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/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/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.