r/Invincible • u/mwthecool Omni-Mod • Mar 28 '24

Invincible [Episode Discussion] - S02E07 - I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE EPISODE DISCUSSION

Episode 7 - I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE

As Mark attempts to salvage his personal life, a new villain arrives, presenting Invincible with his greatest challenge yet. Donald grapples with his past.

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u/bokmcdok Mar 28 '24

I think the admiration comes in that Mark managed to read Anissa better than he could. He called her bluff - he knew she wouldn't kill him. If the Viltrumites wanted him dead, he'd be dead a dozen times over by now. Something else is going on.

Cecil's supposed to be the one who reads people. It's in his job description. And Mark just outdid him.

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u/RaZoX144 Mar 28 '24

I was thinking that too, they could just send her to kill Mark and take over his mission, but I think they want him for more than Earth, maybe for other planets as well

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u/bokmcdok Mar 28 '24

They could have killed him on the insect planet. Instead they sent him back to prepare Earth for invasion. There's a reason they did that instead of sending another Viltrumite. Mark may have realised this, and that's how he knew Anissa wouldn't kill him. They need/want him alive for some reason.

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u/Karkava Monster Girl Apr 01 '24

Mark knows that Viltrumites love the thrill of battle, and kicking a wounded puppy isn't really satisfying to them. They just get stumped when they can't get another "lesser life form" to submit to them.

Alan seems to have figured out that weakness as well given that he's turning himself in by faking getting knocked out, playing into their thrill seeking bully mindset. They should know something is up when this guy who could get their noses to bleed just suddenly surrenders.