Look at our cutie wearing a white short sleeved t-shirt 🤍 Those sneakers clearly not his judging by how clean they look 😅 and then wearing all black, so handsome and mysterious 🖤
Both are based on characters with super human abilities! Many are common between the characters from the two shows. As the show moves on and more is revealed I will update the post. But here are the parallels from the first 7 episodes.
Would alwys be swet that one of the most sad championship lose races for vale were whit niki cause is sad he lose but he really sems to like niky he didn't for werever reason( learn dint want etc) did that many shinganas whit hayden they estay like friends and continued to be friends for many years, toggeter in those dark ducati years and after in 2015 wit niky huggin vale after the valencia race;) nicky really hace evrydy in love whit his soul ""Nicky is one of the best friends I have had in the paddock, after the unfortunate Valencia 2015 race, during the lap of honor. For him it was farewell to MotoGP and I had just lost the World Championship. His supportive look inside the helmet is one of the few good memories I have of that day."
Something fun: names on Naboo! I love populating my worlds with OCs and I like having names that either sound similar to regular names but suited to fit the language (i.e. Isabella, Isabeau, Isobel) and names that have the same meaning but sound totally different.
So, some [non-canon] names on Naboo, definitely not an exhaustive list though, and their meanings:
Note: For names I have not kept to my own spelling rules, because they're names and they look prettier this way and also that's exactly how Naberrie works. Most are the exact same, but if a name ends with an "e", it is actually an extension of the previous vowel, i.e. Câlude would be spelled "câlood" and pronounced /ca:lu:d/ not /ca:lʊde/.
Adnéat - unisex name, meaning "born of the néâchin tree", more common in the rural parts of the Nirerd region, Hill Country (Ewan)
Câlod - male name, meaning "Graciousness of God" (John)
Câlude - female name, equivalent of Câlod (Jane)
Cooreeb, Cooreev - female name, for the cooreeb flower
Coshid, Coshan - male name, meaning "resolute protector" (William)
Dérun - unisex name, meaning "child of the moon"
Enshind, Enshid - female name, meaning "to excel", etymologically unrelated to Enshadu, but often associated with her all the same (Emily, Emilia)
Filla - female name, meaning "beloved" (Mary)
Gochan, Goshan - unisex name, meaning "famous warrior" (Louis[a])
Gorin / Gorine - unisex name, though female as Gorine, meaning "free man" (Charles / Caroline)
Goré, Gorrie, Gorne, Goren - shortened versions of Gorin/e, with Goré mainly female and Goren mainly male (Charlie / Carrie)
Gyâtar, Gyâtak - male name, meaning "victory of the people." Especially common with followers of Zenda. (Nicholas)
Hodâch, Hodâsh, Hodré - female name, meaning "river"
Ishees, Yshees, Yshese - female name, "ruler of the world"
Jisom, Jisomb, Jisombe - male name, deriving from a patronymic of Vânes, as was common practice in the Shisén and Danank regions, aka the Headlands and Low Country (Harrison)
Jiyoon - female name, meaning "moon's daughter"
Kiléa, Leia - female name, meaning "undying, immortal"
Kosâb, Cosâb - male name, meaning "bright son" - but brightness associated with the moon, not the sun
Massât - male name, old-fashioned, meaning "weapon of God" (Oscar)
Medsen, Medsin, Mezin, Medsine - male name, but growing common for girls as medsin / medsine, meaning "dedicated to Zenda" (Mark)
Midsom, Mizom - male name but growing common for girls as Midsom, meaning "hay field" (Hayden)
Nakâtu, Nakté, Nokart - female name, meaning "birth of God", but very old-fashioned as Nakâtu. (aka Natalie)
Namise - female name, meaning "home ruler" (Harriet, Henrietta)
Namun - male name, popularised by a famous artist from a few centuries before present time, means "worker of the earth" (George)
Nasâsh, Nacysh - male name, meaning "ruler of the world" (Donald / Domhnall)
Niki, Nikki - female name, meaning "queen"
Oréd - female name, meaning "orédfil flower"; more old-fashioned versions include Rédfil, Rédfilla. (Daisy).
Orren, Odnen - male names, though sometimes given to women as a nickname for other similar names - shortened versions of Ornesun / Odnesun, meaning "protector of men" (Alexander / Alex / Alec)
Râdmen, Radmé - female name, equivalent of Rudmân (is Edwina a f. version of Edward ?)
