He seems to have precog ability somewhat (not from Isaac since he had it in the first ep, so I'm thinking one of his parents...) so if he didn't see it until after he saved Claire that implies that he wasn't the original exploding man, but became that way.
This is a good call and you're right: Peter had the dream of blowing up New York after he saved Claire; he never had it prior to going to Odessa. This is also the thing that causes current!Peter to realize that he's got to learn to control the powers he absorbs or else he'll turn into a living bomb -- and this awareness is, I think, one of the crucial things that was changed by future!Hiro's message. Future!Peter still blew up, as we learned this week. That means that the Peter of that timeline did not learn to control his powers until AFTER he destroyed New York. But our Peter -- current!Peter -- is aware of the need for control. So now, the possibility that current!Peter is not the Exploding Man is still in play -- particularly so when one remembers that the original nuclear man -- Ted -- is currently heading to New York. And Sylar is already there. So, right now, as of the very end of Five Years Gone when Hiro and Ando make it back to the NY or 2007, there are still three candidates to be the Exploding Man: Peter (if he can't get his powers under control, but he knows he needs to do so), Ted (because he's had that potential since his powers manifested), and Sylar (who could steal Ted's powers if he finds out about Ted and kills him prior to November 8th).
Which in turn implies that something about her regenerative abilities allows whoever absorbs her powers to reach the super-critical mass necessary for the explosion - maybe anyone else would have fried themselves and a building only or something.
See, I think the absorption of Claire's powers allows whoever has absorbed them (Peter because he's an empath or Sylar if he tasty-brains Claire) to survive the blast. I think the key to the super-critical mass-reaching, however, is actually Ted. If either (a) Peter comes into contact with him between now and November 8th and simultaneously has not mastered sufficient control of having borrowed powers, or, (b) Sylar kills and tasty-brains Ted between now and November 8th, then we're still going to get super-critical mass-reaching. It's just that if either Peter or Sylar is also in possession of the ability to regenerate, then he would survive the explosion. If Ted's the true Exploding Man, then he'd likely die along with the millions of others. So, I think you're right that Claire!Power + Ted!Power = Super-Critical Mass-Reaching; it's just that as long as the Exploding Man has Claire!Power, then the Exploding Man (whoever he is) won't also die.
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Date: 2007-05-03 06:53 pm (UTC)This is a good call and you're right: Peter had the dream of blowing up New York after he saved Claire; he never had it prior to going to Odessa. This is also the thing that causes current!Peter to realize that he's got to learn to control the powers he absorbs or else he'll turn into a living bomb -- and this awareness is, I think, one of the crucial things that was changed by future!Hiro's message. Future!Peter still blew up, as we learned this week. That means that the Peter of that timeline did not learn to control his powers until AFTER he destroyed New York. But our Peter -- current!Peter -- is aware of the need for control. So now, the possibility that current!Peter is not the Exploding Man is still in play -- particularly so when one remembers that the original nuclear man -- Ted -- is currently heading to New York. And Sylar is already there. So, right now, as of the very end of Five Years Gone when Hiro and Ando make it back to the NY or 2007, there are still three candidates to be the Exploding Man: Peter (if he can't get his powers under control, but he knows he needs to do so), Ted (because he's had that potential since his powers manifested), and Sylar (who could steal Ted's powers if he finds out about Ted and kills him prior to November 8th).
Which in turn implies that something about her regenerative abilities allows whoever absorbs her powers to reach the super-critical mass necessary for the explosion - maybe anyone else would have fried themselves and a building only or something.
See, I think the absorption of Claire's powers allows whoever has absorbed them (Peter because he's an empath or Sylar if he tasty-brains Claire) to survive the blast. I think the key to the super-critical mass-reaching, however, is actually Ted. If either (a) Peter comes into contact with him between now and November 8th and simultaneously has not mastered sufficient control of having borrowed powers, or, (b) Sylar kills and tasty-brains Ted between now and November 8th, then we're still going to get super-critical mass-reaching. It's just that if either Peter or Sylar is also in possession of the ability to regenerate, then he would survive the explosion. If Ted's the true Exploding Man, then he'd likely die along with the millions of others. So, I think you're right that Claire!Power + Ted!Power = Super-Critical Mass-Reaching; it's just that as long as the Exploding Man has Claire!Power, then the Exploding Man (whoever he is) won't also die.