"Done playing games? That's funny. Because the game's just gotten started!"

So, first of all; this was fun to do. I love the Celestialsapiens in Ben 10 (AKA, the race Alien X belongs to). I have mixed feelings on downright overpowered characters. I'll get to that shortly, but just let me say that I LOVE Alien X's design! I love how all Celestialsapiens look. Their starry night bodies, the wavy hair some of them have; they just look so cool.

So, remember last time on my Ben 10 Bullshit? (https://www.furaffinity.net/view/50805674/) When I said,

"And he's probably Ben's strongest alien outside of Alien X, but unlike X, I feel Atomix is more fun to watch."

Good times, good times.

Anyway; overpowered characters are so fun to watch (and write). I think there's something inherently fun and satisfying about see a character that gets into a mess and always has a way out; in most cases, these can be desperate moments where the character uses all of their strength, wit, and guile to pull through. And in cases with overpowered characters, it's a display of their overwhelming might.

Alien X is just boring.

I think the only time he wasn't boring was when fighting the Galactic Gladiator because Alien X was fighting someone with equal amounts of power as him.

Here's the secret to writing overpowered characters; if you can make them entertaining, then people won't mind them. And there are two ways to do so;

1. If their obstacles match their power. I say look at Guts from Berserk or Alucard from Hellsing. They are stupidly powerful, but in their own verse, but nobody ever considers them unentertaining cause in their own works, their challenges are made specifically for them. Doesn't make them any less overpowered, especially not Alucard, but his foes are able to get some hits on him-mostly cause Alucard is under a lot of restrictions, but shush. In terms, I'd say Lupin & Doctor Who fall under this; they're unmatched in their fields and are always one step ahead. But Lupin isn't robbing little old ladies, he's a master thief going after big game. And The Doctor doesn't just bump heads with randos in the street, he's confronting entire civilizations, would-be Gods, and threats to the universe.

2. If their obstacles aren't straight forward. I'd say this is the Superman example, even if you can put her under the first example. No, this is the Superman example because he's near invulnerable, incredibly strong, fast, can fly, and has a number of different abilities depending on the writer. And he's not some cosmic character facing Gods all the time, his foes are typically just super villains. How do you challenge him? Typically, his villains either threaten the city or his loved ones, and for Superman, the buildings of Metropolis, let alone the people in those people, are worth more than his life. Good Superman villains don't challenge him directly; they try to sucker punch him from the side. Even when Lex Luthor has kryptonite or a power suit, he never tries to fight Superman directly, cause he knows that's not how you do it.

3. If their goals aren't tied to their power. The best example of this, in my opinion, is Ainz Ooal Gown from Overlord. Ainz's ultimate goals is to find his friends, or anyone from Yggdrasil in the world he's been isekai'd in. Yes, he's so powerful that nobody can challenge him, and I certainly find his fights entertaining, but that's not where his conflict comes from. It comes from him trying to take over the world. And there's no world to rule if he and his Floor Bosses burns it all down. Ainz has the power to destroy the world, but that's not what he wants and that's not the focus of the story.

Alien X fails almost all three of these.

1. Most fights don't match his powers. Hell, the WRITERS knew this, that's why they almost never used him.

2. Ben 10 is an action cartoon series. Most episodes have the conflicts devolve into combat and rarely are their loved ones in danger-either cause they're far, far away or said loved ones are capable.

3. Ben wants to stop the bad guys. Usually, this means stopping them. In most cases, Alien X bending reality is a serious no-no.

Not to mention with all of Alien X's power, Ben 10 is oddly not very creative in his application. Then again, when you can do almost ANYTHING but you gotta do SOMETHING in the heat of the moment, it's kind of hard to be creative.

But, the point of this thesis is that, no, a character being overpowered isn't inherently bad. It's how the writers portray the character that determines whether or not they're a bad character.