Yes, I think you'll find the conclusion holds weight.
And this season points out exactly this. He simply can't do both. He keeps trying but it is made clear it cannot happen.
So, finished s2ep8 and FINALLY Mark has a bit of a come to Jesus moment that ANY attempt to "live a normal life" when you can fly, travel through space, punch through a (small) planet, are constantly the ONLY ONE able to stop repetitive existential threats to Earth, and because you kinda suck at managing your personal life are seeing your loved ones, tender nigh transparent meat beings that they are, be put into mortal danger, is just a pipe dream. Took the kid a whiiiiile to get there, but hopefully we will see him start to develop ANY sort of tactical sense beyond "get mad, make OBVIOUS charge DIRECTLY at opponent, and either hit or be hit, over and over". There is the usual comic trap of "you either have no effect on the bad guy or you kill them" leaving virtually no middle ground of "Imma just gonna break portal guys arms and legs, blind him, and crack a dozen ribs and see how spry he is" but that's ok, he admitted he
thought Levy was tougher and that 10 hammer fists to the head wouldn't kill him.
Very displeased he STILL can't commit, one way or the other, to Eve, especially after future Eve made such a plea to tell her past self SOMETHING. I don't feel like the Amber relationship was so strong that he just can't move on, nor the Eve relationship so weak that she isn't an obvious rebound girl, if not clear partner or at least permanent friend zone and he could tell her so.
Anyway, the hyperviolence and attempt to tackle more mature concepts just exposes the other silly tropes we get with superhero stuff. Like a dozen guys with rifles running in, mostly to just be fodder for whatever bad guy is in there. When have those guys EVER been effective? And why do they keep sending them in? Who signs up for that job? It
looks cool, but from an adult perspective its blatantly obvious the writers never really thought much about how the world would ACTUALLY respond to these psycho supers and is still just playing off tropes from a more juvenile focused worldbuilding where wholesale slaughter just doesn't happen.
The "I don't kill" mantra is another hold over from that stuff. It's fine as a moral lesson for children, but doesn't really hold up for adults, many of whom DO have to weigh killing another human to defend their own, be they police, military, or just a homeowner responding to a noise downstairs at 2 o'clock. Why does Mark HAVE to be Earths protector, and why can't he balance his distasteful crime fighting with massive reconstruction efforts, helping exploration, and other things (Eve seems like she sorta went down that path) which is how regular humans often deal with job stress?
Anyway, still on board but I just hope we get a bit more plot and story and less Mark whining and being reluctant to commit to ANYTHING with S3.
Superhero Mark Grayson (Steven Yeun) is ready and will face new evils, dangers, villains and maybe even his own father to save the Earth from all threats!Starring Steven Yeun, J.K. Simmons, Sandra Oh and Seth Rogen, the second season of #Invincible premieres on November 3rd. Only on Prime Video!
