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But every so often i do wish Danny Phantom was more serialized and less of a villain of the week type show.

Cuz imagine how much more terrifying it would be if Vlad was just this looming presence over the course of season 1 only for Danny to face him face to face in the season finale

Setting up the fight knight and the ghost king

Or even freakshow so that his 2 appearances in the show feel way more impactful.

Also yeah that's another thing because we have a villain of the week format that rotates some villains really do just get 1 or 2 appearances and then vanish.

Like spectra has like 2 or 3 episodes and then only appears in the background.

Same with Ember.

Poindexter was one and done tbh

I can’t remember correctly but I think technus sorta just dies??

But every so often i do wish Danny Phantom was more serialized and less of a villain of the week type show.

Cuz imagine how much more terrifying it would be if Vlad was just this looming presence over the course of season 1 only for Danny to face him face to face in the season finale

Setting up the fight knight and the ghost king

Or even freakshow so that his 2 appearances in the show feel way more impactful.

Also yeah that's another thing because we have a villain of the week format that rotates some villains really do just get 1 or 2 appearances and then vanish.

Like spectra has like 2 or 3 episodes and then only appears in the background.

Same with Ember.

Poindexter was one and done tbh

I can’t remember correctly but I think technus sorta just dies??

So if it wasn't obvious by now I do like both of these ships a great deal and plan to use both of them in my AU in some capacity. How imma do that remains to be seen but I can promise you it won't be by any sort of 2 timing or anything like that.

It's as simple as people in their late teens and young adults date different people at times and thats normal.

But one of my irl friends asked about their dynamics so I wanted to make a post of it.

In simple terms Danny and Sam are more like Peter and MJ whereas Danny and Ember are Peter and Black Cat. Not literally of course but thats the best description.

Danny and Sam are in for lack of a better word "safe" not in the sense that I don't imagine their relationship with conflict but more in the sense that they feel at home with each other. They're awkward teen/young adult love with the will they won't they and obliviousness that comes with it.

But

Danny and Ember is a more again for lack of a better term "exciting" pair. They're not toxic but they're trouble makers while Sam and Danny provide a safe space for each other Ember and Danny provide a space for each other to let loose. Ember is way more direct in her approach with Danny and cuz of that it forces him to be more direct as well.

They both have their pros and cons and none of them are defined by their relationships. Moreso they define them.

Sam and Danny relate on the human side of things and while neither of them shy away from their supernatural parts they still don't understand them well enough to lead with them.

Sam still hasn't exactly figured out what she is after her merger with dora and Danny is still trying to figure out where Phantom fits in with his human life. So they drown themselves in normalcy.

Ember and Danny relate on the spectral side of things almost ignoring the idea of humanity.

Ember hasn't been human for many years , she barely has fond memories of when she was alive and chooses to ignore it and Danny uses Phantom as an excuse to avoid his problems in the human world because why deal with your troubles when you can fly above them.

"Your suffering is delicious"

Them against the world and they're not losing.

More of my favorite ghost girl,I don't draw her rocking out very often so I wanted to change that.

I guess technically you could also consider this a redraw of these ones but not really.

Remember when I said they were due for a redraw? Well i actually did redraw them and just forgot about it until recently so here's chaotic gf x easily annoyed bf the return.

Vlad(canon) meets Vlad(My au) part 1

Note:"In my au Vlad is also just called Vlad so to distinguish imma just call my Vlad Vladimir since Technically that is his full name"

Vlad:"So you're me from an alternate reality eh?"

Vladimir:"I suppose so...have to say you're not exactly what I imagined...."

Vlad:"what do you mean?"

Vladimir:"It's just I never pictured another me to be soooo........ theatrical."

Vlad:"what do you mean, theatrical?"

Vladimir:"you're wearing eyeliner....."

Vlad:"....no I'm not..."

Vladimir:"Yes you are...."

Vlad:"well umm even if I am so are you!"

Vladimir:".....the skin under my eyes was permanently darkened after my accident I just look like this now."

Vlad:"Permanent eyeliner....damn thats convenient.... wait you mentioned your accident does that mean you also got your powers...."

