There are deeper implications with Annissa's recent actions. We've been confronted with an unsettling truth that a post-plague Viltrimite population is living under nightmarish circumstances when applied against normal practices of assortative mating and hypergamy. Before the plague that nearly wiped them out, while an ambitious career minded gal like Annissa would likely never have a snow balls chance in hell to have access to any elite in her society, she could still find a quality mate. What screws her chances is that the average Viltrimite man now has the pick of the litter amongst the human female population.



With an abundant supply of beautiful, powerless, breeding age females who have vastly shorter lifespans compared to Viltrimites, their woman can't hope to compete. If Viltrimite fertility is comparable to humans and Annissa's in age comparable to what would be a woman in her mid-thirties to mid-forties, her fertility is declining while at the same time her chances of having children pretty much zero out if she's not willing to broaden her selection pool to include the strongest high ranking Earth men she can get together with.



Annissa's let it be clear she's not interested in courtship until an Earth man presents himself as being significantly powerful enough to challenge her. As such, she's going to take Eve's man whenever it suits her and she's going to revel in being the dominant one while it lasts. Marks only options as I see it are to use Rex's takeover as an opportunity to better understand his powers. Maybe even seek out Thragg for some insights into how to get stronger. Then discipline himself to train harder and constantly.



I suspect Annissa's not going to be able to keep it a secret that Marks the father of her child if she successfully conceives. I imagine even these gals will gossip and work together better than the guys. Worst outcome, it leads to Mark being the unwilling stud of a modest harem of beautiful super powered women with Eve having to accept she's got to share if she wants her family to survive. Best outcome, Mark trains like a beast, publicly asserts royal dominance by beating Thragg within a centimeter of his life making the ladies weary of the likely outcome of taking him forcibly.