Well, turns out he didn't die anyways. And can someone explain to me why Peter couldn't fly away himself? Didn't he get that power from his brother? And it looks like Sylar isn't dead ... and there is an even eviler person who will probably be revealed next season.
__________________ Of Courtesy, it is much less than Courage of Heart or Holiness. Yet in my walks it seems to me that the Grace of God is in Courtesy.
Amongst the ranks of the 30th Century Legion of Super Heroes (see DC Comics), there's a hero named "Ultra Boy". He had a whole complement of superpowers (some even in Superman's league), but could only use one power at a time.
I'm not sure if Peter Petrelli has the same restriction or perhaps he was just freakin' out too much to realize he could just fly away.
Also, in the interest of dramatic license, Peter is the chosen one not because of strength (i.e. his power mimicry), but because of "love" (cue songbirds and other assorted cute denizens of the forest). So, it was his example of unconditional love that prompted Nathan to lift him up where they belong.
I'm not sure if it was all that disappointing. The big bad Linderman is dead. Sylar was stopped. The heroes finally banded together in one place and time. Niki finally fully realized her power. HRG and Claire are reunited. Nathan was redeemed.
I suppose I was disappointed that Sylar didn't stay dead. If he wants to blow up New York he can do it any time he wants. So who's to say they really saved the world?
I'm not sure if Peter Petrelli has the same restriction or perhaps he was just freakin' out too much to realize he could just fly away.
Yet they spoke of his regenerative powers being useful for when he went supernova. I doubt Peter is dead ... I doubt Nathan is either. I would suspect they'll come up with some story as to how Nathan catapulted Peter into the upper atmosphere, flew away until after Peter went Bang! and then scooped him back up again.
__________________ Of Courtesy, it is much less than Courage of Heart or Holiness. Yet in my walks it seems to me that the Grace of God is in Courtesy.
Yet they spoke of his regenerative powers being useful for when he went supernova.
I'm not convinced that going supernova actually does harm to Peter or the late, lamented Ted, even. It could be that they simply generate the energy and it is expelled from their bodies without damage. After all, they can do the fiery hand thing without burning themselves.
And one could fanboy that bit about the healing powers as those powers being passive, whereas flight, invisibility and nuking are active and require conscious activation (or deactivation, as it were).
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I doubt Peter is dead ... I doubt Nathan is either. I would suspect they'll come up with some story as to how Nathan catapulted Peter into the upper atmosphere, flew away until after Peter went Bang! and then scooped him back up again.
My thoughts exactly. It's like you're some kind of comic book geek or something.
I'm not convinced that going supernova actually does harm to Peter or the late, lamented Ted, even.
I concur. I thought that is what his mother said though in last nights episode (when she said that he'd survive the blast when she was talking with Claire). Perhaps they did that to keep the rest of us dissecting the issue until the next season.
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It could be that they simply generate the energy and it is expelled from their bodies without damage. After all, they can do the fiery hand thing without burning themselves.
Yep. Which is why all Nathan would need to do is get Peter high enough, drop him, and wait for him to explode before zooming in to get him again ... given that he could actually pinpoint Peter's falling body from a distance that would have allowed him to survive the blast.
The question is ... if Peter dropped from several miles, his splattered body ... would that be able to regenerate?
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And one could fanboy that bit about the healing powers as those powers being passive, whereas flight, invisibility and nuking are active and require conscious activation (or deactivation, as it were).
The nuking definitely wasn't active in his case. If it were, he would have been able to shut it down.
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My thoughts exactly. It's like you're some kind of comic book geek or something.
My potential brother-in-law recently acquired for me a sketch of Leonardo (TMNT) signed by Kevin Eastman himself, drawn specifically for me (well it says "To Tom, Cowabunga!", so I assumed it was for me). It hangs in my office at work. I don't think that qualifies me as a comic book geek.
__________________ Of Courtesy, it is much less than Courage of Heart or Holiness. Yet in my walks it seems to me that the Grace of God is in Courtesy.
I was under the impression that being an empath, Peter was only able to fly while in the presence of his brother who can fly. Of course that makes me wonder why he was able to go nuclear without Ted around.
The question is ... if Peter dropped from several miles, his splattered body ... would that be able to regenerate?
While Claire was able to regenerate from her fall, that was only from a building and not the upper atmosphere. I doubt that Peter could regenerate, but if they did this, it would only strain my suspension of disbelief a little bit.
