r/Invincible • u/Kokonut-Z • Mar 28 '24

Why do people say « I wish I was Mark » in regards to THAT scene when they can wish to be this man instead? COMIC SPOILERS

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I never understood it. Mark is a SA victim, that’s not something to want. Who the hell looks forward to getting rped? On the other hand, Scott still has sex with Anissa AND it’s loving and consensual relationship where she doesn’t act like an alien tyrant anymore. It’s leagues better than what she did to Mark. Even if someone wants to acknowledge that she’s physically attractive, they can still do that without the rpe victim part.

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u/Suspicious_Loan8041 The Immortal Mar 28 '24

Because on the surface Anissa is very hot and it seems like free sex. If she were uglier, I think the reality of getting raped would be way more obvious to some people.

I’m sure the show is gonna make the scene way more horrific, but in the comics, you just get a few small panels of a chick with giant breasts sweating and moaning on top of a ripped mark. Porn would desensitize a lot of people to that.

It’s very hard for a lot of people to take male SA victims seriously. The context here doesn’t help since it’s clear Mark wasn’t fighting back nearly as much as he could have. Even the comics tossed around the idea that if he truly didn’t want it, he coulda stopped it. Basically since he’s a man, he had to want it in some way, therefore it’s not a big deal.

I’m curious if the show is gonna make the physical difference between them more pronounced to really show the lack of control, or if they’re gonna lean into the confusion male victims have about if they LET it happen by making Mark a way closer match to her.

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u/TannenbergBlitz Mar 28 '24

A heavy rework of this plot point is inevitable. The way the comic handled it is simply unnaceptable in the current climate.

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u/Lordborgman Mar 29 '24

Considering they took ALL the rape out of Walking Dead, and rape is damn near non existent in most media for most of my 40 years of life in all mainstream media.... If it even happens, I'd be shocked if it is shown at all.