Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-4050367-20130703145610/@comment-5808884-20130708185158

Echoson wrote: UltiVerse wrote: Well, since you guys are talking about Ben, let me tell you what I think. In personalty, Alien Force was doing well. He was a hero, he did what was right, and he never went overboard. It was Ultimate Alien that changed it all. From Ultimate Aggregor onwards in most episodes, Ben was cold-hearted, like an assassin, an anti-hero. He didn't listen to Gwen or Max, who he says he loves. He wanted to kill Kevin, his best friend. I was just astounded. Luckily, he went back to his cheery self in season 2. :D However, in The Purge, it was Anti-Hero Ben all over again. Yeah and Max agreed to Ben's plan to kill Kevin!

I think calling Ben 'Anti-Hero' is a little harsh. An anti-hero is someone who is neither good nor evil, who has little to no morals and is willing to kill or uses brutal methods in crimefighting. He will often align with heroes and villains. Ben is clearly not doing any of these, however his willingess to kill Ultimate Kevin should be noted. The death of the Andromeda aliens possibly traumatized him and decided to take a more aggressive role in defeating the bad guys, especially in Absolute Power: Part 1 where he beats the Forever Knights real bad, but he doesn't reach the anti-hero scale.

@Echoson, Max said that Ben should do whatever is necessary, but also pointed out that it's not the 'Ben way'. Ben always gives the bad guys another chance, but this time he did not...