#but come on a sword? a magic sword? like seriously azmuth your ass did not make that
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Honestly Ben 10 is probably one of the most based science fiction series out there by sheer virtue of it having the balls to showcase any alien concept it wanted to no matter how ridiculous, and whenever someone is like āthereās no way in Hell that could ever be scientifically feasibleā, it dared to look them in the eyes and go āYeah, well, this is a world where magic and superpowered mutants also exist. What are you gonna do? Cry about it? You grown ass adult whoās expecting scientific feasibility out of a cartoon meant to sell toys to preteen boys that has lore so inconsistent itās almost impossible to tell whatās canon and whatās non-canon? LMAO loser.ā
I mean OS had it all- obviously aliens but not only that, at minimum 10 of them; mutants in daily life across at least America, no doubt in other places too; magic, albeit one without a system beyond āthereās a spellbook and some charmsā. The shift to purely alien in AF makes the wonderful nonsense sci-fi stuff into frustrating logic trees of āhow does xenobiology get this powerfulā which I had definitely fallen into. Ben 10 is unabashedly science fantasy, so why not go the full fantasy and bring back mutants and magic, haha!
Admittedly a good implementation of magic in a series tends to follow a magic system, which Iām not especially great at coming up with, especially in comparison to speculative biology which come with pre-established rules. But hey, I donāt exactly expect it to be fleshed out, at least not as well as the alien aspect of Ben 10; even then, thereās only so much fleshed out, itās to tease us into making lore for it lmao-
To be fair though, Ben 10 itself had to whack itself on the cheek in order to be reminded of its magic and especially mutant parts, which unfortunately in the latter case was central to major retcons soā¦
#ask#anonymous#ben 10#my favourite mutant characters that come to mind when i say āmutants in daily lifeā in os#are gatorboy and porcupine- from ready to rumble#you can see a lot of mutants there and how fourarms- visibly an alien- doesnāt look out of place#the lore implications alone- a mutant wrestling ring with monetary winnings- are enough to entice fan expansions#then that mutant rep- even if only in the background- was lost to the tides of af making everything exclusively alien#magic being taken away because 1) anodites but also 2) charmcaster and hex and others came from ledgerdomain#and thus are technically alien to this dimension- or whatever plain of existence ledgerdomain exists on#the only ones who canonically use magic are those connect to- reside within- or holding something from ledgerdomain#which kind of makes it exclusively alien in a way thatās kinda i guess radioactive? not the word#sorry i shouldnāt say only- the others are mr jingles santaās elf- sir george holding an apparent galvan crafted magic sword (no thanks)-#or ben 10000 who learnt magic from gwen but is also technically part anodite in the same way gwen is#to note on ascalon- sure maybe azmuthās creation of it and the subsequent destruction of the incursean homeworld got him motivated to#make and save life rather than destroy and warp it#but come on a sword? a magic sword? like seriously azmuth your ass did not make that#i bet the omnitrix was actually made for the intent to fix malware but azmuthās isolation and general grievances with the universe#ultimately made it appear he was abandoning his suffering (son) creation to fuck off and mope#heās already an asshole that fits more than him making a bloody magic sword for ascalonās sake#it could simply be a magic sword from the incurseans that had been used to destroy their planeg#i mean milleous seemed to think the annihilarrgh was a viable persuasion technique despite the fact if activated it would destroy everything#including the very fleets he would clearly be much more interested in expanding rather than erasinb#it fits the INCERSEANS to destroy their planet with a powerful magic sword- let aliens have magic
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