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01-12-2010, 06:47 PM | #1 | |
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Me raditz and a few other friends discussed this topic while camping. The question in its full form was: -------------------- If you could have any 3 powers what would they be? They have to have an example based on a famous fiction. (comic, movie, television, book) You can't gain ALL the powers from one person and it count as 1 power. For example you could choose superman's strength, x-ray vision, and flight as your 3 powers but you couldn't choose "superman" as 1 power. Also note you can only have 3 of his powers you don't get his freeze breathe, ability to time travel, saran wrap 's', ect. If a power you choose has a downside directly related to it you inherit that downside. For example if you chose wolverine's adamantium coated skeleton you would also die from it since that procedure must be accompanied by wolverine's healing factor. Lastly and possibly most importantly your powers will be for real world use. No one else will have a power and your life from day to day will be the same, unless you choose to go public with your abilities. -------------------- The discussion got pretty in depth and lasted a couple of hours and then came up again with new ideas on the drive home. Stormy, your power actually came up in our discussion. In order to play by the rules set we used micah's cousin from heros who could see/read how to do something and then could do/know it perfectly. |
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01-13-2010, 08:58 AM | #2 | ||
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There's a pretty good show over here that was on E4 recently, called Misfits. It's like Heroes without the cheerleader: a group of inner-London kids doing community service get stuck in a strange storm which grants them powers based on their personalities, and which they cannot control. So, for example, the shy character turns invisible when he feels ostracized or forgotten. There's only one season right now, with six episodes, but a second season is in the makes. |
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01-14-2010, 02:41 PM | #3 | |
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don't even pretend.
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01-16-2010, 08:46 AM | #4 | |
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I'm not 15 anymore...
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And the idea behind Sylar, IIRC, was that he was modeled as a cannibal/zombie who ate people's brains in order to steal their powers. |
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01-16-2010, 01:35 PM | #5 | |
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don't remind me
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It doesn't matter what he was molded after he still doesn't eat people. I'm not sure where you read he ate brains or if that was ever what they were going for but he hasn't and doesn't eat brains nor does he steal people's qualities/skills/knowledge. Nothing about Sylar fits your description so that plus the fact no one else would have a power should be enough to answer "what is there to prevent someone from requesting Sylar's powers, which would ultimately allow one to have every possible power?" move on before you turn into a pumpkin nooberella. Last edited by heX : 01-16-2010 at 01:45 PM. |
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01-16-2010, 02:10 PM | #6 |
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I'll stick with the main ability I chose during camping. I can't remember the other two, but I probably don't need them.
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01-17-2010, 07:40 AM | #7 | |
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Within the world of Heroes, his specific power was to absorb powers of those he killed, the specific mechanism of which was left ambiguous. It's obvious his power was simply to absorb other people's powers and that this relies on the context of other people's powers. Isolate Sylar's ability into a world where 1) no one else has any other kind of superpowers and 2) you get to choose which three you want based on fictional characters, it's ridiculous to say that, in lieu of superpowers, "powers" doesn't translate to skills or mental abilities. What are superpowers other than a metaphor for the normal traits, personalities, or history/background of those who possess them?
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http://media.libsyn.com/media/cni/CNI69.mp3 From: http://www.comicspodcasts.com/?p=500 [quote=rough transcription]22:41: Bryan Fuller interview starts ~43:00: interviewers's question about Sylar: |
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01-17-2010, 05:16 PM | #8 | |
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Firstly, that interview was done before the second half of season one was even finished in production. For some reason I get the feeling you haven't seen more than a few episodes from the first season.
Sylar eating brains may have been a jumping off point for a conceptual ability but that has never happened at all in the show or comic. We have even seen Sylar at work on Claire when she asks "Are you going to eat my brain?" and he responds "Claire, that's disgusting.". To take it a step further- Quote:
As of right now you already have the power to be wrong about heroes and the power of being annoying. What do you choose for your third power? I recommend the power of not arguing when you are clearly wrong about something (although you may lose your female membership card). Last edited by heX : 01-17-2010 at 05:30 PM. |
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