Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4884084-20141025013620/@comment-2112031-20141026153111

Torresp wrote: The Wikia Editor wrote: Torresp wrote: PS. I don't think Spanner is Ken. We saw what Ken looked like in "And Then there was Ben". I still say it's jimmy jones in the future.

Ever since Ester saw Kai, we're now on this whole "love triangle nonsense". If anyone remembers the whole "Mako, Korra and Asami" ordeal from Legend of Korra, it went out of proportion. Ben's love triangle feels just like that. Not really. The reason that "love triangle nonsense" in Legend of Korra was disliked was due to the fact that it ate up screen time and, for the most part, was rather poorly handled.

There's honestly not much of a triangle here. Ben and Kai, for the most part, are not romantically involved and have not really expressed much interest. Ben is with Ester and seems to be happy with the relationship (although I think he should really try to be less unintentionally rude to her). The only one who seems worried is Ester. If you pay attention to Ben's expressions, he is DELIBERATELY trying to avoid anything that would make him end up with Kai. He tries to avoid holding hands with her, and when Kai was really sad, Ben wanted to console her and place his hand on her shoulder, but relents. I can tell that as much as Ben tries to avoid being around Kai, there's a part of him that's in denial. Plus, Ben and Kai end up arguing like a married couple. You see, he's trying to PREVENT any feeling he may have for Kai from becoming real, meaning that he doesn't want to end up with Kai, but deep down there's a part of him that likes Kai. I never said they didn't have any feelings for each other. On the contrary, I do agree that Ben still has some residual feelings for Kai. However, it's also pretty clear that he knows that those feelings are not exactly appropriate on account of the fact that he already has a girlfriend with whom he seems pretty happy.