Rodmin - male name, meaning "worker of earth" (Edward)
Rosâte - female name, meaning "wealth [given by] God" (Jessica)
Ryaré, Riyaré - female name, meaning "sweet flower"
Shineke - female name, meaning "to strive, to aim for" (Emily, Amy)
Sonn - male name, very common, meaning "born of the earth" (Adam)
Sorun - male name, very popular, meaning "bringer of light" - one of the many moon-based names on Naboo, especially popular for children born on one or more full moons (Lucas)
Soluke, Luke - unisex as Soluke but mainly male as Luke - "just, righteous" (Justin)
Soo - unisex name, meaning "river"
Thâcon - male name, meaning "god will give" (~Joseph)
Tsadun - female version of Sonn (not Eve lol)
Vânem, Vânes - male name, shortened from the out-of-use Vânemes, meaning "home ruler" (Henry, Harry)
samantha logan. she/her. cis woman. › spotted at the met steps , HAYDEN SULLIVAN , most likely listening to swan song by niki + saweetie with their airpods pro . the twenty-four year old gained quite a reputation , known to be -taciturn yet +dextrous to anyone who knows them . you'll easily spot them when you hear about the feeling of reassurance when a bow and arrow are in hand , collecting and restoring first edition books , ambient noise in a coffee shop , followed by their aqua di gioia by armani beauty . latest nepoupdates article talks about retirement announcement soon ? hayden sullivan spotted walking out of a lecture hall instead of training at columbia , but i guess any reputation is good reputation .
[ ! ] WANTED CONNECTIONS.
[ ! ] ESTABLISHED CONNECTIONS.
penned by HECATE ( she/her , pst , 21+ )
OVERVIEW .
STATS PAGE .
FULL NAME: hayden vera sullivan
NICKNAME(S) / ALIASES: hay , hadie , den , denny
DOB: 03/18/1999
AGE: 24
HEIGHT: 5′6″
ZODIAC: pisces
GENDER: cis woman
PRONOUNS: she/her/hers
ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: biromantic
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: bisexual
LANGUAGES: english , spanish , french , latin , italian
AESTHETICS: the feeling of reassurance when a bow and arrow are in hand , collecting and restoring first edition books , ambient noise in a coffee shop , spontaneous visits to museums , oversized cardigans , color-coded book annotations , yelling at espn as if they can hear you
CHARACTER PARALLELS: allison argent ( teen wolf ) , jesper fahey ( six of crows ) , darcy lewis ( mcu ) , gabrielle kinney ( marvel comics ) , oliver queen ( dc comics )
BACKGROUND .
born the youngest in washington d.c. to a legacy spanning back generations with the sullivans tied to royalty and the munroes heavily tied to politics . her father is an archaeology professor and her mother ? a financial reporter . unfortunately , being the youngest meant that she wasn’t doted on a lot by her parents . with two older siblings , she suddenly became their responsibility . they were the ones babysitting while their parents were at work . and when they couldn’t , hayden was often in the care of her grandparents .
just after her mother lands a new gig as a financial reporter for cnn and an assistant professor position at columbia , the family relocates to new york when hayden is four . she’s only eight when her family discovers her penchant for archery . she’s gifted . a prodigy , one of her coaches said . it was only a matter of time since her older siblings each had something they were gifted in . since that discovery , her focus starts to heavily shift to archery . she continues training and by nine , she starts competing in archery tournaments . she’s ten when she makes it to the junior olympics and continues making it until she’s scouted .
her life hasn’t always been calm . she’s hit with news of her parents divorce in her final year of high school . right before she finds out she qualifies for the olympics . hayden is now on the road to the olympics . no time to process the divorce . she medals at the 2016 olympics and she couldn’t be more proud of herself .
hayden is thrust back into reality when she gets back from rio . coming down from the high of medaling silver at the olympics , hayden starts to focus more on school whilst still juggling her training . reality really comes crashing down when her father breaks the news that he’s seeing someone .
she makes her reappearance at the 2020 olympics , placing gold . after the 2020 olympics , hayden is back in new york to finish up her final year of college . unfortuantely during training , she suffers from an injury . nothing major but also not minor . most definitely hidden from the press . nothing better than news of an impending wedding to top it off too ! the sets her training back and makes her realize that she needs to have a backup plan . so what does she do ? she doesn't decide to retire from the sport she loves but she decide to obtain her masters in art history and further her experience in art conservation .