Vladimir:"In a prototype ghost portal accident thanks to Jacks negligence? Yeah...

Vlad:"and were you also hospitalized for seven years with neither Jack and Maddie coming to visit you?"....

Vladimir:"I beg your pardon?"

Vlad:"are you saying that you weren't hospitalized?"

Vladimir:"Yes I was hospitalized but for a few months not 7 years."

Vlad:"Only a few months!? You lucky bastard! "

Vladimir:"and Jack never visited you?"

Vlad:"no, I didn't see Jack again until 20 years later and by then he simply assumed that enough time had passed that I'd have forgiven him."

Vladimir:"wait...did he never even apologize?"

Vlad shakes his head.

Vladimir:"wow, your Jack sounds like..."

Vlad:"a total ass? Yes yes he is upon our reunion 20 years after his accident one of the first things he did was tackle me.."

Vladimir:".....in a romantic way?"

Vlad:"what? in a he's a 6ft5 300 pound man trying to play touch football sort of way!"

Vladimir:"that doesn't answer my question..."

Vlad:"I'm starting to think me and my Jack have a very different relationship than whatever it is you two have going on in your dimension."

Vladimir:"well me and Jack actually don't have any sort of relationship,he stopped ghost hunting after my accident and we haven't spoken in years."

Vlad:"incredible does that mean young Daniel doesn't have ghost powers in your world."

Vladimir:"no he does..."

Vlad:"well that just doesn't add up, but I suppose different scenarios are capable of yielding similar results in this vast multiverse."

Vladimir:"glad to see despite your clearly theatrical upbringing you still share my brilliance."

Vlad:"shut up!"

Vladimir:"but seven years is incredible, how did you manage to keep Plasmius at bay for so long?"

Vlad:"what do you mean?"

Vladimir:"after the accident, did your ghost half not also manifest itself into a separate personality that harbored all your negative traits and hidden trauma?"

Vlad:"what!? No! I just turn blue and get pointy hair."

Vladimir:"wait so you had full control the entire time? No burning people with ecto rays or almost killing your own father?"

Vlad:"....."

Vladimir:"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Vlad:".......are....are you unwell?"

The Rest of Canon Meets Fanon

Went ahead and did alt looks for the trio. These are nothing more than alt versions of their main look.

CHAPTER EIGHT

CHAPTER 8:Plasmius rises.

The Ghost assailant gave Plasmius a quizzical look but didn't let the emergence of a new opponent concern him.

Something I wish was more explored in canon.

And something I really try to showcase in my au is how the people around these 2 shaped how they used their powers.

Cuz it's no secret that the scenarios around how they got their powers shaped them into who they were meant to be.

Vlad both in Canon and my Au has his accident and he's completely alone through the entire ordeal, no family no friends noone who could ever hope to understand what he was going through , he's lonely then that loneliness turns to bitterness and then to resentment until finally it evolves into hate. Add to the fact that canon Vlad doesn't speak to Jack for 20 years after his accident and never reconciled with him while also fully believing that he's right for feeling and behaving the way he does and you can see why he ends up the way he does. Although he makes use of them to Vlad these powers aren't a gift they aren't a blessing they're a curse, a reminder of how he lost everything he held dear and how he'll never get that back. He has no Tucker and Sam to protect, to give him confidence or to steer him into using them in a positive direction. In the end Plasmius is nothing more than the manifestation of one mans loneliness and how he lashes out because of it. Of course you can make an argument that Vlad was always a bad person but we're gonna ignore that for now.

Now compare that to Danny.

Danny in both canon and my AU gets his powers and immediately he has his friends at his side and they're the ones doing the utmost best to keep him on the straight and narrow. Sam admonished him when he uses his powers for the wrong reasons,and he is constantly trying to do the right thing because he has a support system that he wants to do right by. Danny rarely if ever looks at his powers as a burden cuz even in moments where he wants to he has his friends by his side reassuring him that his powers are the coolest thing ever. Even in season 3 we see that he gets to a point where he actually likes heroics. Unlike Vlad these powers didn't strip Danny of his life they just added a new layer to it. Jazz tells him how proud she is of him, he's getting more confident and Even Jack and Maddie who hate his hero persona and are questionable parents have shown time and time again that they love their son no matter what.

