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Thoughts on Ben after watching Jurassic World Chaos Theory:

I love that he's the one who gets the camp fam back together. I don't know if this was intentional or not but given that he found his way back to them on Nublar after his fall, it only seems right that he's the one who sets out on a journey to warn them and keep them safe

it makes me wonder thought if they're all he has. We know he talks about a girlfriend in Europe (the fandom's consensus seems to be that she doesn't exist but tbh to me it sounded more like him possibly interpreting too much into an online friendship out of a need to feel close to someone) but he doesn't really mention any family or friends. He seems to be living out of his van, has taken a break from his studies ... I don't know, it all screams lonely to me

speaking of which: after they came back home, four of his friends were in relationships and Kenji was apparently living with Darius for a while so it wouldn't surprise me if Ben felt a little left out at the time, maybe even jealous that they all had someone in some way and he didn't

I also need to talk about Ben's trauma. He goes through a lot in the series, and I'm not even talking about the dinosaur encounters. He's lost Brooklynn. He's in a place where he's convinced something is wrong and no one believes him (at first). He almost drowns and loses his van - his home. He can only watch helplessly when Bumpy gets tortured. He thinks Bumpy is dying. He gets electrocuted and hurts himself further during the Atrociraptor attack. It's a lot, and no one seems to care.

which brings me to my final observation: Ben, in a way, has become the caretaker of the group. He's the one who reunites them, the one who is appalled when he thinks Sammy wants to break up with Yaz, the one who (maybe intentionally) forces Darius and Kenji to talk and make up. This whole time, it's never about him - it's about them. He even lets Kenji hold Bumpy's egg because he knows Kenji needs that in that moment. He's always there for them but the others are so lost in their own heads and problems that they don't have the capacity to be there for him in return. I don't blame them for that but Ben's trauma from the island and everything that came after never gets properly addressed - on the contrary, Yaz even makes a joke about pterosaurs - and I feel like that's long overdue (hence why I wrote a fic about him and Kenji meeting Billy Brennan because if there's someone who knows about trauma of the flying extinct reptile kind it's Billy). Tldr; my boy needs a break and a hug.

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that would actually not be hilarious, but heartbreaking, and i dislike how this fandom treats ben.

dont know when i'll get around to recapping my thoughts and feelings on episodes 9 and 10 but the crack theory that brooklynn is secretly catfishing ben as his european girlfriend is so fucking funny. not sure i'm willing to throw the dice on that one but would be hilarious if true

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ok but some jwct negativity here. they didn’t focus a whole lot on ben. they made him the but of the joke this season, really, and i am just so tired as a ben stan because they always do this to him.

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okay but….what if ben knows brooklyn is alive? like, girlfriend in europe, both dark jurassic users….he didn’t seem as sad as the others about her….what if.

i think i may write a benji/dinostar fic with this premise because ooooh the angst.

i realize this is probably 100% not the case but.

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BROOKLYN LOST HER HAND? OH MY FUCKING GOD.

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lol ben’s what was so fucking fake when darius admitted his feelings for brooklyn. like he already knew. ben fucking knew.

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can we talk about how the raptor lady looks a little like brooklyn? cause it’s kinda creepy.

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lol kenji you did not just punch a fucking raptor lol wtf.

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uh mateo…..you suddenly appearing is super fucking suspicious. like HOW did you know where they even were after leaving darius and kenji in a different city? like, you’re evil or with brooklyn but wtf.

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not ben falling into kenji’s lap. not kenji holding onto ben. not the benji feels.

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i am absolutely not going feral over ben giving kenji bumpy’s egg the way a mom would give the dad a newborn. nope. not at fucking all.

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did my heart absolutely break watching ben cry as he listened to bumpy get tortured? yep.

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kenji is a climber because he had to learn how to climb ben 😂

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ah brooklyn, what the hell? what kind of investigating are you doing here?

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good god, darius is so in love with brooklyn, it fucking hurts.

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things i do not believe

a) ben has a girlfriend

b) ben is straight

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ben rocking out in his phone reminds me so much of kenji, oh my.