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

[u/mwthecool]

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/2-2Distracted]

Everybody be fucking! - okay not really, but still lol.

Peter Cullen/Optimus Prime being the voice of a peacekeeper in a war, that's quite ironic, though probably not really considering what he did to a recovering Allen.

In case it wasn't obvious enough, Amber was never against Mark saving lives, she was against being lied to & kept in the dark for the Reason (read: Excuse) of saving lives, especially when it's been showcased time and time again that Mark is an absolute terrible liar. He's almost as bad as Insomniac Miles Morales in his debut game being terrible at keeping his identity secret.

Anyways, this episode was fantastic. Rudy and Amanda bonding & "growing" was really good. And it's really good to see the writers flesh out Kate to some extent, though her reasoning for banging a several millennia asshole cave man is shaky at best.

But I'm most excited to see Rex be fleshed out, everyone keeps going on about their pasts in some way or another, and he's the only one who hasn't, so with any luck he eventually will.

And DAMN, I was hoping to see Debbie get some good therapy and have the occasional drink, but nope, it looks like she's going to be 100% with the bottle because no one is willing to put their shit aside and help her. Like shit dude I know you lost your wife but you shutting Debbie out because of what she didn't know is beyond fucked up.

[u/ikarikh → u/2-2Distracted]

To be fair, if my dad killed your mom and then you see me at your next meeting crying and grieving over the loss of my dad from my life, that would absolutely mindfuck screw with your own grieving. You wouldn't be able to feel sorry for me and my loss. You'd be grinding your teeth listening to me talk about the asshole who killed your mom and wanting to scream at me to STFU.

His feelings are valid. Doesn't mean he's right. But his stance is understandable.

[u/DemonLordDiablos → u/ikarikh]

+ for all they knew, Debbie was aware of the man he was and liked him for it. Absolutely not the case, but I bet it's something Debbie herself is scared of, there's a reason she reacted that way to Olga holding the knife.

[u/Song_of_Pain → u/2-2Distracted]

In case it wasn't obvious enough, Amber was never against Mark saving lives, she was against being lied to & kept in the dark for the Reason (read: Excuse) of saving lives

No, she also prioritized the soup kitchen stuff over saving lives. Which is important too but Mark had stuff to do.

[u/DemonLordDiablos → u/2-2Distracted]

In case it wasn't obvious enough, Amber was never against Mark saving lives, she was against being lied to & kept in the dark for the Reason (read: Excuse) of saving lives, especially when it's been showcased time and time again that Mark is an absolute terrible liar

What got me was rewatching S1 with the knowledge that Amber knew very early on and good god, it's insane the amount of shit Mark expected her to believe.

[u/jakethesequel → u/DemonLordDiablos]

The gaslighting was real

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[u/Radix2309 → u/[deleted]]

Spoiler man.