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[Shazam Movie]Why is Shazam having so much trouble finding a champion? Are his standards too high, or wrong in some way? Is there a problem with the spell, was it calibrated wrong or just can't search the world quickly enough? Was Billy actually properly selected?

It seems kind of strange that out of the entire world he could not find, after working at it for at least decades, possibly centuries, at least one truly good and Noble person who could stand up whatever level of scrutiny he needed.

Why is that? Were is standards too high or in some way flawed? Was his magic randomly searching 10 people on the planet every time he cast the spell and he just did not go through enough people? Was it something else entirely

**BONUS QUESTION!** Billy is shown to be a thief and to possess many morally dubious attributes even if he saved the day in the end. He honestly does not seem like a particularly good, Noble or selfless person. Nor is he particularly brave.  Was he truly qualified or did the spell just produce some random person and the wizard was lucky that it worked out in the end?
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Shazam is giving an ordinary mortal power on par with Superman, and as the saying goes, power corrupts.

Clark Kent is one in a million. No, really, that's understating it. Clark Kent is one in a lifetime, perhaps one in several lifetimes. Clark Kent is the perfect combination of nature and nurture needed to create an individual who can be trusted not to abuse his godlike powers.

Consider all of the times you've been frustrated or afraid or confused, and made a decision in the heat of the moment. Consider all of the decisions you now regret, and imagine if you had made that kind of decision while holding a power that could end the world.

Consider all of the times you were angry or petty or cruel, and imagine how terrible your actions might have been if you were mightier than the assembled armies of the entire world. Consider what you would do if you could literally take anything you ever wanted without fear of reprisal. 

That is what Shazam is dealing with. He is making a man a god, and he has to be certain that man won't be corrupted by the power he inherits. And what's more, Shazam has already seen one of his Champions fall, and should that happen again, there will be no Council of Wizards to rein him in. That is why his standards are so high.

As for why Billy was chosen:

Shazam's spell doesn't seek out a perfect human being, it seeks out someone with the potential to *become* perfect. The Wizard isn't searching for a saint, he's searching for someone who, when tempted, will rise to the occasion, rather than slouch into apathy.

Billy Batson was a fallible mortal, no different than you or I. But when he was tested, when he saw someone who could be a brother suffering, he had a choice: turn his back, or come to his aid. When he decided to help, *that* was when the Wizard's spell found him. Billy decided to become better than he was. He decided, in a small way, to be a champion.

So the spell brought him to the Wizard, so that the Wizard could test him. Normally, that would mean offering him the power of the Seven Sins, and normally, that would mean Billy, like so many before him, would fail. But the Wizard was out of time; Billy was his last and only hope. And since the Sins were already free in the world, there was little risk in bestowing Billy with the powers of Shazam; the situation literally couldn't get any worse.

Fortunately, Billy decided to continue to be better. He decided that family was important, that sacrifice was necessary. He decided to live up to the potential the Wizard's spell saw inside of him. Fortunately, because if he hadn't, it would have been the end of all things.