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/theredwoman95 Nov 17 '23

I knew exactly what they were setting up when we saw Robot's brain when Amanda was walking up, and it was still absolutely adorable to see his brain light up when he realised she was there!

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u/LMkingly Nov 17 '23

I'm going to be honest this relationship still kinda weirds me out. Setting aside Robot intentionally creating a child body from his teammates stolen DNA so he could vibe better with Monster girl...I just can't help but think if i was reverted back to a twelve year old i'd never be able to date a twelve year old looking girl/boy even if i knew it was a fellow adult trapped inside a child's body. Just too weird and gross lol. It makes me side eye monster girl and robot whether its fair or not.

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u/ikarikh Nov 17 '23

But that's kinda the point of why he likes her. He's not lusting over a 12 year old's body. He's finding kinship with a personality that has experienced being "trapped" in a body like he has.

Him making a young Rex body was done purely from a "logical" standpoint that given her visual age and lust for rex, a young rex would be the most desirable physical body to appease her.

From Rudy's standpoint, none of this has to do with sexuality. It's akin to an aromantic relationship where he is into her for her, not her body or genitals.

He simply calculated the best option to appeal to "her" desires to increase his chances of getting her to like him back.

It's possible the two may have a sexual relationship down the line as she helps him to experience human emotions and experiences more now.

But it wasn't his original intent. As he has spent his entire life prior reacting to everything exclusively from a purely logical standpoint devoid of full expression of senses, emotions, etc.

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u/Nonexistent_Walrus Nov 17 '23

Did you mean asexual instead or aromantic? I feel like he clearly has romantic feelings for her

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u/A_Polite_Gamer Nov 18 '23

I think they just missed the space between "a" and "romantic". So "a romantic" instead of "aromantic".

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u/Omagga Nov 20 '23

"It's akin to an a romantic relationship"

Checks out

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u/2SP00KY4ME Nov 17 '23

You can't say "her lust for Rex" and "the most physically desirable physical body to appease her" in the same breath you claim there's no sexuality.

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u/ikarikh Nov 17 '23

Yes.....you can. There's no sexuality on HIS part. It's all logical. At least initially prior to the body transfer. His use of sexuality is 100% for "her". SHE is attracted to Rex.

He clones rex and adjust the age to mirror hers to make him appealing to her. Not because he wants to screw her. But because he realizes sexual attraction is important to HER. Thus logicaly he gives himself the best body to appeal to that desire.

The point being made is that HE wasn't lusting over a 12 year olds body. He was into her for her. He merely adapted physically appealing aethetics to appeal to what he felt she wanted to increase his chances of her liking him and taking the time to get to know him.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '23

It's a nice story but no one is buying that

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u/finnjakefionnacake Nov 17 '23

yeah a lot of this reads like B.S. he's not asking her out and getting nervous/afraid around her just because it's a kinship/platonic friendship.

also, as someone else pointed out, you can't say he chose a physically desirous body to her and then say it's not about sexuality.

completely understand all the stuff about him (neither of them, really) having a normal life, but that's a separate issue.

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u/ikarikh Nov 17 '23

You're missing the point.

He was called Robot for a reason. He lived in a tube never knowing physical stimuli, emotion etc..His entire world was based on logical thought.

He liked her because of kinship, not her physical looks.

But he was LOGICAL enough to know she might not feel the same way. Especially after seeing her flirt with Rex.

Thus he cloned rex, and adapted to her age to apppeal to her and increase his chances of her liking him.

Think of it like, you like tennis wheras i am indifferent to it. But i like you, so i show interest in tennis because it's important to you.

That's what robot did with rex for MG.

Now that he is in his new body and starting to experience human sensations and experiences, sex may become something he desires.

It just wasn't his original intention or interest when he created the clone. It was kinship.

Just like there's Asexuals who enjoy close bond relationships or Pansexuals who enjoy sex with a person they form a strong bond with, but aren't inately attracted to bodies for the sake of bodies.

That was the entire point being made. He didn't create Rudy because he wanted to have sex with MG. He simply liked her and used HER sexuality to make himself more appealing and increase the odds she'd like him back.

Because as a logical ROBOT like mind, that was the best calculation for success......

Sexuality CAN come into play now that he's fully human. It just wasn't the original purpose.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '23

He was called ROBOT because they all thought he was an actual robot.

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u/RealJohnGillman Nov 17 '23

Basically he’s an asexual (demisexual) romantic, she’s a sexual romantic, and so he’s adjusting to accommodate while attempting to cure her. It’s that simple.

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u/finnjakefionnacake Nov 17 '23

who said that he was asexual? or that she was sexual? i don't think either of these things have been established yet.

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '23

It's clearly shown that MG finds Rex sexually attractive, and that Robot, before having this body, didn't share typical human desires. Particularly when it comes to looks.

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u/CelioHogane Nov 18 '23

Not only shown, it was SAID.

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u/azeTrom Nov 18 '23

You're assuming that it has to be a platonic friendship or a sexual relationship. It's very clearly neither, at least for Rudy. Plenty of people are asexual yet have thriving romantic relationships. And for most people the feelings of romantic attraction and sexual attraction are pretty distinguishable. There are plenty of people I've felt romantic attraction to but not physical attraction to, and vice versa.