r/Invincible • u/Nat_Libertarian • Aug 11 '21

My explanation for Omni-man's power scaling THEORY

I think we have all noticed the problem- sometimes Omni-Man can tank massive explosions, a space laser, air-to-air missiles and can use his body as a wmd by flying through an alien city like a MAC projectile, but other times he gets hurt from a punch to the face or a tiny little cherrybomb. I came up with a theory to help explain this.

In the first episode he explains to Mark thay Viltrumites can manipulate their position and move freely in space, allowing them to fly, and also how they can use this to make their own leverage for punches. It might be a leap here, but I think this is how they appear to be nearly invincible at times as well.

Later in the episode when Mark confronts the bully he looks hurt from the first punch, then gradually takes them until at the last one he looks like a brick wall, as if his durability is something that he has to conciously control and he is just learning how it works.

I think this is true with Omni-Man as well. Every time we see one of his extreme feats of invincibility he is focused specifically on taking it, not flinching in the face of terrible force. On the other hand, when he is caught off-guard or while facing multiple opponents in hand-to-hand combat he cannot focus on defense as much, and thus he can be hurt or even potentially killed by far weaker opponents than himself, to the point where even just mechanically-assisted human corpses could rough him up.

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u/CRGBRN Aug 11 '21

I think you're onto something here. I'd also mix in the fact that he INTENTIONALLY reduces the power he uses as to not tip any Earthlings off to what he's actually capable of. Which is why Cecil has no fucking clue what might work on him or not (although he learns pretty quickly through episode 7).

So, getting caught off guard as well as intentionally not using his power can leave him vulnerable but he's willing to take the hits to not give up any semblance of what's coming. This way Earth couldn't possibly prepare properly.

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u/koenigsaurus Rex Splode Aug 12 '21

This also tracks with why what he did on the Flaxan home world was so shocking at the time. We had a baseline of how powerful he seemed to be, but away from Earth he was able to let loose his full strength.

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u/[deleted] Aug 12 '21

It's basically the Superman scenario. He's holding back to a fraction of his power basically every waking moment by conscious choice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl_5UwS57X8

cc /u/CRGBRN

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u/CRGBRN Aug 12 '21

Damnnnn how could I have forgotten about this? Man, they really took that concept (which is already a little scary to begin with) and applied it to Nolan’s warped, twisted ass view on other life forms. So insidious.

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u/rafter613 Aug 15 '21

Man, there were like a ton of fragile civilian bystanders there, huh?

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u/HavelsRockHardCock May 06 '22

“Always taking care not to break something, break someone.”

Immediately levels 5 skyscrapers and essentially mini-nukes a busy street

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u/CRGBRN Aug 12 '21

Fully agree. Even after the events of season 1….literally no one on Earth has any fucking clue that he can do that. And we, the audience, don’t even know if there’s more.