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+ gotta spread demisexual Vilgax agenda 'cuz an ultra evil guy enjoying platonic connection AND hating needing someone emotionally is hilarious. Bro's attached and he's having a crisis because of it.

NODDING NODDING NODDING!!!!!!!!

The Omniverse stuff doesn't surprise me much bc I can tell it's more or less the same people who made Transformers Animated beyond just the art style. It's kinda their thing to take a character and change up their personality for jokes

But YEAH Psyphon having the confidence to just Do Whatever is one of my fave things about him. He technically doesn't even need Vilgax, but you know that guy's attached to. "Aww, my giant angry octopus you're pouting over the Tennyson boy again... you wanna blow up a moon about it with me?"

He's the kinda guy who walks right into businesses and nobody stops him because he looks like he knows what he's doing (he does) and they're like shrug I mean I don't recognize him but I mean if he's headed into a restricted area then I guess he's supposed to be there

I do think Vilgax has smacked Psyphon around before in his fits of anger, but he doesn't beat or target him. Psyphon just happens to be standing too close and gets walloped by mistake, but he can take it and wouldn't want an apology anyway bc who cares? I could see Vilgax threatening him by grabbing an arm or shoulder and yanking on him, but he doesn't abuse Psyphon. He's just maladjusted LGSJKFJSJHFJSHDJHS

I'm not surprised the main cast are the fandom faves. I'm so glad Rook gets the love he deserves tho

SO.

Idk about hot takes bc I don't really know what is/isn't popular with the ship BUT, in my heart, I like to think that instead of being divorced in Omniverse, Vilgax literally just doesn't know where Psyphon is or how to contact him after the whole Dagon fiasco. The writers conveniently never let them interact directly, so my personal theory is they got separated and through a series of unfortunate, cartoonish events, keep accidentally avoiding each other entirely by happenstance

I prefer to headcanon Psyphon as the competent and confident henchman he was in AFUA with a sprinkling of his sass in Omniverse, so he was actually pretty invaluable to Vilgax, as well as his (love) only real companion.

As I recall (I watched the whole series over like a month and my memory bad 😔), Psyphon was a lot more reserved and soft-spoken originally, so I like to think he was the calm to Vilgax's storm and helped him focus on the bigger picture instead of letting his irritation drive his ambitions. I mean not that it's at all evident bc post original Vilgax is a big stupid squidfailure, but I digress

Kevin calling Vilgax "pretty boy" for no discernible reason because WHY DID HE SAY THAT

Ben saying "Zs'Castle? Zs'Skayr? Zs'Really?" When Charmcaster announced the name of his lair bc it never fails to make me laugh

Big Chill gently saying "Go... fly." to his babies (despite how freaking weird that episode was otherwise) because it's SO SWEET BWAW

Every time the Highbreed calls Ben "Ben Ben Tennyson" because he didn't understand that there was an unspoken comma in Ben's introduction bc he's silly. I love you Reiney

The episode where Rook became a dudebro but he never stopped being a good guy despite entering into that tournament or whatever it was. I love you Rook

Psyphon gasp-screaming "THIS IS DRY CLEAN ONLY!?!" When his suit got wet

Why thank you, I like my worms too uwu

This might get long so, read-more for convenience:

Sorta kinda! Vilgax is already written pretty solidly and any headcanons I might've had are addressed in the shows BUT

I do headcanon him to be a lot more competent than he's shown. As much as I liked aspects of AF/UA and Omniverse Vilgax, especially his love for his people/homeworld, he's always been kind of a joke villain after the original series OR stripped of personality. There should be a balance between his warmongering single-minded obsession with the Omnitrix and his personality

Now I KNOW Ben 10 is for kids, the main character is a kid, I know that it's Ben's unpredictable creativity AND his team that beats Vilgax every time. I know this

But

I like Vilgax. I think he deserves to be portrayed as both a wrathful warmonger WITHOUT him being totally rash all the time. Which can also be compelling, but he just doesn't SEEM like the type to rush in without a plan or without his own brand of creativity. Like in Alien Force (I think??) when he freed Zs'Skayr and SOMEHOW didn't think Zs'Skayr would instantly betray him, which led to having to ask Ben for help. Like. That is a massive blunder I just don't think Vilgax wouldn't have prepared for. Like. That's Zs'Skayr's entire thing

Like, Psyphon is definitely next but his Omniverse design is SO good I don't think there's anything I would change. Vilgax needed it imo but his design changes the most drastically every other show anyway so that's just in character for him