From what I'm seeing, the father is referencing himself as the snake. If this is so, then by contrast, the boy has to embody the crane. Quite an interesting turn is being taken here!
I think that the Haitans fathers believed himself to be the snake but as he said in the story the snake lost its way from its abuse of power and forgot its true self. So I dont believe that he sees the Haitan as the crane, but rather as a punishment from the abuse of power that has been sent to him.
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P.S thanks for the easter egg it didnt load when I clicked on the page.
The first thing I thought when I read the last couple pages was: "Is his dad trying to kill him, or pull a Sylar?" The whole Snake and Crane story only reinforces this in my mind . . . I'm likely wrong . . .
To me, it looked like the start, but at the end, it didn't look like any symbol we've seen yet. Maybe there'll be another symbol to tease us this next season, and when you combine the two, you'll get the new symbol that we saw in the GN.. I dunno..
This was one creepy GN. Was I the only one who was creeped out when the Haitian was describing his powers? :
"Something inside me, lashed out into their minds...scraping. Like fingernails through the flesh of an overripe melon. 'Scraping.'" (first page after the title page)
I keep getting a mental image of fingernails going through brains like melons....*shudder*. Now I think we know why people like Brody (was that the quarterback's name?) screamed in agony. Jeez.
I think the symbol the Haitan drew resembled the Godsend symbol but then through frustration he destroyed the symbol scribbling over it.
I doubt the Haitans father will pull a sylar lol I think he belives that the power the Haithan posseses is evil so wants to kill him to prevent it from being used.
Did the Haitian mindwipe his dad at the end, lashing out in self defense? If so, he has a pretty strong power, don't you think? This is the second time in the GN he has done this, right?
Did the Haitian mindwipe his dad at the end, lashing out in self defense? If so, he has a pretty strong power, don't you think? This is the second time in the GN he has done this, right?
Um im not sure, what makes you think he mindwiped him. All I see is the dad attacking the son so that he can use his power again. But im intrested in your theory.
Actually, I don't think he mindwiped him at the end of the third novel. However, I did see that the snake and crane were mentioned. Reading simply, snake=evil, crane=good. Snake devours crane, and gains crane's ability. Funny, but Sylar devours his prey, and gains their ability.. Thus, I read the snake as being a Sylar type. However, the Haitian's dad also seemed to mention wanting to fly again, like the snake.. thus I also drew the conclusion that he has the same kind of ability. Could Sylar and the Haitian's dad have similar abilities? Or is the Haitian's dad more powerful in a different kind of way?
Since the GN is set in Haiti with no Japanese references, I don't know how this would matter, but I thought of it right away while reading the story about the crane:
The crane is a symbol of longevity in Japanese culture.
For those of you who think there might be an immortality or not-aging power out there, this might suggest the Haitian's dad took that power from the crane.
I have a feeling this won't make sense to me after I've finished my coffee.
Did the Haitian mindwipe his dad at the end, lashing out in self defense? If so, he has a pretty strong power, don't you think? This is the second time in the GN he has done this, right?
Um im not sure, what makes you think he mindwiped him. All I see is the dad attacking the son so that he can use his power again. But im intrested in your theory.
It looked to me at the end of the novel like the Haitian was trying to defend himself against his Papa and in the last panel, it looked like Guillame's eyes were white, just like at the end of Part II when the Haitian mindwiped the villagers. So, at this point, the Haitian doesn't have control of his powers and he lashes out in self-defense. That's my theory.
