Will Harangue (CYOA)

— Will Harangue questioning Dane T. Davenport about Clockwork Firefly's motives.

**Will Harangue** is an antagonistic neutral character in *Clock 10: Choose Your Own Adventure*.

## Appearance

As a human, Harangue was an older, caucasian male. He wore a black suit and tie. He had short, brown hair that greyed at the temples, and sported a square chin.

When Argit accidentally caused the Omnitrix to augment Harangue's DNA, his body was altered significantly, turning into a Kevin styled mutation. During his transformation, Harangue briefly showed aspects of Wildvine, Diamondhead, Bloxx, Jury Rigg, Puffertrip, Cocoat, Bouncing Baby, Snare-Oh, and Frankenstrike. The final form of his transformation is as follows:

* **Big Chill:** Mouth
* **ChamAlien:** Upper face, eyes, crest
* **Diamondhead:** Right back spike
* **Frankenstrike:** Face and neck colors, stitching
* **Sharehold:** Tail
* **Squidstrictor:** Left hand
* **Stinkfly:** Left wing
* ****Will Harangue**:** Rest of body
* **XLR8:** Right hand

## Personality

Will Harangue is the kind of man who would do anything for publicity. In order to garner ratings, Will launched a smear campaign against Clockwork Firefly where he claims that Clock is a threat to humanity and constantly tries to denounce him, including turning the public against him.

This hatred once caused him to make a direct attempt on Clock's life with a robot designed to counter his aliens. While his actions against Clock may result in him being humiliated and Clock bolstering his popularity, Will can attempt to shift public opinion in his favor by editing footage to maintain his claims. Will would even side with dangerous groups such as the Incursean Empire, due to the fact that they are Clock's enemies. He's also gone so far as to openly mock Clock's father, Dane T. Davenport, for attempting to defend Clock.

The only redeeming quality Will seems to have is his stance against massacres, criticizing the actions of Clock and the Plumbers in regards to the loss of a majority of humanity during the events of *Clock 10 vs. The Negative 10: Part 1* when The Galactic Gladiator destroyed Earth. Though, even this is done in his own twisted and self-centered ways, trying to stir the pot by saying things have only gotten worse since New Earth was made.

## History

* In *Fame*, Will Harangue debuted running a news story on the reveal of Clock's identity to the public.
* In *Video Games*, Will Harangue commissioned the creation of the Stalker, and was aided by Oliver Thompson to make the machine counter Clock's aliens at the time. However, as the video game scan to make this machine did not scan in Way Big, Clock was able to destroy it with said transformation.
* In *Awful Tower*, Harangue ran a news story regarding Clock's escapades in Italy and France, though Clock brushed it off.
* In *Heroes United*, Harangue interviewed Clock in a talkshow, criticizing his actions in *Video Games*. This interview was cut short as Alpha appeared through a sudden portal, and then he and Clock were transported to the world of Rex Salazar. He briefly cameoed at the end as well when Clock was returned home.
* In *Amazon Prime*, Harangue broadcast the notion that Clock's actions brought upon an apocalyptic scenario, as Albedo's cosmic storm was headed towards Earth.
* In *Clock 10,010*, Taryn's future self was briefly seen watching a debate between Will Harangue on his show and Jimmy Jones on his.
* In *The Frogs of War*, Harangue focused on stirring up the populous with fearmongering about the presence of aliens on Earth, as well as accusing Clock of sabotaging humanity due to his accidental destruction caused by the Omnitrix's randomizer function. Harangue also acted as an endorsement to the Incurseans.
* In *Time Heals*, it is revealed Harangue had started a podcast, and that Dane hate-listens to it, unwittingly giving him more attention by doing so. The episode of the podcast Dane was listening to in this episode discussed Harangue's thoughts on New Earth, calling it one of the worst things to happen to humanity. This acts as a catalyst for the bootstrap paradox of Hippocrates Firefly arriving to help Clock prevent Earth's destruction, temporarily leading to an even darker timeline.
* In *Tourist Trap*, Molyb's vision revealed Brisk had donated funds to Harangue's estate.
* In *The Big Story*, Dane had enough of Harangue's slander towards Clock and attempted to talk him down. However, Harangue's more experienced nature in the field of debate gave him an edge in their conversation on the podcast, and Harangue simply sent Dane home after advertising his new anti-Clock book. Dane would meet Argit outside, who revealed that Harangue was supposed to be his beneficiary during the Overtown election, only to ditch him in favor of Brisk, giving the two of them a common enemy. The two were going to find a way to get revenge on Harangue, which unintentionally led to the discovery of the Limax and Nogarab invasions. The two (with aid from Neopolitan disguised as Heather Spellbinder) would return to Harangue in hopes to use his radio station to get a message out about the invasions. Harangue was originally dismissive, and even planned on using it as a new smear against Clock as a Limax had disguised itself as him, but gave the group five minutes to warn the world as Argit argued that he owed him. Harangue later showed up to chastize Clock for the destruction of his radio tower when his Limax form destroyed it. Argit knocked Clock out of Harangue's path, though this unintentionally caused the Omnitrix to mutate Harangue into an amalgam of the device's species. Clock demanded Harangue be sent to the medical ward immediately to help, though Harangue blamed Clock for the situation regardless.

## Powers

* Will Harangue has a huge influence in the political world, and thusly also has societal influence.
* Harangue has a lot of money to buy his way out of unfortunate situations.
* It is currently unknown what powers Harangue has regarding his new mutant form.

## Weaknesses

* In his human form, Harangue would've been physically weak in comparison to most other species. It's possible his new form bypasses this weakness.
* Harangue's DNA is now unstable, and possibly could feature other DNA samples not currently present in his appearance, or seen during his initial transformation.

## Appearances

* *Fame* (debut)
* *Video Games*
* *Heroes United*
* *Awful Tower*
* *Amazon Prime*
* *Clock 10,010* (alternate future)
* *The Frogs of War*
* *Time Heals* (voice only)
* *Tourist Trap* (flashback vision)
* *The Big Story*

## Trivia

* Will Harangue becoming a mutation of several alien species is a nod to the events of *Return to Forever* in *Ben 10: Omniverse*, though here he is given notable Omnitrix species. The initial transformation into his mutation, as well as a teaser of a future alien, is a nod to Dr. Animo's mutation (and teasing of Rath) in the *Ben 10* Reboot episode *Animorphosis*.
	+ Harangue's mutation being given more notable species is similar to what happened with Kevin's *Alien Force* mutation as well.

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