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

Invincible [COMIC SPOILER Discussion] - S02E06 - It's Not That Simple COMIC SPOILERS

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/The_ThirdOfMay_1973 Comic Fan Mar 21 '24 edited Mar 26 '24

I have the same gripe with the comics but it's just not very believable that the GDA just lets Rus go home, without at least checking if there is still a whole Sequid in his body

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u/SnarkyBacterium Mar 21 '24

I mean, would they know how to tell what's sequid? It's not like they have extensive knowledge of sequid biology. Plus everything they've seen says that if he's got a sequid in him, he should be all hive-mindy just like if they were on him. The sequids haven't displayed the capacity for this level of forethought.

I'm happily willing to chalk it up to the GDA probably did scan him, but just couldn't find the sequid because they didn't have the necessary level of tech or knowledge.

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u/GameOverVirus Mar 21 '24

They were able to detect the sequids on the Mars ship without difficulty.

In real life we have multiple ways of detecting typical “invisible” diseases without opening up the human body.

And let’s not forget the GDA is at least a couple decades if not a century ahead of us.

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u/SnarkyBacterium Mar 21 '24

They detected biomass, not specifically that it was sequids. They seemed to assume it was Martians until Shapesmith told them differently.

All the technological advancements can't help if you don't know what you're looking for.

I'm just more willing in this case to err on the side of the sequids being just that good at avoiding detection, not the GDA being incompetent. Unless someone in the shows says "guess we shouldda scanned him, huh?" when they find out about this, we have no evidence either way.

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u/Corat_McRed Mar 21 '24

My personal theory is, Sequid's are easier to detect when in massive amounts because it just registers the sheer amount of bio-mass there is, like on the ship

but when it's just one or two tiny ones, they're easier to slip by because tiny and less stuff to actually "detect" as it were.

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u/Immediate_Face5874 Mar 22 '24

I find it hard to believe that with the level of tech we've seen from Cecil's people he wouldn't be able to come up with some kind of full body cat scan capable of detecting the freaking squid starfish thing chillin in the guy's stomach cavity

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u/sanon441 Mar 22 '24

What if it was an egg or larva too small to distinguish from normal stomach contents?