#ben is 'the one that got lost'

[gingericywolf]

Found out this morning. My mom ships yaz and ben. How do I tell her...

[crushedsweets]

eyeless jack eating spaghetti with his long-ass tongue

I got so many good asks today y’all .

[shrinevandal]

lost meme dump because i cannot be assed to make individual posts

[simptasia]

LOST + text posts part 157

[whatudottu]

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 “there’s no way in Hell that could ever be scientifically feasible”, it dared to look them in the eyes and go “Yeah, well, this is a world where magic and superpowered mutants also exist. What are you gonna do? Cry about it? You grown ass adult who’s expecting scientific feasibility out of a cartoon meant to sell toys to preteen boys that has lore so inconsistent it’s almost impossible to tell what’s canon and what’s non-canon? LMAO loser.”

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 ‘there’s a spellbook and some charms’. The shift to purely alien in AF makes the wonderful nonsense sci-fi stuff into frustrating logic trees of ‘how does xenobiology get this powerful’ 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 I’m not especially great at coming up with, especially in comparison to speculative biology which come with pre-established rules. But hey, I don’t exactly expect it to be fleshed out, at least not as well as the alien aspect of Ben 10; even then, there’s only so much fleshed out, it’s 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 so…

[daeley]

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[ultimatepeter-man]

Yo, I just saw your other post about if another synthezoid came to the academy and I was curious of how scarlet would react to meeting another synthezoid like him?

I think Scarlet would have a lot of...mixed feelings.

When he found the Spider Slayers, it was like finding long lost family. He was meant to be a team with the Spider Slayers. He was meant to lead them. He is made out of the same synthetic material as them. He is one of them.

It was like he felt some kind of responsibility for them. To get them off Hydra Island and somewhere better. (To me, I think that's why he went back to the Academy so soon). He was out doing his own thing, but now he's got these other synthetically, created, cloned beings who are in the same boat as him, but way out of their depth. Who knows how long they've been down in Hydra Island just...waiting.

So he takes them to the Academy and he's getting their little charging pods set up, and its like he's found this new purpose to drive him now that he knows who he is and how he came to be in the possession of Otto and Hydra.

But then, just when he found this group of people that is not only his new driving force, but an opportunity to learn and come into acceptance to who and what he is, all of the sudden they're snatched away again. Whether they were taken by force or they'd willingly gone with Kane, he lost them.

So I think finding another one, he would take them under his wing under a sense of kinship. I think he would likely be the first to show them trust, even though he has some of the worst trust issues in the Academy. But i think he would also stay guarded. Ben doesn't like vulnerability, and opening up with him is like pulling teeth, but SOMEONE has to show this synthezoid hybrid some kindness, and who better than him?

[asexual-squidward]

Posts about LOST making me revisit my thoughts / headcanons about what happens with Ben and Hurley on the now-peaceful island.

I love the idea of the dynamic between Ben knowing everything about how the island works, but not much about popular culture or actually having a life outside of following orders and doing things for the sake of the island. And Hurley wanting Ben to loosen up and also deal with some of that trauma that he’s got going on, but also being very ‘???’ about how the island works.

And Hurley has an uphill battle because the remaining people on the island:

Don’t know who he is just emerging from the forest and proclaiming him to be the new protector

Ben is here and has a history of being the Cause Of Problems and now he’s claiming to be good now and this new guy is vouching for him but how can we trust him when he’s a known liar

So trying to get Ben used to living a more settled and less traumatic life is challenging because the guy has been essentially running on fumes for years and now his conscience and trauma is catching up with him and isolating himself doing paperwork isn’t going to help that.

Headcanons for Ben & Hurley’s Adventures On The Island™️

Ben is sometimes very exasperated at Hurley continuously questioning stuff that he understood (or learned not to question) when he was barely a teenager. But also Hurley keeps trying to get Ben to sit down and eat some goddamn popcorn because what do you mean you haven’t watched [movie]?!

Ben has to to unlearn lying automatically as a form of putting up walls. Hurley becomes very adept at telling when Ben is lying (he doesn’t know if that’s part of being the Protector or if his friendship with Ben has granted him that).

Hurley introduces Ben to ‘his culture’ (ie movies and video games. He uses his powers as Protector to ransack an out-of-business Blockbusters at least once) - while also reading books Ben recommends even though he’s not much of a book guy but he wants to meet him halfway.

