#forever king

[10bendog]

2 decades ago today my favorite show aired on Cartoon Network and I haven't been the same since. I still vaguely remember one summer day going to a green school I was signed up to and seeing all the kids huddled up in front of the TV watching something intently. I joined them to see what it was all about and that's when I was first introduced to this franchise. Needless to say, it then quickly dug itself into my brain and never let go. Happy 20th Anniversary, Ben 10! 💚

[evanderani]

⊱♡⊰ Owen Hart king of Harts ⊱♡⊰

⊹ King of the Ring 1994 ⊹

[ultraericthered]

[autoacafiles]

[natedogx15]

Animotrix

So, I don't know how popular the Antitrix is. But I think it's one of the coolest ideas to come from the reboot series. It's like the middle ground between the Omnitrix and Ultimatrix. However, every time I look at it, I can't help but think "This feels more like a Dr. Animo concept." And I do know the full history and involvement with Vilgax.

Hear me out. Dr. Animo's whole thing is mutating animals and he's gotten his hands on parts of the Omnitrix and the DNA of different aliens before. He's also a capable mechanical engineer if some of his inventions are anything to go by.

I think it would be cool if he managed to keep samples of all of Ben's aliens to secretly develop his own Omnitrix using alien tech (possibly supplied by Driscoll and the Forever Knights). However, he mutates the alien DNA by combining it with the DNA of Earth animals.

[aerowolf]

empire of the vampire

random practice request I got to draw the Forever King from the novel Empire of the Vampire

[ccccrococcccat]

As much as I love Ben 10 I cant deny that it can sometimes suffer from simplistic writing, especially in it's villain department.

Like, it's clear why Kevin was the fan favorite villain ; he's developed and has more traits than just evil, he is an in depth and interesting character. Vilgax is cool but what traits does he have other than sadism? He is evil to everyone he meets and negotiates with nobody, because he is one track minded and all he can think is "I want my Omnitrix and I want it now so I can rule the galaxy". Who is Vilgax besides evil? I won't deny, being willing to dissect children slowly or being a world-conquering war lord who is very okay with causing genocide on Tetrax's home planet (with Tetrax's unwitting assistance and subsequent abject shock and fear) is fucked up and I love that, but my god I wish his traits were developed more.

Even though I'm also a huge Dr. Animo fan, he hasn't many traits beyond being an entitled terror upon society and animal lover, but I enjoy his progression of being power hungry and desperate for more ever since he gained any power from a fraction of the Omnitrix, whereas Gaxy boy over here never progresses : send in the drones, get the assassins, beat up the 10 year old and get fucked up after saying "GIVE ME THE FUCKING ALIEN ROLEX TENNYSON I AM SO SICK OF ASKING" 78 times. The Big Tick did more of a number on earth than Vilgax ever did, and that thing lasted one episode and was destroyed by Cannonbolt alone.

The Forever Knights did just about jack shit too, as it always felt like they were stopped before their plans even began. Ben would stop them at step one most of the time, save for when they got to the sword past the God in that ancient temple, just for their plan to fall apart (literally) as the sword crumbled. Their biggest time as a threat was when they put ben into a dream to get the omnitrix, for once their plan actually progressed and they posed a true threat.

Even then, the Forever King shows up and does literally nothing after hiring every other human villain which only subsequently proved that Animo is the most effective villain of them all. The Forever King made everyone do the work for him, picked up some power thing, did almost nothing with it and was destroyed by Upchuck.

I wish more Ben 10 villains had the depth Kevin had, as Kevin is a phenomenal villain, and is only proven moreso in Ken 10 where he is a fucking despicable person to his son and has only sunken further into his maniacal nature and urge for superiority over others rather than seeking self acceptance and forgiveness to himself, leading a side-villain to he more in-depth and interesting than the main bad guy.