Heroes: Powerless...

[fajrdrako]

Now, wasn't "Powerless" an episode title on Life just a few weeks ago? Is this the consequence of the writers' strike, that they're conserving titles is case they run out?

So we've reached the end of vol. 2.

1. I hope Niki is gone for good. I hope Monica is never tied up and weeping and begging to be released again. Micah is wonderful and I love his power.



2. I don't think Nathan is dead. Bennet and Maya have both recently been shot and recovered. When he was making his speech it seemed inevitable that he would be shot. It was a 'shoot me' speech if ever I heard one. He just about paused for the bullet.



3. Sylar is empowered again. I'm sorry, but not surprised. I still don't like Sylar.



4. I like Elle. I hope she turns to the good and continues to be interesting.



5. Hiro! Wonderful. Loved him this time. Just loved him. Including his revenge on Adam.



6. What is Bennet going to do? Is he really going to work for Bob again? I don't think so.



7. I hope we've seen the last of West. I was sorry Maya recovered. I don't think I like any of the new characters except Elle. And she is, just slightly, coasting on my love of Veronica Mars. It inclines me to give her the benefit of the doubt.



8. Loved the reunion of Nathan and Peter. Those two are so mushy.



9. All in all, looking back on vol. 2, I didn't like it nearly as much as vol. 1. It had its moments, but none of my favourite characters were in fine form - e ven Bennet, I'm sorry to say. Mohinder was mostly pathetic. Matt was great, as was his father. Nathan and Angela Petrelli were marvellous, but Peter didn't have a clue, he was so gullible.



10. What has happened to Caitlin? I thought Peter was going after her to save her. Has she disappeared, never to be seen again? Or will he make her a quest? (I hope not.) Can he just send Hiro to fetch her, return her to Ireland, and that's that?

Comments

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Well, that makes sense - what clues made you think it was Bennet? It would fit what we saw of him taking leave of his family, and would be just the right kind of deal-with-the-devil the Company would give him in return for his demands that they leave Claire alone. (But why trust them to keep their end of the bargain?)

Caitlin being in 2007 Montreal makes sense, too. Probably wondering where Peter's gone.

[raissad.livejournal.com]

First, Here's the latest GN:
http://www.nbc.com/Heroes/novels/novels_display.shtml?novel=62

Second, after the shots are fired. Matt looks up and they make a point of showing us a man walking away from the crowd. His back is turned, but he's got Bennet's walk, and others have sworn it's the back of Coleman's head. I'll look for confirmation in Behind-The-Scenes stuff.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I like the idea, and it makes sense, given what we've seen.

But at this rate every one of our heroes will have shot another one of our heroes.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

If it was Bennett, he'd know that Matt could hear him thinking if he directed his thoughts. I'm guessing that if it was Bennett who shot Nathan, it was a set-up.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Could be. It will be interesting to see how this theme develops.

Seems to me that whoever did it will have Peter on their trail pretty fast. With or without Molly.

My current suspicion is that the Bennet thing is a set-up and a red herring, and that it was actually someone else who shot Nathan. It might have been Sylar posing as Bennet, if he has his powers back.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

I don't think it was Sylar. I am going with Bennett because it would make sense that it's the thing Bob would send him to do, but Noah, knowing that Matt would hear him, could have alerted him to the plot, thus saving Nathan's life. They'd have to make it look good, though.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I like that scenario. I do wonder what they're planning to do with Sylar, though.

I also really like Bennet and Matt as a team, so I hope we get that back again.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

Sylar can't pose as Bennett. He killed Candace in the "real" timeline, in Mexico, but couldn't absorb her powers because he'd already lost his.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I'm not convinced Candace is the only shapeshifter. Or that he didn't have enough contact with her to acquire her powers. But you're right, there are no clues in that direction, and it looks implausible.

Pity, because shapechanging is one of my favourite powers, and I wish someone was there to do it.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

But he doesn't take powers by being around people the way Peter does. He actually has to open their heads and get their brains. I do not want to know what he does with them. :\ And he tried to get Candace's power which means he didn't already have anything like that. It didn't work.

There'll be another shapechanger eventually, methinks. I love the power, too. It's the one I'd choose.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

You're right about all of that; I was just hoping there was something we hadn't seen or didn't know. Or that Candace wasn't really dead. Or even that Peter had met her!

Mind you, she wasn't a shape-changer, strictly speaking, but a caster of illusions. Maybe we'll still get a shape-changer.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

Well, since actual shape-shifting is a classic, I expect we will meet one sooner or later. I hope so, anyway.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

I must say, I really liked it in the future when Sylar was masquerading as President Nathan. Scary!