It's not eating, it's looking at (like the inside of a clock).
Zachary Quinto said in an interview that he believes Sylar has to eat the brain to get the owner's power. Apparently the producers haven't made a definite statement.
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins. Twenty years old. Born on the fourth of July — and don't think there weren't jokes about that my whole life, mister, 'cause there were. 'Who's our little patriot?' they'd say, when I was younger and therefore smaller and shorter than I am now.
Anya ,'Potential'
Heroes 1: We Could Be Heroes
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Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 24, 2007 6:02:04 am PDT #448 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
Dana - Apr 24, 2007 6:03:13 am PDT #449 of 5028
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Yeah, I'm going to believe he eats the brains until we're shown otherwise.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 24, 2007 6:03:30 am PDT #450 of 5028
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I think Sylar's got a bit (bit? a LOT) of "There can BE only one!" going on with him. Methinks he'd probably still off the absorbee even if he could do it Peter's way.
Jon B. - Apr 24, 2007 6:07:05 am PDT #451 of 5028
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
It's odd
More comic talk: Except that we know that events haven't unfolded the same way Future!Hiro experienced them. Future!Hiro implies that in his timeline, Syler killed Claire and as a result survived blowing himself up. But we know that because of F!H's warning, Peter *did* save her. So we have at least three possibilities -- 1) Syler kills Claire later; 2) Syler kills Peter and absorbs all his powers (yikes!); or 3) The show is using some wacky temporal mechanics where alternate futures still exist even when they're no longer a possibility in the current timeline. Take your pick.
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2007 6:11:55 am PDT #452 of 5028
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I wonder if he had access to an MRI or a PET scan and could "figure out" (i.e. steal) how the powers worked using one of those.
Well, we know that can't be the case, given how quickly he got Isaac's power. And even the first power we saw him take, it didn't look like he went anywhere to do any scans. He just...looked inside. (And ate his brain.)
Jon, good point. I'd forgotten that Sylar was supposed to have killed Claire already. I think choice c is the likely option, given next week's episode. I actually really hope that's it, as it makes next week's episode not pointless. It basically becomes a Future!Hiro origin story.
Tom Scola - Apr 24, 2007 6:12:50 am PDT #453 of 5028
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Or maybe Hiro *did* prevent Sylar from blowing himself up, but now someone else (Peter) will blow up in his place. Perhaps because Linderman *really* wants NYC to go explody, and he has a backup plan.
Did Peter's visions of himself blowing up and Isaac's paintings of Peter blowing up start happening before or after he saved Claire?
Vortex - Apr 24, 2007 6:12:54 am PDT #454 of 5028
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Yeah, I'm going to believe he eats the brains until we're shown otherwise.
umm, big closet full of brains in jars in his apartment?
Dana - Apr 24, 2007 6:14:47 am PDT #455 of 5028
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Was there?
Although I have to say, that strikes me as kind of impractical. Does he take public transportation carrying a brain around with him?
And how did he handle the brains when he was on tour with Mohinder?
Vortex - Apr 24, 2007 6:15:53 am PDT #456 of 5028
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Mohinder and Eden found the brains early on, along with some other creepy stuff. They left and called the cops, but by the time they got back, Sylar had cleaned the place out.
He doesn't need the brain once he's done, he was just keeping trophies.
Polter-Cow - Apr 24, 2007 6:34:14 am PDT #457 of 5028
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Scola, Isaac's painting of the Exploding Man was before Peter saved Claire, and Peter got his vision after he saved Claire. Which... really does make it seem like because he kept Sylar from blowing up, he has to blow up instead. It wasn't him ALL ALONG. It was supposed to be Sylar. But he changed the timeline. That's awesome.
Also, this essentially means that Future Hiro is from an alternate timeline and is practically a different character, and our Hiro will not necessarily become him if they end up saving the world. Although at that point, Future Hiro may cease to exist. Depending on how they do alternate timelines on this show.