PERSONALITY .
despite spending her formative years training , she’s not socially stunted . hayden’s social , enthusiastic , charming and independent . however , she can come off as a little scattered . her attention tends to shift when she gets bored with her surroundings . it’s not done intentionally though ! hayden can be seen as a bit of a jock given how she initially presents herself to others . she tends to thrive in settings with spontaneity , knowing that she can get bored by details and repetition . ironic given the fact that she’s training in a sport that requires precision and detail . regardless , others see her as talkative . easily connecting with people with warmth and enthusiasm .
HEADCANONS .
this section is a wip and will be updated when i think of more things ! <3
the sullivan family comes from a lineage of dukes/duchesses
the munroe family is a family heavily rooted in american politics ( senators , governors , think vanderbilts in og gossip girl )
her father and step-mother recently got married making her and henri step-siblings
graduated from nyu with a degree in chemistry with a minor in art history
currently roped in as an archery advisor for season two of hawkeye ( and yes henri absolutely does NOT like it )
collects and restores first edition / rare collectable books as a hobby
has a white labrador retriever named thor that’s basically her bff
recently just finished her graduate internship at the met and is looking to eventually apply for the graduate internship in objects conservation
SPOTTED at met steps wearing last season’s jimmy choos ? i’d leave the steps in the next 24 hours before nepoupdates catches them ! if it were me , i’d definitely go back and review the checklist of golden rules.
hayden sullivan samantha logan , henri hart’s step-sibling wc
samantha logan. she/her. cis woman. › spotted at the met steps , hayden sullivan , most likely listening to swan song by niki + saweetie with their airpods pro . the twenty-four gained quite a reputation , known to be -taciturn yet +dextrous to anyone who knows them . you'll easily spot them when you hear about the feeling of reassurance when a bow and arrow are in hand , collecting and restoring first edition books , ambient noise in a coffee shop , followed by their aqua di gioia by armani beauty . their latest nepoupdates cameo talks about retirement announcement soon ? hayden sullivan spotted walking out of a lecture hall instead of training at columbia , but i guess any reputation is good reputation . ( hecate , 21+ , she/her , pst . )
Every month FanForum chooses three boards to Spotlight, this month we have selected the Heroes Board!
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Tumblr wouldn’t let me post it yesterday, so happy belated Valentine’s Day to my friend @thefieryeclipse. I hope you had a great day, and here is a little dose of soft Heroes ^^
COBYCOBS UBERHOOD, SEASON 4: “Rebels”
Chapter 2: “A great opportunity”.
(ATTENTION: In this chapter there are VERY "Flirtatious"/Daring scenes, discretion and respect are recommended)
Riverblossom Hills.
Thompson family home.
Elena was talking with her daughter Nicole, who was looking at her with fear.
Nicole (a little scared): Mom... Are you sure this is a good option?... If you want I can help you with the hairdresser...
Elena (With a smile): Daughter, don't be afraid, in that place you will meet many boys and girls of your age! You will be able to have fun and above all, you will be able to study!
Nicole: But Mom... I'm very nervous about the entrance exam! I'll die if I don't pass!
At that moment Richard arrives, looking sadly at his daughter.
Richard (With a weak smile): Nikie, are you going to say goodbye to your brothers?...
Nicole: Yes dad! If it were up to them, I wouldn't leave here...
The red-haired girl went to her brothers' room, where her brother Mike was, who was a boy in a wheelchair.
Mike: Are you leaving Nikie?.
Nicole (Crying): Yes brother... I'll miss you too much... Mom, Dad, Cleo and Mr. Roth will come to visit you, it's like I'm here!.
Mike (While giving a letter to his younger sister): Don't cry little sister... I love you so much, I wish you the best in the exam!
Back with Heather.
The blonde girl was alone, her friends had already gone on vacation. She was bored.
Heather (Thinking out loud): I don't mind being alone! I don't mind being alone! I have my new friends who are me, myself and i!
At that moment Samantha Hayden arrives.
Samantha: Hey Heather!, I brought the phone to your room, your father has called you millions of times and says that your phone is turned off.
