The interview was recent. and the panel consisted of all the writers and even Tim Kring. So now there is no debate between whether he has them or not. ALL of the writers and there is no dispute between them now. so basically....he can see how things work. Why the hell can't he use it or maybe he will?
Ah. OK. But think about this: Claude beat the crap out of him for a couple of minutes before TK kicked in. He fell off a roof without the Flight thing kicking in (I am sure he was scared there). We only saw the first few seconds of the Sylar encounter so we have to wait and see how Peter responds.
Although I may be understanding the question correctly ...
As I stated in my theory above, his powers have to be activated...either conciously, reflexively, or instinctively..yes, he was getting the crap beat out him, but it wasn't life threatening. He was using his own physical agility to block and dodge the stick as much as he could. His adrenaline was pumping, he was getting taunted by Claude...he built up his emotions and in his scared excitement, his body flung a power out that could help him and it was TK..his body instinctively knew that THAT power would prevent his skull being caved in.
Then when he was flung off the building, his body had a choice in that moment...he needed to activate a power to save himself, but he hadn't figured out how to conciously do it yet....he could have flown, but I don't think his body had quite figured out it was going to die until just before the impact and his mind was already focusing on Claire, so it went instinctively AND conciously into regeneration mode.
His instinct is to survive, so his power deck will do what it needs to to ensure his survival.
As I stated in my theory above, his powers have to be activated...either conciously, reflexively, or instinctively..yes, he was getting the crap beat out him, but it wasn't life threatening. He was using his own physical agility to block and dodge the stick as much as he could. His adrenaline was pumping, he was getting taunted by Claude...he built up his emotions and in his scared excitement, his body flung a power out that could help him and it was TK..his body instinctively knew that THAT power would prevent his skull being caved in.
Then when he was flung off the building, his body had a choice in that moment...he needed to activate a power to save himself, but he hadn't figured out how to conciously do it yet....he could have flown, but I don't think his body had quite figured out it was going to die until just before the impact and his mind was already focusing on Claire, so it went instinctively AND conciously into regeneration mode.
His instinct is to survive, so his power deck will do what it needs to to ensure his survival.
OK, but just after his instincts kicked in with the TK and he consciously stopped the tranquilizer darts after Claude got zapped. He threw Claude over the side of the building and flew consciously. (Plus it seems that his flight ability is more advanced than Nathan's - remember Nathan said that Peter was too heavy (2 people?) for Nathan to fly.) Plus, Peter was able to finish Isaac's painting without it being life threatening (he thought his power at the time was flight).
We have only seen the beginning of Peter getting scalped by Sylar ... we will have to see what kicks in to save him (consciously or instinctively).
Yeah...I think AT FIRST it was hard for peter to call out his powers it only happened instinctively....but NOW he can do it at will. So basically peter could kick sylar's ass. I think maybe peter TK's sylar out the window or someone who saves peter and before sylar falls he TK's a piece of glass at peter's head....lodging it in his brain...killing him until it's pulled out....by .....CLAIRE because she knows he can still live....or mohinder....OR claude! Who knows....but i'm still torn on the whole seeing how things work power......that should be on all the time....same with the hearing ability that he should get after this encounter. And hmm....i said a long time ago that in the very first april 23rd preview at the very beginning sylar has hand in the TK cutting position but he is not cutting anything...he is concentrating on something around him...like he is listening for an invisible person....either claude or peter! so exciting...
OK, but just after his instincts kicked in with the TK and he consciously stopped the tranquilizer darts after Claude got zapped. He threw Claude over the side of the building and flew consciously. (Plus it seems that his flight ability is more advanced than Nathan's - remember Nathan said that Peter was too heavy (2 people?) for Nathan to fly.) Plus, Peter was able to finish Isaac's painting without it being life threatening (he thought his power at the time was flight).
We have only seen the beginning of Peter getting scalped by Sylar ... we will have to see what kicks in to save him (consciously or instinctively).
Exactly. Go read through my write up again, everything matches
He knows he can use these powers. He knows about them and thus can call them up conciously. Though, I would say the time stoppage and TK from the haitian's zapper was in the "reflexive" mode, rather than concious.
With the painting, he had an idea that he could do it. He'd drawn it before, and he believe that when he was around people he could use the power. So, rather that was conciously drawing the power or doing the "dog's trick" as Claude calls it (mimicing others around him) is up in the air.
Boo! I can't edit my post listing all the powers. I forgot about the haitian.
Memory modification: Hasn't doesn't know he has it. Can't see this being instinctively used. We'll probably not see this.
Mental power suppression (unconfirmed): Could he pull this out of his hat against Sylar rendering his TK and super hearing useless next episode?
Peter is an empath-therefore he must feel to use the power-he must recall how he felt when around that person. Theoretically Peter has all of Sylar's powers but he doesn't know it. As for drawing in the hospital and not knowing that he had Isaac's power-it wasn't Isaac's power-he had precog. before he ever met Sylar. His mother of Simone's father had precog. and once he used it all he had to do was recall those emotions--we know it wasn't Isaac's ability because his eye's did not turn white-even Syalr's eyes turned white while painting-see last nights episode.
Hm, interesting idea there Ari. During last night's episode, Peter drew MORE visions of the future. He painted pictures of the bomb going off... and yet again, his eyes weren't white.
