Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4948390-20140913145351/@comment-25396661-20141110214425

Graywing84 wrote: Ok if this is all being retconned what does this mean for the whole Ragnarok arc? Also I rewatched Ben 10 episodes it never states that Kevin was a mutant  that's why Dwayne had him be a alien in AF and UA because it answered that unanswered question. The main reason I'm not really warming up to omniverse is that they nerfed/dumbed down everybody especially Ben. In AF/UA Ben was not only mastering is omnitrix he was also becoming a great leader and a great tactician just like his grandfather he grew to become level headed and a cool, calm collective person. Now in omniverse he's back to being slow witted and sometimes an idiot, he keeps messing up his transformations while in UA he knew the master controls and codes and even though that was the ultamatrix it showed that Ben was willing to grow and understand his repsonsiblity. It doesn't make sense. It's almost like they did an Ash Ketchum to his character. All that growth and development was washed down the drain for slapstick. The series doesn't have to be darker to be great but at least try to keep the main characters three dimensional instead of them being a one trick pony. Like I said, the OS never confirmed on screen what Kevin was. All that was said was that he was "a freak". But the writers did confirm that when they created him, as well other characters like cooper, they wanted them to be mutants. I swear I've said this a dozen times in this thread alone already, but the reason they made these changes is because they wanted to make a lot more like the original series. So people should really stop assuming that when ever they change something its just to make them mad or something. Because its not.

And while I admit that Ben is a little more hot headed in Omniverse sometimes, (and like I said, this is to make it more like the OS) he hasn't changed nearly as much as you say he has. And just because he jokes around doesn't mean he isn't responcible. This was explained in The forge of creation. Also, go back and watch any season 3 AF episodes, or really any UA episodes. You will see that Ben hasn't changed that much. Expecially during the end of UA. Also, if you pay attention to the first few story arcs of Omniverse, Ben acted exactally the same way he did in UA.

The only time Ben was how you described him was during the first 2 seasons of AF. And that didn't go over well with the fans, which is why they changed it.