrix, but when tetrax first showed up in uaf he picked up ben and for some reason my first thought was "omg is he going in for a hug" only to have that ripped away from me when he just straight up starts shaking ben around like a ragdoll 😭like imagine you dont see a guy for like 6 years, last time you saw him he helped you save the world/galaxy, and the first thing he does is fucking shatter you for no reason (or at least appears to be no reason), and all you get from it is a "sorry but i had no time to explain", like thats crazy, the REAL tetrax would never harm ben that is his SON !!!!!!!! and then after the single episode we had of tetrax and even petropia we just. never see him or the planet ever again. like we could've had so much world building for petropia and they decided to just throw it out like it was nothing

tetrax is genuinely such a cool character and its horrible how underutilized he is in every show, like yeah he was in 2 (technically 3 counting the reboot) movies but that doesnt really make up for how little we really saw him, especially since like i mentioned earlier prime tetrax wasnt even in OV which is probably the biggest missed opportunity in history, and the strangest part about it is that we got plenty of episodes exploring different planets and even a whole other system (galactic monsters special) so it was literally the perfect opportunity to write an episode about petropia and how its holding up

also never apologize 2 me about rambles, especially rambles about tetrax, i fucking LOVE reading people's silly little thoughts on things they like :3

#tetrax makes me sooooooo crazy #ouuggghhhh i love him sooooo much #dont let my harsh criticisms of the various tetraxes fool you im still very much in love with all of them and would absolutely kiss them al #i just love classic tetrax more <3333333 #also can we talk about how tetrax's hoverboard is just never fucking used again #cause in “destroy all aliens” tetrax very much gave ben a new one #and it just never appears ever #tetrax doesnt even use one in the one appearance he had in uaf #strange. #ben 10 #ben 10 classic #ben 10 alien force #ben 10 ultimate alien #ben 10 uaf #ben 10 omniverse #ben 10 reboot #tetrax shard #ben 10 tetrax #rambles #lynx posting

[expired-blueberries]

now, let it be known, i HATE the headcanon that ben forgot to recreate Ken (Gwen's brother) when he recreated the universe, and that being the reason Ken doesn't show up ever again.

that being said, if that were the case, it would add a whole new level of depth to ben in the future naming his son, Kenny, after Ken.

after all, you've done a dear family member the disservice of forgetting them, to the extent that they no longer exist in this reality. the least you can do is to name your children after them, in the hopes that their memory will live on even though you're the only one who remembers.

#ben 10 #ben tennyson #ken tennyson #kenny tennyson #ben 10 omniverse #blue talks #theres also smth to be said abt naming his daughter after gwen in this situation - does he not see the gwen he recreated as being the same? #well. thats anybodys guess. but it is something to think about.

[nectarishes]

They mean everything to me

#ben 10 #ben 10 omniverse #devlin levin #ken tennyson #kenny tennyson #my art #I’m not finished with omniverse but I’m pretty sure devlin isn’t shown. my heart is in pieces #could talk about their supposed dynamic for hours but basically solidarity from being more emotionally mature than your dads #which is entry level sibling commonality but with their separate fathers but also with Ben adopting devli(explodes) #devlin being a sumo slammers fan and Kenny liking cars would be hilarious though. to piss off their respective dads and bond with the other

[cat-scarr]

I know the comics aren’t technically “canon” but Paradox somewhat canonically thinks Ben did a fantastic job recreating the universe in “So Long and Thanks for all the Smoothies,” and gives confirmation that he didn’t really get much wrong.

For context, this panel is from the comic titled “Parallel Paradox,” where an AU Elena is accidentally brought into Ben’s universe, in an attempt to wrap up the plot lines in Alien Swarm and Ultimate Alien.

#I could say more about it #but I want this panel to have its own post #the story in this ones a little weird ngl lol #but there’s also some great dialogue #this is where the comic page from my last video came from btw #parallel paradox #ben 10 #ben 10 omniverse #so long and thanks for all the smoothies #comics

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

"Villain arc!!" and the character in question is just trying to protect himself and create himself a home

#This is about Nine (sonic prime) #But a friend has informed me this is also about Albedo (Ben 10) also #sonic prime #nine sonic prime #Like my boy isn't out here trying to be evil *or* fuck things up #He's literally just trying to be alone and make himself a home #''Villain arc'' Dude isn't even using the paradox prism to cause chaos in the shatterverse #''Villain arc'' the only reason he's gonna be the antagonist is because Nine (and Shadow think that the shatterverse sticking around + Nine #having his home and bringing green hill back and 'fixing everything' are exactly opposed ideas. #''Villain arc'' I wouldn't say protecting yourself and the site of your home is villain behavior but go off ig #i just be ramblin

[jetskisonyourmoat]

In a perfect world the Monkeys ‘doc’ would be like 10 hours of raw uncut footage of the band just doing whatever.

#this ‘doc’ is the only thing keeping me together rn so they better deliver #I need up close and personal footage from Ben and I know he has it #I’ve never stopped thinking about all the eycte footage that we never got #what happened to all the footage they took at Rock en Seine? #anyway it’ll be interesting to see what they choose to do with the footage stylistically since Brook Linder’s and Zachery are also involved #also if this thing ends up being shorter than 10 minutes can we even call it a ‘documentary’? #again they better deliver #my sanity is on the line #arctic monkeys

[pinktwinkiezoppo]

I know Gwen and Kevin are probably going to outlive Ben but every time this topic is brought up no one really talks about how long Ben could potentially live for

All that alien dna HAS to add years to his lifespan, like Ben is definitely going to live longer than the average human

#there's also the fact that Ben is also technically part Anodite and that could play a part in his lifespan too #<- never letting the Anodite thing go btw #but I'd say he'd live up to 200 or 300 #not too long but long enough #I mean yeah tons of people he cares about would pass but he would still have Gwen and Kev #and depending on who you ship Ben with he would have them too #*coughs* ghost boy #ben 10 #ben tennyson #zoppos posties