Could this be an extension of Mama Petrelli's power? Or maybe he's using a combination of Isaac and Charlie's powers (which he would get from Sylar). Go into a trance, and then just paint everything later when remembering it. (That wasn't serious, btw)
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 8:18 am Post subject: Does Peter have all of Sylar's abilities?
So remember way back when in the beginning of the year? The writers confirmed at one of the Q&A panels that Peter has absorbed all of Sylar's abilities. However, I'm not so sure anymore. The fact that we haven't seen Peter use anything except TK up until now is REALLY sad, especially if the writers are going to stick by their words.
Anyway, this thread is devoted to scenes where the writers could have supported this claim. I'm trying to think of ways that Peter could have unintentionally recalled other Sylar abilities... here are some scenarios the writers could have considered:
1) Maybe Peter could have accidentally called up on cryo in the beginning of "Landslide" when he was going radioactive. They could have had HRG/Claire yelling at Peter to "Cool down, Peter! You have to stay calm!" and have Peter scream, "I'M TRYING!" and all of a sudden we see his hands begin to turn purple, and then we'd be like "WTH is going on??", and then his hands would turn icy blue, at which point the radioactivity would have worn of (purple comes first, because that's obviously what you get when red and blue are mixed lol). Now I think THAT would be awesome.
2) Also in "Landslide," a more plausible way of Peter 'hearing' Sylar from far away (when Sylar was eating the ice cream) would have been to have Peter use super-hearing, and have Sylar speak the words, instead of having Peter read Sylar's mind, which to me was very random considering that there were hundreds of people on the street. They could have justified Peter using super-hearing with the fact that he heard a keyword or name like, "Ted" or "Claire" or "take his ability" from afar.
3) In "Out of Time," they could have suspected Peter and Caitlin of having the virus, and perhaps the only way to destroy it was to kill it with fire. They could have locked Peter and Caitlin in a roof and tried to kill them by cooking them alive... Caitlin's screaming, "PETER DO SOMETHING,"... Peter's screaming, "I'M TRYING!! IT'S TOO HOT, I CAN'T CONCENTRATE!!!"... and just when we think he is going to phase them out, or bust down the door with super-strength, his body reacts to the heat by turning to ice, at which point he puts out the flames and cools the room down.
How's THAT for a Popkorny imagination for you? What do you think... could I be a writer? lol
One thing gets me about that theory in particular though, super hearing is not an ability that you just decide when to use it, its not like the electrokinesis/mind reading/cryokenisis/etc. you dont choose to use it, when you have it you hear everything within a several mile radius so until you r used to it you give yourself headaches from the intense rush of sound. Because of that i have to say either 1 peter does NOT have all of sylars powers, or 2, certain powers cannot be present when you have certain other powers. kinda similar to saying that we inherit our familys looks, you get some peoples eyes, some peoples noses, you cant have both your mothers and your fathers nose, you generally inherit certain qualities from one parent and certain qualities from the other. its a bit similar.
so i think some of the abilities peter SHOULD HAVE will never manifest because a different power manifested first and thus blocks him from gaining the other power.
P.S. Sorry if this is worded a bit oddly, (though im sure you can still catch what im trying to say) its 3:30 in the morning here and my goddamn insomnia is being quite bothersome.
I totally get what you're saying, Komba. However, I do believe that super-hearing is something that can be 'turned off' or 'controlled,' but ONLY by Sylar... and I would even go as far to say Peter too (if he does have this ability). The power to control the 'uncontrollable' super-hearing lies in another ability - intuitive aptitude, which is Sylar's original power. He can see how things work, which as we have seen, has allowed him to not only acquire abilities from others, but to also learn, control, and perfect each ability within a day's time. I believe that once Peter realizes he has intuitive aptitude, he'll be able to gain the same control over new abilities that he's absorbed.
There is a reason Peter hasn't used Sylar's other abilities..
He has no clue as to what they are. He's never seen Sylar use anything but tk, so when he reaches into his file cabinet of abilities to pull out the Sylar file, tk is the only one in there, and the rest are classified and have a black line through them. (weird analogy)
if he sees Sylar do something else, he may be able to do it though, but until then, he has no clue. Hell, Sylar rarely ever even uses his other abilities... arent there, like, 6 powers we've never even seen?
I totally get what you're saying, Komba. However, I do believe that super-hearing is something that can be 'turned off' or 'controlled,' but ONLY by Sylar... and I would even go as far to say Peter too (if he does have this ability). The power to control the 'uncontrollable' super-hearing lies in another ability - intuitive aptitude, which is Sylar's original power. He can see how things work, which as we have seen, has allowed him to not only acquire abilities from others, but to also learn, control, and perfect each ability within a day's time. I believe that once Peter realizes he has intuitive aptitude, he'll be able to gain the same control over new abilities that he's absorbed.
100% agree with you there Popkorn and I enjoy your circumstances you've portrayed.
The big one that comes to my mind is the memory enhancement, which should've taken over immediatly after his mind was wiped. It may have taken a while for everything to be recreated in his memory banks but the process should've started since that was one of Sylar's stolen powers as well. I won't be too picky and say that's how the storyline should've gone, but I wasn't a big fan of "just remember what you love most" and gaze at you and your brothers picture and all of a sudden everything comes back to you. Not even by Charlie's power too.
Though we know that the explanation that he has to remember how he felt about the person to use thier powers no longer holds true, but if they are somewhat reflexive that one should've started up.
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