Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-7503158-20170926014959/@comment-26812877-20170927174829

I would rather keep Kevin as a villain. To me, he seems more significant of a nemesis to Ben that Vilgax does. Things are just more personal between Ben and Kevin. Heck, Kevin even actually represented Ben's evil counterpart in the Original Series. There's just a lot about Kevin that makes him better off as a villain.

Still, I agree. If they wanted to make Kevin a good guy, there needs to be more time put into Kevin's transition. I'll even add that Ben and Gwen should express distrust towards Kevin and be more cautious whenever they're with him. I say the process of Kevin's heel-face turn should be something that should take weeks, if not months, since that Kevin would have to really prove himself to earn Ben and Gwen trust and respect due to everything that he did to them if he really wants to show that he's turning a new leaf.

Granted though, knowing Kevin, I find this scenario to be unlikely due to just how personal Ben and Kevin's rivalry is and how much Kevin hated Ben in the original show, among other things about Kevin as a character in the original show to factor in as well. I think a more likely scenario that is like this would be that Kevin would trick Ben and Gwen into thinking that he's becoming a good guy and once Ben and Gwen grant Kevin their trust and respect, and as a result lower their guard on him, that would be the point where Kevin would turn against them. That's a scenario that I find to be more likely and it could be a good set up to Ben becoming Ben 10,000 as well.