I was wondering, what exactly does Viltrum get from colonizing planets like they do? The way Nolan puts it, it really makes it sound like their Empire is way too big for their own good. They don’t particularly seem in need of specific resources. I could maybe see slavery, but by the looks of it, one viltrumite operative pretty much beats the entire population of Earth, or any biologically comparable species, by a mile.

I do get somewhat the impression that it is a more ideological quest than like a tangible resources one. So that brings me to the next question: Is what Nolan said true? Do we know it from the comics? I’d imagine if they’re so old, they do in fact would have ridiculously advanced technology that could exponentially increase our quality of life, and given what just Omni-Man can do, it sure seems like one of them could basically watch over the planet and strong-arm wars into being ended? Is that what they do?

Although oppression is inherently evil, and the point is more that we don’t have a choice, and they are inherently fucked up supremacists, if we look at joining the Viltrum Empire out of pragmatism, what would that look like? Do we get to see any planets that are living under Viltrum’s control in the comics? Are Nolan’s promises true? And what are they expecting in return if they are colonizing worlds and basically giving them leaps and bounds in quality of life?

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    10 months ago

    Heavy, HEAVY spoilers here for the comic. Click at your own risk.

    !Nolans situation with Earth is NOT normal. He was given 500 years to assimilate Earth, yes, but not all Viltrumites get this. It was 1, a gift/reward for his incredible service to the empire spanning centuries and 2, an extremely important mission they had to entrust to their best. The real goal of the colonization is to fully test earth’s compatibility with Viltrum DNA, and prepare the planet for the purpose of repopulating the severely reduced Viltrum species. The reason he was given that time was because they needed to make sure the planet was taken, and they wanted to make sure he had time to do it, preferably with as painless a process as possible. !<

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      10 months ago

      Ohhhh, that’s exceptionally interesting. Guess they do have a motivation to want us, then. Wow, Nolan, way to mow down the empire’s cattle. Somebody is not getting a bonus after their millenium performance review.