r/Invincible • u/mwthecool Omni-Mod • Mar 21 '24

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E06 - This Must Come As A Shock EPISODE DISCUSSION

Episode 6 - It's Not That Simple

After two challenging missions, The Guardians of the Globe struggle to work as a team. Meanwhile, Mark tries to balance his hero duties, personal relationships, and his future as a college student.

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u/LMkingly Mar 21 '24 edited Mar 21 '24

I mean i feel like yall are kinda intentionally missing the point. Just cause he's super old doesn't mean it isn't weird he's dating a girl who was part of the teen team like a year ago. Nobody is telling him to stick to 90 year old retirees. Just you know maybe women who are old enough to have graduated college at the very least lol.

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u/ProcrastinatingPuma Mar 21 '24

Uh…. No? 10 year olds aren’t adults.

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u/LMkingly Mar 21 '24

The point i'm trying to make by being extremely hyperbolic is immortal being old af doesn't matter when discussing the mental maturity of his partner. It's not all the same. A 19 year old is still barely an adult. Whether Immortal is 50 or 5000 or 5 million years old it will always be weird asf for him to be dating someone who has barely stepped into adulthood. While a 30 year old woman is "young" for him too it is far less egregious because this woman at least is a grown ass adult with her own lived experiences that while maybe can't compare to Immortal still makes her a lot more developed as a person than someone who barely has stepped out of their teenage years.

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u/Iorith Mar 21 '24

I have to ask because this comes up a lot. If they're barely an adult, should they be allowed to vote? Smoke/Drink/Drive?

And if we did push it back to 21, I still feel like eventually we'd use the same argument for the same reason to push it back to 25, since until you're 25 your brain is still developing.

Not to even get into the fact there are plenty of 19 year olds who have more real life experience than college graduates. Life experience CANNOT be gauged in years, it's through, you know, experience.

In this specific circumstance, they are both characters who know what is like to die multiple times, the trauma involved, and putting their lives on the line for people who don't know what that is like.