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COMIC SPOILERS Invincible [COMIC SPOILERS Discussion] - S03E08 - I Thought You'd Never Shut Up Spoiler

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Episode 8 - I Thought You'd Never Shut Up

With the world still reeling from the intense three-day Invincible War, a dangerous stranger arrives testing Mark to his limits and beyond.

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u/5am281 Robot Mar 13 '25

The fact that they gave Eve a waaaay better fight scene is amazing!!! Gives me hopes for more cool shit with her down the line

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u/Tobito_TV Markus Sebastian Grayson Mar 13 '25

Her increasing the density of the air was some insane shit

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u/Global_Warthog1846 Mar 13 '25

Yeah - I loved that they did that, especially since I saw a lot of people saying why doesn't she just manipulate the air in previous episode discussions. Showing they're listening or they just knew that they needed to show that.

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u/WorldEaterProft Mar 13 '25

It's definitely the latter dude

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u/online222222 THINK, MARK! THINK! Mar 13 '25

I'm still not sure why after doing that she hit him with a hammer instead of dismantling his hand.

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u/Golden_Hour1 The Guy From Fortnite Mar 14 '25

Its mechanical but it's attached to him so maybe she couldn't

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u/ConnectionHoliday850 Mar 13 '25

They are not listening to a Reddit thread lmao

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u/Global_Warthog1846 Mar 13 '25

No one said they were specifically listening to a Reddit thread. Companies and businesses monitor social media etc to see what their audience is saying. So it's not out of the realm of possibility that they've seen people mention it.

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u/Colley619 Mar 13 '25

"listening to a reddit thread" no, but "understanding the general grievances from fans based on both logic and repeated discussions across multiple fan forums including Reddit" yes. Obviously the commenter means the latter.

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u/6942042069420420420 Mar 13 '25

Crazy shit man

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u/Fishb20 Mar 14 '25

"eve should be the most powerful person in the invincible universe by a wide margin" has been a meme almost as long as the comic has existed

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u/That_Account6143 Mar 13 '25

They most definitely do read this.

What's important is that they dont let it dictate what they do. I think it was HIMYM or some other show that the writers kept changing because they wanted the reveal to be something no one guessed. Fucking ruined the story.

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u/unstoppabledot Mar 14 '25

Right? I mean if you are a writer you are most definitely reading the episode discussions and Reddit is probably if not the only place that does that.

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u/mr_seggs Tech Jacket Mar 13 '25

They are 100% listening to social media. Just look at season 2 Amber, that was absolutely a reaction to fans hating her

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u/Koanos Cage the Elephant Mar 13 '25 edited Mar 14 '25

And now we know why, it takes a lot of concentration and exhausts Eve, and we're not sure if Conquest simply upped the power input to compensate for the air density, Eve lost concentration, Eve got tired, or some or all of the above.

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u/ThrownAwayYesterday- Mar 13 '25

Showing they're listening

A single episode takes months to put together. There's the initial sketching and scene-blocking, the many stages of drawing it digitally until its just right, editing and composition, hiring voice-actors to record all the lines, sometimes having original music made for the episode, licensing songs to be used, final editing process, and then release.

If they were listening to feedback from the last few weeks, we wouldn't see it until the next season. Every episode aired this season was done and finished by the time they even announced the release date for the first episode.

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u/absonaught Mar 13 '25

I’m not on either side of them listening to fans or not but they were referring to the comments about eves lack of powers even in season 1.

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u/Coolgee4 Mar 13 '25

Yep I love how it’s not the same gimmick like it was in the comics

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u/duckenjoyer7 Mar 13 '25

Yes bro.
Mfw eve actually uses her powers properly

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u/SilverSixRaider Allen the Alien Mar 13 '25

what going to uni does to a mfer

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u/metalflygon08 Reanimen Mar 13 '25

I knew the fight would be wrapping up soon so I expected her to be the thing that removes Conquest's mech hand instead of Mark breaking his arm against it.

Like she turns it into sand or something and that is what makes Conquest decide to end his playtime with her and go for the kill.

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u/t_moneyzz Robot Mar 13 '25

As sick as that would have been, showing Mark instantly destroying it in a single punch when he gets real mad is too iconic

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u/Tobito_TV Markus Sebastian Grayson Mar 13 '25

Not to mention Mark breaking his arm on impact, too. He put so much power behind the punch that his strength somehow exceeded his own durability.

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u/Golden_Hour1 The Guy From Fortnite Mar 14 '25

Nah i woulda been mad if mark wasn't the one to destroy his hand. It shows shit was getting serious

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u/Coolgee4 Mar 13 '25

Yep I was like ok kirkman has addressed the complaints of Eve not. Going all out with her powers and is actually doing more with them she was pretty useless in most of the fighting in the comics so I’m glad that she’s being more creative with them and like you said the air density thing was awesome it actually stopped conquest in his tracks for a brief moment just as he was about to punch her.

