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Ben has been one of my favorite characters in the show since the first season and it pisses me off to no end how heās treated in s4.
I really respected the showās decision to have Umbrella!Ben sacrifice himself for Viktor because it made sense for his character to be ready to move on in that moment and to do that for his brother and his family. It was an end that did justice to his character.
But if Viktor dies at the end, and so does the whole family, then his sacrifice is for nothing. Ben saved his family at the expense of his own existence for what reason? So that they could live a couple more years and die anyway in the series finale?
I enjoyed the new take they did with Sparrow!Ben as a version of Ben who grew up without the mess and love of the Umbrellas and how much that changed things because it was a compelling conceptāwhich had no pay off in s4.
Why did the show bother establishing Sparrow!Ben as an asshole that was also desperate to belong and be liked, as the guy who whined about not being invited to Lutherās bachelor party and asked Klaus why the other Ben was so much better?
Why did we go through all this story arc if he ends up exactly the same in s4? Ben is still pushing everyone away, still considering himself to have no family and no friends, still thinking of himself as a bad person.
I thought weād get to see Sparrow!Ben clash with the others in order to show them heās not their Ben. And it would have been so freaking satisfying to watch the siblings accept and understand heās his own person and decide they want Sparrow!Ben in the family anyway. That would be an emotional conflict Iād care about, not the bullshit insta-love the writers pulled with Jennifer.
What was the point of Sparrow!Ben this season? He was used to being a soldier, but seemed desperate for a family last seasonāa family he immediately rejected when it was offered to him in s4.
He died a horrible death and had no control over his own body at the end. He didnāt even become a stupid flower in the new timeline. He just ceased to existāall alone.
With no family or ties. No hero death. Why did the audience spend 2 seasons getting to know this new version of a well liked character if the show did absolutely nothing to take the story to any decent conclusion?
Both Umbrella and Sparrow Ben are just erased from the narrative because the show didnāt even bother including them in their stupid collective death ending. 4 seasons of Benās death haunting the narrative and the Hargreeves for this?
Iām ranting like a deranged madman but thatās my main takeaway. What a waste :/

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i keep screaming āTWINK DEATHā everytime i see current Brodie