Heather (Realizing that): Really? Well Sam, tell him I'm going to attend to him!.
Samantha: Better take care of your father from here!.
The blonde girl turned off the cell phone while pretending to be calling her father.
Heather: Hello Daddy! Everything is fine here! There are the boys I like, the campus is great and everything is fine. Bye!.
Samantha: Everything okay? The professors told me that tomorrow you will go on vacation, when the scholarship holders take the admission tests.
Heather (While turning on her stereo): Great! I'll go play some music to celebrate!
Meanwhile at the residence of the Capp Brothers.
Tybalt and Natsuki were alone, due to Hermia and Juliette meeting Puck and Romeo.
Tybalt: I'm glad to know that you stayed with me Natsuki!.
Natsuki (Hugging her boyfriend): Yes Tiby, we'll have a romantic vacation! But... I have a surprise for you.
The Japanese girl looked at her boyfriend with a smile as she led him to a more private place.
Natsuki: Do you know what I want to do now hehe?...
Tybalt: Natsuki, you're too daring! That's why you're my ideal girlfriend...
The two boys started kissing without caring if Juliette or Hermia came.
With the Nova family.
Sergio was arguing with Castor.
Sergio (Angry): Why did it occur to you to do such a stupid thing!? Aren't you thinking about my prestige!?
Castor: Dad, I just wanted to grab your car to go to the beach!
Sergio: You know what!? You are grounded, I want you to return to your residence and do Community Service!!
Castor: What!? Are you kidding me?
Sergio: No way Castor, this will help you to be a real man!!.
Returned at SSU.
Angela Pleasant and Paris Wilson were giving their friend Ella Goth a tour.
Angela: We hope you enjoyed the tour Ellie! You'll have a blast here with us!
ElIa: And there aren't any places to practice the piano or something like that around here?
Angela: Obviously Ellie, there's everything here! My dearest Dustin told me that he's coming back tomorrow...
Paris: Mercutio invited me to play golf, I really don't want to go... I have to see my annoying aunt, who is more like my sister than my aunt!
At that moment, someone catches Ella's attention, it was nothing more and nothing less than Kevin Beare.
The two boys looked at each other in surprise, they couldn't believe their eyes, it was their better half.
Ella walked close to Kevin, who was looking at her blushing.
Paris and Angela noticed that their friend had fallen in love.
Paris: Did you fall in love Ellie!?.
Ella (While looking at Kevin in the distance): I think so hehe....
Angela (Looking a little confused at her friend): Did you fall in love with Beare? Really? I heard that his family is from Switzerland.
Ella: I hope he and I can see each other again.
Paris (With a smile): And for your good luck, Beare studies with us!
Ft. Timb my beloved, anons, and a dose of angst >:]
Enjoy!
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“Wow. That’s some heavy shit.” Tubbo exhaled, leaning back in his chair. “No wonder-” he continued, “No wonder 5 looked so scared.”
“Yeah…” Fundy answered, sparing his sleeping boyfriend a glance. “I feel bad. He’s never really had to be involved with all of the heavy stuff, ya know? This feels like too much…” he trails off, looking back over at the computer. “Scott?” he says.
“Yes, Fundy?” the AI replies.
“How fast can we get everyone here? And when I say everyone, I mean everyone. Titans, HIVE, Syndicate, vigilantes, maybe even Green Lantern Corps. Everyone.” The scientist says, leaning on the desk to watch the monitors as Scott runs numbers.
“Approximately one hour.” The AI says, smugly, if that were even possible.
“One hour.” Tubbo echoes. “We better get to work.”
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One hour and seven minutes later, everyone who had been able to make it was there. The entirety of the Titans, as well as the HIVE, Tubbo, Ranboo, Phil, Niki, Tommy, Drista, Punz, Purpled, Eret, and Foolish.
“Alright everyone. We need to settle down now. This is important.” Tubbo said diplomatically. As expected, having heroes, anti-heroes and vigilantes in the same room being told not to flirt or fight does not end well for the person trying to get them to listen.
Everyone continued to talk, of course.
Quickly, Fundy stood up and pulled Tubbo out of the way to take his place at the head of the room. He cupped his hands around his mouth and took a deep breath.
“EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP.” He shouted, making eye contact with as many people as possible, staring them down, daring them to continue talking.
