Have we seen for sure that Sylar absorbs powers? I know he is a telekinetic with some other powers besides, but a power absorber? Are we sure?
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Typo Boy - Nov 21, 2006 10:26:31 am PST #3921 of 10001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
§ ita § - Nov 21, 2006 10:28:51 am PST #3922 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
She did the classic run and trip on the steps, and then Peter ran up behind her.
Was it his shadow cast? I only noticed the shadow cast by her dad.
Theodosia - Nov 21, 2006 10:30:14 am PST #3923 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Maybe the cheerleader they were supposed to save was actually Jackie....
Vortex - Nov 21, 2006 10:30:53 am PST #3924 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Have we seen for sure that Sylar absorbs powers? I know he is a telekinetic with some other powers besides, but a power absorber? Are we sure?
maybe in the stuff that mohinder found in the apartment?
I thought that there were two amphitheatre paintings. One with Claire lying on the steps with the shadow over her, and one with the amphitheatre empty with the shadow from the door.
§ ita § - Nov 21, 2006 10:59:39 am PST #3925 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm thinking of the one with Claire running away from the viewer, up the stairs/seats/whatever, and a shadow cast across them. Then there was one of the dead cheerleader in the foreground, with the silhouette of a person, and the shadow coming toward the viewer. I don't recall the setting.
I don't remember seeing that shot either, now that I think of it.
Polter-Cow - Nov 21, 2006 11:03:33 am PST #3926 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Which one? We don’t know if the dead cheerleader painting was Jackie or Claire.
People have said the dead cheerleader painting is Jackie. But I meant the disputed shot on the stairs, which never appears to happen. Peter gets their first, and there's no shot of just Claire and the looming shadow.
Have we seen for sure that Sylar absorbs powers? I know he is a telekinetic with some other powers besides, but a power absorber? Are we sure?
We do not know for sure that Sylar absorbs powers. But the brain thing, combined with the fact that Claire wasn't able to regenerate when her brain was impeded, makes it pretty damn likely that Sylar's getting powers by eating brains. Or doing something with the brains at least: the point is, the powers are in the brains. In that 90% we don't use, remember?
§ ita § - Nov 21, 2006 11:11:43 am PST #3927 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In that 90% we don't use, remember?
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Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 21, 2006 11:27:54 am PST #3928 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I would think that situation would be true for any injury of Claire's where the agent causing injury was still piercing her body. Just, what with the board being in her brain and all, normal life functions were also at a standstill til it was pulled out.
Polter-Cow - Nov 21, 2006 11:35:39 am PST #3929 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
That's a good point, Matt. I do think the powers reside in the brains anyway because of Mohinder's urban-legend comment in the pilot: if this new evolution is unlocking hidden potential, it's doing it in that mythical 90%.
Also, raise your hand if you thought the promo sounded like about fifty different Lost promos. (All the answers will be revealed next week? Really? We'll see, Promo Guy. You're the one who was calling Mr. Bennet the FACE OF EVIL until you decided he wasn't, so now you're calling Sylar the FACE OF EVIL, which is a much safer bet. You also told us that the Heroes were going to have to band together to save the cheerleader when, in fact, Peter did it all by himself because, remember how Hiro delivered the message directly TO PETER? Yes, Promo Guy, let us watch the show and stop making shit up.)
Vortex - Nov 21, 2006 11:48:00 am PST #3930 of 10001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
combined with the fact that Claire wasn't able to regenerate when her brain was impeded,
I don't think that it was in her brain, wasn't it in her neck? and even if it was in her brain, she couldn't regenerate while it was in there, but the second it was removed, she regenerated. she doesn't heal around injuries, they heal when impediment is removed