Thread:Mesektet/@comment-27729149-20160128170019/@comment-3581997-20160527085301

Varius reasons depending on story focus. The Big bad might not be stomping around near anyone who can get hurt.

The Borge for example were assimilating worlds to their collective but were on the other side of the universe from the Federation originally.

Others times the Big Bad might simply not care or be too big to even interact with the people we know from the story.

Meta-God is a massive eldritch monster that inspired mankind's stories of God. He lives at the center of the cosmos and doesn't give a crap about our planet until someone sets off the safety-alarm He installed on the planet and He proceeds to come wipe us out just to be safe. When defeated, He leaves considering not worth the time.

The Marvel Cannon has numerous space gods who live in the corners of the universe, the sort that make Odin and Galactus look like ants. Many of them are evil but none of them care about hurting people, The Collector collects hard to get items, The Fighter fights universal threats, The Gardener... gardens. These are uncaring titans of endless power who think nothing of humanity. All they care about is their varius hobbies.

None of these are Crapsack worlds because the big bad things that make Cthullu look like a mouse are interacting with humanity most of the time. The universe is a big place and the cosmos is bigger and oppressing one little planet is too pointless for most. Or as Death from Supernatural puts it.

Death: "You have an inflated sense of your importance. To a thing like me, a thing like you, well... Think how you'd feel if a bacterium sat at your table and started to get snarky. This is one little planet in one tiny solar system in a galaxy that's barely out of its diapers. I'm old, Dean. Very old. So I invite you to contemplate how insignificant I find you.'"