“Well, that worked.” Tubbo whispered, albeit slightly bitterly. He surveyed the room, Fundy at the head, with Scotts hologram at his right-hand side, ready to display whatever was needed. 5up was once again awake, curled up like a cat in Tubbo’s desk chair, sitting behind Fundy. In a very bedraggled circle sat everyone else. As Tubbo watched, a thought struck him.
‘This is very reminiscent of those ghosts… the first time we met them truly. They disappeared after that. I wonder where they went…’
Little did he know.
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“Timb!!! We need to get out of here now!!” said Hockey, breathing heavily as they held the door closed with one of their hockey sticks through the handles of the door, making it impossible for the attackers to pull the door open without brute force. They held the door closed, watching Amber and Fencer barricade the door. It wouldn’t hold for long. Nug was pulling pieces of furniture from the cafe over to the door to block the glass.
“They’re right Timb, we need to get out of here.” said Fencer, sparing a glance over their shoulder to glance at Tell, who was looking unarguably stressed as they tried to figure out how to stop the ghost in the corner. “I don’t know how much longer we could be safe here.” she continued, closing-
“‘I don’t know how much longer we could be safe here.’ she continued, closing their eyes to take a deep breath.”
-their eyes to take a deep breath.
Tell stood up from where she had been crouched, taking a moment to figure out what to do. She marched towards Timb, stopping to help Nug move a large table to the doorway, before continuing on and stopping in front of the two.
“I don’t know what to do!” she whisper-yelled, stressed beyond belief. “I don’t know how to stop them!” She pointed towards Hayden, who was floating in a corner, narrating. “I don’t know what to do!!” Fencer opened their mouth to give a suggestion, but was quickly stopped by Timb, who raised a hand for them to stop before floating forwards to float right in front of Tell.
“I have a plan,” they said, calmly. “I have a plan, but it is a long shot. And dangerous.” They spread their arms, showing the room. “Sadly, all of this has to happen. We have to freeze this timeline to keep it safe.” They frowned, seeing Tell start to open her mouth to object. Once again, they held out a hand to stop her. “It is the only way. Fencer,” They said sharply, turning to face the ghost on their right hand side. “Gather everyone in this room. Now. Tell. When Fencer brings everyone back, I need you to bring Amber, Nug and Hockey over to the circle of power. Only do this when everyone else is here. We need to delay the attackers as much as possible. Go.” Both nodded, running off to tell everyone what to do. Timb floated into the middle of the room, calling out for Narwhal. “I need you to bring Hayden over here to complete the circle, understood?” Narwhal nodded, running off to retrieve the narrating ghost.
When they got over there, they grabbed Haydens wrist, pulling them over to where Timb was standing. They gave a small smile before turning to-
“‘They gave a small smile before turning to look at the gathering ghosts. ‘That’s super fucking creepy.’ they said, eyes wide as they linked hands with the narrating ghost.” Hayden said, pure black eyes glitching as they narrated the Askers downfall.
-look at the gathering ghosts. “That’s super fucking creepy.”’ they said, eyes wide as they linked hands with the narrating ghost.
“Alright,” Timb said, looking at each anon gathered in the circle with linked hands, a space left for the three guarding the door. “Here’s the plan. Because of Hayden over here, there’s probably only a few minutes left until we have firepower right in our faces. So we’re going to freeze the timeline.” They stopped for a moment to gauge everyones reactions. Many mouths were hanging open. “It’s dangerous, but it’s the only way. There are consequences, though. But in the end, we will end up where we need to be. Everybody be prepar-”
“‘-Three, Two, One, NOW!’”
No one had been paying attention to the storyteller.
“NOW!” Timb screamed, as the last members joined the circle of power, leaving all defenses down. A calming blue light filled the room before-
“‘Three, Two, One, FIRE AT WILL!’”
-everyone was teleported away, leaving the blast frozen in midair as their home was set to be inevitably destroyed.
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“Here’s the quick version everybody,” Fundy said, looking out across the room. “Me and 5up were on a date, when a rip in time appeared in front of us- hold on Sam, let me finish. Same goes for you, Dream- we were drawn over, and we were forced to watch as the world burned in flames as someone stood on the very building we were on, and laughed. To top it all off, those ghosts that scared the shit out of all of us a little while back, were all dead on the ground. There was a lot of blood and shrapnel.” he paused, taking a deep breath before continuing. “We ran to the Tower, but no one was home, so we came over to Tubbo’s house. Tubbo brought us in thinking that we were the people Sam had sent over to help Tubbo out, and showed us the prophecy that Scott is going to display.” Scott’s hologram glitched and disappeared for a moment, before returning with the prophecy displayed behind him.
