Thread:UltiVerse/@comment-16747922-20140718025651

Hello Ulti,

I was kinda laughing... Sci told me you thought that Heroes of Evolution was a horror show and I was trying to make Creepy Pasta with the Darkstar episode. I'm even smiling while typing this because WHAT??? I think you misread a few of the descriptions.

Ben 10: Heroes of Evolution is a REALISTIC take on Ben 10 - it's not just meant to be DARK, but just more REALISTIC, and not just the action and theme, but even the humor! I mean, when I say mature, I'm not going about making excuses for putting throat-slitting and sexual innuendos in every episode. I mean it'll just be NOT CHEESY. It'll appeal to the same audience as AF/UA - those two went for a higher demographic and the kids continue to grow up - Omniverse expects them to "de-age" and like it again - these kids would have become teens, not adults, and they won't experience "nostalgia of their younger years" because they STILL ARE in their younger years.

I just wanted this to be a service to people who wanted more of the AF/UA stuff and missed how good it was. They grew up with Ben and now that they're teens, they'd expect the show to continue to appeal to their tastes but it's left them behind and expected a new set of kids to watch it - the problem is that the kids would have to follow the original, AF and UA's chronology - much of which isn't meant for them just yet. These kids on the other hand, they're teens and find adult shows more appealing. This just matches their tastes - it's unfamiliar to you guys because you're younger, but this wiki contains a TON of kids aged 12 and older. They'd know that what I put in my show is just content off of light crime shows and thriller movies.

So you see, I'm not trying to "creep anyone out". If you pay attention to AF/UA, Darkstar is a twisted, psychotic, bloodthirsty, power-hungry murderer - they just try to break the ice by making him look like Edward the Vampire and giving him a hammy voice and dialogue, making the legendary Wil Wheaton go through all that. If this show's gonna be realistic, then REAL killers ARE scary! If I want to make the characters feel real, I have no choice but to make Darkstar creepy and mentally twisted. My way of breaking the ice is his attempts to fix himself by going to the therapist - he is still quite villainous because his struggles with discipline to stop killing don't go away. It's perhaps the most logical way to explain Darkstar's thirst besides his bodily need for it. His situation is quite unfortunate EVEN in the show :

'''He needs the power to survive, but that makes him a criminal. He has no choice but to die, but he can't make himself do it because again, his greed prevents it. '''

EVEN the show tells you that! It's just a LOT more subtle. This, being real, doesn't have to be that subtle. Since he tries to fix himself, he acknowledges that greed is fueled by inner fear, and he's not spreading his power but rather his weaknesses to his victims. And it's so difficult fighting the force of fear in his mind that it continues to break through and convince him to kill people rather than seek help, because others acknowledging his pain triggers the fear to make him retaliate. It's just a "nuclear bomb of sensitivity" - any outside force acting on him is a danger, and any pain he feels even when trying to fix himself has to be taken away by the fear. The clash of these forces is the climax of the story.

And another thing: THE BODIES. I don't make them leak blood and pus and have bites all over them like the Walking Dead - they don't ROT - they're literally empty. No bacteria, no blood, no internal processes. Darkstar's definition even in the show is that he absorbs ALL his victims' life force. The corpses are like a hollow shell of wood. Even AF would show this! They'd be all gray... it's actually accurate. They'd be gray, withered, drained of everything. I'm committing absolutely no breakage of wiki rules by saying that a literally lifeless corpse is there - it's not rotting.

AND: THERE IS NO LIMB-TEARING OR CANNIBALISM in this show! What the hell were you thinking? WHY would freaking BEN 10 have that? Well, there is limb-tearing, but it's for Swampfire and Goop :D But HUMAN cannibalism? Ben 10 is not Hannibal! Seriously?

Sorry if you couldn't get through all that, but if you did, it would help. It explains my motives to yu so you can be at ease. Thanks,

- TJ 