#umbrella academy ben

[chimerazodiac]

Alternate Umbrella Academy Superhero Names (cause I don't like some of them [I'm looking at you 'The Boy'])

Luther - The Beast

Diego - Trajectory

Allison, Klaus & Viktor stay the same

Five - The Traveler

Ben - [The] Leviathan

[justherefortua]

this comic is inspired by bluenoisen’s beautiful post-s2 fancomic in which Ben is watching alongside us and also saw… what just happened.

tua s4 spoilers under the cut! sort of? I’ll tag it just in case.

Certainly, there were some moments I still liked about it, like the flashback to Ben’s actual death and the timeline subway as a concept and the itty bitty glimpse of alternate timelines we see. However, like many others here, I have some… notes (more sibling bonding, dangling plot threads, relationships that didn’t have time to be developed or deepened, or were unneeded at all, etc etc) and I would have preferred a happy ending for all our siblings.

However, I still love these characters and this world, and the best part about this show to me was always the creativity of the fans and the bond between the family. Though the show may be over now, I really hope the fandom just continues creating and supporting each others’ creations!! Fandoms don’t have to die completely, and I hope to continue loving these characters long after the show has ended. I know I’ll still be here doodling and writing and looking what everyone has to say. 😭😅

It’s a bit of freedom, isn’t it, knowing that the canon can just be ours now? :D

TL;DR this is the end of the beginning—and this fun little comic is just one of the ways a fix-it fic in my mind might go. Also, if you have WIPs waiting in the wings, please share! I’d love to read.

[samwolfcos]

I kinda miss s1 Ben amd Klaus dynamics. Curious to see how they will get along in s4

[the-kid-wants-coffee-black]

First chapter of my new TUA fic is out - Reggie abandons the kids in the woods for some “wilderness training” - what could possibly go wrong?

“Be prepared for anything."

The Umbrella Academy were not prepared when their father abandoned them in a forest, and they certainly were not prepared for what was to come. The Academy battle with the elements and each other as they try and make their way home. With Diego and Luther butting heads at every turn, as Klaus is running low on pills and Allison and Ben try to keep the group from imploding.

Luther always dreamed of summer camp, but Diego is sure that this will be no summer holiday.

[frozenwafflesagain]

I spent the first hour of my 25th birthday thinking about Ben Hargreeves, as one does.

And thus I present…

A Collection of Ben Hargreeves Thoughts And Theories

- INSANELY misunderstood in my opinion

- There is a difference between how Ben was as a child versus who he is as a (ghost) adult

- The Hargreeves all remember the child Ben was, while Klaus knows who Ben became and loves him for it

- Ben as a child: sweet, quiet, kind, gentle, polite, snarky, serious, timid, fearful, still, obedient, know-it-all

- Ben as an adult: loyal, determined, jaded, unapologetic, realist, tough love, practical, sad, sarcastic, caring, desperate, annoyed

- Everyone says Ben was “the best of them” when they were teenagers; I imagine that he was always there for whoever needed it with a kind word or just a hand to hold. Ben just wants to help, I think that’s one trait that stayed with him into adulthood.

- He was afraid of the Horror growing up, obviously. He didn’t want to use it, we can assume from this that he never took pleasure in the death and destruction it brought. He literally says “I didn’t sign up for this.”

- Seemed to go along with Klaus’ pranks, even enjoy them. He might have had a bit of a wild side as a teenager that faded a bit after he died.

- We know he was scared to move on to the afterlife when he died. I think it was because he didn’t want to leave his family yet.

- He stayed with Klaus all those years, and he didn’t have to. He CHOSE to. I think he wanted to stay with Klaus, give him someone to hold on to and watch out for him no matter how frustrating it got.

- But even though he wouldn’t abandon Klaus, Ben very clearly got angry and frustrated and annoyed with him, and understandably so. He had to watch Klaus waste away the life he didn’t get to have.

- When he says as much to Klaus when they’re at the motel, I don’t think this was Ben choosing to rub the reality of his death in Klaus’ face. I don’t think he was doing it to be malicious, because that’s not Ben. I think that he was trying to give Klaus something else to focus on while he was reliving his trauma. Tough love - yeah, what he was saying was undoubtedly hard for Klaus to hear, and I’m sure Ben was airing out his own grievances, but I think it was in the name of distraction more than anything else. If Klaus could think about what Ben was going through instead of focusing on the memories, that could help him in the end.

- In regards to the S2 possession: I chalk that up to poor writing and poor characterization. Ben ASKING Klaus to possess him makes sense to me, but everything else that he does without consent I see as a failure to understand Ben’s character. After everything they went through as kids, after everything Ben himself went through, after the things he probably saw happen to Klaus on the streets, I simply refuse to believe that Ben would have “no regrets” about taking control of Klaus’ body like that. The person the writers have set up Ben to be prior to those scenes would NEVER have been okay with that. Honestly, in my mind, those Ben scenes are not canon.

-That being said, his decision to save Viktor makes perfect sense. As much as he clearly wanted to stay with Klaus, he knew he would finally make an impact on his sibling’s lives if he could get to Viktor and help him control his powers. Again, he showed Viktor tough love along with compassion: he didn’t let him give up.

- But wanting a hug as he goes? There’s the Ben they all knew as kids.

- I think he probably regretted not getting to tell Klaus the truth in his last moments, which is why he asks Viktor to do it. He didn’t want Klaus to carry around the guilt he must have felt at the idea that he made Ben stay. Ben, despite growing harder and more jaded in death, is still kindhearted.

- Predictably, dying greatly affected his personality and the way he saw things as he stayed with Klaus.

[hellomagicalsouls]

‼️so apparently there is supposed to be a season 4 first look on the umbrella academy finally‼️

I'm excited to potentially check off some of my bingo card. i'm kinda nervous about this series but I can't pinpoint why

✨(also saw on Instagram there was a first look pls don't blame if there isn't)✨

[wistersia]

First Wip of the year (yeah like 2 months later...) and it’s for my new brainrot !

[sexwithstilinskiandhale]

you're laughing. The umbrella academy's final season destroyed every character's personal growth and semi-healed traumas, left huge plot-holes, completely abandoned some of it's most beloved side characters that were crucial in previous seasons and you're laugh-oh. You're crying. My bad. Go ahead. Let it out. Understandable.

[kidovna]

happy umbrella academy eve!! (redrew this)

[dcvina-claires]

i am a tragedy enjoyer before i am human

[stevenrogered]

#siblings

[mndvx]

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY — Final Season, August 8 2024

[binothesteptrashcan]

S4 of the umbrella academy would have been so much better if they scrapped everything and just had the entire plot be Ben convincing the others to scam Sir Reginald for all he’s worth via crypto

[samwolfcos]

had so much fun during this photoshoot, it took a while to get this shots because I couldn’t stop cackling and almost fell backwards into the bushes 💀

But honestly love how this came out, pure Ben and Klaus energy

[5five5five5five5five5five]

new fan here, finding out this image exists. im in love with it.

people in comments said that five needed a sweater but my hc is that everyone lost a bet and he won. he looks so smug.

[moon-trees]

Season 4 of tua is the opposite of fan service. Fan disservice if you will.