A city of gold
Burned to the ground
The hands of a madman
Bearing its crown
People dropping
One by one
Never stopping
Til’ the final verse is done
Everyone took a sharp intake of breath, coming to the same conclusion Fundy and 5up had.
“Tubbo and Scott found this at the same time we found the rip in time-” Fundy continued, before he was cut off by an anxious Sam.
“Guys-” Sam said, warily.
“Not now, Sam.” said Tubbo, rubbing his temples.
“Yes, now. Titans, we have to go. We just got a call. There's a massacre going on down at an old bowling alley turned cafe. We have to go, now.” Sam said, standing up quickly.
“NOW!”
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That’s it for this part! :)
Here’s a little bit of enlightenment for anything that may have been confusing.
So this has switching Timeline POVS, we started in the TT Universe/Timeline, and then went to the AHQ Universe/Timeline, and then back to the TT Universe/Timeline
I told everyone on discord that the list wasn’t a kill list :) for some reason they were still scared? smh
In the AHQ Timeline, my character was narrating what was going on, which is why some parts repeat
This is the first part of the fic where some of the timelines start to cross and merge
I did eventually manage to fix the accidental paradox I created XD
Beginning in 2006, NBC’s pulpy comic book-esque series Heroes ran for four seasons consisting of 77 episodes and over 30 online “minisodes.” The original run was followed up with 13-episode reboot Heroes Reborn in 2015. All in all, the franchise produced over 65 hours of content. Of those 65+ hours of Heroes, 20 seconds are absolutely, devastatingly perfect.
That 20 second of Heroes nirvana occurs in the 20th episode of the show’s first season, “Five Years Gone.” In it, the temporally-displaced Hiro Nakamura and his friend Ando Masahashi time travel five years into the future to discover what will become of the world if a prophesied explosion isn’t stopped. Things are properly dystopian with a superpowered president Nathan Petrelli (Adrian Pasdar) rounding up and imprisoning his fellow supes. Ultimately, however, Hiro discovers that Nathan Petrelli isn’t Nathan Petrelli at all but a disguised power-hoarder Gabriel Gray a.k.a. Sylar (Zachary Quinto). Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia), Nathan’s brother and the only other man on Earth whose powers can compare to Sylar’s, arrives to confront the villain. It looks a little like this.
Yes, that moment in which Peter Petrelli and Gabriel “Sylar” Gray (Zachary Quinto) square off with fire and ice is the most perfect 20 seconds of Heroes. It’s not because of anything that happens onscreen (the scene cuts off before Peter and Sylar even make contact) but because of what it suggests. That moment represents the best possible path that Heroes could have taken with its story. The tragedy, however, is that it did not.
Like its (far superior) network television sci-fi forefather Lost, Heroes came out of the gate strong and went well and truly viral before the era of social media made going viral far easier. It’s easy to see why in hindsight. The show’s setup is remarkably appealing. It imagines a world in which people suddenly developed superpowers and then follows their journey in coming to terms with them. High school cheerleader Claire Bennett (Hayden Panettiere) could heal and regenerate Wolverine-style. LAPD officer Matt Parkman (Greg Grunberg) could read people’s minds. Single mother Niki Sanders (Ali Larter) had super strength and an alternate personality.
The show combined its richly-realized characters, intriguing concept, and weirdly soothing soundtrack into a nice package that proved to be a fine TV show…for awhile at least. As Heroes went on, it quickly became clear that it did not have much direction beyond its original, satisfying concept. The show introduced a frustratingly unclear mythology filled with a shadowy agency to monitor and control heroes. That, along with a shockingly low-budget finale, turned many people off from tuning into subsequent seasons. They didn’t miss much.
Heroes was ultimately lacking in direction and purpose. But hidden in plain sight among its characters were two individuals that could have provided the show with all the direction and purpose it needed, if it were willing to indulge them. And that’s where those 20 seconds come in once again. Heroes should not have been a leisurely-paced series about a handful of individuals finding their powers and therefore themselves. It should have pared itself down to the story of two people: Peter Petrelli and Sylar. It should not have been a story of discovery but rather that of an arms race.
