Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26200221-20160223142644/@comment-2251739-20160303001908

Stryzzar wrote: It's not just because it's a change. It's because the changes just don't work. What is the point of dumbing Ben down to the point where OS Ben looks like a noble prize winner in comparison. As well as the retcons which invalidated every important event in AF.

Change isn't bad, and can sometimes be refreshing. But if there's a change that's nonsensical and receives generally negative feedback, then they're probably doing something wrong. The changes aren't nonsensical though. They tried to go back to OS roots and undo some of the stupid stuff UAF did; UAF isn't innocent of stupid retcons.

Take the Rooters arc for example. Kevin being an alien which looks exactly like a human, but lives hundreds of years, grows horns after a while, and has special absorption powers, is stupid. Plain and simple. Same with the "half-human" Plumber kids. That's even dumber, actually.

The Rooters arc undid that with an intriguing plot twist which is just as much of a surprise to the characters as it is to us. If you're not judging it based on it changing something the great UAF did, then it is objectively not bad.

Not that OV didn't do stupid things. I hate Ben being an idiot too, and I don't like how "tumblr fan AU"-like it got, with all the alternate Bens and time shenanigans (although it was neat, but kind of distasteful). Among other things that I've forgotten.

But it's not bad, and it's incredibly obnoxious when everyone gags at the mention of its name because they're angry at its retcons or something, and insist that it is bad because they don't like it.