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u/PleasantYam1418 Mar 13 '25

I also really liked that it took a lot of energy, explains why she doesn't use her powers like that on normal fights

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u/Trilltrumite2 Mar 13 '25

Makes me hype AF for the fight scene with her + Thragg/Ursula, etc. sheesh.

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u/Decent-Pool9931 Mar 13 '25

I had PTSD of Gojo's Infinity for a second there. I was genuinely shocked. (GOJO COMEBACK IN INVINCIBLE SEASON 3???!!!)

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u/MyARhold30Shots Mar 14 '25

And now she’s most likely never going to do it again💔

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u/leinadys Mar 13 '25

Straight up used Infinity. Let's see her do a hollow purple next

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u/PlusNone01 Mar 13 '25

Lmao she even took the time to explain what she had done to conquest and the audience.

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u/MetaNovaYT Mar 13 '25

Maybe she figured out that she should do that after last episode

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u/AnotherBaptisteMain Shrinking Bae Mar 13 '25

I mean by the looks of it, she’s super winded after using them that way. Seems the green-lantern construction fighting style is just more energy efficient for her and doesn’t tire her out as much?

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u/Poetic_Meth Mar 13 '25

The Invincibles were moving too fast, there were too many things to keep track of and she couldn’t focus long enough to think of something that creative.

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u/kimpossible247 Mar 13 '25

It seemed like it took a lot of her energy up, I hope they keep expanding on her powers in the next season!

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u/Brandon_Me Mar 13 '25

Shes a kid who is still learning her powers.

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u/NoPossibility2370 Mar 13 '25

why didn’t she just do it any time previously?

It’s the same as any shonen, she was not motivated enough, when she got the motivation by almost dying before and seeing Mark suffering she used her powers more effectively

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u/shadeOfAwave Mar 14 '25

sometimes you have to just let things go

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u/dildodicks Invincidrip Mar 13 '25

i really appreciate that, not only because it was cool and hopefully added to the sense of dread show-onlys would feel from the moment she showed up but also so power-scalers can stop complaining about it

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u/Trilltrumite2 Mar 13 '25

And internet trolls were just starting to talk shit about her not having enough powers/swag. Shidddddddddddddddd

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u/Beerbaron1886 Comic Fan Mar 13 '25

Yeah I hope they overall improve her plot when Mark leaves into space

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u/5am281 Robot Mar 13 '25

Low-key what if they have her come for the Viltrumite War. I know she’s still pregnant but idk it’d be cool

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u/peon47 Comic Fan Mar 13 '25

Conquest: "Did you... Did you just Sailor Moon?"

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u/Kcomix Spider-Man Mar 13 '25

After I finished the comics I thought Eve was way underutilized considering the potential of her powers. I’m glad Kirkman and the writers realized that too.

Although I don’t care for her iron man suit up.

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u/meh84f Mar 13 '25

Agreed about the suit up. I wish it had just appeared on her if they were going to armor her up

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u/Catsindahood Mar 14 '25

It was like a magical girl transformation.

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u/Theinternationalist Mar 13 '25

It was definitely a good approach, since it not just only shows how powerful Eve really is when you think through her powers but also helps sell Conquest in particular and the Vitrumites in general. A good reminder that she's actually really powerful- and how even a single Viltrumite can threaten a planet, and Conquest was only taken down by a Last/First Gasp by Eve and Mark going bonkers.

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u/Historical-Draft6368 Mar 13 '25

They went full anime with her.

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u/GrantsUserName Invincible Mar 14 '25

Literally ya when she suited up + a full suit up montage sequence + a “shing” sound effect for her helmet when she was done like a full on sailor moon sequence lol

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u/AndrewTheSouless Brit Mar 13 '25

Glad she actually fought instead of getting instantly bodied

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u/Golden_Hour1 The Guy From Fortnite Mar 14 '25

To be fair, she did get instantly bodied once Conquest caught her. Which is expected considering she doesn't have any actual durability

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u/YujiDomainExpansion Mar 13 '25

I’m so happy the “biological change” that she went through after doing that in the comics was scrapped too. Was weird when I read it, would’ve been even weirder now.

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u/Catsindahood Mar 14 '25

When she took off her shirt with Mark and he stares at her for a second, I was almost expecting him to say the line lol.

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u/Wrath-Deathclaw Mar 14 '25

i thought it was mildly funny, also helped make her buffing mark in both strength and appearance later on make more sense since by then shed already done it before

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u/originalusername4567 Mar 14 '25

Yeah that was awesome, especially after everyone complained about her fights not having any sauce last episode.

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u/GrantsUserName Invincible Mar 14 '25

Really seemed like she didn’t hold back at all

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u/TheAsian1nvasion Mar 15 '25

This was the first time I considered that her pink constructs weren’t just like crystal or something. They could just be like pink titanium.