#lepidopterran

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Ohhh such a guy, cat loaf stinkfly

[whatudottu]

Honestly I’d love to see the Ben 10 fandom go more in-depth as to what the galactic audience’s thoughts regarding interspecies relationships and what dynamics formed between different species are like. Is dating To'kustars or Galvans when you’re not a To’kustar or Galvan frowned upon due to the severe height difference involved? Are there debates on whether it’s ethical to date a Vulpimancer or not? Is a Galvan dating a Galvanic Mechamorphs seen as a power imbalance? What would a romantic relationship between a Petrosapien and a Tetramand be like, or a queerplatonic one between an Ectonurite and a Lepidopterran be like, or even a platonic/familial one between a Kineceleran and a Pyronite?

Heheh, I really like thinking about the interplanetary community and it’s dynamics throughout the cosmos in the Ben 10 series, because I dunno it’s like rife with potential for worldbuilding and I guess political drama? Because apparently I like fictional political drama? I guess when it’s fictional it doesn’t affect anyone so it can be played around with in interesting ways.

Got some talking points down below hehe-

I have like SO MANY headcanons about how the interplanetary community treats vulpimancers, though to be fair I have like an unrefined list of notes about the chronology of Vulpin politics and ideologies that I haven’t neatened up yet, and one of those headcanons is the difficulties they face trying to prove themselves just as sapient as the other species; amongst all the bullshit that does bring, interspecies relationships are also affected by that bias. And the fact that you bring up the implied dynamic between creator (the galvan) and creation (galvanic mechamorphs) is interesting too because also, you can kinda also have debates about ‘is it ethical to date the first generation of a species’ especially in comparison to galvans who seem to have quite long lives, ‘is it ethical for a long living species to date a species by all means younger in their entirety than they are’ type questions-

It also isn’t just like the general interplanetary community though it’s also just the differing planetary communities (with their differing nations etc etc until we get to the individual) that also butt heads with each other- an ectonurite’s family really REALLY pushing for them to ‘get together’ with their queerplatonic lepidopterran partner before they have to host a funeral one day vs the lepidopterran having to explain to their hive that they’re happy with their ectonurite partner especially without the pressure of it being romantic there’s so many others that can and do *coughs into hand* ‘contribute’ to the hive population! Or or! The kineceleran not giving two shits about their pyronite sibling from another… pibling? Ah whatever- being so frickin’ slow because they can both bond over sports vs the pyronite wanting to share one of their thrill seeking traditions from back home with a race in their stunt car against their kineceleran cuz’ own personal wheels!

Lowkey I kinda made at least a concept for a tetramand/petrosapien couple which I based on a pseudo sumo wrestling match I saw at school once where one of the participants was slammed into the ground but they quickly switched their positions to roll the person on top so fast the crowd thought THEY were the one to win and not the person they flipped who won first- I mean! In my sphere of headcanons about petrosapiens and Petropia is that they barely got much chance to interact with the universe at large (being cracked open by the fulmini before Plumber intervention set them off plus doing something similar but… a little MORE to what they did on Revonnah) and so modern interplanetary discussions about any petrosapien relationship is ‘i thought they were extinct?’ and especially with tetramands intense courtship it may even skip straight to ‘oh they might as well be extinct’. Not exactly pleasant to hear, compounded by the rare potential someone happens to know - to put it in gross terms - a ‘suitable mate’ with the opposite sex of the petrosapien they’re pestering. At that point you’d better hope it wasn’t the tetramand/petrosapien pair because if the petrosapien doesn’t stab you over the offence, the tetramand would put you in your place, as legally able to as they’d can just to piss them off :P

Do you think if a galvan and a to’kustar were dating it’d be considered a ‘long distance relationship’ :P?

[ohyeahben10]

Sometimes I go down the little rabbit hole of thinking about cross-species troubles in the Ben 10 universe. Kinecelerans struggling through off planetary treaties because they look ridiculous trying to sit in a chair made for a Human / Tetramand body plan. A Lepidopterran struggling to follow gendered customs because they have three sexes and they have no idea where their’s translates to on a m/f spectrum. Loboans first establishing relations with Thep Khufans and offering food because its a gesture of goodwill on Luna Lobo but the Thep Khufans have no idea what they’re looking at because they photosynthesize. Pyronite ambassadors finding out the second species stocked up on fire extinguishers and reminding themselves to not be hurt by that because they know it’s a reasonable precaution for a first meeting but nonetheless it’s disrespectful on Pyros to imply one can’t control their fire.

[mightyart]

Baby Lepidopterran

[rapidfirestormer]

Kevin Levin, with mutations for all of Ben's original ten aliens, plus Kevin 11 with some new details:

Diamondhead arm has cracks resembling Ghostfreak's markings.

Heatblast arm rocks are shaped to resemble Upgrade's patterns.

Stinkfly's wings emerge from Diamondhead back spikes.

XLR8's tail ends with Stinkfly stinger, which holds Ripjaws fins for when it merges with XLR8 colored Ripjaws "loincloth".

Wildmutt arms have Ripjaws fins and hand webbing.

Can deploy Ghostfreak chest tentacles, now colored like Upgrade.

Four Arms eyes on shortened Stinkfly stalks.

Ghostfreak pattern is now on the head, connected to Grey Matter eye, which has a smaller, diamond-shaped pupil in a merging with Ghostfreak's eye.

