Debbie Grayson quotes from Invincible

Debbie Grayson

(to Oliver) We can’t fight change. But we can support the ones we love as they deal with it.

[in a speech for the Guardians of the Globe's televised funeral] I've fought the unimaginable in defense of this world. I've battled alien tyrants, defeated nightmares from the deep. Gone toe to toe with ancient gods... but no matter what threat I faced, I knew I wasn't facing it alone. Darkwing. Aquarus. War Woman. Green Ghost. Red Rush. Martian Man. Immortal. The Guardians of the Globe. Today, we have lost titans, protectors, heroes, and we are left to wonder... who will save us now? I will, and so will others like me. New heroes answering the call. New champions ready to risk everything to keep this planet safe. All inspired by these great souls who came before us. You will have moments of doubt, of fear, of uncertainty, but in those moments, have faith... [lifts off] and look to the sky. [flies away]

Mark Grayson

We seriously have to put everyone through this again?

The big one's for show, but the public can't know where the actual bodies are buried. Souvenir hunters.

Mark Grayson

Jesus.

Nolan Grayson

I was never a Guardian of the Globe, but it was the Guardians who welcomed me when I first arrived on this planet. They were my mentors. My comrades. My friends. They knew the reality of this life. Martian Man was exiled from his own people. War Woman was from a different age. Darkwing... [chuckles ruefully and clears throat] Well, Darkwing made his own kind of solitude. It was a rare, lucky few of us who found someone who understood our path, even rarer if they accepted it. I hope they will rest in peace, but at least they will rest together.

Get your hands off me! [screams in anguish as she falls off]

Donald Ferguson

Olga, please, calm down.

You wouldn't even let me see him. Josef is finally standing still, and I still can't see him!

Debbie Grayson

[to Mark] I'd better...

Mark Grayson

Yeah. [Debbie comforts Olga]

[to Mark] You okay?

Mark Grayson

Me? I... I dunno. It just doesn't seem real. [noticing Olga] That could have been my mom, putting my dad in one of those holes, or me. If this could happen to the Guardians of the Globe, it means that none of us are... [title card is presented with somber music]

Debbie Grayson

Why would you tell Mark that saving lives is beneath him?

Nolan Grayson

Other people save lives. Mark saves millions.

Debbie Grayson

Why?

Nolan Grayson

Why what?

Debbie Grayson

Josef, Darkwing, War Woman, the others. Why did you do it?

Nolan Grayson

I didn't do anything--

Debbie Grayson

[breaks her glass in anger] DON'T LIE TO ME!!! I know! I KNOW YOU KILLED THEM, NOLAN!!!

Nolan Grayson

[dismissively] You're drunk. We'll talk about this tomorrow--

Fuck you, Nolan.

Who are you, and what do you want?!

Debbie

He made me call you! He said he'd hurt us if we didn't! Mark--

Angstrom Levy

[grabs her throat] He was talking to me.

Let them go! Now!

Angstrom Levy

Did you know your identity is public in almost half of the realities you exist in? So careless.

I don't know why you're here... but I'm warning you--

Angstrom Levy

You...! You really don't remember who I am. Let me help: when we met before, you hadn't done this to me!

Oh God! You're that guy.

Angstrom Levy

[enraged] "That guy"? That's all you remember of me?! That I was "that guy"?! I am Angstrom Levy, and you made me into a monster!

I didn't do anything to you! Your machine blew up!

Angstrom Levy

YOU DID THIS! [tosses Debbie and Oliver aside, making the latter scream in fear] I was gonna save the world! All of them!

You need help. Let me just--

Angstrom Levy

I HAD HELP! I had the best doctors in a dozen dimensions. They saved my life, rebuilt my body, but even they couldn't fix THIS! So now, I'll always have a reminder of you, and what you did. [glances back at Debbie and Oliver; Invincible clenches his fist] Oh, I agree. [smirking] Come get me.

Debbie

You said you wouldn't hurt us.

