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/Jack1066 Nov 17 '23

I'm a bit confused how Allen was even alive the first time he got beaten by the Viltrumites (in his background story)? They don't seem like the people to leave someone half dead, or maybe they couldn't gauge how durable he was and just thought that was enough to kill him?

Either way, these viltrumites do not seem geared for anything but war. I know their purge got rid of anyone 'weak', but does that mean it got rid of anyone who didn't just think the exact same way?

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u/SatinySquid_695 Nov 17 '23

Imagine punching somebody and they travel a few miles before making a crater. Who really has time to track his trajectory and investigate?

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u/tristenjpl Nov 17 '23

People who can fly faster than light probably.

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u/SatinySquid_695 Nov 17 '23

But they could be flying somewhere else faster than light instead to do something more important

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u/tristenjpl Nov 17 '23

"Hey, should we go make sure that dude is actually dead? It would take us a fraction of a second, and it's not like time matters to us since we literally live for thousands of years."

"Nah, we got Viltrumite things to do."

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u/_Xertz_ Nov 17 '23

For me I thought of it like:

If I'm walking and I find an ant on my shirt and I smack it off

Why would I bother checking if it's dead? 99% chance it is, and if not, meh.

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u/eightNote Nov 17 '23

The also have to understand whether the alien is dead or not

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u/AllinForBadgers Nov 17 '23

He’s a bug compared to them. They literally don’t care if he lives or dies because it makes no difference

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u/zach0011 Nov 17 '23

Lol and all of Star wars started because the empire cheaped out on ammo. Sometimes ya just gotta except the little.plot contrivances

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u/virgilhall Nov 17 '23

They checked and Allen had no life signs?

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u/22bebo Nov 18 '23

The best part is that the "Viltrumite things" they have to go do are probably the same thing, just beating the shit out of someone else and then not making sure they are also dead.

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u/Radix2309 Nov 17 '23

Yeah, like killing a bunch more other people.

If he's alive, they can just kill him later.