r/Invincible • u/SeacattleMoohawks Séance Mod • Apr 16 '21

Invincible [COMIC SPOILER Discussion] - S01E06 - You Look Kinda Dead COMIC SPOILERS

Episode 6 - You Look Kinda Dead

Mark joins William and Amber on a campus visit to Upstate University, hoping to discover a new future for himself. Debbie makes her own disturbing discovery.

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u/Beerbaron1886 Comic Fan Apr 16 '21

By fleshing out amber (even her influencing Eve), she’s more than the blonde bimbo type from the comics

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u/Roy-Southman Comic Fan Apr 16 '21

Yeah, show Amber is awesome. They already introduced what’s-his-face too, I think they might get rid of the abusive boyfriend subplot. It makes sense for comic Amber because she is more of a bimbo, but show Amber is not gonna take that. Goatee either gets his ass kicked by her or he gets a new characterization.

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u/Beerbaron1886 Comic Fan Apr 16 '21
  • mark tells her and they try to have a working relationship but fail. She eventually gets abused like in the comic (not likely)
  • mark tells her, they try but amber cheats with what’s his face because mark is always gone (not likely)
  • mark doesn’t tell her and they broke up. Maybe after he confronts Nolan and sees his devastated mother, Mark is too afraid to tell more people about his secret identity (likely)
  • mark tells her and they try but fail. She doesn’t get abused. We see that she gets close with what’s his face though (likely)
  • a shocking twist

All the female characters in the comics but Eve and Amanda were not very well written. To me, everything about comic Amber was to check boxes about cliches, even the abuse and that she stayed with the guy.

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u/Roy-Southman Comic Fan Apr 16 '21

You are right about the likely outcomes. I’m glad the show characters are better written. I think Kirkman realized his weak characterization of several supporting characters and worked to improved them for the show. He is also older now and probably has improved in his storytelling. Amber was too much of a stereotype in the comics. Show Amber might eventually fade in the background, but at least she is better written and seems to be having a positive impact on the overall arcs of people other than Mark.

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u/moose_man Comic Fan Apr 17 '21

I kinda feel iffy that they decided to make her like the one Black character in the cast considering what a throwaway character Amber is. Like, there's no way they don't break up so he and Eve can get together for the end, and if they do break up there really isn't a place for her in the series. There isn't much of a place for William in the series and he's allegedly Mark's best friend.

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u/Beerbaron1886 Comic Fan Apr 17 '21

I would say they have a very diverse cast with Eve, William and Cecil as the only white characters now. I think Rex, even with a migration background (not sure if I remember correctly) is more “brown” in the show