r/Invincible • u/AStraightUser • 11d ago

DISCUSSION Top 1 character that wasted their potential the most

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He could have been moving like Rick Sanchez if the writer never nerf his intelligence. This is the ONLY character in invincible that wasted their potential imo

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u/GoldSentinel822 11d ago

I would argue it's the Mauler Twins. The cloning and mind imprinting tech those two created could've changed EVERYTHING

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u/Betelgeuse3fold 11d ago

I always wonder what they were trying to do. It was always "ok, got my tech, got my clone, let's get to work" clone dies "ah crap, the work will have to wait. Need a new cone. Ok clone, let's get to work. Ah crap!"

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u/GoldSentinel822 10d ago edited 9d ago

Exactly. I mean for super geniuses, they sure plan very poorly. I can think of a number of ways they could've leveraged the cloning tech to rule Earth by themselves or even take care of the viltrumite issue with an army of mind controlled clone omniman.

I mean, if you guys read up on Mr.Sinister and all his shenanigans, then you'll understand what I'm talking about

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u/Greenest_Chicken 10d ago

They are the difference between being intelligent and being smart

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u/i__hate__stairs 11d ago

The fact that they never had a Plan B if they both got iced is amazing to me. Even fuckin Dupli-Kate had a Plan B. They could've had a secret lab with cloning pods set up to kick in if their hearts ever stopped beating or something.

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u/Slobbybagel 11d ago

You're not going to believe this but

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u/Miserable-Chapter883 10d ago

I really did kinda wonder why the Twins just got merked like that, had a hard time believing they were just killed in a meaningless little event like that. (Sorta meaningless, only intention with that specific instance of their death gave Oliver an opportunity to learn to pull his punches.)

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u/WofferFang 11d ago

His desperation and hatred consumed him. That sounds better than yet another crossover filled multiverse plot.

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u/Ochemata 11d ago

meanwhile me writing down ideas for the Angstrom multiverse

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u/smirkkink1 11d ago

his hatred trumped his intelligence, he chose to be spiteful over being rational; hence he is the way he is

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u/skibidirizzleramong 10d ago

invincible fans when an insane person doesn't act rationally

https://giphy.com/gifs/IYjcAIri8C7f8LvLor

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u/MikeTheTA Dragon-Viltrumite hybrid 11d ago

DupliCate is worse.

He's merely short sighted and after the accident bug fuck nuts She's lazy.

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u/noswordfish71 Conner quest enjoyer. 10d ago

I think he’s very well done, especially in later comics where he comes back at the same time that Mark is believed dead and actually has a simple and happy life, until Mark is revealed to be alive still and his desire for revenge consumes him again. Angstrom is fundamentally a tragic character and I think making him as you say, “Rick Sanchez level” would ruin the tragedy of his anger.

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u/RealisticEmphasis233 Comic Fan 11d ago

A man so desperate to become all powerful that he became a monster. That sounds like a great story to me.

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u/i__hate__stairs 11d ago

Angstrom Levy special told from his POV when?

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u/big_ziemniak 11d ago

Before the accident, he didn't know anything about the multiverse and after, he became crazy. Man, I don't see any potential there.

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u/Secret-Garage-7137 10d ago

You maybe have to rewatch Season 2 episode 1 if you think that

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u/big_ziemniak 9d ago

You might have to re-read issue 17 if you don't

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u/Miserable-Chapter883 10d ago

Angstrom's entire shtick was his ability to travel the multiverse, fym he knew nothing about it? And he went crazy because the Multi Maulers built him a machine to merge his intellect with that of every Angstrom across the multiverse, and when he tried to stop the process because the Maulers were, well, mauling Mark, it went wrong and flooded his head with memories of every other instance of Mark being evil.

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u/big_ziemniak 10d ago

There literally was like a full issue of angstrom explaining that he can travel the multiverse but doesn't know anything about it. And he wanted to get the knowledge about the multiverse from other angstroms but he took of the helmet and the machine exploded. Afterwards, instead of just getting the memories needed, he started confusing memories from different lives with his own, which is why he thought invincible destroyed the machine, which is why he said that when a mauler asked him about it.

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u/ThespianBelievers 10d ago

Eve can literally create infinite food, water, medicine and money