Board Thread:Series Discussion/@comment-5713363-20151031182521/@comment-26816267-20151101121948

Brywarrior wrote: 1) I'd like to see a different side of Ben. Since he had his encounter with Ben 10, I figure 23 would have matured a little, and thus wouldn't be so... Stereotypical Ben 23.

2) I'd like to see, maybe, an older Ben. Probably 16 or 17. This would help with the maturity thing, as well as give you enough space between "Store 23" and the series for flashbacks (if you wanted) or possibly introduce a villain that USED to mean something important, but has been away for some time. This leads into #3

3) More original characters. A lot of what is wrong with this wiki is that there are thirty-thousand Rook Blonkos/Julie Yamamotos/Kevin Levins/etc., and not enough original characters. I'd love to see your creativity in coming up with all-new characters/villains/aliens.

4) New names. This ties into #s 1 and 2, with the maturity and age thing. Ben probably wouldn't keep names like "Charcoal Man", especially after meeting 10. I get that he's Ben 23, and he should definitely have unique names for his aliens, but I feel they should be more clever or more original than "Mr. Monkey".

5) Long-lasting story arcs. One thing that I've always loved was several, overlapping story arcs in a series. You could have an arc per season, so it would change each season, but also have an underlying plot that builds under the other season's arcs, and eventually in like the fourth season or something turns into something massive. Similar to the Resurrection of Ghostfreak arc that lasted through two whole seasons of OS, but make it take a little longer.

That's all for now, anything under this statement is an edit.

6) Have others help you out. You don't want to take on a project like this all on your own. Even if you don't want people interfering with your plot plan, "hire" people as assistant editors/directors (idea providers), consultants, artists, anything to help you out.

I agree with number three! I personally try in every series to have original characters, and to drop un-needed characters, for example in BTEU I decided that Julie would be of no importance whatsoever, and in Charles 10 I replaced everyone with original characters. I say you should show that Gwen and Julie exist, let's say, but bring in new characters., possibly have Kevin make a few cameos, maybe even try to defend some innocents at a car show or something, or if you want the villain side of him have him make a cameo in Encarcecon, idk.