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/bobw123 Nov 17 '23

I know they are Viltrumites but man they put 0 effort into trying to get information out of Allen

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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/BardtheGM Nov 17 '23

When you're an invincible god of war, actually finishing off your enemies has no consequence. They're harmless now, they'll be harmless if you finish them off. They'll also probably die of old age in 100 years so they're basically already dead anyway, so it's not worth the extra effort to make sure they're dead.

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u/Jack1066 Nov 17 '23

I like this explanation. It ties into Nolan's speech to Mark at the end of S1 about outliving everyone else too