Hey if the Mike Trio were in the Ben 10 Cinematic Universe what alien species would they be
Oh hohohoh, you have called me from the depths of the pond I lurk in, haven't you!
At first I was a little stumped, stuck on shape language and what each Mike looks like to translate one-to-one Deltarune visual design to Ben 10 visual design. Then, I thought thematically and... wouldn't it be interesting for the Mikes to be species that can 'convince' you that they're the real Mike?
For Battat, first thought was making him a galvan; small, smart (ish), and definitely full blown conspiracy theorist needing to have questions answered. But unless you want another bumbling idiot brand of galvan like Blukic and Driba (smarter than a human, sure, but by no means smart enough to be a real genius), I thought of another little guy, sonorosians; white and green, loud. However if Battat was a sonorosian then he wouldn't NEED the other Mikes- what Battat really is is a nemuina! Sharp, gloves, and arguably the shrill voice I imagine Battat to have, that's a face that can be underestimated but also the face of a 'troublemaker' with a bad reputation!
plus if you count the albedo variant of pesky dust the crew did you can probably extrapolate a white and green nemuina from that easy
First thought for Jongler was an ectonurite, based mostly on their body plan (that being one tail no leg), but really because I think after a hard day of being Mike they deserve to feel the catharsis of tearing their skin off it's literally okay for them to do that. Now though, I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place and both of them don't even have species names 😭, either Toepick's species or Gutrot's. Like on the whole Gutrot's species probably has more of a security guard kit (y'know, if we're bringing the whole studio into the B10CU), tear gas, knockout gas yada yada, but aesthetically? I think the cage head (plus apparently Toepick's species' face can't be photographed? Nemuina Battat's conspiracy brain will freak the fuck out) suits their tower head style, plus idk but I think it's easier for me to imagine a more Jongler-esque physique on Toepick's species than on Gutrot's *shrug*
wait gutrot's immune to nemuina dust? i guess maybe i am still stumped i really just want the best for jongler i swear!
Last but certainly not least, Pluey! This guy ought be some kind of otherkin and I thought it would be interesting to parody the whole 'blue speedster' thing and have Pluey be a kineceleran otherkinning a citrakayah, plus having balls on his feet would translate easily from microphone paws. Aethetically though it didn't match, so maybe a galvanic mechamorph otherkinning a symbiote, plus if you're like me and like mechamorph colour variation then turn the green to white and you got a tuxedo cat just like that. But what if - hear me out - Pluey was just straight up a celestialsapien who just really really wants to be a cat and like a cat doesn't even do anything to help Battat find any answers and just lazes about going kitty mode whenever he's called to Mike duty (hell, when he isn't too); pink and yellow eyes, some kind of eldritch being, he's just like DEVICE_FRIEND!
Plus! Apparently celestialsapiens aren't immune to Toepick's face (wait am I still deciding?)
Erm...
Ectonurite Jongler final answer! They can wear a stock for their shoulder pads like that one freak does, plus they can kinda technically 'teleport' if they go invisible and/or intangible... yeah! Rip off your skin! <- what a horrifying thing to say