And idk I just find that duality so interesting.

Deadass being a hyper fan of a media that you like fucking sucks (for me atleast). Because the one thing i wish i could tolerate is negativity. Imma fan of dragon ball, one piece, bleach, Devil may cry, Avatar the last airbender, etc. any hate towards them doesnt move me as much. Hell being a fucking sonic fan the hate doesnt move me either (but only by a little bit depending on the topic) and i like sonic more than them.

With DB, Atla and tmnt they're pretty much guaranteed to keep going even with the recent aang movie leak they stilll have more animated content on the horizon and outside of animated content there are still a bunch of comic books ,graphic novels and YA novels coming out.

Tmnt keeps getting new iterations

One piece still hasn't ended.

And DB is gonna keep getting new shit forever probably.

But Ben10 has been so mishandled that it deadass feels like any new piece of media that doesn't get overwhelming positive reception will just be unceremoniously canceled.

They did it with OV and despite the reboot doing well they still eventually canceled.

Ben10 should be CNs golden child but they treat it so horribly that it's hard to feel like new content isn't just gonna disappear.

Even the leaked series that has allegedly been in production since February 2024 despite that being a glimmer of hope for new animated Ben10 is hard to get excited about cuz WB aren't against just shelving whole projects.

It's why i try so hard to not engage in fandom spaces outside of tumblr and I try to avoid most topics surrounding the comic.

Cuz the negativity is just so annoying and literally just boils down to personal preference cuz the book truly has done as offensive as these guys would have people believe.

It just hasn't been super exciting up until the most recent issue.

But Ben10 fans take the most minor of nitpicks and turn them into issues and it ends up spreading.

Nothing but 6 FUCKING YEARS OF INCONSISTENCY ALL BECAUSE THEY WANT TEEN BEN TO ACT LIKE 10/YO BEN AGAIN.

I truly don't even get the edgey fanfic comparisons cuz I've seen some awful edgey ben10 fanfics plus like with how much people glaze the uaf era and keep saying they want serious ben10. This series being serious ben10 should be just what they're looking for.

Like a ben10 series isn't driven by toysales and now its edgey fanfic. Like the aliens looking like aliens and people dying shouldn't be as big of a deal as folks are making it.

Like I love that ben10 has so many different iterations with different tones but the downside to that is that everyone in the fandom has latched on to one particular version they like and have condemned the rest to hell.

Deadass being a hyper fan of a media that you like fucking sucks (for me atleast). Because the one thing i wish i could tolerate is negativity. Imma fan of dragon ball, one piece, bleach, Devil may cry, Avatar the last airbender, etc. any hate towards them doesnt move me as much. Hell being a fucking sonic fan the hate doesnt move me either (but only by a little bit depending on the topic) and i like sonic more than them.

With DB, Atla and tmnt they're pretty much guaranteed to keep going even with the recent aang movie leak they stilll have more animated content on the horizon and outside of animated content there are still a bunch of comic books ,graphic novels and YA novels coming out.

Tmnt keeps getting new iterations

One piece still hasn't ended.

And DB is gonna keep getting new shit forever probably.

But Ben10 has been so mishandled that it deadass feels like any new piece of media that doesn't get overwhelming positive reception will just be unceremoniously canceled.

They did it with OV and despite the reboot doing well they still eventually canceled.

Ben10 should be CNs golden child but they treat it so horribly that it's hard to feel like new content isn't just gonna disappear.

Even the leaked series that has allegedly been in production since February 2024 despite that being a glimmer of hope for new animated Ben10 is hard to get excited about cuz WB aren't against just shelving whole projects.

It's why i try so hard to not engage in fandom spaces outside of tumblr and I try to avoid most topics surrounding the comic.

Cuz the negativity is just so annoying and literally just boils down to personal preference cuz the book truly has done as offensive as these guys would have people believe.

It just hasn't been super exciting up until the most recent issue.

But Ben10 fans take the most minor of nitpicks and turn them into issues and it ends up spreading.

