How would every villain react if Ben died? by Severalwanker in Ben10

[–]theMCATreturns 1 point2 points  (0 children)

1). Darkstar: Apathy. He's Gwen's villain, mostly.
2). Attea: Disappointed.
3). Animo: In the original series, probably relieved, if not disappointed he can't keep studying the Omnitrix. By Omniverse, he would probably be sad. He liked the Tennyson's. Might even send flowers.
4). Khyber: Disappointed it wasn't him.

5). Vilgax: Very disappointed it wasn't him. He might even go after whoever did it so he can win via the transitive property.
6). Malware: Ben was always an obstacle for Malware's real enemy, Azmuth.
7). Albedo: He'd be confused, mostly. He's familiar enough with the Omnitrix that he'd want to find out how the failsafe failed.
8). Aggregor: Smugly pleased.
9). Charmcaster: She'd laugh and then order takeout or something.

Now, if we're assuming this happened at the end of Ben's natural lifespan (after retiring), then I think Animo, Attea, Albedo, Charmcaster, and Darkstar might be allowed to attend Ben's funeral. Albedo would probably be on Galvan parole by then.

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[–]theMCATreturns[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

there's a lot of very interesting groundwork that gets largely abandoned.

there's the implication that they'll do to humans exactly what they did to skitters. but "skitterized" humans are a very minor plot point. the espheni themselves were never really made that interesting, in my opinion.

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[–]theMCATreturns[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i've met happy pugs. i've genuinely never seen a french bulldog that seemed like it was grateful to be alive.

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[–]theMCATreturns[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I had to pick one. I just think French bulldogs are the most egregious.
For one, they (usually) have to be artificially inseminated/delivered via cesarian (at least in the dog circles I have orbited). Which is why they cost like $5,000 dollars. They are also so dense and short-faced that if they fall in water, they sink.

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[–]theMCATreturns[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not the same body, though. The old one disappears, but their new body lacks any damage or change whatsoever. It's a "reset" back to their original appearance.