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/ThoughtHealthy9919 Nov 24 '23

Can't Fuking believe they killed Thula she is one of the best designs on the show brutal how Nolan killed her but nice to see that they are not adapting all the things from the book but sad to see her die

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u/MyARhold30Shots Nov 24 '23

Yeah Thula was cool asf. Also her cool braid dagger must be made out of some high tech Viltrumite metal to be able to cut through Mark's skin like that. I mean it must be otherwise it wouldn't be worth wearing, looks like she had it back in the great purge flashback.

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u/RealJohnGillman Nov 24 '23 edited Nov 24 '23

I believe it was just her hair, the strength behind it, Viltrumite cells being that strong.

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u/MyARhold30Shots Nov 24 '23 edited Nov 24 '23

She specifically had a blade on the end of her hair though,

Edit: No matter how strong she whips it, if the metal isn't strong enough I feel like it should just break or not go through. Like how viltrumites are bulletproof.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '23

There's some suspension of disbelief required here.

For example, in this same episode, Nolan skewers that first Viltrumite soldier with a stalagmite. However, thinking about it logically, the rock is way softer than Viltrumite flesh, and the rock should've just broken apart rather than hurt the soldier.

The damage scaling is all over the place, and that's true of any fiction with superpowered characters. Best just not to think about it too hard.

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u/Pigeon_Lord Nov 24 '23

Not for nothing, he did open that viltrumite up like a ziplock right before impaling him, which may have compromised the structural integrity of things. That being said, rule of cool is just more fun anyways, and the sheer brutality is way cool

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u/MyARhold30Shots Nov 24 '23

I just assumed that the inside of a viltrumite is weaker than outside. Since Nolan cut that guy’s stomach open with his hand he just shoved the rock into the opening.

So I thought maybe Thula has some advanced viltrum metal blade since their technology is supposed to be super advanced but I could be thinking too hard idk.

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u/futuredoctororwhatev Nov 27 '23

I mean, softness of the rock vs flesh isn’t the only thing to consider. a knife made of styrofoam won’t cut us normally, but if we stabbed someone with styrofoam at 100mph it would hurt us.

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '23

That's only because jabbing someone with a cone of styrofoam would also hurt, even at low speed.

Think of it more like trying to stab someone really hard with a string. Or like trying to dent a car with a snowball.