r/Invincible • u/mwthecool Omni-Mod • Nov 24 '23

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E04 - It's Been a While EPISODE DISCUSSION

Episode 4 - It's Been a While!

Mark answers the call to save an alien species, but the mission has unexpected personal consequences.

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u/axb2002 Nov 24 '23

“Nolan has superpowers, he’s indestructible. That’s not strength. That’s having it easy”

That’s honestly a great line.

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u/LoneWolf2099 Cecil Stedman Nov 24 '23

Reminded me of the first episode where Debbie asks Mark something like “Does that make you feel strong?” That I can’t physically make you do something?”

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '23

Debbie's so fucking great in this. I love her to pieces.

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u/Peribangbang Nov 25 '23

Best written character by a long shot in my opinion. Omni man is great too, he's so volatile

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u/dasruski Nov 24 '23

I felt so bad for her, the support group went as well as I figured it would once people learned who she was married to.

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u/Jezamiah Nov 26 '23

Debbie deserves so much more. She's been given a shit heap by life so far

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u/ImTryingNotToBeMean Nov 26 '23

What is great about it? Her character is tragic and that's it. Her character arc for now is quite average and repetitive.

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u/spac_erain Nov 26 '23

She’s a human woman who was married to an indestructible, god-like alien. Just her ability to mentally empower herself even in a relationship where the power dynamics could have been (and did end up being) extremely imbalanced is impressive. She could have taken Mark's "make me" and walked away knowing she couldn't have made him, but instead she pointed out that him being physically stronger than her did not make him better than her, and that his strength doesn't make immune to being a bad person. She's clearly done the mental homework.

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u/Tron_1981 Nov 24 '23

The power of being a mom. If Ma Kent tells Clark to go clean the barn, he's gonna clean the damn barn.

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u/macedonianmoper Nov 24 '23

I wonder if Nolan ever had to sleep on the couch, sure Debbie can't physically make him, but that's usually also true for when wives do the classic "sleep on the couch" move.

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u/StarkillerSneed Omni-Drip Nov 24 '23

Reminds me of when Master Roshi in DBZ jokingly said Chi-Chi is the strongest being in the universe because she's a super saiyan's wife.

Then got beat up by her over that.

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u/Vryly Nov 25 '23 edited Nov 25 '23

i mean, she should be the strongest human on earth, her and bulma take poundings from saiyans and just ask for more. If raditz landed on earth now chi chi should be able to slap him silly, then make him wash his hands set the table and lecture him about being a bad influence on his nephews.

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u/sadowsentry Nov 28 '23

But then Beerus wouldn't GaF and slap them both.

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u/dildodicks Invincidrip Dec 28 '23

and then he'd get clapped by the power of two angry saiyans 💀

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u/Spawnkillthekiller8 Nov 25 '23

Being a GOOD mom. Ultra man's parents can attest to that.

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u/layelaye419 Nov 24 '23

To be fair, most mothers can't physically make their adult sons do anything

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '23

Key word is "most mothers" Don't with babushka moms

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u/Neversoft4long Nov 24 '23

That’s just moms in general. I’m like twice as big as my mom and tower over her and know damn well if she tells me to do something I better do it lol