Angstrom Levy

No, I said you were safe! As long as your son dies, like he deserves to.

Debbie

Stop this. Please.

Angstrom Levy

You think you're innocent in all this? In so many other dimensions, you join your husband and son when they slaughter millions and make the Earth burn! You're a traitor to your own kind! Your family's legacy is blood! [smears some of his own onto her face]

Debbie

No. Not me. I raised the boy who defied his father and saved this planet! From what you say, these worlds are extremely different. I know the son I raised, and he is no killer!

Angstrom Levy

You sure about that?

Debbie

You make it sound like this is the one world where Mark is good, and you're the one who's bad.

Angstrom Levy

What?

Debbie

Oh! That's why you're so angry! Because you turned out rotten here, and Mark is the hero for once!

Angstrom Levy

[snarls and grabs her by the throat again] YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING! [throws her into a table, breaking it in half; Oliver cries again]

Debbie

Oliver! [smacks Levy's face with an ornament]

Angstrom Levy

[grabbing her arm] I'M... NOT... THE VILLAIN! [breaks her arm brutally] I'M TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD! YOUR SON IS THE MONSTER!

Debbie

[as Oliver continues crying] Oliver... Ol-- It's... it's... it's okay... I'm, I'm okay... I'm okay--

Angstrom Levy

Your attack accomplished nothing. [grabs Oliver by the leg] I'm going to make your son hurt. I'm gonna make YOU hurt! I'm even gonna make this child hurt.

Mark said that coming to see you was selfish, and I think he was right. Do you want me to go?

Okay. I did the unspeakable to you and Mark. And then I did it again on Thraxxa, leaving you and him and Oliver to pick up the pieces. Words can't make up for something like that. But... When Mark first got his powers, I was terrified, because I knew it meant everything would change. My life with you would change. And I didn't want that to happen. But I had a mission to fulfill. A duty to the Viltrum Empire. And it should've been easy, except... I wasn't really a Vilutrumite anymore. I'm almost a thousand years old, but twenty years with you... Twenty years with you made me human. I know forgiveness is earned, not asked for, so I'm not asking for it. But Debbie -- I am sorry. I am sorry for the pain, the tears, the anger, the sorrow that I put you through. I am sorry for what I did to Mark. For what I did to everyone in Chicago. The Guardians, all the Thraxxans... For abandoning Oliver. I am sorry for all of it and I regret every moment. And I promise you and Mark and Oliver that I will spend the rest of my life trying to repair the damage I did.

Debbie

"Repair the damage"... [She sarcastically laughs.] You still think you can do anything, don't you? Fix all your problems with your superpowers? This can't be fixed, Nolan. There's no way back from where you are. You murdered people. You extinguished families. You spread misery to the people who loved you most. How many people can't sleep at night because, every time they close their eyes, they see you? I know what that feels like because I'm one of them. And now-- And now you show up here with some bullshit apology, about to take my son to a war a million miles away where he could die, and you think you can repair this? What do you want, Nolan?

I... I wanted to say that I was sorry.

Debbie

You said that. You're still here.

Debbie, I... I had to see you again.

Debbie

Fuck you. Two months after you left, you had Oliver with Andressa.

Andressa was... was a mistake. I didn't know what I was doing. I love you. Not her.

Debbie

Do you realize how you sound? You think that telling me you didn't love Oliver's mother is supposed to make me feel better? It just makes me hate you more.

I miss you.

Debbie

You miss me? You miss me?! You know what?! I missed you! [Debbie punches Nolan's chest.] But you killed the man I loved! You! Killed! Him!

Debbie--

Debbie

I loved you! We had everything! Now it's all gone!

Debbie, stop! Let me see it.

Debbie

No.

Ple-- Just let me...

Debbie

Am I still your pet?

You never were.

Debbie

If I was supposed to change you, I failed. You're not one of us. You're not human. You're barely a bad photocopy. You got to say what you wanted to say. Now get the fuck out of my house and never come back.