Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26200221-20151211162449/@comment-24152851-20160126114527

I think the "canon" explanation about all the weird changes in Omniverse (such as the new artstyle), was the Celestialsapiens messing with reality. It might as well be a different continuity to the previous Ben 10 series with how many retcons there are. I guess it can be thought of as another alternate universe, or an alternate multiverse.

Ben was just pathetic in OS. I get some people didn't like "serious Ben", but OV Ben is pathetic in every way. Ben was never a genius, but the idiot factor for OV Ben got toned so high it just makes me want to facepalm. There are times when he also doesn't seem to even care about saving the world, and just seems like an action junkie who wants to kick butt because he's bored. Rook is just there to shame him and show how far Ben has plummeted. Also OV Ben seems even more immature than OS Ben. AF and UA Ben did go through a lot of traumatic stuff that would have had a lasting effect on his personality, but OV seems to suggest he forgot all of that.

Ben isn't the only victim of OV. Many of the villains were made incredibly silly and "comic villain-y". Psyphon and his incompetent henchman being an example of this. And don't even get me started on Nyancy Chan, the most annoying character to exist.

OV also seems to be the biggest offender of filler episodes. All the other series were predominated with story arcs, but OV was chock full of those solo standing episodes which could be cut out and lost no plot value at all. Only AF season 3 seems to rival the filler content.