Heroes Season 1(#21)---5/07/07-'The Hard Part'

[papastebu]

This is my take, as well.
I wonder if Peter actually absorbs powers that aren't primary. Sylar ate the super-memory power awhile back, and Peter ran into him after that, so Peter should be showing that power as well. Neither of them have shown it, though, as near as I can tell. Maybe its effects haven't been relevant, or nothing came up that made them apparent?
Maybe Peter only gets powers that someone uses near him. Sylar never used the cold powers, so Pete didn't get them. Never used the super-memory, so Pete never got that, either.
The precog dreams, the astral travel, drawing the future, TK, invisibility, all of them that he's displayed, I think, have been in use nearby at some time. The ones he's not come up with have not been in use around him.

 

[James Heard]

As far as Peter and Sylar go, I really like the two of them as foils.

Which is sort of why I think Peter should die. They're too good as easy foils for each other, and if the writers got even a little bit lazy (as series television always seems to do eventually) then you might be tempted to turn it from being "Heroes" to "Pete Takes On Eeeeeevil Sylar"

 

[Vocenoctum]

Which is sort of why I think Peter should die. They're too good as easy foils for each other, and if the writers got even a little bit lazy (as series television always seems to do eventually) then you might be tempted to turn it from being "Heroes" to "Pete Takes On Eeeeeevil Sylar"

Or, as it seems to be sometimes this season "Peter almost just barely goes face to face with Sylar, but not quite, but maybe next week!"

They build to teh cliffhanger a bit too much for my tastes, so the drama has gone over into Melodrama a bit, they should focus more on the story and develop a more even pacing I think.

 

[Fast Learner]

Maybe Peter only gets powers that someone uses near him. Sylar never used the cold powers, so Pete didn't get them. Never used the super-memory, so Pete never got that, either.

That wouldn't explain how he got Ted's power all of a sudden, though.

I'm with the group that says neither Sylar nor Peter have Charlie's memory powers because neither met her, she died of the brain tumor as a result of Hiro's tampering.

 

[Vocenoctum]

That wouldn't explain how he got Ted's power all of a sudden, though.

I'm with the group that says neither Sylar nor Peter have Charlie's memory powers because neither met her, she died of the brain tumor as a result of Hiro's tampering.

The comic says Sylar has them, AFAIK that is an official source, but who knows.

Charlie said she was inches away from an aneurism, and that's why she never let anyone close, so I don't understand how that has anything to do with Hiro or his time travel.

In addition, when Peter meets Ando, Ando says she was killed. This is after the photo of Hiro at her BDay Party appeared, which means it was after the time jump. Sylar killed Charlie.

 

[Taelorn76]

The comic says Sylar has them, AFAIK that is an official source, but who knows.

Charlie said she was inches away from an aneurism, and that's why she never let anyone close, so I don't understand how that has anything to do with Hiro or his time travel.

In addition, when Peter meets Ando, Ando says she was killed. This is after the photo of Hiro at her BDay Party appeared, which means it was after the time jump. Sylar killed Charlie.

I think Peter could have several powers even he is not aware of.

Example, say Peter ran into Claire under different circumstances, no fighting involved. He would not have noticed he could heal himself until he cut himself shaving.

I think that if the power is passive and he is unaware the person has a power he doesn't know he has it. Another example was Claude, Peter didn't know he was invisible until Claude pointed it out.

 

[Vocenoctum]

I think Peter could have several powers even he is not aware of.

Sure, I never commented on what powers Peter has, since I never really gave it thought. I just assume it as a plot device.

Example, say Peter ran into Claire under different circumstances, no fighting involved. He would not have noticed he could heal himself until he cut himself shaving.

He could have Charlies memory, but just be some shlub that never reads anything.

 

[SteelDraco]

I think Peter could have several powers even he is not aware of.

Example, say Peter ran into Claire under different circumstances, no fighting involved. He would not have noticed he could heal himself until he cut himself shaving.

I think that if the power is passive and he is unaware the person has a power he doesn't know he has it. Another example was Claude, Peter didn't know he was invisible until Claude pointed it out.

The impression I got was that if the other person was around, Peter automatically started using the power, even without being aware of it. That's why he went invisible when Claude showed up, and why he's about to explode now that he's met Ted.

If the other person isn't around, though, he has to activate the power by thinking about them. That's what he claimed when he and Claude were figuring things out, anyway. There are a few powers he doesn't seem to do this with, though - regeneration and dream-precognition being the two biggest examples I can think of. I do wonder, though - if Claire hadn't been nearby when that shard of glass got pulled out of his head, would he still have regenerated?

It's entirely possible he has powers he doesn't know about, simply from walking past people and then never thinking about them again. After all, he doesn't have any reason to try for powers he doesn't know he has.

I'm wondering what happens when he's thinking about his mother and father, though. I expect at some point he's going to figure out one or both of them have powers, and start to wonder what they were.

 

[Steel_Wind]

At one of the media expos the writers of Heroes (and Tim Kring) appeared at back in late Feb/Early March, the writers confirmed that Peter "absolutely" absorbs all of Sylar's powers when he encounters him.

Being able to consciously access those powers is, of course, another matter.

 

[Vocenoctum]

It's entirely possible he has powers he doesn't know about, simply from walking past people and then never thinking about them again. After all, he doesn't have any reason to try for powers he doesn't know he has.

I thought of that when reading the comic, he met Nikki during a jailbreak of Supers...

How many powers would that give him?

I'm wondering what happens when he's thinking about his mother and father, though. I expect at some point he's going to figure out one or both of them have powers, and start to wonder what they were.

Interesting idea. His parents, one or the other, could have a power that simply hasn't shown. Lindermans healing for instance. The comic where Petrelli Sr met Linderman didn't say anything about powers for Petrelli Sr, but perhaps Ms Petrelli...

I wonder if they'll ever come up with some catalyst for why the powers are developing.