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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 3115676" data-attributes="member: 177">There is a long tradition in the comics of super-powered people having psychological blocks that confound or restrict use of their powers.  If Isaac first used his power when high, or recognized the linkage to paintings he did when high, he might well never think to try when he isn't.  Plus, I don't think we have any indication that he ever paints when he isn't high...In any case, that block need not carry over to someone mimicing the power.  It seems to Isaac that the thing is nigh unbelieveable, that he has not come to terms with it - it sends him into nigh panic.  But Peter wants to be special.  He's seeking it out.  A very different psychological position.And, btw, Peter mentions in the first episode having dreams of flying, and possibly waking up hovering.  He's around his brother frequently - I'll suggest that as his power has manifested he has probably weakly mimiced the flight power several times, which could account for the dreams.  I don't have an episode summary in front of me, but as I recall, Peter goes to help Isaac with his overdose before Peter winds up in the hospital himself - the drawing comes after direct contact.  Back in 2000, there was a short-lived series called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0229916/" target="_blank">The Others</a>.  A small group of psychics and supernaturally powered people doing good deeds, and all that. In the final episode, all the characters die.In <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460681/" target="_blank">Supernatural</a>, they ended the first season by having the main characters in a big car crash, and the viewers did not know who, if any, had survived.  It was only later that the show's continuation was announced.And now, this show has put what appears to be a nuclear detonation on the stage in Act 1.I see a theme - if you don't know if your show is continuing into the next season - leave yourself an out such that the story can be wrapped up in a highly dramatic way.  For Heroes, the difference between the cases of "picked up" and "cancelled" may be five minutes at the end - when we find out if the nuke goes off or not...</blockquote>

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