Both of them help each other process their grief, trauma, and PTSD from [gestures to the entirety of LOST]. Including flashbacks, nightmares and panic attacks. Both of them are good listeners, it’s getting the other to talk about their problems that’s the struggle (Hurley rambles about other things to change the subject while Ben will just keep working until he drops)

Following from that, Hurley keeps getting imposter syndrome and thinking he’s not good enough to be the Protector. And he doesn’t understand why Ben trusts him (Ben also has this exact fear too but hides it far better)

Ben is still unused to hugs, which is an issue as Hurley is a big hugger. He has picked ben up in a bear hug and spun him around at least once.

Basically Hurley has adopted the human equivalent of a rescued attack dog as his emotional support animal.

[stripesysheaven]

i know i said i was going to name the kitten ben linus but. my mom REALLY wants to name him benry (ben linus and henry gale) and im obsessed with it

although because of this picture we did consider the name grogu

[bunnyb34r]

Went to the mall to buy gifts and only really shopped at the bookstore lol

I could've gone to the closer bookstore or the half priced one honestly then but I dont think I'd have bought as much if I had

[niccerooniererer]

The absolute URGE in me to make sort of astronomy based designs for btd6 heroes simply Just Cause

And also bc it is basically a huge huge interest of mine

[timeguardiansarchive]

The Biggest Embarrassment :

@honorhearted continued from X

Missy nails Tallmadge with a glance. "Yes, yes you." She affirms. "Don't look at me like that, I know you." Ben is insufferably enjoying this predicament way too much for her liking. There's a gleeful glint in his eyes that an empath would have to be blind not to notice it.

Model citizen. HA! Okay, so there may be an air of truth there. When it came to Sheldon or Georgie, Ben was definitely the most well behaved of them all.

She bounces on her toes when he gives her permission to bring her date over, but winces a little when he says he's going to pop in. "Please - don't do anything to embarrass me." Missy finds herself petitioning. She gets enough of that from Sheldon and Georgie.

"What-- what bad things are they after?" Missy presses, genuinely clueless to things that are more than kissing. "Is-- is it the car keys? Cause I'm totally down if he wants to drive me somewhere. Oh! Like Burger King---"

A begrudged sigh escapes her as his hand claps down on her shoulder. Ben's right. Now is the hour of her comeuppance. "You're never going to let me live that down. Are you?" Lord. She's almost beginning to regret her entire thirteen years of life.

[luciusspriggss]

not to toot my own horn

but i have figured out massive twists in many movies, shows, and books.

and i mean i figured it out immediately

people hate watching murder, she wrote with me, because a character will be introduced, and after they talk for like a minute, i KNOW they are the killer. and i. am. ALWAYS. right!!!!! i just KNOW

if something surprises me i either think, holy fucking shit that is amazing, i need to rewatch and re analyze so i can prepare for future twists!

OR what the fuck was that?

and i get a headache, rewatching, re analyzing, reading other peoples analysis to get different perspectives (i LOVE seeing how people think and connect things because i then admittedly try to steal that technique to use for future media readings. i mean when i analyze shit, i go first with my gut, THEN i start reading different interpretations and try to understand how they were made in the first place. it is FUN) and i usually am able to figure out various readings and why a piece of media must have done what they did

this finale has truly stumped me

i am at a stalemate for the first time while consuming a piece of media

which tells me i am missing something i haven't even considered yet

[guiltskate]

many of the kids in hawkins would have known carter before she began transitioning, but barely anyone says anything about it bc the one time someone did, her brother almost beat them to death.

[nie7027]

I just finished watching the third season of the umbrella academy and it's so funny because my family are all confused whereas I'm here like "oh nice! How Homestuck-esque it got!"

Now what i really want for season 4 is a time skip into the new universe where we are shown Viktor and Five threw themselves fully into roomies hole.

Nothing like Viktor, the best equipped in the team to return to a normal life earning money through his music now that there's no more risk of blowing up the universe with a concert, and Five, the one least prepared for a normal civilian life where he doesn't have to run for his life nor have powers and worst of all is still trapped in the body of a child.

It would be hilarious.

[whatudottu]

In honour of Flat Fuck Friday- have Ra’ad being x-rayed in an Earth hospital. He (and other Amperi) I believe need to retain moisture in their skin to be able to breath so…

Get Laminated.

Based on this haha,