Invincible [COMIC SPOILER Discussion] - S02E01 - A Lesson For Your Next Life

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Episode 4 - A Lesson For Your Next Life

In the aftermath of his father's betrayal, Mark struggles with his responsibilities as Invincible and encounters an unexpected enemy.

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[u/TannenbergBlitz]

It seems that the setup for a breakup is a bit far now unless other episodes foreshadow it a bit.

However, the use of a trope named after a common house appliance is not off the table: the mean big-brain man wants to destroy Mark's life after all. However, I doubt they are going to "Gwen Stacy" their way out of that because of the "problematic" connotations that trope has. Maybe Mark is the one who ends their relationship? Who knows? I'm open to anything as long is good and well-developed.

[u/MysteryMan9274 → u/TannenbergBlitz]

In the comics, they mutually part on good terms because they both realize that Mark will never make Amber his first priority and that Amber will never fully understand Mark's superhero life.

[u/Volgyi2000 → u/MysteryMan9274]

I don't remember this 100%, but it was also because he was leaving on space missions for months at a time right? Like wasn't he gone for months doing something and Amber was pissed about it? I don't remember if it was when he went to see his dad or when he went to see Allen.

[u/MysteryMan9274 → u/Volgyi2000]

Yeah. Amber wasn't pissed, just kinda sad. And there was another guy who she was hanging out with, Gary I think, and she was getting kinda close to him. He got a work call when they were hanging out, and she was understanding about him having to leave (being used to similar situations with Mark), but he disregarded his work to stay with her, and she was very into that.

[u/Jazzlike-Ideal → u/MysteryMan9274]

Nah she was pissed lol, but she was also sad. They got in an argument about it before this back and forth:

Mark: "I'm a superhero that's the deal" - Referring to him leaving for months at a time without a return date.

Amber: "What if I'm not happy with the deal anymore?"

Mark: sad face

[u/bestoboy → u/TannenbergBlitz]

I mean, original Amber was pretty much budget Gwen Stacy and I figured the reason for all her changes was Kirkman trying to move away from that comparison. So having the main villain kill her would just be 10 steps back for the character

[u/Vegetable_Tear3941 → u/TannenbergBlitz]

i just can’t find myself to care about amber/mark. even if they improved her character, i know that in the overall story she is pretty much useless. so i don’t care at all. i do wonder though how eve and mark will get together since there hasn’t really been a hint in the show so far. i mean yeah we saw that eve definitely likes mark but nothing really from him. i am just scared that this is going to come across like it‘s out of nowhere.

[u/playingwlisaa → u/Vegetable_Tear3941]

what do you mean? s1 has literally shown that mark liked eve. his reaction to her and rex kissing, him going crazy when she was about to get shot😭 he just gave up because she was with rex. anyone saying them getting together is out of nowhere just didn’t pay attention.

[u/AnUnConcerndCitizen → u/playingwlisaa]

Also Mark is hesitant to go confront Doc Seismic until Cecil mentions that Eve will be there, Cecil even says something along the lines of "Oh, did that sweeten the pot?"

[u/NoxiousVaporwave → u/Vegetable_Tear3941]

Well she gets upset with him in the comics because he confesses his feelings after being told to by the alternate eve, and she asks if he really feels that way about her or if it’s just been put into his head.