The fact that he wasn’t fighting anyone while also being strong enough to finish the fights with all of them.
“Dead viltrumites make me sad,” but he’ll watch Thaedus body and kill a few of them without stepping in.
He’ll watch Space Racer obliterate Viltrumites, TechJacket and Allen kill a couple, and he only steps in when he sees that they’re going to destroy the planet.
Probably because weak Viltrumites aren't really Viltrumites to him.
He only cares about the strong Viltrumites. Nolan, who was the 3rd greatest in the Empire, Kregg, who is a master strategist and semi-comparable to Nolan, Anissa, who could also keep up with Nolan, Lucan, who showed perseverance despite being gravely injured a few times, and Mark, who managed to kill Conquest, the 2nd strongest Viltrumite.
Notice how he doesn't consider Oliver a true Viltrumite, not because of him being a halfbreed, but because of his weakness.
Thaedus was, of course, too far gone to be reasoned with, he had to perish for his crimes against the Viltrum Empire.
This could be an interesting arc if they played into to the radicalised, eccentric and blinded he is when in comes to the viltrumite "strength over everything" philosophy. Otherwise I can't help but be perplexed that even with like 10 individuals remaining in your entire race who he claims to care about he's still this callous when it comes to viltrumite lives
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u/BakedWizerd Apr 17 '26
The fact that he wasn’t fighting anyone while also being strong enough to finish the fights with all of them.
“Dead viltrumites make me sad,” but he’ll watch Thaedus body and kill a few of them without stepping in.
He’ll watch Space Racer obliterate Viltrumites, TechJacket and Allen kill a couple, and he only steps in when he sees that they’re going to destroy the planet.
Big boy has a waiting problem.