#invincible immortal

[creeperthemcreaper]

God please save them from this wretched fandom 🙏🙏

And the immortal too I guess

[kirbyfigure]

what will you have in 500 years ?

[sal-ho-folina]

it's been nine days

[pompous-old-windbag]

Quick Invincible Season 3 Parallels Analysis

To me, Season 3 was all about forcing Mark (and the audience) to understand how Nolan became who he is through the parallels of Immortal, Conquest, Oliver, and Invincible.

Immortal exists as a contrast to Nolan. Despite living for hundreds of thousands of years, Immortal remained a hero because he lived amongst humanity as a regular person. He only becomes a monster once he is elevated ABOVE humanity, and shackled with the responsibility governing them. This is an intentional reversal of Nolan's arc, who started off as a detached monster but found goodness when he was forced to live amongst humanity as a regular person.

Conquest represents what Nolan could have become had he remained detached. A mindless force of violence, extraordinarily lonely yet too far gone to find redemption. All he can do is blindly go through the motions, his only connection with others being brief moments of confession before he kills them.

Oliver represents what Nolan started as, and how without guidance he became a monster. Oliver is a sweet kid whose accelerated growth and sheltered upbringing threatened to detach him from humanity. He couldn't understand why killing "bad guys" was wrong because of his limited connection to others. It's made clear that without Mark and Debbie to help him, he would have developed a simplistic and tyrannical perspective of the world.

Finally, Mark reflects the best and worst parts of his father. There's his "might-makes-right" clash with Cecil, his paternal role to Oliver even as they fight over the same issues of condemnation vs redemption that made him threaten Cecil, Powerplex reminding him of the weight of his responsibilities and if he deserves to live a normal life, the Invincible war showing him both how dangerous and frightening his power is to others, and finally Conquest forcing him to recognize his true capacity for violence.

The underlining theme within all this is how our connections to others keeps us grounded, and that the long-term impacts of isolation, responsibility, and power eventually corrupt us all.

[assassin-artist]

Mild obsessed with Mercy and I wanna know more about her! What would you say her relationships with other heroes is like? Namely the current Guardians roster.

A couple of doodles to go with the answer (:

I talk about the events of the show including the latest episode (3x07) so don't read if you aren't caught up!

-immortal - bad. immortal started off with warning her that he's watching her every move, similar with mark. he doesnt trust the twins because he never trusted omni-man, and his distrust was clearly justified after the events of the first season. she thinks he's an egotistical asshole who doesn't care about anyone else because of his refusal to become attached to his teammates, he thinks she's a time bomb waiting to go off just like her dad and brother. more than anything, though - she hates that he keeps comparing her to her father. her dad is one topic that she's sensitive about and can get temperamental if he's brought up. she tries to just stay away from immortal most of the time because she's confident she'd just start fights with him every other conversation.

-black samson - okay! samson, to me, has the vibes of a guy who's trying to hold the team together as best as he can. he's a charming guy who seems to care about them, and he does his best to get to know each of them. mercy isn't part of the guardians of the globe roster, but she works with them often enough that he probably considers her an honorary member or something. mercy is pretty closed off to others trying to 'take care of her' because she's trying really hard to be seen as independent and mature, so i think she shakes his concern and compassion off most of the time. not too rudely, though - she appreciates his attempts to be friendly. she just wishes he'd be friendly in a 'this person is my ally and teammate' way instead of in a 'this is a child i need to protect' kind of way.

-bulletproof - okayish. i don't think they interact much with each other at all in the beginning. but considering bulletproof is the only other flyer that she works with on a regular basis, i think just them having convos as they fly to and from missions will go a long way to building a rapport - for no other reason than because it's something only they can do. they'd be work friends i think. getting along on the job, but not really talking much off the job. i think they could be good friends off the job too, both of them like art and being a hero, but Mercy is the one who isn't interested in getting to know him further. sorry man, let's keep it all strictly professional..

