Here's the thing: we really don't know what Niki's power is. Is it only super strength or are the multiple personalities part of her power?
I would hope that we'd see Peter go off the rails at some point, but has he met Jessica?
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le nubian - Nov 14, 2007 3:35:25 am PST #2958 of 5028
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dana - Nov 14, 2007 3:38:51 am PST #2959 of 5028
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I would hope that we'd see Peter go off the rails at some point, but has he met Jessica?
He was close enough to get her super strength in the battle at Kirby Plaza.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 14, 2007 3:39:33 am PST #2960 of 5028
"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
The abusive father would seem to indicate that "Jessica" was a pre-existing and unrelated condition that developed long before Nikki's strength manifested. It seems reasonable for a tough, aggressive alter that was split off to protect the core personality to discover something like super strength before Nikki herself did.
le nubian - Nov 14, 2007 3:51:02 am PST #2961 of 5028
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Dana, but was that Jessica or Niki. Wasn't there a point in the finale when Niki actually exhibited the strength?
le nubian - Nov 14, 2007 3:52:01 am PST #2962 of 5028
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I'm with you, Matt. Jessica seemed to notice the other personality around the time she got her super strength. So I'm wondering if there is a connection.
Dana - Nov 14, 2007 3:57:14 am PST #2963 of 5028
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Dana, but was that Jessica or Niki. Wasn't there a point in the finale when Niki actually exhibited the strength?
Ah, I see what you mean. Yeah, by that point, Niki had (supposedly) (metaphorically) kicked Jessica's ass, hadn't she? I just have trouble treating them like two separate people. It doesn't make sense to me.
le nubian - Nov 14, 2007 4:40:05 am PST #2964 of 5028
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
well, I'm only doing so to understand what Peter might have captured from Niki. He if met only Niki, he might likely only have what she demonstrated.
-t - Nov 14, 2007 5:06:21 am PST #2965 of 5028
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought Bob implied that Niki developed Jessica (and later Gina) to cope with the shock of discovering her powers, and that it had happened to other - have they given a name to superpowered people?
le nubian - Nov 14, 2007 5:36:43 am PST #2966 of 5028
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
-t, I completely missed that. huh.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 14, 2007 5:48:45 am PST #2967 of 5028
"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
Of course that requires the assumption that (1) Bob was telling Nikki the truth, and (2) that he was right.