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/-Mortlock- Nov 24 '23

so telling that my man was able to fight and beat an experienced viltrumite too. can't wait to see how much stronger he gets

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u/Anjunabeast Nov 24 '23

He hesitated and lost though. Should’ve tried to incapacitate or restrain her.

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u/PerfectMix877 Nov 24 '23

He'll learn from it, he's starting to understand viltrumite culture a little better with these fights. Nolan really screwed the pooch by being just sentimental enough to not murder his wife and child but not teach him any important context that would help him.

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u/Stark556 Burger Mart Trash Bag Nov 24 '23

Viltrumites must not care about anyone; A loveless apathetic culture.

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u/Cletus1085 Nov 24 '23

They care about themselves. They care about their culture and their empire.

Ask a person to care about a pig bred for meat the same way they care about another person. They'll probably look at you like you're crazy. That is, in essence, how Viltrumites feel about anyone that isn't them.

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u/rainbowyuc Nov 25 '23

I mean judging from this episode they don't care very much about their own comrades either. And humans do care a bout a great many species that are 'lesser' than us.

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u/Ok-ButterscotchBabe Nov 26 '23

Like dogs?

Man, wait until you find out how we treat chickens, pigs and cows.

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u/Chataboutgames Nov 27 '23

Like dogs, or whatever animals a specific culture values. The point is that viltrumites are actively hostile to caring for lesser species.

Also very few humans could brutally tear apart hundreds of pigs to prove a point

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u/AlarmingAffect0 "Dude, I saw it on Reddit" Nov 26 '23

Mama had a chicken
Mama had a cow
Dad was proud
He didn't care how!

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u/Accountantnotbot Dec 06 '23

With wonderful rubs?

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u/The_Quackening Nov 27 '23

They care about strength as said by nolan.

If a viltrumite dies, its because they were not strong enough, and deserved it.

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u/seunosewa Dec 31 '23

It's a survival of the strong kind of culture.

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u/Spawnkillthekiller8 Nov 25 '23

Nowadays I wouldn't be so sure about that pig analogy, in fact many probably would care more about the pig than any humans.

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u/Cletus1085 Nov 25 '23

If they had it as a pet or something, sure, I can see your point, but not if it's meat in a burger.

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u/Bstassy Nov 25 '23

Which continues to be analogous to the show lol

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u/John_Helmsword Nov 30 '23 edited Nov 30 '23

There is no analogy that would work.

Seeing as viltrumites and humans are psychologically, anatomically and biologically the same.

And… well. There are no other known human level species that we know of on earth. The whole analogy doesn’t work.

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u/filipelm Nov 25 '23

I mean... These ones we've seem seem to care not even for other "full blood" viltrumites.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 "Dude, I saw it on Reddit" Nov 26 '23

They care about Viltrum as an empire, the individuals are only as valuable as their contribution.