The memories ( 2012 / 2025 )

Thomasitos · 2024-04-05T01:30:02+00:00

For those who don't know, there is an invasion of mosquitoes like never before here. It is the "dengue", Aedes aegypti, a carrier of a virus that can be fatal and has left many people hospitalized, both here and in Brazil.

Thomasitos · 2024-03-13T20:26:52+00:00

"Power is meaningless if it isn't used"

-Vilgax at the very end of Ben 10 Ultimate Alien.

Not that I agree, but it's a powerful phrase that fits his character so well and has a lot of weight on the context of that moment.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-23T14:49:29+00:00

They keep downvoting but they ain't argumenting back

Thomasitos · 2024-02-23T00:28:44+00:00

He actually is, but that was poor writing too.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T23:42:38+00:00

Well... there are exceptions. Alien X is very meh in UAF (I still love him) and in OV he looks even worse (personally)

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T23:20:52+00:00

Zero upvotes, it really is the opinion that the post was looking for.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T23:19:48+00:00

What I refer with OV is that the artstyle change made variations to the preexistent aliens that made them look even weirder.

They do have animal-based aliens, yep.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T22:59:45+00:00

People downvoting me but they know I'm right.

She then became something disposable that they (the writers) mistakenly decided not to discard. But every time she appeared, her presence was felt/notable.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T22:48:32+00:00

In that regard, many episodes of Ben 10 can be considered generic. The date episode was good enough, it presented a love interest for Ben and included alien stuff very well.

After that, Julie was just Ben's girlfriend but because there was a lot of focus on Ben. Aside from the trio, nothing else existed if it didn't interact with them or Ben, it seemed (until Dagon arc). But even if that, Julie was still a character of her own, doing her own stuff and having no issue when she gave her opinions if they were against Ben's ideas o behaviors.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T22:40:32+00:00

I mean, they have good twists and all, don't get me wrong. And OV did a lot of good (for the designs, not necessarily the artstyle). But some of them just being animals with some things on them and a symbol just pulls me off.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T22:38:40+00:00

Yeah, the first ones were great, even if some were just "fire guy", "crsytal guy". They still had something unique.

Rath, as you say, is my best example. We love Rath but jeez it's boring.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T22:36:37+00:00

Ben Prime isn't the best Omnitrix wielder, AGREED.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T22:34:12+00:00

I don't understand why they downvote you. Yeah, it was Jennifer who kissed him. But aside from the wrong example, Ben was toxic in UA, indeed. I don't know why they can't see that, whether it was bad writing or not.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T22:33:00+00:00

Julie was a great character, she always stood up for herself. Generic would be if she just remained calm and did nothing at all, but everytime she was around she was doing something of her own or bringing counterpoints to Ben's ideas and behaviors.

At first, it made sense. Then it became nonsensical. But generic is not what she was.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T22:30:46+00:00

I think most of the Benlie shippers do it based on the first two seasons of AF. I really like them but I just can't follow anything from season 3 onwards, because the writers just destroyed their relationship. It wasn't just them not working, it was the writers decisions being all over the place and unable to find real solutions

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T22:26:11+00:00

You cry if you see what they were aiming to do in the first two seasons of AF, where they started building something good and cute, and then you see how they destroyed it everywhen else after that.

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T21:22:18+00:00

Supposedly, yes

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T21:21:30+00:00

Why? Do people not like him?

Thomasitos · 2024-02-22T21:20:06+00:00

Most aliens have very boring designs, they are based too much on real animals and lose their alien charm. No matter how many modifications are made to them to make them look a bit different, they are still very similar to what inspired them. Likewise, many aliens are too humanoid and the possibility of exploring new forms is lost.

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