I really feel betrayed. I wish to discuss it.
Invincible Season 3 has been steadily kicking my butt persistently with these episodes. Whereas I did have the possibility to observe the primary six episodes previous to talking with the forged, I didn’t get the possibility to view the following two – I needed to wait like everybody else, which is all the time tremendous as a result of I truly like ready week-to-week. In a world the place we continuously binge content material, it’s good to have a present that doesn’t drop unexpectedly on a streaming platform.
However then Episode 7, “What Have I Finished?” dropped on the 2025 TV schedule, and now I’m simply perpetually observing a wall in silence as a result of I am struggling to deal with this. Robert Kirkman and his exhibits, as soon as once more, pulled a quick one on me, and I don’t know learn how to really feel about it. Let’s discuss it.
I Was Actually Beginning To Like Rex
Yeah, the quick one is Rex, let’s simply get into it.
I imply, everybody is aware of I really like Invincible. I do agree that it’s one of one of the best superhero exhibits on the market. Heck, it’s one of many greatest exhibits on Amazon Prime total. A giant cause why I adore it a lot is that, as Jason Mantzoukas stated in my interview with him, Robert Kirkman, who additionally wrote the Invincible comics, offers everybody an opportunity to develop. Everybody will get their very own story, and Rex lastly acquired that in Season 3 after two seasons of me not being the largest fan of his chauvinistic pig tendencies.
However after all, on this final episode, he was killed – by sacrificing himself, no much less, simply to rub salt into that wound much more intensely. I’ll legitimately by no means be the identical as a result of now, I’m lastly beginning to like Rex. I actually loved the deeper story behind him in Season 3, however then it was all taken away.
Invincible pulled a quick one on me, and I’m not tremendous completely satisfied about it,
It Felt Like His Dying Was Positioned There For Shock Worth
So let me preface this by saying that I haven’t had the possibility to learn all the Invincible comics. If Rex dies in these comics, I used to be not conscious. However even then, I’m certain that it was most likely well-executed and didn’t really feel rushed. The factor with deaths in comics is that often you could have much more free area to increase extra on the character.
Perhaps in these comics, you have been capable of get to know the sincere Rex a little bit extra earlier than his demise, and that approach, his dying actually stood out as an awesome one. However within the present, it felt prefer it was there to present Rex one final good deed that he may do earlier than killing him off for shock worth.
It jogged my memory of one of the crucial heartbreaking deaths of The Strolling Useless, Beth. It felt like in Season 4, we have been attending to actually know her, and she or he gained an enormous fan following previous to Season 5. Then, swiftly, within the Season 5 midseason finale, she was killed. All that build-up for this character to do nice issues was simply minimize brief.
That’s how I really feel with Rex… and I’m unsure how excited I’m about this predicament.
However I Belief In Robert Kirkman… Even If His Exhibits Harm Me Time And Time Once more
My first intuition is to show this type of stuff away as a result of I don’t like when exhibits do this. I’m all for stunning deaths, however when it looks like a personality goes to play a extra important position, after which it’s ripped away so out of the blue, it doesn’t sit proper. I believe if Rex had maybe died in Season 4, I might have felt a little bit higher about it.
However this quick? This quickly? I don’t know.
Nonetheless, I do belief Robert Kirkman. He has by no means steered me improper earlier than in most of his tales as a result of he actually is aware of learn how to inform them. So I’m going to try to belief that Rex’s dying is actually going to imply one thing, and it’s not simply going to be forgotten concerning the subsequent episode as a result of I actually can’t take care of that once more.
Since he’s additionally the creator of the TV present, I’ve religion. Even when I do know, I’ll most likely find yourself crying my eyes out within the finale. Perhaps I’ll deal with Mark and Eve’s relationship to make me completely satisfied for now.