1. The fact that either way, everyone believes Sylar was the one who blew up, and the fact that Peter doesn't seem to have told anyone the truth (looking at his confession to Niki), makes it pretty impossible to know -- and, yes, very interchangeable, so I could see that be the way it happens. I still would like to know if Sylar was in NYC in timeline B, or if everyone just liked the ready story of the big bad wolf. Because you're right, he couldn't have taken Candace's power (I didn't remember her name, and so didn't connect it to the people f!Hiro mentioned, and now it makes me wonder how Sylar ever got to her. Bennet must have promised f!Hiro he would help her and immidiately gave her over to Parkman -- I can very much see him thinking *she* was a dangerous one -- so does that mean Sylar was inside the organization then? Could he had been working for Nathan? And what *did* happen to those dangerous mutants before Sylar took over? And that would seem to mean that the whole system was Nathan's doing... unless it's simply the old organization, coming out of hiding.)
We do know Sylar has healing powers, but maybe not regenerative ones? It's hard to tell if he'd been on the lookout for Claire, or if Parkman just assumed the president would consider his own daughter to be an important find -- or if finding her was a standing order from when Nathan was still around. Which also makes me wonder about Peter... Niki knew where Bennet was; did he also know where she and Peter were? If he did, did he consider them non-dangerous? I can't see Sylar passing of Peter's powers if he had any idea where he was... and he didn't seem too afraid of a fight with him.)
2. I like your idea a lot here, about Peter's actions being less of a problem than f!Hiro's. and while a cryptic message, which would cause people to meander around and knock things over, seems like a bigger interference, it's still the most organic one, in that way -- maybe the very 'but... that's it? what's the point?'ness of it *is* the point. (Although it wouldn't be a different timeline at the point, just a different time... or would it? Ow.)
3. I hadn't thought of that -- I was taking it to mean that Sylar needed the closer look to see how the powers worked, understand how the brains influenced the abilities. The idea that theoretically, anyone could do it is intriguing. Although, didn't Sylar tell Peter he was 'like him'? Of course, he may just consider the ability to be part of him, since he's the only one who does it and he wanted a power so very badly.
(I have to say here, by the way -- I know the understanding of the way the world works is offered as explanation to all kind of powers, in comics and comics fic, but I've never seen it be *the* power -- not a toss off excuse, not the backdrop. The idea of a power actually *being*, purely, the ability to understand the physics of everything around you to the smallest detail is surprisingly neat.)
Peter wouldn't necessarily know if Sylar alive in timeline B -- not if Sylar had been in NYC, and got out by some power or another, and that's why people think it was him who exploded. Or, of course, 'Nathan' could have told him he'd taken care of Sylar.
I would love to know what Nathan's betrayel entailed exactly. Of course, we don't entirely know what the 'dark world' included anyway, but Nathan's idea of the measures that had to be taken would be interesting.
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Date: 2007-05-04 05:39 pm (UTC)1. The fact that either way, everyone believes Sylar was the one who blew up, and the fact that Peter doesn't seem to have told anyone the truth (looking at his confession to Niki), makes it pretty impossible to know -- and, yes, very interchangeable, so I could see that be the way it happens. I still would like to know if Sylar was in NYC in timeline B, or if everyone just liked the ready story of the big bad wolf. Because you're right, he couldn't have taken Candace's power (I didn't remember her name, and so didn't connect it to the people f!Hiro mentioned, and now it makes me wonder how Sylar ever got to her. Bennet must have promised f!Hiro he would help her and immidiately gave her over to Parkman -- I can very much see him thinking *she* was a dangerous one -- so does that mean Sylar was inside the organization then? Could he had been working for Nathan? And what *did* happen to those dangerous mutants before Sylar took over? And that would seem to mean that the whole system was Nathan's doing... unless it's simply the old organization, coming out of hiding.)
We do know Sylar has healing powers, but maybe not regenerative ones? It's hard to tell if he'd been on the lookout for Claire, or if Parkman just assumed the president would consider his own daughter to be an important find -- or if finding her was a standing order from when Nathan was still around. Which also makes me wonder about Peter... Niki knew where Bennet was; did he also know where she and Peter were? If he did, did he consider them non-dangerous? I can't see Sylar passing of Peter's powers if he had any idea where he was... and he didn't seem too afraid of a fight with him.)
2. I like your idea a lot here, about Peter's actions being less of a problem than f!Hiro's. and while a cryptic message, which would cause people to meander around and knock things over, seems like a bigger interference, it's still the most organic one, in that way -- maybe the very 'but... that's it? what's the point?'ness of it *is* the point. (Although it wouldn't be a different timeline at the point, just a different time... or would it? Ow.)
3. I hadn't thought of that -- I was taking it to mean that Sylar needed the closer look to see how the powers worked, understand how the brains influenced the abilities. The idea that theoretically, anyone could do it is intriguing. Although, didn't Sylar tell Peter he was 'like him'? Of course, he may just consider the ability to be part of him, since he's the only one who does it and he wanted a power so very badly.
(I have to say here, by the way -- I know the understanding of the way the world works is offered as explanation to all kind of powers, in comics and comics fic, but I've never seen it be *the* power -- not a toss off excuse, not the backdrop. The idea of a power actually *being*, purely, the ability to understand the physics of everything around you to the smallest detail is surprisingly neat.)
Peter wouldn't necessarily know if Sylar alive in timeline B -- not if Sylar had been in NYC, and got out by some power or another, and that's why people think it was him who exploded. Or, of course, 'Nathan' could have told him he'd taken care of Sylar.
I would love to know what Nathan's betrayel entailed exactly. Of course, we don't entirely know what the 'dark world' included anyway, but Nathan's idea of the measures that had to be taken would be interesting.