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My potential brother-in-law recently acquired for me a sketch of Leonardo (TMNT) signed by Kevin Eastman himself, drawn specifically for me (well it says "To Tom, Cowabunga!", so I assumed it was for me). It hangs in my office at work. I don't think that qualifies me as a comic book geek.
That is totally cool. Nothing that cool can ever be considered as geeky.
I was under the impression that being an empath, Peter was only able to fly while in the presence of his brother who can fly. Of course that makes me wonder why he was able to go nuclear without Ted around.
He is definitely able to use the powers he absorbs when the source is no longer around.
I doubt that Peter could regenerate, but if they did this, it would only strain my suspension of disbelief a little bit.
Question is ... when you're splattered in a million little pieces, what piece does the regeneration? Or do you wind up with a million Peters (or Claires for that matter)?
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I was under the impression that being an empath, Peter was only able to fly while in the presence of his brother who can fly. Of course that makes me wonder why he was able to go nuclear without Ted around.
He is definitely able to use the powers he absorbs when the source is no longer around.
I don't recall if he ever flew without his brother present. He does seem to be able to go invisible whenever he wants though, and he does regenerate without Claire around.
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That is totally cool. Nothing that cool can ever be considered as geeky.
Yah, it totally rocked. Now if he gets me something similar from KevinPeter Laird (I requested my fave turtle, Raphael) which he's promised me ... I suppose I'll have to like him.
__________________ Of Courtesy, it is much less than Courage of Heart or Holiness. Yet in my walks it seems to me that the Grace of God is in Courtesy.
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Reason: Correction: It's Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman. Not Kevin Laird.
I doubt that Peter could regenerate, but if they did this, it would only strain my suspension of disbelief a little bit.
Question is ... when you're splattered in a million little pieces, what piece does the regeneration? Or do you wind up with a million Peters (or Claires for that matter)?
If you're asking me personally, I'd say "no", you shouldn't be able to regenerate. I used to say the same about Wolverine, that he could only re-generate up to a certain point.
However, I hear that recently they showed Wolverine re-generating after being vaporized.
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Yah, it totally rocked. Now if he gets me something similar from Kevin Laird (I requested my fave turtle, Raphael) which he's promised me ... I suppose I'll have to like him.
Reason enough to like him, I suppose. Guess some in-laws actually serve a purpose.
Hmm. Learn something new every day.
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I was under the impression that being an empath, Peter was only able to fly while in the presence of his brother who can fly. Of course that makes me wonder why he was able to go nuclear without Ted around.
He is definitely able to use the powers he absorbs when the source is no longer around.
I suppose I was disappointed that Sylar didn't stay dead.
Do we know that Sylar didn't stay dead? Perhaps someone with a use for his body dragged it into the manhole.
Very true. It looked like some sort of black, oily leech-like thing was crawling off the manhole cover at the end too, though that may have just been the dimness of my television playing tricks on my eyes.
__________________ Of Courtesy, it is much less than Courage of Heart or Holiness. Yet in my walks it seems to me that the Grace of God is in Courtesy.
I suppose I was disappointed that Sylar didn't stay dead.
Do we know that Sylar didn't stay dead? Perhaps someone with a use for his body dragged it into the manhole.
Very true. It looked like some sort of black, oily leech-like thing was crawling off the manhole cover at the end too, though that may have just been the dimness of my television playing tricks on my eyes.
I suppose I was disappointed that Sylar didn't stay dead.
Do we know that Sylar didn't stay dead? Perhaps someone with a use for his body dragged it into the manhole.
Very true. It looked like some sort of black, oily leech-like thing was crawling off the manhole cover at the end too, though that may have just been the dimness of my television playing tricks on my eyes.
__________________ Of Courtesy, it is much less than Courage of Heart or Holiness. Yet in my walks it seems to me that the Grace of God is in Courtesy.
If someone else has the very same power Sylar originally had, if they dissect his brain ... I suppose they'd get all the powers he had accumulated.
__________________ Of Courtesy, it is much less than Courage of Heart or Holiness. Yet in my walks it seems to me that the Grace of God is in Courtesy.
That's probably a likely result, although it would be interesting to see exactly how Sylar steals powers. And how is it different than what Peter does. Granted Peter doesn't have to cut off the tops of people's heads, but he must somehow "rewrite" his genetic code (even unknowingly) to get the powers. The mechanism for how Sylar changes himself to get those powers are probably siilar.
That does make me wonder if Peter now has Sylar's TK, freezing powers and ability to "see how things work".
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