-rex - close friends. she kind of had a crush on him the first time they met, and then she realized he was dating eve so she backed off immediately. and then she learned he cheated on eve and hated him with a passion for a while. similar to immortal, she thought of rex as egotistical and a complete jerk for a long while. but of course after his near-death experience, he turned his personality around and started being less of an ass, so her opinion of him changed quite a bit. the only person on the team that Mercy actually hangs out with outside of the job - they're similar in age and can talk to each other about their struggles of being abandoned by a parent (or 2 in rex's case). i think it's interesting that they gave Rae and Rex a romance in the show, because if Rex didn't have a romance, she absolutely would have been interested in him again. Well... we know how it ends, so i guess it's better for her that she never let her feelings develop too far...

-robot and monstergirl - bunking them together because Mercy always sees them together so they're basically a duo in her mind. Robot is crazy intelligent and Mercy respects it, but his penchant to talk from multiple copies of his robots kind of creeps her out and interests her at the same time. Kinda wishes she could do that too lol. Mercy feels sympathy for Monstergirl because of her curse, and the few times they do talk they get along just fine. It's just that they don't talk often. They aren't on the same team together and they never interact outside of the job, so there's just not enough there to build a relationship of any kind off of.

-duplikate - they have an okay work relationship, but they're both headstrong people with very different views on things. i think one of them might throw a jab at the other and that's all it would take to start a fight between them. they do NOT talk outside of work, and in fact, only talk during work if they have to communicate during a fight. in the headquarters? they're not really interacting at all. Mercy rolls her eyes when she learns that Kate and Immortal are getting married because "yeah of course the asshole is marrying an asshole".

-shrinking rae - not as close as Rex, but Mercy and Rae could definitely get along pretty well. maybe if we get to learn more about Rae in the show I could see them being friends outside of the job as well, but for now they're just close coworkers.

-darkwing ii - lastly, darkwing 2. crush material, but very slow buildup. she didn't go on that mission when Mark took Darkwing in for murder, she only heard about it second-hand from Mark himself, so that might be why she's way more forgiving of his issues than she is willing to be for Sinclair(she saw Sinclair's labs and victims personally). she still thinks he's unstable in the beginning and generally avoids him for a while, which he definitely notices, but i think all it would take is one comment from him talking about his remorse for what he did, and she might be willing to stay and talk it over with him. a short debate about morals turns into a longer conversation about regrets and what they would change if they could go back... about how the things they've seen and done has changed them forever. i think the two of them could be very good friends.. and maybe more (: such a shame he disappeared so fast in the show, but maybe id change the story a little bit now that Mercy is here to save the day, heh...

Edit: I CANT BELIEVE I FORGOT SHAPESMITH.... He's my personal favorite hero on the guardians team, which of course means Ellie is going to like him too (: Another rare instance of Mercy allowing this coworker to hang out with her outside of the job. I think she'd be really interested in learning about his life on Mars, and in return she'd help him acclimate to life on Earth. Always bringing him little trinkets or candy from a dollar store, stuff like that lol. They would be the best of friends, I swear. He's not the best person to go to when she's looking to vent her frustrations about life and her issues, but he's always there to listen anyway, and she appreciates that.

[klynteceleran]

If no goggles mark Fought the original guardians in the invincible war would the OG guardians have won or would it have been the Omni-man fight all over again?

[immanuelcouldnt]

My name is Scum and I am a fake Invincible Fan I just think Immortal's neat.

[midnightshindig]

Very much inspired by that other post with Rex and Cecil but Immortal x Viltrumite reader. Reader is a deep cover agent to back up Nolan but stayed in cover when Nolan went off the handle. Instead of Kate, reader started hooking up with Immortal. Eventually, Immortal finds out and confronts reader. Although, reader does love Immortal since he's at least as strong as a young Viltrumite and will live just as long if not longer.

Immortal x Viltrumite!Reader

Gender neutral as per usual, and as always, fic under the cut!

