Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4884084-20150818050852/@comment-4884084-20150828153123

Blaziken rjcf wrote: The Omnitrix preventing Ben's death was a literal Deus ex machina (God from the machine). It had never displayed that ability before, and Ben has always been afraid of dying.

As for getting his "life force" taken, it was his soul; Charmcaster then offered it (as well as a bunch of other souls) to Diagon, remember? Besides, what exactly is the difference between "life force" and "soul"? Well Ben still could have turned into Ghostfreak to prevent that, because Ghostfreak has no mana. FYI every hero is afraid of dying. Plus I just think Ben is so powerful, but he just doesn't realize it. Knowing Ben, he doesn't think about his powers, and that's his only limitation.