Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4908075-20190508124628

Ok, so calm down before you read this. I know this has gone through two suggestion posts, but this is different, if you read the entire thing earnestly.

This is NOT a suggestion post. This is also NOT a fan theory.

OV Ben 10k is an alternate timeline

Ok, so, this solution fixes:
 * 1) The cake problem: (OS Ben 10,000 was never the intended future because he was decidedly from an alternate/divergent timeline as he changed the past by giving the cake)
 * 2) OS = OV or not: we have ample proof that they (the writers) brought back the OS Ben 10k
 * 3) Show’s continuity > Writer/Producers’s words: show doesn’t state that OV Ben 10k is the current future. Only DJW stated that once. That has been (kind of) put off by Matt saying that (in a way) it isn’t necessarily true.
 * 4) We can have a logical explanation for disregarding DJW’s claim: in the trivia, we can state that “DJW said that this Ben 10k is the current future, but that doesn’t fit the continuity, as this Ben 10k is in a timeline that split from Ben’s in Ben 10,000 as Ben Prime gave Grandpa Max a cake but this timeline’s Ben hadn’t.” We cannot make a similar explanation for disregarding multiple confirmations of OS and OV future being same.

I think this is simple and neat. It conforms with the show and the statements the best in my opinion.

Share your thoughts on any problems I may have accidentally missed, or if you feel that the current handling of the topic by this Wiki is somehow better.

Again, this:

Is more credible and acceptable (he literally freaking acknowledges that they went back to the OS future and did not create a new one like UA did) than this: (I couldn't find the link/screenshot)

Which has been discredited by another crew member (Matt Wayne)

P.S. As for the timeline issue, (Ben is 10 in 2006 (RAT) and hence 36/37 in 2032 (OV) and not 42 (OS) and whatever) Please read this: "Dwayne McDuffie's concept of "now", implying the use of a floating timeline. Due to the nature of a floating timeline, the contents and the dates are subject to revision." (from the page Original Timeline) 