I’ve never really been a fan of the idea that Gwen with the Omnitrix is just “Ben but Better”. I think that’s a disservice to Gwen as a character and discrediting to Ben in general.
I think Gwen would excel with some transformations. Just imagine Four Arms or XLR8 with Gwen’s martial arts skills. But at the same time, I think that’s a disadvantage to Gwen, I think she always fights as herself, at least initially.
Ben Prime being able to immediately pick up different fighting styles, different anatomy across different aliens isn’t an aspect of the Omnitrix but one of Ben’s. I personally like to think that his range of combat comes from watching different superhero and sci-fi type media we know classic Ben was into. It gives him a reference to branch off into learning how to fight as Diamondhead, then Wildmutt, then Upgrade, etc. (Not that they’re the only reason he’s able to do this, I do think it does come down to Ben himself, just that this is a bit of a starting point)
I don’t think Gwen would have that. I think she would struggle heavily with aliens like Stinkfly and Ripjaws. I think she may even disregard them pretty heavily.
I’d say that’s where Gwen’s “this is a tool” vs Zennith’s “this is a symbol of unity” stems from. To Gwen, transformations like Stinkfly would be written off as gross. To Ben, you don’t get to call Stinkfly a butt ugly alien, show him some respect!
REQUIRED READING for any noisecouple enjoyers: @manicplank 's "the colour pink" fic ITS SOOOO GOOD and i just had to do a little animation of their date.... so so so so cute i love them forever
gif version under the cut:
idk why it loses so much quality . kind of annoying but oh well
Of Godsons, Fruitloops, and Lois 'I will drag all secrets out into the sun' Lane
Danny loses his parents due to their own lack of safety in the lab (death? Coma? People finally putting their foot down about the Fenton's endangering their kids? Idk pick). Jazz can't take him in due to being in college and living on its campus (and he didnt want to force her into an apartment just to keep him, he saw the prices and knows she'll have to work to make rent) and Danny fears the only place he can go to is... Vlad. (Sam's parents would never let him live with her and Tucker's place doesn't have the room)
Vlad's been lording it over Danny, smug about it all, after all he IS Danny's godfather and he has the space and money to provide for the boy in his time of need.
Only, when digging into Danny's files, his social worker discovers Vlad isn't Danny's godfather, he was meant to be but the Fenton's forgot to send/sign in the final paperwork (even if those documents were the only contact they had with Vlad over the years before the reunion)
No Danny's godparent, the person to take him should anything happen to the Fenton's is....
columbina with a sibling who is just as graceful and ethereal as her; not identical in their looks but both sharing the same peculiar demeanor.
columbina whose sibling, just like her, has something not quite right about them; be it the listless gaze that drifts aimlessly across their surroundings, or how they walk with silent footsteps like they are gliding across the air, almost as if they're not even human.
columbina who hums lullabies to her sibling to get them to sleep, singing haunting melodies that echo right into their dreams.
columbina who lets her sibling weave braids into her hair, because they are always careful not to disturb her wings.
columbina whose sibling is safe to wander freely through the fatui headquarters, for everyone knows not to incur the wrath of the damselette.
columbina who would gladly burn the world to keep her sibling warm.
okay, art/lore dump for my fic Body Horror Baby. This kid's backstory is basically that Donnie accidentally scienced himself into being a teen dad. Like most Donne kids actually lol.
She was formed from a piece of Krang tissue removed from Donnie's back after the Technodrome that he kept for experimentation (this one was of particular interest because it retained some of his own genetic material). They slowly transformed over time from a shapeless blob into something resembling a tiny turtle, although Donnie didn't connect the dots until about a year post invasion. He immediately told his family upon figuring it out, although reactions varied.
After about 6 months to a year longer of living in the observation chamber Donnie built, the baby was removed and given the name Beatrice Helena (after two separate Shakespeare characters because Donnie is a theater nerd).
(she's named after this quote in particular lol. It's from Midsummer Night's Dream about the character Helena, and also it happens to be making fun of her for being short.)
Beatrice Helena stays very small for the most part, and (with a few exceptions) grows at a very slow rate. In some ways, this makes them easier to take care of because it's so easy to contain them.
She also has some ability to shapeshift (it's beyond the normal Krang ability because she was a part of the Technodrome and seriously, that thing molded itself into donnie's face in two seconds flat). This makes for some interesting tantrums. In their baby/toddler years, this is mostly limited to growing eyes or occasionally losing her turtle form, but it gets more precise/intentional as she gets older.
And just for funsies, here's some lineless art of her when she's a bit older. That's about all the art I have, I think, but if anyone has questions feel free to ask!