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I'm tenatively hypothesizing telepathic projection of "don't notice me" - cause it is another mental power.
A.k.a. Plateau eyes in Larry Niven's books. And the whole hollow him out thing is like Bester's demolishing. Which in Claire's dad's case is even more effective than murder.
I have a theory on Hiro's growing English vocabulary.
I think he Hiro already can read English, but is finally learning to speak and hear it constantly spoken, so his prior knowledge is helping connect the dots.
Plus he is, of course, awesome. Don't discount that.
I think he Hiro already can read English,
I thought that, too, but then he couldn't read the guidebook after Ando left.
I thought that, too, but then he couldn't read the guidebook after Ando left.
Hmm. Maybe it was badly translated from Japanese. Engrish is hard enough to read to native readers....
He did recognize the word "waffles."
Well, there may have been a picture.
I assumed there was
Clearly, I need to start eating in better diners.
Being able to read enough English to follow a comic book or a street sign doesn't necessarily mean being able to read the instruction manual to your Nissan. (I thought it was cute that Hiro apparently can't drive, and thought the instruction manual would tell him how.) I lived in Germany for a while, and I read enough German to get around the supermarket and the roads, but I couldn't speak it or understand it spoken very well, and I couldn't have read anything as complicated as my Audi's manual.
Still doesn't explain why Hiro wasn't speaking a word of English to Issac in his phone calls, though.
I finally, finally caught up with Heroes and BSG. Heroes grows on me more with each ep. I agree with those who are enjoying Nathan, though he's not really likable. Hiro and Ando continue to be my favorites. So fun.
BSG. Damn. There is so much, but I'm just going to say that Tigh (and Ellen) about broke me during her death scene, and Tigh absolutely broke me with his response to Adama, "Not all of them." His expression, the way his voice broke.
Aside from that, there was much wooing and hooing during the rescue scenes. Nice sendoff for Pegasus. Dear god, the gorgeous CGI on this show. I want a vid with all of the pretty space battles. And last, they really know how to get to me with the music cues that call back to earlier seasons/episodes. Crafty bastards.