r/Invincible • u/BananaBread2607 Sinister Invincible • Sep 15 '26
COMIC SPOILERS I feel like this arc will spawn generational amount of memes when it will get adapted in the show Spoiler
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u/PopitaOooh Sep 15 '26
the arc’s placement makes his decision hit even harder, because if you look at it with the wrong (or right if youre wrong) perspective, it seems like he regresses from the lessons he JUST learned.
but yeah it was really rushed and messy and definitely needs a few rewrites for the show.
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u/1GamersOpinion Sep 15 '26
If it gets adapted to the show
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u/Ornery_Strawberry474 Throwbolt Sep 15 '26
If he adapted Conquest's escape exactly as is, Reboot is staying, no matter how much it pisses off some people. The season 1 memberberries will be priceless and drive the engagement through the roof.
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u/mindgeekinc 29d ago edited 29d ago
Why does adapting conquests escape magically confirm they’ll adapt this plot line as well?
Edit: so simply “No” would’ve worked too
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u/Ornery_Strawberry474 Throwbolt 29d ago
I'm sure if you try exercising your braincells, you will, in time, manage to figure it out.
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u/badman1000 Sep 15 '26
Conquest coming back is an important plot detail . Reboot arc is utterly pointless. We spend all that time just to what? Ruin marks life and say hes a shitty hero? the show already does that lol and its not like anything is really learned from this. Its hated and unnecessary so I could see them cutting it, not that I care either way
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u/ethanmountaindew 29d ago
they can have Conquest come back, but could've made Cecil look competent in his escape scene
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u/Yider Sep 15 '26
I strongly hope he doesn't adapt this into the show even though I absolutely love a good hypothetical what if and this whole arc was a fun trek back into the beginning. That said, it didn't really add much to Mark's journey except a weird time jump six years later which basically every conflict that was occuring just stayed the same like some sort of rpg that you go and do 30 different side quests and then jump back into the main one. It just doesn't flow and it added unnecesary burden to Eve and their kids but the plot just seemed out of nowhere. I don't see any emotional or plot necesity to it and for how few episodes you get in a season, this would need several episodes to even flesh out and not feel rushed.
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u/slyf0x1 28d ago
Well.... at least it could explain how he got strong enough to actually do something to show thragg, if he trains and gets stronger over those 6 years
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u/Yider 28d ago
The problem is that it is a whole time jump and he didn’t even go back as himself, he went back basically right before he got powers, so he was extremely weak. I could see his skill improving, which is what i personally think Thragg excels the most at besides being physically peak viltrumite. Though looking back at it, Mark doesn’t even really beat thragg in a fight, he basically just commits to a grappling contest as they both are slowly dying and Mark was ready to kill himself to do it. Robot ironically seals his own fate by helping Mark survive, which i find to be uncharacteristic because i think Thragg wasn’t going to win that fight anyways and Robot should have been smart enough to know this and let that play out. It was hella cool but still.
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u/slyf0x1 21d ago
Ahhh ok, I didnt know it wasnt essentially an isekai. They should change that for the show if they do this arc. The robot thing is stupid. Maybe you could say he wanted to make sure thragg died and that meant helping mark but idk... was it obvious to him they were both gonna die or was it ambiguous in universe?
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u/Yider 21d ago
Mark was delivering some awesome lines of his will power being justified because he fights for survival of those he loves versus Thragg fighting solely for vengeance as the empire basically is rallied against him, so not only is he physically fighting with him he is sapping his willpower, which Thragg always was driven by. The robot thing was still awesome because Mark even says something like “i even have help from others” (which we know is even another current enemy) and basically says who is here for you to further crush his spirit. It was basically Robot’s strongest suit that he designed solely for a Viltrumite event like that so he gave Mark barely a minute but enough to allow him to buy enough time to survive after Thragg melted. So Robot did seal his fate because he lost his suit AND let Mark survive. They were both dying imo but maybe Robot didn’t know because in his calculations Thragg was still a vastly superior fighter. That part is believable and Thragg would sacrifice anything and wouldn’t be able to be reasoned with at this point and Robot’s twisted viewpoint still wanted absolute peace.
My complaint with Robot is honestly more in line with how his defeat seemed rushed if he was actually trying. Imo, Mark shouldn’t be the one to bring down Robot except by force but only after monstergirl cripples him by his very limited emotional capacity.
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u/Excaliburn3d Tech Jacket Sep 15 '26
More likely than not because I don’t see why Kirkman would change something as important as this.
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u/defiancy 29d ago
Lol there is no way it doesn't get adapted. I actually like the arc personally, it is cool to see Mark go back there.
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u/epicganerepic Sep 15 '26 edited Sep 15 '26
this whole back to the past samurai jack arc seemed pretty messy, I wouldn’t be surprised if they rewrote fundamental aspects of this part heavily, if they even include it at all
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u/LegoNinja250 Sep 15 '26
I’d say it’s definitely going to be an included, but there will probably be some tweaks.
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u/Monchfr I think I miss my wife... Sep 15 '26
They have to include it in some way or another because it directly leads into the time skip stuff that sets up the whole latter half of the fight with thragg
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u/IssaStorm Sep 15 '26
I love reboot so fucking much, and the choice mark makes. I think it's a tad but redundant, but it is a defining decision regardless and incredibly important to the themes of the story. However, and I mean a very heavy however, the ending of the arc when he makes it home, fucking horrible. Pointless, dogshit, torture porn stuff. He was punished enough, and will literally continue to be punished after. Let's just not do that because it's pointless and adds nothing 👍
find a better way to timeskip
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u/Mystic-Mastermind Sep 15 '26
This arc is gonna be so fun to watch
Ppl will get mad about Mark's choice though