Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-160005-20140306052136/@comment-8505655-20140307230345

I agree that it often seems like Ben just can't get any respect. But I don't think his efforts with the Omnitrix are about a legacy. At first, it was a lot about the thrill of it all, or at least everyone in Secret of the Omnitrix thought so. Since then (and even at parts of the OS before that movie) I think Ben has moved toward helping people for the sake of helping them. By the time of UAF, he was actually somewhat comfortable with the thankless nature of his job, accepting anonymity, and was willing to make tough decisions for the sake of the bigger picture. And even when he did act for selfish reasons, which he certainly did, it was rooted in the here and now, not the future.