What if we don't allow discussion of the current week's comic until after the next episode has aired? It wouldn't work if the spoilers been more than a week ahead, but I'm not sure that's the case. Usually it seems like the current comic is background for the next ep. However I'm going by memory here, so I'm not totally sure of that.

Makes sense to me.

So discussion would be current comic in whitefont, comics dating from before the last aired episode in blackfont?

Just making sure I understand the suggestion.

If -t has it right, that seems sensible.

Usually it seems like the current comic is background for the next ep. However I'm going by memory here, so I'm not totally sure of that.

Mostly. The only exception is that Hana was introduced waaaaay early in the comic.

So discussion would be current comic in whitefont, comics dating from before the last aired episode in blackfont?

I was originally thinking of no discussion of the current comic at all until the ep airs, mostly because I dislike white font. Thinking about it, though, I can see where people may misremember when the comic appeared. At least when we whitefont folks tend to be more cautious. What do people think?

I know what you mean, but if history has shown that the comic has had spoilery material in the past, isn't it better to be safe than sorry? *sigh* I feel like I'm being a bitch here, but our spoiler definition came to be after much discussion. Regardless of whether the comics are meant to be a companion to the series, I think that we should stick with our original defintion of spoiler, unles we want to change that.

For what it's worth to the comics/blackfont discussion, here's the wording of Theo's proposal, which provided for discussion of the comic and other ancillaries:

Proposal: That we add a new thread to the TV and Film Discussion Folder specifically dedicated to Heroes.

The tentative title is We Could Be Heroes, with the description specifying that it is for discussion of the TV series and ancillary materials such as web comics.

The thread shall be designated as NAFDA.

Still, I don't want people to feel spoiled, or avoid the thread. And Vortex, you're not being a bitch. You're giving your opinion.

It's not an issue that will cause me to avoid the thread, FWIW.

Okay, I just caught up in the other thread ('cause I just now watched BSG & Dresden, which, okay, I know justifies the creation of this thread, leave me alone in my hypocrisy of anti-proliferation) and I have to comment about the speculation about the Hatian's psionic nullification powers.

It seems to my spotty memory that he has to physically touch the victim in order to draw the memories out, yes? So that wouldn't work so much for the "makes them forget how to use their powers" version of his power nullification, since that can be done livetime and with just proximity.

I definitely subscribe to victor's side effect of psionic ability theory.

Also, I just like to say psionic. psionic, psionic, psionic. The word loses all meaning.