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So this is something that has recently started to bug me with a rewatch of Ben 10 and that is that there is no real mention of magic users other than humans aside for the two who’s whole species have a connection to it. So I’m wondering if you have considered adding magic users from other races, honestly with how Zenith is designed she probably could have been one

I very much have considered having other people/species using magic, including both cases of naturally magical species, or random folks being born with magic or obtaining magic. I have a whole system with magic in place for Ben 101 Rewrite, including Ledgerdomain's whole deal, and how mana/magic works in general. I have designed my own magical species, and characters who are magic based despite not coming from a naturally magical species where I will show below. You can find most of my art for these guys on my main account.

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Do you have plans for Zenith in the rewrite?

I do, a lot of is mostly expanding on her history, including all that happened between her and Azmuth, since their falling out isn't something that just happened over night. Azmuth and Zennith truly did love each other, but they were both idealist when they were younger, idealist with every different method in trying to make a change. Azmuth was much more aggressive in his method, while she was much more passive. When Azmuth left to try and make a difference in the galaxy, she stayed in Galvan Prime because she wanted to help change her people, something Azmuth gave up on since they partly broke his spirit back then. By the time Azmuth returns to Galvan Prime after Ben found him and snapped some sense into him, it appears his homeworld pushed Zennith enough as well as she left at some point as well. Azmuth does get to find her eventually, helping out across the galaxy in her own way, and while they do make amends they never get back together. They've both matured into different people.

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What about Gods in the Ben 10 verse like how on zed Kevin's dog is named after a god on khoros

Or how crystalsapiens are basically space jesus

Or how it's possible atomix was based off an alien species the galvans worshipped as gods

Given how vast the universe there in Ben 10, all these different cultures would have many of their own religions and concepts for gods. Whether or not they're real is something I imagine that can't be explained, unless they were influenced by godly like beings like the Celestialsapiens, but even they aren't god gods, just bigger fish in the sea.

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What would the purpose of he sword of ek chuaj be

That and Ah Puch I vibe with the idea of leaving it unknown. Have it play into Max's drive in the episode, as while there are many things that have been answered about the galaxy/universe among the Plumbers, some things still escape them, with Max and his old crew having had a history with the sword and what it could have meant. Plus it ties into a better theme for the episode in that Grandpa Max will never know what it was in the end (With Ah Puch probably vanishing or something), but he learns to be okay with that.

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So if you had any ideas for them, what are some of the other Albedos like? Are there any that never became genetic duplicates of Ben across the various timelines or even succeeded at getting their original bodies back (with or without stealing/using the omnitrix)?

