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/cerealkiller1036 Apr 17 '21

I really don't understand how strong Invincible is meant to be. Just last episode he threw an asteroid back into space, yet now he struggles to handle these purely mechanical enemies that get made in a few minutes. Maybe he's still beaten up from last ep, but these seem like they're meant to be street-level threats. Closer to Titan in power. Also, if he doesn't need to breathe in space then why would holding him underwater affect him?

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '21

they didn't explain it properly in the show but they are essentially like superman, they need to breathe but can hold their breath indefinietly, so they can die if they get caught off gaurd. the difference between viltrumites and kryptonians is that viltrumites don't start out at full power, all their powers work the same way nolan described their speed: they have to practice and get better over time.

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u/cerealkiller1036 Apr 17 '21

Thanks, that makes more sense. I'd look at the wiki for stuff like this but I already got spoiled from trying that once before.

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u/Ren_Davis0531 Comic Fan Apr 17 '21

Comic Nolan tells Mark that he can hold his breathe for two weeks while Mark should be able to do it for an hour or so. I liked that as it showed more about their physiology while low-key showing the difference in power level.

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u/cerealkiller1036 Apr 17 '21

That makes it much easier to understand his strength.

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u/more_than_a_hammer Apr 17 '21

Damn... These are all very fair questions. For the sake of my own entertainment I'm gonna pretend he's way more beat up from previous episode than he seems

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u/ddevlin Apr 17 '21

I think we can also assume that Mark saw them as humans, not robots, and was doing a lot Of pulling his punches.

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u/Pupuksu Apr 17 '21

It didn't look like it affected him when he was held underwater. not like that enemy would know what his abilities are

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u/cerealkiller1036 Apr 17 '21

Remember early in the episode though? When he was initially being held down in the fountain he was feebly reaching out to hit the bots face before he gets the helmet off. I think he's clearly meant to be suffocating there.

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u/Pupuksu Apr 17 '21 edited May 26 '21

At 21:30 is when his head was held under water. He doesn't struggle at all. He just stops moving right away. It looks like he is tricking the robot into thinking he drowned so it would relax its grip, which it did.

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u/Fantasy_Connect Invincidrip Apr 17 '21

That was two different scenes, wasnt it? It held him down by the face twice.