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/[deleted] Nov 17 '23

I hope they do something with Shapesmith. He's okay in small doses, but I don't really like the character yet. Plus it's hard to believe that the Guardians just took him in despite knowing nothing about him.

I get that he's comic relief right now, but comic relief should still be consistent with the logic of the show. For example, the magic dog gag was excellent because it was silly and made sense in the context of the show.

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u/LMkingly Nov 17 '23

Plus it's hard to believe that the Guardians just took him in despite knowing nothing about him.

Yeah this seems super weird to me. Can any random guy with super powers just join up? No thorough background checks or anything required? I thought Cecile was more careful than that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '23

Yeah, it be passable if Cecil and Immortal weren't in charge, but neither of them would allow some stranger to join.

And did the writers forget that there was a whole interview process to join the Guardians in season 1? It took up a whole episode lol. Season 2 has been incredible except for the Shapesmith stuff, which just feels off. Hopefully there's some big payoff or it's not how it seems.

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u/finnjakefionnacake Nov 17 '23

that was how robot handled things, that isn't necessarily how things work in general.

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u/DoctorJJWho Nov 17 '23

Honestly Immortal might just actually know Shapesmith is a Martian; he worked with one closely before so is probably somewhat familiar with their quirks and how they attempt to be human.

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u/Lucifer_Crowe Nov 17 '23

I'm confused he isn't pretending to be Martian Man back from the dead or something tbh. He saw a Martian accepted among humans and then... kept pretending?

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u/macedonianmoper Nov 17 '23

Seriously he saw Martian man was revered as a hero, so he decides to be a hero but keep pretending he's human?

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u/Lucifer_Crowe Nov 17 '23

Yeah it massively confused me.

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u/LinuxMatthews Nov 17 '23

He might just really want to be human

After everything that went down on Mars he might just enjoy not being a Martian

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u/SalvadorZombie Nov 18 '23

I said this on a different part of this page - expect that kind of thing from Kirkman, from large story beats down to this kind of "I thought he'd be okay as a Martian now" thing. You see him watch that news story. You see him go "Oh, cool!" But no, he just realized that he could be a superhero with his powers, not that he could be a MARTIAN superhero.

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u/Reggiardito Nov 17 '23

Yeah this was exactly what I expected to happen but instead comic relief human guy.

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u/sephtis Nov 18 '23

I don't think mr "imma drive a wedge in the team by instantly banging the hot girl on the team" is all that smart.

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u/-Rapier Allen the Alien Nov 19 '23

literally

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u/ViraClone Nov 17 '23

Yeah that's what I was thinking as well, Immortal knows what's up but didn't bother telling the others.

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u/Bobjoejj Nov 19 '23

This is kinda what I’m hoping, just to make it make sense.