Peter Petrelli and Sylar’s powers operate similarly. Both are able to collect and possess the powers of other superpowered individuals but each goes about their doing so in a significantly different way. Peter is a hospice nurse. As such he’s a decent guy, highly patient and empathetic. He is able to mimic the powers of those he comes into contact with simply by utilizing his natural empathy and thinking about that person and how it felt to meet them – to be welcomed into their life and story.
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Sylar on the other hand, is an analytical thinker. As the son of a watchmaker (not unlike a certain nuclear physicist working out of Gila Flats), Sylar is obsessed with understanding how things work. To that end, he literally cracks open the skulls of his victims and examines their brains to uncover their powers and incorporate them into his own brain, killing his victim in the process. It was actually implied that Sylar ate their brains before Heroes creator Tim Kring correctly realized that that was far too silly.
Peter and Sylar are perfect foils. They are remarkably similar individuals. They have the same power, similar physical appearances, and even similar alliterative names (PP v. GG). It’s just that one difference between how they use their powers that makes all the difference. In that respect, Peter and Sylar are the perfect representative of a hero/villain dynamic that comics have mastered for years. As Nolan’s Batman films so marvelously articulate, heroes and villains are often more similar than not. After all, they’re part of a small fraternity that thinks it’s appropriate to put on costumes and cape around after dark. It is only their ideologies that make them different. And that is ultimately enough to make them enemies.
Heroes had a very good thing going with the nemesis-style relationship between Peter and Gabriel. And to the show’s credit, it realized that for just over half a season. A lot of season 1 does indeed deal with Peter and Sylar traveling around, meeting other superpowered people, and collecting powers for their eventual, inevitable confrontation. The problem was that was when that confrontation arrived in the season 1 finale, it was stunningly lame. In the fallout of the poorly-received finale, it was almost as though the show was afraid to continue the story of Peter and Gabriel’s power-collecting. Instead Heroes decided to hunker down into its own incomprehensible mythology, heading back further into the past, and expanding its cast of heroes whenever it felt it needed a jolt. The right move, however, would have been to double down on Peter and Gabriel and their arms race.
Every subsequent season of Heroes should have picked up with Peter and Sylar as central characters. They should have traveled the country, and eventually the world, looking for new superpowers to claim so that they would be better prepared once their next confrontation arrives. That way, the show could have continued to have expanded its hero base, bringing in fresh blood as needed, while also keeping the story centered on two individuals rather than over a dozen. Not only would that have been simpler storytelling, it would have been more powerful. Because the show would have had a true, series-spanning theme. The entirety of Heroes could have been about humanity’s dueling gifts of empathy and analytical thinking. What is more useful? What is more powerful? What will win in a fight when empathetic ice meets analytical fire?
As evidenced by those 20 beautiful seconds in “Five Years Gone,” Ventimiglia and Quinto are excellent actors and are more than capable of shouldering such heavy concepts. Each season of Heroes could have built to a new fight between Peter and Sylar. And if the show’s budget didn’t allow for a satisfying execution of those superpowered fights, then so be it. The battle of ideologies would have been more than enough to make up for a lack of visual fireworks.
That’s the important lesson to take away from that one moment in a hallway where Sylar’s fists turn blue and Peter’s, red. We don’t need to see the literal clash of fists to feel the satisfying clash of ideals.
Heroes is now available to stream in the UK on BBC iPlayer.
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Andrew vs. Aaron
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Brandon vs. Braxton
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Final questions!
Your name (first and middle):
not saying coz it’s too unique and would come up on a google search lol.
Do you like it?
i do like it now. growing up it was annoying having to spell it out etc but whatever.
What your parents almost named you:
erika. so weird.
Your favorite girl’s name (first and middle):
first name definitely will be sierra. idk about middle.
List five unique names of girls you have met:
i’m blanking out right now but i should start listing this as i meet people.
List five girl’s names you don’t like:
honestly the only names i don’t like are related to girls that i don’t like with that name lmao.
List five girls name you really like:
haha too lazy to.
Your first best friend’s name:
pearl.
Your siblings names:
rather not say.
The name of the first pet that you loved:
sky.
What you would be named if you were the opposite gender:
no idea actually!