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/Dizzy-Help-5400 Nov 17 '23

The reason is because they’re pretty underpowered compared to the former guardians, they can’t really afford to turn away help and he doesn’t seem like a threat

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u/P_Foot Nov 17 '23

Then why did they have that giant tournament for the current members to join?

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u/_Valisk Nov 17 '23

They were tryouts to find suitable members.

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u/LoL_G0RDO Nov 18 '23

And what did the other tryouts lack that this random dude with a mediocre superpower has?

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u/_Valisk Nov 18 '23

How is it a mediocre superpower when one of the original members of the Guardians had identical abilities

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u/LoL_G0RDO Nov 18 '23

Isn't this one only changing his appearance since he's hiding that he's a martian? Doesn't seem like he's using the other powers.

Either way, fine, forget the power critique. There's still dozens of other superheroes that don't just get to live at Guardian's HQ.

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u/_Valisk Nov 18 '23

Do you think the other Guardians believe his power is just... changing into a guy? He may be hiding the fact that he's a Martian, but he still has all of their shapeshifting abilities.

dozens of other superheroes that don't just get to live at Guardian's HQ

Robot hand-picked the team and those original six are who he wanted. Now Immortal is the leader and he wants Shapesmith.