I presume you mean all the Alt Bens I have for the time war arc AUs, so I shall break down Albedo in each of them Gwen 10 - Basically like his prime counterpart, expect he is now stuck in Gwen's body, and pissed about it like in the prime timeline Ben 23 - He's a hard worker among the Plumbers, the inside connection for Azmuth and his crew. He doesn't really like Ben 23, or the fact he has the watch, but Albedo 23 is more just kind of grumpy and chooses to not involved beyond comments he mutters under his breathe. Ben 10k - He accepted help much earlier than Ben Prime's Albedo ever did. He still has issues to work out, but he's working under Azmuth's sister to get a better handle on life. Kind of just avoids Ben. No Watch - Just a random galvan on Galvan Prime, as Azmuth never returned home to make him his pupil, and the current First Thinker has no interest in him. Albedo simply leads a prideful life as a proud scientist. Omni Ben - Similar to the prime timeline, he became Azmuth's pupil. However he never liked the idea of letting Ben walk around freely, not trusting this advance AI to do what is best. He tried to reset Ben when Azmuth wasn't looking but got caught. Now he is on the run, trying to find a way to prove his point, not seeing Ben as a living person. Jen 10 - Just a genderbent version of Albedo, a female galvan by the name Alba. Julie 10 - He is the adopted son of Zenith and Azmuth, originally being their pupil they took in. His relationship is strained with his parents when he tried taking the omnitrix from Julie, now with his own watch stuck in Julie's body. He also has a sister named Phloe who is the biological daughter of Azmuth and Zenith. Sentient Omnitrix & Ben - Similar to the Prime Timeline, still stuck in Ben's form, but his own omnitrix/ultamatrix is alive. He doesn't treat his omnitrix well, believing it to be a tool, though there are moments that make him question that few when seeing how much his watch tries to help him. Rooters Ben - He works under Azmuth in the Plumbers. He is very nervous over the idea of a Rooter member, and him and Ben have a very icy dynamic where they clearly don't respect each other. Eon - Dead, like everyone else in that timeline. Bad Ben - Has a reversed alignment. Originally he worked under Azmuth, but had a change of heart, making his own faulty omnitrix to try and stop Ben. Now he stuck in Ben's body, pulling together his own hero team. Mad Ben - Working tirelessly on Galvan Prime to help the war against Vilgax's conquering. He's reaching the point where he is suggesting more risky ideas that he might have to do himself since no one is listening to him. Negative Ben - He is the First Thinker on Galvan Prime, the youngest in recent history for them. With no keeping his ego in check, he is allowing the galvans to represent their worse habits and view of the galaxy. Uninterested in helping anyone outside of the species. Benzarro - Currently trying to hid from Benzarro, who has been trying to track down Albedo to remove the only other trix user running around. Azmuth is also trying to find him before that happens. Malware Ben - After the death of Azmuth, Albedo is leading a galvan squad to try and hunt down Ben and Malware, willing to kill Ben if it means stopping Malware. He doesn't think they can save him, partly blaming Ben for what happened to his teacher. Forever Knight Ben - Killed alongside Azmuth when they tried stopping Ben and the knights. Fusion Ben - Working on Galvan Prime, a normal scientist since Azmuth hasn't returned to Galvan Prime yet. Ultra Ben - Working in the shadows, realizing he is in over his head and might be one of the only people that can stop him. Working alongside Gwen, even if they don't like each other. Light Magic Ben - Was a student alongside Ben, watching his downfall. He eagerly tried to be the hero, despite Azmuth's warnings, and accidentally got himself stuck with Ben's body, throwing himself into his studies to fix himself and still beat Ben.

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If Ben were to unlock an Osmosian transformation in the re-write, how much do you think he’d have trouble with a few aspects of absorption, while Ben does have transformations that can absorb energy/electricity like Feedback, I’d imagine it’d be easy for him to accidentally overdo it by mistake.

Plus I’d imagine Ben might be a bit hesitant to use the transformation as he’s seen how easy it is for an Osmosian to lose control by accident, or he’s worried he might try and absorb any alien DNA by touching the omnitrix symbol if the situation is dire enough (though I’d imagine Azmuth would put failsafes for Osmosians interacting with the omnitrix at that point)

Though, obviously regardless of any that, I’m assuming he’d probably be relying on Kevin to give him tips/suggestions on how to use those powers.

Hope this question isn’t too much.

A lot of the osmosian insanity issues in the rewrite for Kevin stemmed from a combo of his struggling childhood and being a hybrid with no proper training. While Aggregor's situation was the fact he was already crazy before meeting Ben and the others, and used tech to push his mutation beyond a normal osmosian. Ben would most likely be fine as long as he doesn't do something dumb, which you can say about any of his forms. He wouldn't use the form often since he has Kevin, but I imagine there would be moments he's turn into it when Kevin isn't around, or they need two osmosians for the situation at hand.

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So in the re-write, asides from Aggregor, does Kevin get to interact with any other Osmosians? I’d find it hard to imagine that Kevin would never encounter one during his time in space or even the relatively brief time in the Null Void.

I do plan to have some moments where the gang meet other osmosians, including them visiting the homeworld during the Aggregor arc to try and find information on him. I know in a different note I mentioned it's more common to find osmosian hybrids like Kevin than pure breeds.

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So I wanted to propose this idea of there being multiple spammer and each one is a possible kid of Ben’s and they led by one of the Necrofrigian kids because they are oldest half sibling

Anyway Ken gets jumped by a bunch of them because while making ones timeline the prime won’t erase the others. It would still be considered a dick move

That's a fun idea, though I don't actively take suggestions unless I ask out right. Ken in the rewrite is mostly stuck to being a form of one of Ben's kids in certain timelines, but he isn't Ben Prime's future son in the rewrite since I connect it to my own next gen series, in which Ben and Julie have a son called Jay Tennyson. Though it is the kind of thing where you don't need to see the next gen if you solely just want the rewrite.

