User blog comment:Arceus The God of Pokemon/The Return of the King/@comment-3464779-20130715084116/@comment-5869016-20130715132049

I wonder where does "No point in being OP" come into play

Are you saying people who aren't unique should be left to be regular commonfolk?

Must everyone powerful be a hero?

MUST people who have power use it for something?

What is the reason for becoming OP? For Kid Goku he was unreasonably OP against commonfolk - simply for comedy.

So what is the point of OP ultimately? - Nothing. Not everyone gets the power. There is no such thing as "Plot" at times. There isn't any reason for anyone at all to be OP, other than sheer dumb luck or immense hard work.

Heck, there are stories which emphasize gods who have no idea what to do with power. Like a born infant.

So are you saying that OPness takes away originality/awesomeness factor of a character? Because your reasons don't really sound convincing. An OP character can be nice to read, even if only for a unique background, or creative abilities.

If it does not take away the readability factor, what would it take away from a character?