#Rook and his mentors will never ever fail to fuck me up big time.

[memento-morri-writes]

I've been thinking a lot about how Rook's reunion with his former mentor, Zara, is going to go, and since I can't predict what the DM is going to have her do or say, I can only dwell on what I know is going to happen. Which happens to include taking off the illusion ring that's been hiding his injuries from her. So have a snippet of the description I have planned for that moment:

tw for description of (mostly healed) injuries

He hesitates, twisting a ring on his finger. Looking at it more closely, she can tell it’s very finely crafted, and must have been very expensive. A large emerald is set into the band. Rook sighs, and pulls the ring off his finger in one quick motion.  Immediately she’s struck by the difference in his appearance as the illusion melts away. He looks awful. His warm, healthy skin fades to a dull and sickly grey. There’s huge bags under his deeply sunken eyes, and his cheeks are hollowed, as though they have been carved out by an overeager sculptor. He looks like he’s recently risen from the grave.  While he was thin before, now she can see his ribs under the skin, and his collarbones are exaggeratedly pronounce. Thin white lines left by dozens upon dozens of recently healed cuts are scattered across his body. On top of that, faded bruises cover most of his visible skin, a mottled mosaic of purple and yellow. They’re clearly days, maybe weeks old, and she can only begin to imagine what they must have looked like when fresh. Bandages are barely visible under his shirt, wrapping around his back, hinting at even more injuries.

[gritsandbrits]

Unpopular Ben 10 Opinions (Warning: Very Unpopular)

- UAF!Ben was boring. He had no personality besides being mature, and then the writers gave him back his old flaws to make him more interesting it failed

- UAF!Gwen was also pretty boring. She had no temper or quirks to play off of Ben anymore and she acted like a mom more than a teenager

- The humor in UAF was painfully average and nowhere near the levels of genuine hilarity like the OS and OV

- Both Maltruant and Aggregor are Villain Stues.

- Ma Vreedle is a Creator's Pet. Never got any actual comeuppance, somehow treated as a bigger threat than Vilgax, oh and she made him cry. Vilgax had to be made OOC just to make this alien redneck look like a competent villain

- The Vreedle brothers should have remained good

- I'm annoyed with the fact that Kevin was the only villain to get a completed redemption arc

- Turning Will Harangue into an alien was a pretty shitty move. Now I don't like the guy at all, but altering someone's DNA permanently just to prove a point is just fucking awful. Remember the DNAliens? That's exactly what they tried to do in AF, and they were the Nazi allegory.

- There should have been a team called the Substitute Plumbers (consisting of minor characters)

- There should have been a new version of the Negative 10, and not just with old members but with new characters

- OV!Sunny's design is one of the most laziest in the series

- Green Lantern was the wrong choice for Ben's opponent in Death Battle.

- AF should have stuck with the original idea of Ben and Gwen training the next generation of heroes.

- There should have been focus episodes of other characters

- There was a missed opportunity to add Gwen's brother as the normal one of the team

- Cooper should have been the one to cure Elena. Think about it, he has technokinesis, it was a perfect opportunity to give him more development as well as a way to show how she got cured

- Speaking of Elena, I feel that her sudden Yandere was both OOC and done solely to make Julie look better in comparison

- Julie was bland. Even her mechamorph had more personality than her. But she was leagues above Kai

- I regard the OS (Ken 10) future as different from the OV future

- Herve gets too much hate

- Alan Albright would have made a good main character

- I ship Clyde Five and Nyancy Chan because of an idea I had for my Jo/Ben fanfiction

- OV!Ben should not have been dumbed down to make Rook more competent

- Yes, my OC would make a better romantic partner than Kai

Update: MORE OPINIONS!! 6/10

- When I read that Derrick J Wyatt wanted to do a Blukic and Driba spin-off, I cringed and nearly barfed because those two were obnoxiously annoying

- There's nothing wrong with Ben 10k being muscular. Nobody got on Goku's case when he got buff. I've been seeing a lot of backlash over 10k's muscles lately, saying that it doesn't fit an Adult!Ben. Leave 10k alone! He's hot and sexy okay? Honestly I'm tired of grown-up characters looking and acting exactly the same as their younger selves. Just let me fantasize w/o shame!

- Ben 10 on DeviantArt is more of a cesspool than Sonic fanart. I'm sick of having to go through someone's old Gwen child porn just to find good and creative fanart that doesn't involve sex or a weird fetish

- Humungosaur was lame

- Four Arms should have been the one to die by Malware's hands since he was canonically Ben's favorite; would have left way more impact

- The Ultimate Kevin arc was terrible

- I never liked the idea of Ben having a harem

- I'm indifferent to Omniboyfriends (Ben x Rook)

- The Tumblr side is way more mature than the Forum side of the fanbase

- Rook should have been the one to get Excalibur

- Even though I'm a die-hard fan, I can barely remember Ben's aliens through memory

- I'm sad that I never get any asks 😢

- Vilgax should have been OV's endgamd villain, not that overgrown Easybake Oven

- Hex's Redemption arc was lazy because it wasn't actually an arc

- I see Charmcaster as Chaotic Neutral if she ever gets any redemption arc

- The reboot isn't that bad

- Reboot!Michael is a much more intimidating villain than his classic self

- I don't mind UA!Ben 10k

- Ben 10 isn't the type of cartoon to be dark and edgy, but at the same time not overly sugary like a preschool show

- I find Articguana's voice cute in the OS and OV; yes his OS voice is adorable

- OV!Devlin is a Gwevin kid and his Osmosian and Anodite heritage cancel each other out

- Argit being president would be fine if he wasn't such an obnoxious Creator's Pet

- I would sacrifice my life to save Xlr8

- Alien X isn't that powerful.

- The worst character imo is Collectimus

- OV!Zak Saturday was my senpai*

- Transformers Animated takes place in the same future as OV!10k due to having the same creators

- There should have been a couple of episodes exploring Ben's school life

- I would let Four Arms punch me and I will say thank you

- Ghostfreak wasn't that scary to me as a kid but I still wouldn't let him in the house as an adult

- Ben looks good in red. He wears too much green

- The Andromeda Five needed more screentime

- Animo was one of the better villains and funny too

- The coolest or prettiest alien designs imo are: XLR8, Benwolf, Ultimate Echo Echo (think that's his name), Swampfire, Cannonbolt, Pesky Dust, Big Chill, Feedback, Waybig, and Xylene

- Xylene should have been a recurring mentor character; she was one of the most wasted characters on the whole show

- The OV!Saturdays are fine. Though I wish they'd kept Mrs. Saturday's hairstyle

- Julie's OV design is ugly because she looked like an Asian caricature. All they needed to add was a cone hat. 🙄

- On the other side I liked Elena's OV design because they didn't whitewash her like UAF and retained her cool designs aesthetic than generic science lady

- Pierce's death should have been handled better

- I would have loved to see more magical and mutant characters for world-building purposes

- If I'm gonna be honest here: who actually ships BenKai? 🤪

- I would like to say thanks to all the people who like my Ben 10 posts, and who like my Jora Holiday concept. You guys are awesome

- Okay the title is kinda click bait because I know I would get more views for opinions that actually aren't unpopular 😂