Switch that body: The Heroes Edition

[selenak]

This is actually something cadesama, wee_warrior and self discussed a few months back, without getting to a definite conclusion, but it seemed a fit subject for April 1st, so I put the question to your attention, oh flist.

It's an unwritten law that every fantasy or sci fi show sooner or later does a body switch episode. These can be hilariously funny (Farscape), used for character exploration (Buffy) and/or give your star a time out for a while as well as providing much angst (Xena). Therefore, clearly Heroes will at some point do a body switch episode. Now, who should switch with whom? Given that we have an ensemble to deal with, I propose the Farscape model would be most useful (meaning: there is no direct switch involved - character A ends up in the body of character B, but character B meanwhile is in C's body, while C is in A's, and so forth). Though even if we're dealing with just a single one-to-one switch (i.e. A in B's, B in A's), the question remains: who should end up in whose body?

Also: as cadesama wisely said at the time, the bodies should keep their powers, i.e. if A has the power of weather manipulation, A will not have this power while in the body of B or C, but will have B or C's powers, if any. Agreed? Then, fellow watchers, let's vote!


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Comments

[takethesky87.livejournal.com]

I voted for Hiro in Angela's body, because OH MY GOD HAHAHA. But it just occurred to me that one of the funnier things about Lyle in Sylar's body, if we assume the A to B and B to A body swap, would be Sylar in Lyle's body. Can you imagine? Being Claire's sister after trying to get her power for so long, getting all put off because no one pays attention to him ... and just seeing Lyle try to look evil would be hilarious. Ahahaha.... body swaps FTW!

[selenak.livejournal.com]

Sylar-in-Lyle's-body getting constantly ignored and not taken seriously would be one of the beneficent side effects, yes.*g* Also, in addition to Claire as a sister, he gets Noah as a father. And Mr. Muggles. Never forget Mr. Muggles!