I'm fascinated by where Nathan seems to be going here. I hope he doesn't go that way, because I was SO happy when he actually turned out to be working with the FBI to take Linderman down. Now I'm worried for him...
I've decided that the beauty of the character is that not only is he capable of going both ways, we'll see him going both ways. And the fact he appears to go the Dictator!route in the future episode means, to me, that he ultimately will make the opposite decision on the show proper, though probably at the last minute (because that's a Nathan pattern so far, coming through at the last minute) - Babylon 5 aside (insert sobbing for Londo here), episodes showing us the future of our regular cast usually serve a warning purpose and mean they ultimately don't go there in the end. I have no problem being presented with Darkside Nathan as long as he remains shades of grey in "our" timeline.*g*
I was particularly freaked when Linderman used Peter's words: "Healing one person at a time is just not enough." I'm not sure what it actually signifies, but it was one of those things that gave me goosebumps.
I took it to mean that he's not lying to Nathan in one regard: he did start out as an idealist, just like Peter. If the webcomics are canon, this is true, but then, I'm usually an onscreen canon only girl.
Sylar about Mohinder: "I'm not finished with him yet." Yeah, I'll bet he isn't! ;)
That was such a "no touching of the boytoy, I still want to play some more!" moment!
I'm very amused by the double entendres they have Nathan making around Linderman -- first there was the 'eating zucchini' comment he made in the previous episode (not just a phallic vegetable, but an Italian phallic vegetable! They can NOT tell me the subtext is unintentional!), then the 'first dates' comment here!
They are so doing it intentionally. Also, observe Linderman whispering in Nathan's ear when he says "what if I told you that it was".
At least Peter didn't need to reassemble himself (I bet Claire HATES jigsaw puzzles now...)!
Oh yeah. Anyone giving Claire a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas will get smacked. Incidentally, and to be fair to the Pretty But Dumb One, he has no idea Peter can regenerate. As he wasn't allowed to study him. Which is Peter's fault for prefering lessons with Claude instead.*veg* So anyway, no surprise Mohinder didn't clue in on the glass shard.
And being able to set off an EMP is a fascinating talent. I'm hoping as they all get more used to their abilities, they'll find some more creative extrapolations of what each person can do.
Yes. It makes sense that initial uses of their powers would be the blunt and, in Ted's case, catastrophic kind, but note that long term power users like Linderman (that demonstration with the flower) and Claude are able to be far more subtle and focused about it.
And I'm not all that sure Mr. Petrelli is really Nathan's and/or Peter's father. I really hope that whoever is, they're still full brothers, though.
You mean Mrs. Petrelli might have had a fling with Linderman? Not impossible, but I doubt they'll play the two fathers card twice. Revealing Nathan as Claire's bio dad is one thing, but doing the "your biological father is really..." thing twice or thrice is soap opera-ish.
If you want to hear a really whacky theory, though, which cadesama came up with and which would so freak everyone out - and I'm sure they won't go that way, but it might be fun for a really disturbing fanfic - how about this: Nathan is 12 or 13 years older than Peter... so - it would be very unlikely but not impossible for 12 or 13 years old Nathan to be seduced by the au pair girl or whoever, but also a teenager incabable of raising a child. And Mr. and Mrs. Petrelli decide to cover it up by raising Peter as their son. (This happened, only with reverse gender, with Jack Nicholson - he thought his mother was his older sister until well into his adulthood when the truth came out.) Explaining both Daddy Petrelli's lack of interest in Peter and Nathan's possessive attitude. How's that for utterly twisted, huh?
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I've decided that the beauty of the character is that not only is he capable of going both ways, we'll see him going both ways. And the fact he appears to go the Dictator!route in the future episode means, to me, that he ultimately will make the opposite decision on the show proper, though probably at the last minute (because that's a Nathan pattern so far, coming through at the last minute) - Babylon 5 aside (insert sobbing for Londo here), episodes showing us the future of our regular cast usually serve a warning purpose and mean they ultimately don't go there in the end. I have no problem being presented with Darkside Nathan as long as he remains shades of grey in "our" timeline.*g*
I was particularly freaked when Linderman used Peter's words: "Healing one person at a time is just not enough." I'm not sure what it actually signifies, but it was one of those things that gave me goosebumps.
I took it to mean that he's not lying to Nathan in one regard: he did start out as an idealist, just like Peter. If the webcomics are canon, this is true, but then, I'm usually an onscreen canon only girl.
Sylar about Mohinder: "I'm not finished with him yet." Yeah, I'll bet he isn't! ;)
That was such a "no touching of the boytoy, I still want to play some more!" moment!
I'm very amused by the double entendres they have Nathan making around Linderman -- first there was the 'eating zucchini' comment he made in the previous episode (not just a phallic vegetable, but an Italian phallic vegetable! They can NOT tell me the subtext is unintentional!), then the 'first dates' comment here!
They are so doing it intentionally. Also, observe Linderman whispering in Nathan's ear when he says "what if I told you that it was".
At least Peter didn't need to reassemble himself (I bet Claire HATES jigsaw puzzles now...)!
Oh yeah. Anyone giving Claire a jigsaw puzzle for Christmas will get smacked. Incidentally, and to be fair to the Pretty But Dumb One, he has no idea Peter can regenerate. As he wasn't allowed to study him. Which is Peter's fault for prefering lessons with Claude instead.*veg* So anyway, no surprise Mohinder didn't clue in on the glass shard.
And being able to set off an EMP is a fascinating talent. I'm hoping as they all get more used to their abilities, they'll find some more creative extrapolations of what each person can do.
Yes. It makes sense that initial uses of their powers would be the blunt and, in Ted's case, catastrophic kind, but note that long term power users like Linderman (that demonstration with the flower) and Claude are able to be far more subtle and focused about it.
And I'm not all that sure Mr. Petrelli is really Nathan's and/or Peter's father. I really hope that whoever is, they're still full brothers, though.
You mean Mrs. Petrelli might have had a fling with Linderman? Not impossible, but I doubt they'll play the two fathers card twice. Revealing Nathan as Claire's bio dad is one thing, but doing the "your biological father is really..." thing twice or thrice is soap opera-ish.
If you want to hear a really whacky theory, though, which