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/RunningNumbers Nov 17 '23

Viltrumites murdered anyone with a lick of sense in their society. When you kill off all the bureaucrats, engineers, and intermediaries who are not all dedicated towards being the strongest murderers, you get a certain type of incompetence. Hence why Vilrumites feel the need to conquer and enslave other worlds, they killed off all the people who keep the lights on and trash from accumulating.

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u/KorianHUN Nov 17 '23

"Too much trash? Compress it into diamond in your hand and throw it into space!" -Viltrumite handbook, probably?

They are so strong they don't need stairs or elevators. Their buildings could be empty frames. No need for walls or doors since they walk through a house like humans walk through air. They can destroy a planet... what point is there to live for for them anyway? You can't build anything that lasts, due to their long lives buildings and statues would crumple over the centuries from exposire to the outside world. No need for clocks or computers because they are so fast they basically teleport. If they know rudimentary astronavigation they are good to go.
Maybe the single thing they need if a handbook or star charts and planet names made from some indestructible material?

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u/watashi_ga_kita Nov 22 '23

due to their long lives buildings and statues would crumple over the centuries from exposure to the outside world

They could just maintain them like we do in real life.

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u/KorianHUN Nov 22 '23

You can't accidentally bump into a skyscraper while drunk and destroy it.
For viltrumites it is like if our greatest cities and monuments would be made out of tissue paper, single ply.

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u/watashi_ga_kita Nov 22 '23

I don't think they can get drunk. Besides, they're capable of controlling their power. It's probably just understood that you have to be more careful in those kinds of areas.