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.
You all gonna be here when I wake up?
Mal ,'Out Of Gas'
Heroes 1: We Could Be Heroes
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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."
-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.
-t - Nov 14, 2007 6:25:57 am PST #2968 of 5028
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Oh, I agree, Bob is not a reliable source. What we saw in the first season supports the idea that Nikki had a traumatic childhood and MPD rooted in that, but Bob's hypothesis is on the table.
Juliebird - Nov 14, 2007 6:31:42 am PST #2969 of 5028
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I'm rewatching, and the entire scene with Nathan and Peter was absolutely awesome. Possibly the awesomest thing in the entire ep for me. Them arguing about letting Peter go, the long lingering explosion, Nathan being knocked away by the blast, Nathan falling limply and me going oh shit oh shit he's going to hit the ground and he can't survive that, and then the beauty that was Peter flying from the background and catching him. Just so many kinds of gorgeous and awesome.
(I look past the fact that Peter's clothes survived.)
Pix - Nov 14, 2007 7:19:04 am PST #2970 of 5028
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
On a related (but tangential) note, Matt Ruff's Set This House in Order: A Romance of Souls is a very cool story about two people with MPD falling in love. It's such a great read--twists your brain in unexected ways. Regardless of whether you actually believe in the disorder, I highly recommend the book.
victor infante - Nov 14, 2007 7:52:55 am PST #2971 of 5028
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
I recommend all of Ruff's books! The man gave us the floating, holographic head of Ayn Rand! Awesome to the nth degree!
But yeah, I think I would have been terribly disappointed if Nikii had just been cured, because every MPD case I've heard tell of has been sort of a twisty road to reintegration, and there's often several personalities that never manifest until things are beginning to order themselves -- places (and it's somewhat instructive to think of the personality as a "place" more than a "person") where various feelings and emotions have been placed to keep them from being destructive, or to keep them safe while the main person was in pain.
Trudy Booth - Nov 14, 2007 7:55:22 am PST #2972 of 5028
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Of course, it might not be MPD at all.
victor infante - Nov 14, 2007 8:07:03 am PST #2973 of 5028
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Of course, it might not be MPD at all.
This is true, but I'm increasingly inclined to doubt that it's anything but, and the emergence of a new persona seems to clinch it.