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/Yeti342 Nov 17 '23

Man rex is a piece of shit but he's kinda based ngl. "Yeah I'm a terrible person and I suck EVERYONE KNOWS THAT ALREADY"

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '23

And honestly, his backstory in the comics makes him at least sympathetic.

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u/Yeti342 Nov 17 '23

There's too many characters that are assholes that have sympathetic backstories. Like it's fine to just make a character be a shitty person as long as you don't go over the top with it which I don't feel like they do with Rex.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '23 edited Nov 17 '23

Oh for sure. And in Rex’s defense, his father sold him to a sketchy government guy for a steak dinner and a rich lifestyle. He was experimented on and became a super assassin for the guy who used to have Cecil’s job. He finally broke free when he was ordered to destroy the Pentagon in order to assassinate Cecil when he ran into Eve who helped him find a better path.

The dude was straight up sold to become a slave to the government by his own family. He could have turned out a whole lot worse. Especially when he chose to not get revenge on his father when he finally tracked him down.

At worst, Rex is a major douche bag. But that’s all he really is. He isn’t evil and does seem to actually mean well