A Clockwork Lim
Lieutenant Commander
It's also bizarre after learning what we've learned from Mohinder. That it has more to do with your adrenal glands and DNA than the wiring in your brain.
Heroes Question about Sylar's powers
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Not quite. Sylar has what's called intuitive aptitude. He understands how things work just by looking at them. This goes beyond understanding how powers work - it's how he was able to fix watches people didn't even know were broken.
Not sure about this one. "Laser finger" ?
In addition, Sylar has:
- Alchemy (i.e. the ability to convert metals taken from Bob)
- Enhanced Memory (taken from Charlie)
- Psychometry (the ability to know the history of an object by touching it)
Sylar has an apparent additional ability, he seems to have, as Noah called it, the "gift of the gab". He is able to adapt to circumstances and convince people he is who he says he is very easily. Whether this is a power or just something he's picked up is unclear.
I would put these together and call them Time and Space Manipulation. I've added who he took them from.
I would call this Radiation Manipulation, he can do more than just fire it at people.
Again, manipulation is the word to use here. He can do more with it than just zap people.
Interestingly, when Sylar was imprisoned by the Company in season one "Hank" said that the only power Sylar manifested was telekinesis and not his other powers including his own. It's also the only one of the powers Sylar has that Peter couldn't have copied from someone else that he has demonstrated.
I will replace your last two with:
- Phasing (D.L.)
- Precognitive Dreaming (Angela)
Peter seems to be more limited in terms of how many of his abilities he can use at a time. His regenerative healing seems to be switched on all the time.
Y'know, regarding the brothers Petrelli, with the vast power collection that Sylar and Peter have, Nathan seems to have drawn the short straw with only the ability to fly.
Yes, but Gabriel is handicapped by being insane while Peter is incredibly stupid, which leads to both being self-destructive and giving them more power just enhances this negative aspect of their personas. Nathan is proof that being stable and smart trumps every superpower you can name - I'm tempted to believe the Petrelli boys were some kind of comparative genetics experiment.
He also has the ability to nightly pound the hottest of the Dixie Chicks....
Maybe there's something in the brain that instructs the adrenal glands to release a surge of adrenaline to create this or that power. And the DNA in turn is what built those structures in the brain to begin with. Sylar could figure out the powers either by looking at the brain or if he had the right lab equipment, analyzing the DNA.
But adrenaline alone couldn't create superpowers. Either there's something different about the brain or about the adrenal gland or both. The brain seems like a better place for that difference to manifest; the adrenal gland is just a machine taking orders from the brain.
A Clockwork Lim
Lieutenant Commander
Oh I agree, the brain makes more sense. I have more issue with Mohinder's discovery than I do Syler's methods. I just don't get how Syler can rewire himself; there's a big difference between knowing how something works and actually rebuilding yourself to mimic that knowledge.
Yes, but Gabriel is handicapped by being insane while Peter is incredibly stupid, which leads to both being self-destructive and giving them more power just enhances this negative aspect of their personas. Nathan is proof that being stable and smart trumps every superpower you can name - I'm tempted to believe the Petrelli boys were some kind of comparative genetics experiment.
So if you combine the Super Petrelli Brothers into one superhero, like Firestorm, they become one full character?
A Clockwork Lim
Lieutenant Commander
Maybe that's the true goal of that possession power of his. He could put Nathan inside himself, thereby giving Nathan all his powers while Nathan gets to, you know, actually be the brains.
One can dream.
Sad thing is I actually like Peter's character. I just hate how he's being written.
One can dream.
Sad thing is I actually like Peter's character. I just hate how he's being written.
But Nathan's the type of person that really dislkes using his powers. In all of season two Nathan only flew once!
A Clockwork Lim
Lieutenant Commander
Yes, but that's flight. Come on. While nice, it's nothing but showy and draws attention. Peter has access to lots and lots of far more subtle powers.
He takes the brain away to study it better, with Claire he knew she'd live so he didn't see a point in removing the brain so he just studied right there on the spot.
I like that last theory of him being a shapeshifter, particularly because we know from future-Peter that Peter encounters a shapeshifter at some point (unless his de-aging, removal of scar thing is casting an illusion, like that fat girl Sylar killed in season 2). Incidentally, I don't think "laser finger" is a power; I've always assumed he's using his telekinetic power in a very focussed way.
Clearly Mohinder didn't get the whole thing right. There's gonna be a Mohinder body part collection if he doesn't fix it.
But Peter can travel through time, so they'll always have the chance to meet....
If you were to use Mutants & Masterminds RPG to stat Sylar and "Emo Boi", they both have the Mimic Power, but Peter uses "Empathy" to "read" another's powers. A Side effect of this is that he may "read" someone without even realizing it, such as DL Hawkins Phasing power during the season one finale. He most likely also gained Micha's Techopathy, Molly's Tele-location and maybe even Candice's Illusions since she was the one who rescued Sylar right under the heroes noses.
Sylar uses "Comprehend" to learn a new power. He has to examine the target's brain to understand their power (he used a big piece of Quartz to crack open his first victim, Brian Davis). When he gained Charlie's enhanced learnng abiity, he should have been able to learn someone's power faster and be able to use it better and looking back on season one, he may have. Also if he had got ahold of Donna Dunlap from the online comic, her enhanced vision powers might have allowed him to "see" a victim's brain without cracking their skull. It also means someone with Invulnerability would be immune to Sylar stealing their power.
Sylar uses "Comprehend" to learn a new power. He has to examine the target's brain to understand their power (he used a big piece of Quartz to crack open his first victim, Brian Davis). When he gained Charlie's enhanced learnng abiity, he should have been able to learn someone's power faster and be able to use it better and looking back on season one, he may have. Also if he had got ahold of Donna Dunlap from the online comic, her enhanced vision powers might have allowed him to "see" a victim's brain without cracking their skull. It also means someone with Invulnerability would be immune to Sylar stealing their power.
That's why I think he has to have a shapeshifter ability, even if it's limited to his own brain. Tho it would be interesting if the ability is larger - even the ability to shapeshift things and people around him - and he simply never realized he could do that.
Yes, but Gabriel is handicapped by being insane while Peter is incredibly stupid, which leads to both being self-destructive and giving them more power just enhances this negative aspect of their personas. Nathan is proof that being stable and smart trumps every superpower you can name - I'm tempted to believe the Petrelli boys were some kind of comparative genetics experiment.
So if you combine the Super Petrelli Brothers into one superhero, like Firestorm, they become one full character?
They would probably just fight with each other and cancel themselves out.
