: Re: What reason would there be for the heros to not let the benevolent superhuman entitiy handle the Big Problems? Our heroes are (or a government is, for all I care) friends with a (seemingly)

@Murphy332

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There are a few plausible reasons for your heroes to act that way:

The Entity in not a Hero. It may be good at granting powers, but terrible at fighting, like an aircraft carrier without its aviation. Heroes may understand that their best chance for victory is using the Entity indirectly;
Entity's direct involvement can be fatal for the humanity. Entity's methods of fighting can be particularly deadly for the environment, or aliens may have a way of subverting it, which would make things much worse. Heroes may also suspect that the Entity, being fully unleashed, may turn malevolent on its own, proceeding with enslaving the humanity or destroying it;
Heroes may be too proud and would rather risk the fate of humanity than admit their weakness;
Heroes may have other motives that don't coincide with the benefit of humanity (i.e. they are really villains).

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