To run at high speeds, fireballs are created under toes with Heatblast's powers. This results in the Four Arms legs getting positioned in a way that resembles XLR8.

Can generate XLR8's face mask using Diamondhead crystals and Heatblast rocks.

[dragonsdenstudiosofficial]

My designs for the OG 10's species as they appear in my Jen 10 AU (not to scale). Which one's YOUR favorite?

(Note: these aren't Jen's transformations, just examples of her OG 10 species.)

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Since I already drew Grey Matter, Way Big and Goop, I’d be so inconsiderate of me not to draw Stinkfly, one of my favorites from the original series. ^_^<3<3<3

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Cheerleader Chibi Moth [OPEN ADOPTABLE]

My first adoptable for sale <3 She's a cute little cheerleader. Bidding is happening over at deviantART.

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Stinkfly

Ben 10

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Hi hi!! Can I ask about Delilah next?? :D what was her friendship with Mothman like??

Ah, another question that pokes me to add details to a character, over simply a vibe :D (which I need and appreciate, thank :D)

She lives in her country's capital, Panderra, capital of Skorrain. She was a nervous kid, and now is a nervous young adult. Always anxious, but trying to make friends despite it

One time, things had gone wrong (some kids are mean, after all), and she'd run off out the city. She got lost, and eventually found another kid. Big eyes, soft fur, wings. MothBoy.

He took her to his home, and his moth-er helped her home. Over time, they'd meet up and get close, spending a lot of time in the forests near Panderra.

Lots of hard-to-prove creatures to meet and run from, bugs to watch do their thing, etc cetera. A pair of curious, awkward kids learning about the world around them.

They hardly spoke to each other though. Delilah can talk, but you know. Anxiety. And Mothman was a quiet type too, though out of necessity, not having a mouth. He does have a (short range) psychic talking ability though, but that came during Moth Puberty, so for a long time there was mostly just notes. On both ends, too. Helps that Delilah's mother was a rogue, so she taught Delilah Thieves Cant, which she passed on.

Over time, Mothy got his portentous abilities, meaning the pair got a little more reckless with their spying, climbing taller trees and venturing further from home. Eventually, hubris.

Delilah got hurt, somehow. Not got specifically what injury yet, though. Not a good time for Delilah nor Mothman at the least, eventually leading to Delilah needing a blood transfusion out in the sticks.

Eventually, he got her back to his mother, who finished patching her up and wiped her memories of her friend. An injured child can lead to angry parents, after all.

[macabreaurora]

Time for best bug-girl, that good girl who stinks: The Lepidopterran!

(Edit: did you know that shading is a thing lmao, its late for me)

[redisloser]

For almost 2- no 3 years! I've had the idea of a pacifist Tetramand and a adventures Lepidopterran falling in love!

Finally, after 3 years, I've drawn them. The Tetramand is named Novus, and the Lepidopterran is named Videri.

I hope you love them as much as I do, please draw my boi's!!!!

[ohyeahben10]

I think a lot of Pyronite music is based from glass blowing, made from the sand underneath the planet’s surface. Petrosapiens make crystal circles of all sizes and play them like an over complicated drum set, long and thin crystals as drum sticks included. Lepidopterran buzz and vibrate their wings and Loboans howl in unison. Vaxasaurians make drums from hollowed trees larger than some houses and their own shed skin. Toepick’s species have deep, guttural chants, ironic for such a stoic species. Piscciss Volanns blow bubbles through hollowed out, broken off coral.

[hunty627]

These are some of the planets, moons and other celestial bodies that Ben Tennyson learned about. Khoros is home to the Tetramands, Petropia is home to the Petrosapiens and Crystalsapiens, Pyros is home to the Pyronites, Kinet is home to the Kinecelerans, Galvan Prime is home to the Galvans, Cascareu is home to the Cascans, Galvan Prime's moon, Galvan B is home to the Galvanic Mechamorphs, Flors Verdance is home to the Floraunas, Arburia is home to the Arburian Pelarotas, Lepidopterra is home to the Lepidopterrans, Fulmas is home to the Fulmini, Ekoplekton is home to the Ekoplektoids, Appoplexia is home to the Appoplexians, Terradino is home to the Vaxasaurians. Peptos 12 is home to the Gourmands, Aranaschimmia aka Arachna is home to the Arachnachimps, Piscciss is home to the Piscciss Volanns, Xenon is where Ben met Azmuth, Anur Transyl is home to the Transylians, Anodyne is home to the Anodites, Luna Lobo, Anur Transyl's moon is home to the Loboans, Revonnah is home to the Revonnahganders and Muroids, and Kylmyys is home to the Necrofriggians and Psycholeopterrans.

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Some of the prisoners at Incarcecon in Secret of the Omnitrix.

[dragonsdenstudiosofficial]

Jen 10 & The Charmatrix: Meet Haly!

Halytosis "Haly" is the Charmatrix's summon of a human/Lepidopterran hybrid. Haly is a cheerful girl with a love of all things gross, and the closest of all the summons to Jen.

Ran out of space to say this, but Lepidopterrans can regenerate lost eyes, teeth, wings, limbs, and tail blades whenever they molt.

Yeah, the gag of a human/Stinkfly hybrid being Reboot!Stinkfly is hilarious to me. I imagine Haly would be voiced by Cree Summers.