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Do the events of Universe Vs Tennyson still occur in the re-write?

and if so how does this change how Ben is viewed, particularly on earth, because I’d imagine the revelation that not only does a 16 year-old have power of THAT magnitude but has also used it to recreate (or at the very least piece back together) the entire universe would be frightening for some people.

There would certainly be a change, for starters the court room would specifically be a Celestialsapien court room, and not the intergalactic court, since I always found it strange that the Celestialsapiens would deal with such a heavy matter with those outside their realm/laws lol. I don't think the entire thing would be broadcasted, but when the Celestialsapiens come to pick him up they would loudly announce Ben's crime, so from everyone else's perspetctive a bunch of gods came down, said Ben recreated the universe, and then vanished with him, so they have to deal with that while waiting on seeing if Ben will actually return or not. I'd play the episode more seriously with some more discussions between Ben and the ceelstialsapien, specifically the council of 12 I have designed. And you'd get more insight on how Ben has been feeling about what he did since the recreation, as he still has a lot to unpack over what he lost. I'd also use this story line to explain more into why only Ben Prime has a celestialsapien form, and hint to future stories down the line, such as what happened to the contumelia.

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So when working on the second Omnitrix, do you think Azmuth would consider asking Ben for imput regarding the UI or other features?

And similarly, does Ben have a preferred Omnitrix selection interface? I would assume it would be the recalibrated prototype’s hologram controls due to being the most straightforward of the bunch.

(Would the re-write consider the Ultimatrix’s interface different enough from the recalibrated-prototype? Ben himself mentioned liking the old controls more in the show, but I didn’t want to assume.)

He most likely got some input from Ben, some dumb ideas and some actually good ones. The second omnitrix was basically suppose to be Ben's watch from the start, given the first one was more just a general prototype for anyone. I imagine Ben has aspects he likes from each of them, but eventually the interface just wouldn't matter eventually, especially once he gets Master Control. His dislike for the Ultimatrix is more based on the fact he both doesn't like the Ultimate forms, and because the Ultimatrix is strapped together with duct tape lol.

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So in the rewrite was Azmuth still monitoring/watching Ben during he Original Series era?

If so, how did he react to certain events in which Ben either damaged or bugged the omnitrix?

Like when Ben somehow got stuck as Greymatter for a few hours during “A Small Problem” or when Ben popped the faceplate off and accidentally created alien fusions?

I would assume it would be “Okay.. going to have to address that in the next omnitrix model” with a mix of “What did that boy do to my omnitrix THIS time?”

Azmuth at this time was just hella depressed lol. He was mad at the world, the universe, and himself. When he sent Xylene away with the Omnitrix, he didn't care what happened to it after that, even if it blew up and killed the user with it. Notification were still on, he just didn't have the strength to listen/red. Sometimes he glanced over, but he was in a very hazy state of mind, just mindlessly tinkering or being angry with himself. He only snapped out of this state when Ben and the others came to see him, and Ben gave him a good talking to. Something Azmuth will never forget.

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Hey. Sorry if this has been asked before but do you think Khyber's the type to make it so his student can only "graduate" or whatever by finishing a hunt on Khyber?

I see him more as the kind of person that doesn't think training ends until the day he dies. He'd have no interest in them beating him since he will forever want to be seen as the top dog.

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I understand that I am just asking non-stop about like the Nemetrix aliens in general, but just the last one for today for me:

Given that the Nemetrix Aliens are the true first exposure for the Alien fauna themselves, and this is your rewrite, how are you gonna handle it??

Like when you're like recontextualizing them to your story, are you gonna have like maybe a fun neat fact that ties the Nemetrix's critters to either the planet that they hail from and the alien itself, maybe the sort of relationship that the alien fauna and the dominant alien species of said planet has with each other, or are you gonna go full on Monster Hunter and explain EVERYTHING both inside and out. Like the Crabdozer is a feared beast in this faction because of a legend with an elder Crabdozer! And Buglizards starts out as these more amphibious creatures before transitioning to a terrestrial predator, which is why it has the big throat gurdle thing. And the Tetramand use this alien as their beast of burden and sometimes in some houses, even their pets!

Like what's the extent of how deep you'll go into these Nemetrix inhabitants??

I'll most likely explore ideas of alien faunas and worlds in the rewrite, and give fun facts here and there, but going into true depth would take years, given how complicated such a topic is. Just look at earth itself, lol. It all really depends where my time and focus is, because truthfully the main aspect about this rewrite is the characters and stories, and ways to retell it in a more cohesive manner. So for the nemetrix aliens, and general alien fauna, they will get attention, but don't expect an entire biology book out of me.

