Board Thread:Ben 10 Discussion/@comment-4969948-20160930222056/@comment-5101200-20161007134708

I've said it before, I'll say it again: AF as its own thing, not as a sequel, is a work of art.

AF would've worked as a sequel had it not changed the origins of Kevin and Gwen to be alien in the sense of outer space species, rather than just alien as in different. Ben having aliens, Gwen having magic, and Kevin being a mutant adds more diversity than Ben having aliens, Gwen having alien ancestors (and technically Ben too), and Kevin having alien ancestors, not to mention we already saw how Gwen got her powers, and Kevin ran away because he felt he'd be judged and shunned by his parents. Just because the main character has outer space aliens and fights outer space aliens doesn't mean everything ever should be outer space alien.

I personally disliked the Rooters. Not that it was too bad, it's just the whole "You made me think that" thing seems like a bit of a cop out. Ironically, AF did the best at retconning, even though it lead up to the Rooters having to retcon the shit (U)AF did with the origins.

If AF is looked at on its own without any regards to what happened before or after, then the only thing wrong would probably be the bland art style. Everything about it works, unfortunately you have to look at it on its own without any regard to any other series to see it.