You were so pissed when Nolan abandoned Earth

Luckily you had the foresight to not tell anybody you were also a Viltrumite

Especially not your Nolan-hating partner of a few months

You'd been casually hooking up since he came back to the Guardians, since you were the only person on the team who could keep up with him physically, and who also had the longevity he did

Honestly it was pretty sad, you thought, that you'd have to take him out before conquering Earth

I mean... did you really have to? As long as you didn't copulate with him, you could probably keep him as a pet of some type?

Either way, he was pretty obsessed with you

What had started at hooking up in the showerroom turned into sitting together on the couch turned into talking about your past lives.

"I've lived dozens of lives, Y/n. I've been married to hundreds of women and had a handful of children across them all, none of which possessed the powers I do. I've been alone in this universe for the entire duration of it-" He put his hand over yours as you watched the sky "But it comforts me to know you have just as much of a past as I do"

You told him altered versions of your childhood, true to life in all but the Viltrumite details

"I grew up on a highly militaristic planet that believed companionship made one weak. I've never..... had a real partner before. Not on my home planet- I mean. I've been with humans since arriving- but I'm hundreds of years older than they are, and will live for thousands more."

This was a sentiment you shared

and so, battling many different obstacles, you two started dating seriously

Keeping him as a pet post-colonization was seeming more and more likely as the days went by

So when he proposed...

with a ring, he hand forged nonetheless...

How could you say no?

and things were good for a while.

but not even the smoothing sandpaper of immortality could buff out the rough edges of your relationship

Especially not when your partner overheard an intercom between you and your fellow Viltrumite, giving an update on the progress on Earth since Nolan's disappearance

"Yes, commander, things have been well. These people and their protectors are weak, our only concerns are Nolans spawn, but they are weak willed and have not been trained in any meaningful capacity-"

your comms were cut off as The Immortal smashed the device laid in front of you, cutting you off and peering down at you with disdain and hurt

"What was that?"

"what was what?"

"Y/n, you're... a viltrumite? Here to take over Earth?" his voice was stern, gruff like it always is, but covering it was a thick layer of pain

He folded his arms and sighed "What was your plan? To dispose of me? To marry me and what? Keep me as a pet?"

....ouch.

He had you pegged.

You wanted to defend yourself, but you didn't have anything to say

"Was it even real? Or am I like Debbie to you? Weak and a waste of time like she was to Omni Man?"

"No-!" You cut him off, reaching for him but being met with an evasive step back

"No. Immortal, I wasn't lying to you" you lied. like a lying liar. "I love you, and you're not like Debbie- you're an equal to me!"

You motioned with your hands as he tensed, allowing you to speak, steadying his glare on your figure

"You're going to live just as long as I am, if not longer! you're not as strong as me, but you could easily pass for a weaker Viltrumite. My people- ugh.... Immortal, they could accept you as one of our own. We could be happy."

His stiff upper lip didn't give you much hope, but when he sighed a deep, heavy sigh, slumping his shoulders and leaning onto you, you knew it would be okay

"I'm not like Nolan, I'm not going to let any real harm befall these people. I'm going to prepare them for takeover, they'll be ready. Nobody has to die, Immortal. This will be a safe process if you let it be, and... you can stay with me"

He said nothing, wrapping his arms around you wordlessly and burying his head into your shoulder, his massive frame hunched over you

After what felt like an eternity, he spoke in a soft voice

"I have to protect these people. They're my people."

You lifted his head and cupped his cheek "aren't you tired? We have the resources to protect these people, your people- our people- forever. Wouldn't you like to retire? Wouldn't you like to... settle down?"

That convinced him, and his cracked a soft smile at you

"No needless bloodshed or subjugation?"

You shook your head "A peaceful transfer of power, let the people with millennia of experience take the reigns for a while, put up your feet"

He sighed again, and the tension leaving his body was obvious

"God I can't wait to marry you, Y/n."

You stroked the back of his head and smiled "I can't wait either, Immortal."

Hopefully he wouldn't be too mad when he found out you'd continued to lie to him

but by then, you'd have worn him down enough to be truly okay with it

for now, all you had to do was plan a wedding.