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Omg I’m Waiting For Season 3 Right Now.

1. Why Is My Fave Ship Looking Super Fancy?

2. What Episode Is This Shit!?

3. I CANT IM SORRY BUT I JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO THE SEASON 3 NOT. NOPE. NADA.

4. Will People Start Shipping Them In The Reboot Because Of These Pics?

Yep, That’s Right Weird-Guy-In-A-Suit.

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uhhhHHHH they are fucking cousin, s t o p

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Why Ben really doesn't need problematic love interests

I’d like to bring attention to the Ultimate Alien episode “Fused.”

This episode really portrays how draining Ben’s everyday life can be - both day and night. And it’s not only this one, there’s been multiple times in Ultimate Alien that shows Ben is sleep deprived (this episode, “The Creature From Beyond”, “Return of the Swarm”). Whether it be from his constant work or bad quality of sleep/nightmares from possible PTSD. And when he tries to finally get some rest, even that is disturbed. An alien literally attacks him and he is forced to get up and immediately fight for his life. Notice how he isn’t groggy or disoriented at all?

How can you possibly expect him to be able to relax with all this adrenaline from constant threats to his life?!

And then, once Ra'ad is taken to Los Soledad and Aggregor finds them, Ben literally almost dies twice throughout the course of the episode. And that’s not even including all the times he’s been violently thrown across the floor and into walls.

I mean, after everything is over, what do you do?

Do you just go back home and go back to sleep, even while you’re mind is racing and you’re freshly affected by the violent events that just occurred? While normal boys his age are peacefully getting their sleep?

I bet he didn’t get any more sleep that night…and to add to it, that would have been his fifth night without proper sleep (according to what he said earlier).

Being right in the middle of everything, Gwen and Kevin definitely know what it’s like too. They are practically just as affected as Ben.

Gwen’s emergency teleportation spell…

Kevin taking a risk with the Omnitrix hacking idea again…

And all three of them ending the encounter knowing that they couldn’t save Ra'ad. That Aggregor got him. That the threat is not over yet.

How do you sleep peacefully?

Keeping all this in mind, how does Ben handle a relationship with a girl who just isn’t as involved with this part of his life and expects him to be so much that he can’t be? It’s not her fault, of course. But…that’s what makes it difficult. Even if she has found herself caught up in it multiple times…she will never understand.

Whereas Gwen and Kevin’s relationship works because they are equally invested in the hero life and know what it takes to endure it! They can respect each other without expecting anything that isn’t possible for the other person.

I realize that, once again, the Cartoon Network Action Pack comics are not technically canon. But this particular one is set to have happened sometime during the Aggregor arc in Ultimate Alien. Which means that this is what Ben and Julie’s relationship was potentially like while Ben was dealing with everything stated above.

Cartoon Network Action Pack issue #61

“Twosome”

This makes sense because in this comic, Ben and Julie are shown to be spending a lot of time together. This is exactly what Julie wanted out of her relationship with Ben. So, it would make sense for her to get even more upset with him if his hero work further got in the way of that, just like it did in that particular arc in canon. (more about this comic here as well as more explanation on why this is problematic)

How can you not expect Ben to be frustrated after all of that?

It’s no surprise he eventually almost gave up on the relationship when she decided to take a break from him, and reacted the way he did in "Eye of the Beholder”!

Yeah you all see him as the jerk in that episode, but come on…tell me honestly if you wouldn’t react the same way if you’ve just absolutely had enough?

It’s very similar to what we’ve seen in Alien Force. The way Ben was presented in the beginning vs after the Highbreed war was stopped and Grampa Max was back was different for a reason. I believe it was more than just “bad writing because people favored 10 year old Ben’s attitude.” It’s just common sense that a person’s attitude will change when they are presented with a suddenly very stressful situation. And when your romantic relationship also gives you a hard time needlessly on top of all that…

…and hardly ever realizes just how much everything else going on in his life must affect him.

Julie only finally mentions it in the episode where Benlie breaks up, “Rules of Engagement” from Omniverse:

“You know Hervé, Ben never asked to be a hero. But at the end of the day, he does a lot of good. So cut him a break.”

This is also after quite the altercation between Ben and multiple others which are new to Julie. Which, she first just chalks up to him attracting too many girls into his life. But I feel like after he is shown physically protecting her as if she didn’t just viscously break his heart…

…she might have had a change of heart herself. She realizes that Ben definitely still cares about her, enough to make sure she is not harmed in the battle going on around her since she doesn’t really have much to protect herself with.

Also, notice how it wasn’t only Julie that got thrown across the room?

Looma literally threw Ester into Julie! Julie could definitely have just picked herself up! Ester is the one literally tied up in her own limbs, yet Ben goes to help Julie because of his need to comfort his previous girlfriend who he clearly still cares for.

And he always did.

Which brings me to Ester, who is also a bit problematic for this reason:

She is extremely pushy.

And after the relationship Ben had just gone through (which was probably his first long term-ish serious one), he definitely doesn’t want to get into something like that again. Which I don’t blame him for!

Ester constantly tries harder than she should in attempt make Ben aware of her feelings for him. I don’t believe that it’s because he’s “stupid” or “oblivious to romance” that he doesn’t pursue her or react to her the way she would like him to.

He literally just…doesn’t feel as strongly. And this is likely influenced by his past relationship as well as a fear that it would end up the same way.

He very likely blames himself.

Not only that, but there is also a huge lack of communication between them in regards to their emotions. Instead of being upfront and honest with Ben, Ester does this:

That is not how you build a meaningful relationship with someone who you desire and respect.

That is why it isn’t working out for you, Ester.

She has no idea how Ben feels about this because she never tried to communicate until her strange behaviour got way too weird for him to want to pursue her. She didn’t know anything about what went down with his ex girlfriend. She hardly noticed or cared that Ben was probably still freshly affected by the breakup.

She just immediately went to claim him now that Julie (and Looma) were out of the picture. And obviously Ben gladly goes to help clean up the mess Looma made - taking responsibility for it.

This continues into “The Most Dangerous Game Show” as well as the rest of Omniverse, where neither his relationship with Ester or Kai end up working out very well. He is obviously very tired of dealing with problematic relationships like these.

And he doesn’t that to drain him more than his everyday life already does.

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I just noticed this.

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It’s like Ben understood what Kai said back then:’)

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Season 2 premiering soon! Out to Launch boarded by @dashawnmahone and myself!

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tag this with your greatest obscure/guilty pleasure interest

mine is ben 10 I love the aliens

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Oops, my nerd is showing. I’ve been rewatching Alien Force (soon to rewatch Ultimate Alien), and figured I’d have a crack at my little College AU again. (Back)storytime!

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