Legacies: Ben's Villain Twist Was Terribly Executed
Warning: Spoilers for Legacies season 4, episode 15, «Everything That Can Be Lost May Also Be Found.»
In the most recent Legacies episode, Ben seemingly betrayed everyone but his sudden villain twist was executed poorly. The gods storyline in Legacies season 4 has somewhat come out of left-field, but the final showdown between Tribrid Hope (Danielle Rose Russell), Heretic Lizzie (Jenny Boyd), and the rest of the Super Squad could be interesting depending on how the season's last handful of episodes play out. Still, that doesn't change the fact that quite a bit of the drama this season has felt forced, with manufactured storylines that haven't always had the strongest logic.
Despite Ben's (Zane Phillips) introduction feeling rushed, however, his character has already become a really interesting new addition in just a few episodes. Outside of Cleo (Omono Okojie), who was trapped for centuries, Legacies doesn't have many characters like The Vampire Diaries and The Originals who are hundreds, if not thousands, of years old, so Ben being an ancient demigod offered a new wrinkle not yet seen before. His blossoming romance story with Jed (Ben Levin) in Legacies also offered a first for the show, which is an open romantic relationship between two male characters. And, unlike most previous characters in his position, Ben was still good and kind despite an immortal lifetime of suffering and betrayal.
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All of that is why his sudden villain turn in Legacies season 4, episode 15, «Everything That Can Be Lost May Also Be Found,» was so disappointing. For six episodes, Legacies has set Ben up to be something rare in the Vampire Diaries universe: an immortal
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