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/8dev8 Cecil Stedman Nov 17 '23

I cannot blame Mark for reacting to the wizard dog like that lmao.

But also poor bug boy D:

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u/5am281 Robot Nov 17 '23

Bro said it took most of his life to travel 6 earth days 😭😭

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u/ganzgpp1 Nov 17 '23

He's obviously a liar- he'd be dead by the time he got back, and he was lying about the meteors threatening his home. He was also lying about how he knew Mark's name (said it's spread across the galaxy, which I doubt since Allen JUST brought the info back, Nolan probably just the bug to bring Mark to him)

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u/Financial_Rent_7978 Killcannon Nov 17 '23

I thought he meant most of his life UP TO the point of meeting Mark. Like if you’re 26, and finished college at 22, you’ve been in school most of your life.

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u/musecorn Nov 17 '23

Ya that's what he meant. He was probably 2 days old when he was given the task to go get Mark

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u/MyARhold30Shots Nov 17 '23

Oh damn I was wondering how what he said could be true, but you might be right

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u/sp33dzer0 Nov 18 '23

Could also have meant the round trip

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u/Curious_Armadillo_53 10d ago

They only live about 9 months, so roughly a total of 270 days, 6 days to and 6 days from, assuming he didnt spend time searching for mark means he spend 12 days out of the 270 total days his life makes up.

Its "only" about 5% of his lifetime, but thats comparable to a human average life span of 70 years still 3,5 years just to get Mark to their planet.

Its maybe not "most of his life" but its definitely a noticeable chunk of it.

Assuming the show Thraxans live the same time span their comic counterparts do.

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u/_Valisk Nov 17 '23

He probably got lost or something because Thraxans are supposed to live around nine months.

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u/Bird_Bros Nov 17 '23

He went to Urath when he should have gone to Earth

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u/GOKU_ATE_MY_ASS Nov 17 '23

If we equate a 9 month lifespan to a 90 year lifespan for humans, that 6 day trip took him about two "years" of his own life

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u/battery-at-1-percent Cecil Stedman Nov 17 '23

He has also proven himself to be a liar with that whole meteor excuse for getting Mark to Thraxa so it wouldn't surprise me if he embellished the whole 'lifelong journey' bit