Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25584850-20190417135237

At this point it hardly matters anymore considering the og continuity not being continued at the moment, But considering albedo is actually one of my favorite antagonist in the series and I feel like this is a rather betrayal of his character and I figure talking it out with some others might not hurt.

So if I’ve gotten it correct albedo has worked together with vilgax a whole of 3 times right? And the first two times vilgax betrays him, first time by taking the omnitrix for himself, the other by wiping him out of existence (which shouldn’t have worked either he’s not an actual alternate version of Ben just a genetic copy.) the only time he doesn’t get turned on is that Malgax fiasco and I’m pretty sure that’s just cause the protagonists beat them before squid dilly got the chance. I can’t see albedo ever wanting to team up after the first time vilgax duped him though, like his biggest character traits is his ego and his vengeful nature. I’d think albedo first instincts upon meeting vilgax again would be to beat him to a pulp or run from him.

Sure he hates Ben and all, but whenever they encounter there’s also something else albedo is after. He’s not as smart as azimuth, and can be very short sighted sometimes but he’s still REALLY smart. I wouldn’t think he would make the mistake of working with Vilgax without a better plan In mind or something.

He even admits he suspected vilgax would turn on him when he had the chance. In one of the last episodes albedo was in people he actually considered friends turned in him. He was in denial about it at first yeah but I suppose it’s odd we never got to see the conclusion of that whole relationship. Personally I think it would make him even more cautious of trusting people right? I would almost claim that whole thing with the nightmare parasite could have very well messed his mind up a good deal, or you could argue vilgax is just that good at being persuasive, but that just doesn’t sound like a satisfying answer to me.

It’s a real shame I think omniverse got the first three episodes they showed albedo I’m in that brains arc were amazing and seemed like a natural progression of the character for the most part, but afterwards they just sort of made him into a side goon for bigger threats which I feel is a real wasted opportunity. 