The Worst Thing About Invincible

invincible is a great show and you should totally watch it but by no means is it perfect for all its merits especially in the character department amber is one of if not the single worst aspect of season one in the first episode all we learn about her is that she seems interested in mark the protagonist and is an assertive strong-willed individual in well-written stories characters like her tend to be hiding or compensating for some deeply ingrained weakness that helps ground them and make them feel more believable because if a character is unwavering in their nobility and lacking any trait that would hinder their success in whatever endeavors they undertake in life they lose a fundamental part of their humanity flaws if the idea of a character is to emulate or represent a human which is true in amber's case then it would befit the writers of said character to endow them with flaws physical cognitive or ideological imperfections shortcomings that make it so that they have to struggle and persist to achieve their goals after all what's the point of a story in which the characters are already complete with no lesson to learn or obstacle to overcome these are the thoughts that ran through my head while watching amber in all her majesty act like an insufferable [ __ ] did you hear what i just said ugh i know you're a superhero you know you you know in episode 6 amber gives mark one more chance to redeem himself after months of neglecting her for superhero business and if we're being honest here what kind of excuse is that he uses this opportunity to invite amber along with him and his best friend william to check out a college campus in an effort to connect with her on such a level that hopefully she'll finally understand how serious he is about her the love in the air is quickly replaced with shock and terror as a lobotomized cyborg attacks the campus and mark must abandon his alter ego in order to save lives once the dust settles he fabricates a story about reaching out to the police but amber's not having any of it you took off you left us here with that thing amber no i that that's not what happened you said you wanted to start over you said that you promised even eve vouched for you and then you do this here's a brief summary of what led us here i don't know if i can deal with it much longer guys are dicks but mark's one of the good ones he's super into you you're all he talks about really well thanks for that i know it's hard to love someone when they don't seem to love you back but mark loves you he'd be here if he could can we do that again start over this is what i want you and me here together okay did you have a good time mark where the hell did you go um i ran for help i tried to get security but there wasn't anyone buying pieces wait no considering the grave circumstances it's totally understandable that emotions could run awry and you would probably be justified in berating your significant other for abandoning you for any reason amber however has been established as a resilient and capable individual someone with agency who doesn't fold under pressure so this outburst seems somewhat out of character for her but i'm forgetting that this is not the first time mark has flaked on her thus taking all these factors into account amber is completely justified in punishing mark for his carelessness during the attack except you know you know i'm not an idiot i figured it out weeks ago then why are we fighting we're fighting because you lied to me this is the moment invincible took a nosedive in terms of quality and it's not the fault of the animators or voice actors but whoever was brain dead enough to write this character in this way this one interaction recontextualizes every instance of amber giving mark a hard time and it does not make her look good you made me feel stupid and unimportant it's a secret identity and because you don't trust me i'm trusting you now but amber isn't the only one who has it out for mark despite his close friends william and eve also being aware of his super preoccupation they espouse the same sentiment you just need to study and you can pull up your grades but you were a terrible boyfriend to amber and you got what you deserved sorry not sorry you're the one who told me not to tell amber i was invincible yeah but i didn't tell you to string her along for five months while being an [ __ ] about it why does this script develop such a hate boner for the main character what possible reason do any of these people have for treating mark so unfavorably and most importantly what was mark actually doing instead of spending time with amber we're fighting because you lied to me hi don't be scared i got this you made me feel stupid and unimportant you lied to me you made me feel stupid and unimportant keep in mind at this point in the series amber knows mark is invincible she admitted it if she was clever enough to figure that out then it's safe to assume that she knows that a bus didn't do this to him she was fully aware that mark was the one fighting the cyborg on campus and didn't care we're fighting because you lied to me yeah amber he lied to you in an effort to protect both his secret identity and the safety of those for whom he cares should danger ever find its way to them why did you lie to him about knowing his secret thus causing the two of you untold amounts of unnecessary stress and heartache he lied to you because he has a responsibility to something greater than high school romance what's your excuse you made me feel stupid lady you are stupid and unimportant look at what this 17 year old fledgling superhero has to deal with on a regular basis and explain to me why placating your desire for validation shouldn't be at the bottom of his list of priorities stop get away from those people help anyone i need help she freeze a doctor i was promised this world offered worthy opponents as if amber's self-righteousness wasn't bad enough the show has nothing but goodwill for her despite her nagging covetous attitude towards mark the rest of her screen time is spent feeding you reasons to worship her as far as the script is concerned amber can do no wrong she is simply the salt of the earth pure and faultless perfect well you are big and strong aren't you you know it and you think that makes it okay for you to harass me i think amber's been pretty clear about how she feels todd are you serious grayson leave him alone what are you looking at you're terrified of me aren't you no i think you're amazing i ate way too many of them in the philippines last summer what were you doing there helping build schools wow those are cool boxes they're called balls um b-a-u-l ball mark volunteered to help me at the beckwell community center downtown we do dinners twice a week for anyone who's hungry the veggies are nice and soft tonight bros i made sure of it oh thanks amber kurt you want to find me in the kitchen later i've got that book we were talking about i can barely remember my english class and you know everyone here by name we'll reach our true potential dramatic much i'm sorry i'm not you're being a jerk i kind of like it here it's okay a bit too fancy maybe but i hear they do have a good social justice program you know how many man his mind said your dad was killed when a gas line blew up across the street not that hard to figure it out from there detective amber ready to help out on any tough cases that come up amber does not have a character arc she has a character loop when we met her she was confident intelligent and philanthropic by the end of season 1 she hasn't changed she hasn't learned any lesson or struggle to achieve anything she spent months sitting passively watching mark do his best to balance his love for her with his responsibility to the world for weeks she kept her mouth shut about knowing his secret and then had the audacity to chastise him for lying as though their relationship problems were entirely his fault how much damage did she do to this poor boy's self-esteem by leading him to believe that he was in the wrong the whole time in what world does a character gaslight their partner repeatedly tell them they're insufficient and withhold information that could alleviate their relationship issues and not be branded a villain mark is an alright guy not particularly sharp or socially aware but he's got a heart of gold and does not give up hope in the face of dire threats to himself and people around him but when he's with amber his iq plummets and his backbone evaporates she has the effect of turning him into a hapless idiot for the sake of bolstering her own ego after watching mark get brutally assaulted by someone who she deduced to be his father her first order of business is to give him another chance what makes amber think mark will even tolerate her cantankerous repugnant up her own ass ass anymore you made me feel stupid and unimportant it's a secret identity and because you don't trust me i'm trusting you now i mean it's cute you think that's enough ultimately it doesn't matter he rolls over like a beaten dog accepting her return without hesitation because the troglodytes behind the script thought that by this point mark actually still had a reason to feel guilty about not giving amber enough attention make the world you want to live in right that sure is good advice amber advice that you seem to live by and act out on a daily basis so what the ever loving [ __ ] do you think mark was doing instead of entertaining you wow man i'm still working on my one-liners but that one is really bad i'll go sweetie i said no you're still injured i'll go the boathouse it changed my life rick make the world you want to live in is uh is she okay her name's maya she's not strong enough for us to transfer her to a normal hospital but she'll be okay well it's too soon to tell but i hope so make the world you want to live in don't move amber fly away fly boy or take the stairs i really don't give a [ __ ] i'd like to be alone

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Id: 1G8WkiPhP0w

Length: 11min 6sec (666 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 04 2021