Do you have any fun headcanons or scenarios of Ben 23 hanging with Tetrax, Sevenseven and Azmuth, cause I've always imagined they all live in the same mansion like house, so there is bound to be some chaos
I have several, but I think my favorite is a certain situation with Freezeghost.
He tried to eat SevenSeven. Tetrax tried his best, but SevenSeven lost an arm that day.
Okay, so my Rook 23's a little different; most people tend to lean towards Fistrook, I take a different route.
Let's take the 4 Step Process Shall We? (I'll try and keep it short)
Step 1: What differentiates the Alt Ben from Ben Prime:
Ben 23 is alone: his family is nearly nonexistent in his life due to tragedy.
Step 2: Apply the Rule to the Character in Question
Rook 23 is therefor not with his family, through tragedy. >:3
Rook and his siblings were taken away from their family to be sold as slaves.
Rook, not wanting that for his siblings, helped Shar and the others escape, but almost died in the process
Unfortunately he was caught before he could join them and is still separate from them.
Step 3: How does that Change things?
Rook has no idea what happened to his siblings and is extremely stressed about it.
His owners are many as no one can seem to be able to control the Revonnahgander.
He never makes it to the Plumbers Academy; instead despising them for their incompetency. They should be able to help.
The only thing he hears of Ben 23 is enough to fill his alreafy vivid nightmares
Eventually he breaks off during a vacation of one of his owners (age 10) and makes a run for it
He survives on his own for a while until he makes the mistake of interfering with the greatest huntsman's in the galaxy's chase.
Khyber was not pleased to have his prey snatched under foot, and he made this very clear to Blonko (setting Zed on him accordingly).
But, it was quite impressive feat for a child, Khyber must admit.
Khyber takes Rook on as his apprentice, where he taught him nearly everything he knew. Khyber was strict and not exactly fair, but he did take care of the Revonnahgander better than his previous owners and allows him his freedom.
Eventually, Khyber is hired to hunt down Ben Tennyson (who has made quite the number of enemies over the years)
Step 4: How is the Character subsequently Changed?
Now alone and constantly trying to escape his "owners", he hardens his heart. He is not friendly towards others, particularly towards those of the snooty, self entitled sort
He is also desperate for any chance at freedom and will dig through the druges to get it; if someone can provide this he'll do whatever they want until he comes across something better
Younger and far less fed, his scrappy and short in comparison to his Prime counter part. There are many scars marring his fur, the most notable being the bite mark around his throat from when Zed mauled him during his first encounter with Khyber.
His name would not be Blonko, given that his bi'nthak fell during his time with Khyber. Instead of Blonko, his chosen name is Oringo, not that anyone calls him such.
From his experience with Khyder, his fighting style plays a bit more with distance than hand to hand combat. Additioally, he is far more ruthless in his attacks.
Instead of the proto-tool, he has a similar, but not nearly as advance weapon similar to a swiss army knife.
More selfish than his prime counter part, he will take care of himself first, as no one else will.
Seeing as money determines your level of freedom, he is also on the greedy side; willing to cut all sorts of deals for the right price.
This leads to the interesting development of Azmuth hiring Rook to protect Ben as opposed to flushing him out for Khyber.
Having no hero lense to blind him, Rook is very quick to put Ben 23 in his place when he is acting out of line or childish when in his care.
Ben 23 isn't very fond of him and greatly prefers his Prime counterpart's company.
To Make a Soul From Scratch: An Azmuth 23 and Malware 23 Playlist
@primetimehero
Songs and lyrics:
1. Cold Kind Hand by The Paper Kites
Hold the [?] that you're given
Validate my time
Spent defining your rhythm
Spent defending mine
And I feel like I'm calling for an answer
And the reason is waiting for a change
Move with it, take me as your comfort
With a cold kind hand
2. Confusing Happiness by Lo-Fang
I want this
A confusing happiness
Never knowing what comes next
I want this
All the agony and bliss
From confusing happiness
(If I could dream you up...)
If I could dream you in meticulous detail
Would you ever come alive?
Would you ever come alive?
I dedicate my body and my conscious mind
Will you ever come alive?
Will you ever come alive?
3. Hello My Old Heart by The Oh Hellos
Oh, don't leave me here alone
Don't tell me that we've grown
For having loved a little while
Oh, I don't want to be alone
I want to find a home
And I want to share it with you
Nothing lasts forever
Some things aren't meant to be
But you'll never find the answer
Until you set your old heart free
4. In the Meantime by Sleeping at Last
We're conditioned to mourn our empty glass
Long before it ever poured out our past.
Though our patience is always in short supply,
We'll leave our farsighted worries behind.
Here, in the meantime,
In the gospel of nearsight,
May we learn to live a nourished life.
5. Kilojoules by Freelance Whales
Shoot me one of those glances I need to interpret
I've been feeling well-rested and healthy
Well I'm afraid I'm not qualified to do any of these things for you
And I'm afraid I'm not gonna give you back any of those kilojoules
Late nights and weekends our hearts only go so slowly on the local track
So I've arranged for your phobias to be performed by a string quartet
6. Little Wonders by Rob Thomas
Let your clarity define you
In the end
Our lives are made
In these small hours
These little wonders,
These twists & turns of fate
Time falls away,
But these small hours,
These small hours still remain
Let it slide,
Let your troubles fall behind you
Let it shine
Until you feel it all around you
And i don't mind
If it's me you need to turn to
We'll get by,
It's the heart that really matters in the end
7. Lost Cause by Imagine Dragons
My head, is holding on to all those things you said
You taught me to be strong and get through it, the mist of darkness
In my head
Wait, no one said what's lost cannot be found
You are here to make it safe and sound,
Oh we, can make it, out alive
No one can understand me
Like you can understand
No one can fill your shadow
'Cause you are all I am
8. Oh, Maker by Janelle Monae
But you loved me
And I really dared to love you too
Perhaps what I mean to say is
Is that it's amazing that your love was mine
Oh, Maker tell me did you know
This love would burn so yellow
Becoming orange and in it's time
Explode from grey to black then bloody white
La da die da die da die da die
Oh, Maker have you ever loved?
Or known just what it was?
I can't imagine the bitter end
Of all the beauty that we're living in
Oh no
9. The Scientist by Coldplay
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start
I was just guessing
At numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science
Science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart
10. Son by Sleeping at Last
So I will try, try, try to breathe
'til it turns to muscle memory
I'm only steady on my knees
But one day I'll stand on my own two feet
And I'll run the risk
Of being intimate with brokenness
Through this magnifying glass I see a thousand finger prints
I ran the risk
Of being intimate with my brokenness
I was given a gift of hope and a thousand finger prints
On the surfaces of who I am
11. Still by Ben Folds
I must give the impression
That I have the answers for everything
You were so disappointed
To see me unravel so easily
It's only change
It's only everything I know
It's only change, and I'm only changing
You want something that's constant
and I only wanted to be me
but watch even the stars above
things that seem still are still changing
12. Wonder of the World by Rush of Fools
Father, how can it be that you are
Father, to me
Savior, how can it be that you are
Savior, for me
Healer, how can it be that you are
Healer, in me
Favour, how can it be that you show
Favour, on me
And everything I need
Wonder of the world you've been more wonderful to me
And as long as I can speak
I will say so
I'll say so
