r/Invincible • u/mwthecool Omni-Mod • Nov 17 '23

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E03 - This Missive, This Machination! EPISODE DISCUSSION

Episode 3 - This Missive, This Machination!

Mark starts his college career, Debbie struggles with personal trauma, and Allen the Alien returns home to find a new threat facing the Coalition of Planets.

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u/Marikk15 Nov 17 '23

Question:

Nuelzot claims that the journey to Earth took “most of his life”. Most meaning over 50%. Yet he was able to make the trip back without (visibly) aging at all. So was that just another one of his lies?

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u/mylegsweat Nov 17 '23

Haha yeah, definitely a lie. I was also thinking it was strange Mark just gladly got onboard, knowing it took the alien half it’s life. That could still be fucking ages for Mark lol

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u/silverhammer96 Nov 17 '23

I’d imagine that similar to most bugs, this species has a short lifespan.

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u/reddick1666 Nov 17 '23

Mark is definitely not the smartest vilturmite out there

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u/Ghoti76 Nov 18 '23

i mean he wasn't gonna go until william guilt-tripped him lmao

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u/The_BigTexan Nov 26 '23

I think that this is going to be an alien species that ages really quickly. What I think happened is that Omniman conquered the bug planet immediately and then turned it into a utopia after several generations of bug people, who now view Omniman as a god. Nolan wants to show Mark that Earth could be a utopia too if Mark just agrees to it.

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u/xHoodedMaster Comic Fan Nov 17 '23

most of his life could also just be a plurality of his time alive. He could have been in his equivalent late teens (18 or 19) Then shown up in his late 20s/early 30s without changing too too much

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u/AdorableFey Nov 17 '23

My theory is that he's a bug, with a bug lifespan.

12 day round trip isn't much, but if you only live 270~ days, and you've been alive for 12 already (presuming a very quick development) that's a significant time period.

Most could mean anywhere from 1/8th to 2/3rds to me, but yeah my money is on short lifespan

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u/Napalmeon Nov 17 '23

Very different lifespans. Their entire society can change multiple times in just a couple of years.

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u/nezacoy Nov 18 '23

This basically is a spoiler.

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u/nitricx Nov 18 '23

Not really if he’s asking a question.

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u/nezacoy Nov 18 '23

It still is even if he's asking a question, otherwise why did you not answer fully?

People can converse about the show and ask questions without asking for information from beyond the show.

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u/nitricx Nov 18 '23

Lmao my bad dude. I don’t know what you want from me. He didn’t complain

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u/InternalParadox Monster Girl and Robot Nov 17 '23

How can you tell if a grasshopper ages? (Once it’s an adult, anyway)

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u/Financial_Rent_7978 Killcannon Nov 17 '23

Most of his life to that point assumably.

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u/hemareddit Nov 23 '23

He started developing dementia by the time they got back, or at least, he claimed to.

If they had a lifespan of 15 days, and he set off when he’s 2 days old, by the time he got to Earth he’d be 8 days old, and spent 75% of his life (not lifespan, life) on the trip. Then by the time they got back, he’d be 14 days old, he’d be well past retirement age and developing dementia, and can expect to live about another day.

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u/sakura-sweetheart Nov 18 '23

this was a big plot hole for me, if it took him sooo long to get there, how was it only 6 days back

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u/alkatrazjr Nov 19 '23

Insects have short lifespans. Secondarily - he was consistently deceptive through all his screentime.

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u/BarrierX Nov 19 '23

Either lying or he was just a couple of days old when he was sent on the mission. They might only live for like a month.