I want to understand the whole thing going on with Ben X Ismelda and what was that moment that just made you go “Yeah, I ship it”
It was mostly cuz I thought it'd be funny. I don't have the screenshots in question, but it started back when Year 6 first came out.
Ben's personality did an entire 180 and he was taking regular trips to Knockturn and threaten the locals to prove how strong he became.
For Ismelda, her dialogue was based on a side quest where she mentioned that her dating type would be someone that would bathe in the blood of their enemies.
The idea clicked for me almost immediately. She'd totally fall for New!Ben.
The biggest motivators for me were cuz I found it funny, and because I don't think anyone else shipped them as far as I knew, even at the fandom's peak. I figured I'd commit by having the two sort their stuff out so they'd balance off each other better, have them get married, and give them kids.
Have a doodled comic of the squad in their 6th year.
Reina and Rowan aren't against the two dating. It's the fact that it took Ben a while for it to even click.
EDIT: Yikes this site really doesn't like all the red on Reina. My poor girl got pixellated as hell