Episode 4 - It’s Been a While!

Mark answers the call to save an alien species, but the mission has unexpected personal consequences.

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  • -Mortlock-@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    so telling that my man was able to fight and beat an experienced viltrumite too. can’t wait to see how much stronger he gets

    • SaKaly@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      telling that my man was able to fight and beat an experienced viltrumite too

      Him looking fucked at the end of it was worthwhile

      • Wolf6120@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        That stood out to me as well and I have to assume it was intentional, Mark looked bruised and battered to fuck while the Viltrumite barely had a scratch on her even after he got a decent number of hits in.

        I’m not convinced she was actually “beaten” or just taking it easy to sus him out a bit, cause she also recovered immediately as soon as he showed even a hint of weakness. Considering it was seemingly the Viltrumite plan all along to threaten Mark into replacing Nolan as their man on the inside on Earth, it would make sense if they were trying to test rather than kill him with this fight…

      • Lemiate@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        when he was like read my books mark it made me kinda mad i’m ngl so i didn’t feel bad he got beat up 💀

        • 80SW08@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          The books are obviously going to have important information in them, it would be really weird for him to say it otherwise

    • thysios4@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That seemed a little dumb to me. No way he’d magically know how to fight just because he realises he might die.

      Even if he were stronger than her? (Doubt) he’s a million times more inexperienced and would still get his ass kicked.

      • hemareddit@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I take it as he was using more force, and taking shots he otherwise wouldn’t have taken, because they would have fucked up any opponents he faced before. He started taking those shots because 1) she is a Viltrumite and 2) fucking her up was, in fact, the goal.

    • Redditer51@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      It suddenly clicked I’m that moment why Mark keeps getting his ass kicked. He wasn’t fighting like a Viltrumite. He wasn’t fighting to kill.

      • -Mortlock-@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        It carries over to all of his previous fights too - against the cyborgs, the flaxans, the twins. Despite the fact he should logically be able to steamroll them he’s always just trying to make them submit while they’re out for blood.

        • Redditer51@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Definitely feels like they’re sort of deconstructing superhero fights in that regard.

            • Redditer51@alien.topBEnglish
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              10 months ago

              True. Reminds me of Spider-Man, where becoming a superhero just made Peter’s like far worse and far harder than it already was.

              Or (for all those anime fans out there), like one of those isekai stories where the protagonist endures brutal trauma in a grim fantasy world (ReZero), instead of becoming an OP self-insert fantasy hero.

              • AlarmingAffect0@alien.topBEnglish
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                10 months ago

                GET BACK HERE KILLCANNON!

                KILLCANNNOOOOOON!

                YOU CAN’T ESCAPE ME! I’LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH!

        • WestleyThe@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          Yeah I enjoyed Nolan spelling that out for him

          “They are fighting to kill you, you need to fight to kill them or they WILL kill you”

    • ctmccreery@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Is there a non-spoiler reason on how Mark was so much stronger than her? She has to have so much more experience and I also thought Viltrumites get stronger with age?

      • KillerOtter@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        All 3 soldiers regarded Nolan pretty highly. He probably passed on his genes to Mark in the same way that some people are naturally bigger and stronger than others

    • welfedad@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      yeah I found that interesting… he’s not even full viltrumite, but he is def holding back… and his dad is right… you have to kill or be killed…