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/styuone Nov 24 '23

So will Marks brother get viltrumite powers?

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u/Sailingboar Nov 24 '23

Consider what we know so far. Mark got Viltrumite powers. And Mark's brother looks very much like a Human/Viltrumite.

If it weren't for the skincolor Mark's brother would look just like a younger Mark.

And we know that Mark got Viltrumite powers because of that same DNA.

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u/PerfectMix877 Nov 24 '23

I thought the reason nolan had a human kid was the humans were compatible, does that mean all aliens are?

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u/willy410 Amber Bennett Nov 24 '23

Think it’s more of a relative thing, like human DNA is comparatively more compatible, which is why Mark looks like a normal viltrumite and his brother is purple.

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u/Bodega_Bandit Nov 24 '23

extremely minor comic spoilers: I haven't read the comics but from what I've read online, Viltrumite DNA breeds true and will overtake other species DNA as they get older. So they're compatible with most things but the offspring will always be more viltrumite than anything else

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u/SEND-MARS-ROVER-PICS Nov 28 '23

Something quite similar is said in season 1 (so I don't think I ened to spoiler tag it), that Viltrumite DNA is so pure Mark is basically a full Viltrumite. I noticed this season has more talk about "half-breeds" so maybe there is a sliding scale of being a Viltrumite?

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u/AspirationalChoker The Viltrumites Nov 24 '23

Viltrumite dna always like 99% overtakes anything else

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u/pielover928 Nov 25 '23

From what Nolan said this episode, it seems like it's more about Viltrumwhite supremacy than compatibility. Humans look like viltrumites

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u/PerfectMix877 Nov 25 '23

Maybe I'm misremembering but i thought nolan had mark because he finally found a race with good compatibility. Did he just mean compatibility like they look like viltrumites? I'm confused tbh because humans would be considered insects to viltrumites as well no? Like they're just as weak as those bugs are.

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u/immaownyou Nov 25 '23

Comic spoilers but he pretty much says as much in this episode....

Species that are close to resembling viltrumites are okay to breed with, any offspring just need to prove themselves to be accepted into the empire, just like Mark was this episode as General Kregg says at the end. Any inferior races too different would be killed right away like Marks brother though.

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u/pielover928 Nov 25 '23

I haven't read the comics, but in this episode he has a kid with a bug

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u/PerfectMix877 Nov 25 '23

Oh really I didn't notice

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u/Sailingboar Nov 24 '23

It's Mass Effect but even weirder.

So yes.