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/mylegsweat Nov 17 '23

That fight scene with those three Viltrumites and Alan was amazing!! They are so fast, they were seemingly teleporting between hits. So ruthless. Can’t wait to see more development within that.

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u/facw00 Nov 17 '23

It is a bit weird though in the sense that there is obviously something that keeps the Viltrumites from just coming in and killing the coalition leadership (mole aside of course), so one would think they would some tech at least marginally able to keep them at bay.

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u/ikarikh Nov 17 '23

With the reveal at the end, it seems the most plausible they allow the coalition to continue to exist because their leader is feeding them all the info on any ACTUAL plans to destroy them.

Much better to let a bunch of useless nobodies who can't actually hurt you, believe they're an actual rebellion and keep tabs on them for any ACTUAL threats.

That way if a REAL threat arises, they can crush it before it can be used against them.

They're allowed to exist solely because their leader feeds them info on any real threats in exchange for leaving the people on that planet alone and allowing them to pretend they're free.

Which is why the leader likely agreed to it. Because he knows they'd be dead and enslaved otherwise. It's a happy compromise for both.

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