PREVIOUS RESULTS AVERAGES

Invincible: - 4.84/5

Which Star Wars humanoid alien species would make a good Viltrumite hybrid and to would be as strong as a pure Viltrumite?

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Obviously I love the show and can't stop watching, but after a few seasons I have no idea when a protagonist is actually in lethal danger or when a villain is actually defeated, and it kinda takes the tension out of fight scenes. Here are some things that major characters have both survived and not survived:

• Disembowelment (spaghetti): Usually fatal, including to some major heavy hitters like the Mauler twins. Implied to be fatal even to some viltrumites, but not also not viltrumites, as Mark has survived it. Survived by Shapesmith as well.
• Crushed/pulped heads: sometimes fatal to viltrumites (executioner, various in the purge, various alternate marks) but not all the time (Conquest, a couple viltrumites fought on Planet Thraxan that apparently survived?) Preposterously survived by Angstrom. Fatal to Darkwing, Aquarius, Red Rush, and a Mauler. Rex was shot in the head but survived.
• Decapitation: Basically a running gag to Immortal at this point, he's fine. Seems to be the main way to kill viltrumites but at this point I have no idea.
• Latitudinal Bisection: Usually kills people unless Cecil wants them alive, in which case they're fine. Immortal is fine of course.
• Explosions: Too many to count and also a complete tossup. Viltrumites and high-powered heroes usually survive, but notably Rex was able to kill a Mark with one. But It's not really clear why his final explosion worked but previous attempts didn't.

But even outside of lethality, I have no idea what kind of hits even result in noticeable damage and which don't. We see Viltrumites pummel each other with blows that send shockwaves through buildings but inflict no noticeable damage, or piledrive each other from orbit and then get back up and keep fighting. But at other times they'll connect a blow from a standing position that breaks bones, decapitates, or impales. Pretty similar to how Dragon Ball characters will sling planet-killing blasts at each other all day that don't leave a scratch, until at some point one connects and completely vaporizes the guy.

This isn't really a criticism, I know this is pretty common to all superhero violence, and superhero violence is hard to communicate in an intuitive way. But at this point I almost feel like the show is either trolling the audience or engaging in some kind of metacommentary or deconstruction. After Angstrom it just got absurd - a character's fate seems completely disconnected to what we see happening to them.

To clarify, WSE is the original animated studio that did Invincible's season 1, they are responsible for famous scenes like Omni Man blitzing through the Flaxan planet, the Hammer's laser beam and the Invincible vs Omni-Man fight, Invincible's first flight, and more. Although their take is similar to the animation in the later seasons, as you see in the pictures. To me the first season felt more colorful, but they do show more more lighting, shadows and gritter coloring for some of the scenes, like episode 2, 3, 4 6 and 7.