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/Haltopen Nov 20 '23

His actions are understandable, but that doesnt make them acceptable or right. People can do terrible things when motivated by pain and suffering, and theo was absolutely being an asshole.

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u/immorjoe Nov 20 '23

Acceptable or right, no. But I do think you could argue that they’re rational in some way. We get to see and know without doubt that he tricked her. But as anyone else, it would be hard to think they spent all that time together and she knew nothing?

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u/Haltopen Nov 20 '23

Id argue its the opposite. The people we trust the most are in the best position to mislead, lie or hide things from us specifically because we don't suspect them of having ill intent. We trust the, we let our guard down around them.

To highlight an example, over 90% of child abductions in the united states are committed by a parent of said child or relative of said child. We're taught that the threat of abduction comes from people we dont trust, but the biggest risk is from people we're implicitly taught to trust more than anyone.

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u/immorjoe Nov 20 '23

That’s true. But they are also the people you know best. If someone is a world conquering killer, your first thought won’t be “I doubt the partner knew” after they’ve spent almost 20 years together.

People also defend either themselves or their loved ones to the extent of overlooking incredible flaws.