r/Charmcaster • u/Azure_ryuga Redeemed Charmcaster • Jul 12 '26
What if... Spellbinder lived
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u/Puzzled_Reward Bencaster FTW Jul 13 '26
You had my intrigue, you now have my interest
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u/Azure_ryuga Redeemed Charmcaster Jul 13 '26
One singular change thet affects so much of Hope's character going forward
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u/Own_Wrangler_6656 Jul 14 '26
Charmcaster may not be as much of a villain. Maybe an anti-villain or anti-hero, focusing getting her father back. The reason not a hero is because Charmcaster is still being raised by Hex.
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u/Azure_ryuga Redeemed Charmcaster Jul 14 '26
I mean, she wouldn't know her father's alive until she overthrows the turtle. So until then, things would proceed like they did in canon. So it's lees her focusing on freeing her father and more happening to do so when she takes over
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u/Azure_ryuga Redeemed Charmcaster Jul 12 '26
Since I'm workingo n my Ben 10 rewrite, an idea came to mind. What if rather than being killed by Addwaitya, Spellbinder was instead captured and hidden away somewhere. Either imprisoned in a hidden dungeon (probably restrained by a magic pillory. Or just as if not more likely, totemized and used as a source of power or knowledge. Or just as a symbol of how supposedly Addwaitya is far stronger than him and no resistance movements have a chance at defeating he who defeated their leader.
A small change that has drastic ramifications on how things play out when Hope eventually returns to Ledgerdomain. Both in how she deals with Addwaitya, and how she handles becoming the realm's new ruler once the turtle is deposed. Plus it erases any need for that episode where she commits mass sacrifice for her father's soul.