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paperclip · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:02 pm Post subject: Niki's double life?

I still don't quite understand her deal. I know she sees her other self in the mirror, but is hard to keep track of her.

Zoolander The Great · Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject:

After the murder in episode 1 she obviously went into "mirror mode" for several hours cause she came to and was in a different outfit and at the airport. I was confused by this too until I thought about it for a sec.

paperclip · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:58 pm Post subject:

I can't wait to see what's going to happen with the ring she found in the dessert. I guess she's the real killer, not her husband(?)

eric256 · Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 4:03 pm Post subject:

Twisted · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:22 am Post subject:

I guess now its obvious that she is the one behind the killings, but that must means she has been doing this for a while and I think that her son is on to her and what she does.

Eclipses · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:29 am Post subject:

He's on to what she did for a living - I don't think he's on to her powers. I wonder why she would have killed his crew and then have her husband run off?

One thing is for sure - Nikki's "mirror mode" is highly dangerous and highly inteligent. It's like a subliminal part of her mind comes up with these elaborate plans, and then reveals them to the conscious her at a slow rate. It seems things are going to be speeding up now though.

I'd rally like to classify her powers though. i mean, it's no so easy as Peter's mimicing, or Nathan's flying, or Claire's regenerative capablities. She just turns into She-Hulk or something?

SuperHiro · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 2:44 am Post subject:

eric256 · Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:32 am Post subject:

elanya · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 5:49 am Post subject:

Niki's powers remind me of a specific psychological disorder I ead about... capgras syndrom, where you think that someone in your life has been replaced by an exact double, or is otherwise not who they are supposed to be. However, sufferes of capgras often don't recognize themselves in mirrors: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03266/224822.stm

misatok11 · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:02 am Post subject:

Or she could have Multiple personality disorder and not recognize it.

PlutoniumBoss · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject:

jak80 · Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject:

PlutoniumBoss · Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2006 3:18 am Post subject:

Also, I'm pretty sure that Niki's power goes beyond just a split personality. One of the two guys she killed in the garage was pretty big, and she apparently not only overpowered him, but cut him in half.

longhairdfreak

Did it not say somewhere one of those guys who were torn apart by Niki's alter-ego was torn in half? That would take tremendous strength...is it possible her other half is superhumanly strong as well, and her personality split may not be the power but possible her minds attempt to cope with it? She made quick work of the dude in the elevator and couldnt defend himself....

Reaper87 · Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2006 2:50 pm Post subject:

I think that Nikki has a yin-yang thing going on. She is usually really nice and only wants to take of her son, but when something bad happens to her the other Nikki takes over to handle things. It almost seems like the dark Nikki does everything that the good Nikki is afaird to do. Or it could be that the only reason that the good Nikki is even there is to take care of her son. (no son=no good Nikki) That brings up the point that if anything happens to her son will the bad Nikki take over for a longer period of time?