Nothing but 6 FUCKING YEARS OF INCONSISTENCY ALL BECAUSE THEY WANT TEEN BEN TO ACT LIKE 10/YO BEN AGAIN.

I truly don't even get the edgey fanfic comparisons cuz I've seen some awful edgey ben10 fanfics plus like with how much people glaze the uaf era and keep saying they want serious ben10. This series being serious ben10 should be just what they're looking for.

Like a ben10 series isn't driven by toysales and now its edgey fanfic. Like the aliens looking like aliens and people dying shouldn't be as big of a deal as folks are making it.

Like I love that ben10 has so many different iterations with different tones but the downside to that is that everyone in the fandom has latched on to one particular version they like and have condemned the rest to hell.

however that raised questions in me. like.

why the fuck is Gwen with the omnitrix always 10.

the answer is cartoon network trying to milk the shit out of nostalgia OFC. But at the same time... the original Gwen 10 AU ended with Max getting the watch thus transitioning that universe from a Gwen 10 one to a Max 10 one.

so here I am your least favorite Mug of Root Beer in the Ben 10 fandom grasping at straws and things that aren't meant to mean more then the surface level corporate decisions once more.

examining Gwen's character's, Natalie's demands for her and Examining No Watch Universe we can really simmer away all the effects that the omnitrix brought on Ben and by proxy Gwen. and then we Can look at the Omniverse Gwen 10 AU and start to build up a character profile of Gwen as the Watch Wielder without Ben that has Previous/Outsider knowledge of the watch.

Just like Lucky Cat I do not think Gwen would be keen on telling anyone about the Omnitrix or her hero powers and seeing as she is more reserved with her powers she would probably be able to actually keep it hidden, while max splurged out something about "it's so weird we keep seeing alien on our journey and just when Gwen is away." and Gwen looks at her watch and goes "Ah... so they're aliens." anyway. Back onto why all Gwen 10's are stuck being 10.

I honestly don't think Gwen would be able to handle the pressure of being in the same Role as ben through alien force & omniverse. Which I don't mean as in she can't handle that much pressure like that, she very much can, it's just not the type of pressure Gwen is very good at handling. Which is self image/self worth related pressure. Once again I will recall the Time Heals episode and how Gwen carried herself there.

I think almost all Gwen 10 universes are doomed to turn into diffrent watch wielding universes purely because this isn't the fate for Gwen. While I don't like predetermined, chosen one storyline I feel like it is purely the difference in environment that made ben the best choice out of the 3 tennysons.

Gwen while calculated, reserved and cautious is also really self doubting and unable to really flaunt and own the Hero aspect. If/When Natalie finds out about her Heroics she'd probably just add to her self doubting and how she isn't a proper hero because of this and that. That with her continuous back tracking habit, and really poor self image by UAF, plus the distance between her and grandpa and if Gwen never told grandpa she is an alien superhero that gap would never mend. UAF would be a much weirder time for Gwen, grandpa max randomly goes missing for a couple months comes back later with a prosthetic arm. Does Kevin in happen in Gwen 10 au? And if it does how?

Max while experienced and the one who the omnitrix was intended for because of both Xylenes and Azmuths acknowledgement of his character, is out of his prime & also at least in OS. Really prone to random bursts of Violence?? he is also very secretive which is both an upside and a downside. because if secret of the omnitrix explosion was happening Max wouldn't be very forth coming with it. in Omniverse he is a space policeman so that immediately makes him unreliable, because he is so much more reliant on the letter of the law. Also as a more experienced person he is much more likely to take drastic measures.

Ben's really the best shot the omnitrix has as a tool of heroism and symbol of heroics. Because Ben trusts people, Ben's character up until the watch hits his wrist is what the omnitrix was built for - someome who is understanding & gives second chances, but also someone who doesn't stand for injustice. Sure he has his character flaws, and is a little self centered & a ragamuffin. But he is also fucking 10 bruh.

Gwen's mentality is much more close to Knowledge & self doubt.

I love Gaen to death and some of my ben 10 mutual on tumblr are working on amazing Gwen 10 aus, with this analysis I am not saying - hey Gwen can never be the wielder of the omnitrix I am trying to figure out, exactly why is it that no canon gwen is older than 10?