'Lessons'
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That would be damn annoying after a while. No wonder Sylar was so cranky!
What do we call Peter's native power? Hero-sucking?
The DC Heroes RPG called it Adaptation. (As applied to the robot villain Amazo duplicating the powers of the entire Justice League.)
Claude called him and empath, but I think that was largely meant to connect to the whole emotional connection thing.
DX, that would be cool.
Claude called him and empath, but I think that was largely meant to connect to the whole emotional connection thing.
Yeah, I think that's his nature rather than a power. Unless he picked it up from an actual empath.
I took it to refer, in Claude's use, that it did refer to his power, just in "you are a _____" terms, rather than "your power is _______"
Peter met Sylar at Homecoming.
I know, but Sylar was way more powerful with many more powers at the end. He also met Sylar in Mohinder's apartment. It's hard to see how Peter can't not always have the advantage. He will always have his enemies powers; he just has to realize it.
I wonder if Peter got all the powers that Sylar had or just the one that he was manifesting at the time.
He will always have his enemies powers; he just has to realize it.
Just that. He was waltzing around invisible for a few minutes without even realizing it when he first met Claude. Once he realizes he has a power, then he has to learn to consciously control it.
Right. So if he doesn't know Sylar has super-hearing or fabulous memory, I think he wouldn't even know how to access it. At least right now, when he's still learning.
Is it possible that the only power Peter could/did get from Sylar is the ability to figure out how things work? I mean, Sylar's powers weren't natural. He essentially got them by picking people's brains apart and figuring out how to re-wire his own to access or mimic those abilities.
I don't remember if we've seen Peter use a power that Sylar acquired that couldn't be explained as having some other origin. If Peter only acquires Sylar's mechanical ability, that might be difficult for him to figure out.
I don't think Peter's been around anyone else whose power would explain using telekinesis against Sylar and stopping Claude's lead pipe free-for-all. I can maybe see him being limited to powers currently active at the moment of mimicry.