Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34260455-20180124165442/@comment-26812877-20180126015621

Revan100 wrote: Knowing the future pretty much ruins any tension or development for the characters. Because it tells us who the characters will be without actually seeing them develop and grow prior to the future.

That really depends on how this element is tackled though. Look at Terminator 1 and 2, for example. We know from these films what the future will turn out to be yet the films still do a tremendous job of creating proper tension and character development. We know that Sarah and John Connor will live through the events of these films yet we still fear for their lives through their very experiences. We know how John Connor will turn out to be yet his character development in Terminator 2 is still so satisfying and compelling.

In regards to Ben 10, know what the future awaits for the characters can also create proper tension and character development as well. It would be fitting that after witnessing how he would turn out in the future and how much he didn't like that, he would make the effort to prevent that aspect of the future from happening, which can open up quite the opportunity and potential to create some strong tension and development through that approach to Ben's character. There's also the matter of when Ben's transition to Ben 10,000 would happen that could create a lot of tension and character development in the show as well.