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For your rewrite's Ben 10's Aliens, what will you do with those who are more or less copies or duplicates? Things like Fasttrack and XLR8, how people seem to jump that Astrodactyl is Jetray's replacement, and the 5/6 Electric Aliens we got? Like are you trying to allow every alien to exist and some duplicates may exist or will you try to give them their niches to give them an identity that's not just their base powers?? Like how Echo Echo can do sonic screeches like Benwolf or Blitzwolfer, but Echo Echo is small and squishy and can duplicate themselves?? Will you give them traits to separate the duplicates or is it just this is Electric Alien #1, this is Electric Alien #16, etc, all that?

Also like are you keeping everyone's powers the same, like the show, or are you giving them more of a set list of what they can and can't do, in that Ben would really have to go creative with combos instead of just utilizing a move in Series 4 that came out of nowhere persay?

I'll most likely showcase the difference between aliens with similar superpowers. Cause I think it's fine if you have aliens in the same category, but still giving them adjustments that explains why they're still special in their own right. Example, I do have it that both XLR8 and Fasttrack are speedsters, but the difference in the rewrite is that XLR8 is faster, while Fasttrack is more agile. XLR8 is great at running long distance, but is poor at jumping and bouncing off of things. Meanwhile, Fasttrack can leap, roll, and parkour around the place while still being able to run fast. And yes, I would most likely be more stricter in what the aliens can and can not do. I wouldn't limit them to like, one single power and that's it, but make it clear on what their powerset actually is. It's always been confusing seeing an alien pull out a random ability out of thin air and never use it again.

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Just to get your perspective, not looking for an objective one, because the 10 Nemetrix bastards are supposed to mimic the playlist that Ben 10 has (and especially emphasized in 5YL), what role would each Predator be??

Like obviously the Tyrannopede would be your physically attacking monster, if it was Pokemon he'd have the highest physical attack stat, and Mucilator and Crabdozer would be the defensive tanks (though Mucilator is more of a health sponge and the Crabdozer being more of a wall), what sort of roles do each predator fulfill???

In sort of broad strokes or like archetypes??? If that makes sense??

It'd be less archetypes and more so how they've evolved to fit their environments/homeworlds. When I design aliens, I like making notes and abilities that make sense to how they live their life, and I do the same with the canon ones.

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Honestly going off of what your thoughts on Omnivoracious and how'd you influence it's design being like almost a precursor of the Galvan's, had that same thought last night when I was asking a couple of Ben 10 enthusiasts.

Thing is I've been trying to rack on how I can push the intelligence aspect in a way that's unique and creative without BEEEEEGGGGG brain y'know??

I've been trying to commission artists on like the Predators and so far I've at least have concepts for most of them and a design for the Tyrannopede is completed, since that is the most straightforward one and the one that I knew what to do with it, but with the Omnivoracious I genuinely have no sheets, no references, no nothing, so to say that I cannot wait to see your renditions on these predators is certainly an understatement given that I don't know how to convey or design or visually storytell that this creature is smarter than you thought y'know??

Hopefully you can figure something out eventually. My tip would be to look at real life birds, they're a diverse species to get a lot of inspiration and ideas from. A video on redesigning the predators would be fun, but that'll most likely be a long whiles away, since I have to get through a good chunk of the Ben 10 cast alone. Maybe I'll post a note board or something with ideas of how I would change the canon nemeitrix aliens if people are interested enough.

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I know you won't make any new Ben 10 aliens, but... maybe an offshoot series to explore what the One million+ aliens in the Omnitrix could look like perhaps??? Would love to see someone's take on some of the aliens that we never heard of, never even seen, and all of that jazz y'know?? Give their Ben 10 prime an identity to set itself apart from other people's Ben 10 Prime y'know?

I've made plenty of fan aliens actually, over on my main account. Granted a lot of those are designed for the next gen series, but Ben would have them in the watch and most likely transform into them at some point. In regards to the main sections of the series though, OS, UAF and OV (Along with my post OV series), I would stick to the canon transformations, and a few background aliens if I needed to fill up the watch for story beats. Here's some reference sheets for a couple of alien species I have made.

You can learn more about them and the other aliens I have on my main blog.