Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-5486221-20190212142357/@comment-5486221-20190215163225


 * https://archive.is/h4iHT
 * https://archive.is/5fDvd

These two links contain statements from Matt Wayne, a writer on the show as opposed to Derrick who was an artist. While he was replying to questions regarding Primus, two things he said apply to the show at large, namely "Nothing's definite until we address it in Omniverse" and "The Internet is not a TV show."

What these comments boil down to is that whatever is seen in the show takes precedence over comments from crew members. Primus was not mentioned in-series to have been destroyed despite Derrick's comments, so as far as we're concerned, it's still around. Similarly, nobody in the series brought up the two futures being the same, not even Ben 10,000 himself. Conversely, we have cold, hard, canon, in-series proof of the two futures not being the same, primarily the cake point.

Ben 10,000 gave his past self the cake to give to Max ("Something I should've gotten Grandpa 20 years ago"; emphasis on 'should've') and effectively changed Young Ben's future, though to Dwayne, the very fact that Ben 10,000 didn't remember meeting himself already changed Young Ben's future. Omniverse's Ben 10,000 is the true future for Ben Prime (in this point in time/Present Ben's life) and his version of Kenny specifically came back to the past in the main timeline to set Ben and Kai up. This Ben, Ben Prime, did give Max the cake after he met his original future self, who didn't. Even if my other points are debatable, this is in-series proof that the two futures aren't the same.