Argh! Sylar! Out of my head!!

[misachan]

I only remember bits and pieces, but there was one nightmare scene that stuck. The dream was set sometime in the future; Peter had a cool anime scar down his face. Peter and Sylar where facing off and in the context of the dream they'd clearly thrown down before and knew exactly what each other was capable of, and most importantly how each other's powers worked.

Sylar had apparently been threatening people Peter cared about, and Peter was upset, understandably, but in the dream he was confident he'd covered all his bases.

Then Sylar laughed at him. "You shouldn't be so sure, Peter. I've learned a new trick."

"I don't care what new power you've stolen. You need to be locked up, and I'm gonna do it."

"Oh, I don't know," Sylar said. "I think you'll like this one." Then he went invisible.

Peter freaked the hell out and telekinetically threw Sylar against the wall. I don't remember all of the fight, but I know at one point Sylar was mocking Peter and asking if Peter knew what a heartbeat sounded like right before it stopped. And I'm pretty sure he was mimicking Claude's accent, at one point.

Okay, subconscious? You can go right back to those nice Peter/Isaac dreams any time. No more Sylar in my brain, murdering my favorite characters.

Comments

[kattahj.livejournal.com]

Oh, God, that's awesome. So, so wrong, and I really hope the Heroes writers don't kill Claude, but still awesome.

[misachan.livejournal.com]

It's just so plausible, isn't it? Brr. Peter and Sylar are clearly meant to mirror each other (I don't think it's a coincidence that Sylar gets super hearing the same week Peter masters invisibility, making him effectively immune to invisibility). Peter is everything Sylar wants to be, and he does it without even trying. If anyone on Heroes is going to develop a real, comic book style archenemy relationship, I think it's those two.

I worry about Claude. Mentoring the young hero is always incredibly dangerous, and Peter is way too dumb to see a threat coming.

[kattahj.livejournal.com]

It really, really is. You're absolutely right about the mirror relationship, and I suspect that was why Claire was so important - in an eventual showdown, whatever they do to each other, Peter can come back from it. Well, except maybe if he does explode.

Have you read the comic with Peter's dream? I'm still holding out hope that Peter will defeat Sylar only to go bad himself - it would rock muchly. (And there's the eternal question of what will happen when Peter meets Nikiessica.)

[misachan.livejournal.com]

No, I haven't gotten around to reading the comics yet. I plan on it, especially since there's apparently a lot on Hana there.

As much as Sylar creeps me out, he's a great villain, and I hope we're not rid of him anytime soon. Just strictly from a storytelling view, the show needs him to balance out Peter. They've put a check on Hiro by showing that his power hinges on his confidence and can't changed everything, but Peter's so much more powerful than everyone but Sylar.

And there's the eternal question of what will happen when Peter meets Nikiessica

Which I'm certain is why they haven't met.:) I like the idea that Sylar eats her brain and gets a good twin, myself (I'm about done with Niki. She and D.L. can get killed, and Micah can meet Claude on the road somewhere and form a super-thieving duo). Her story is still so much smaller than everyone else's, and I feel like the show treads water everytime she's on.

[kattahj.livejournal.com]

As much as Sylar creeps me out, he's a great villain, and I hope we're not rid of him anytime soon.

Truth be told, he creeps me out too much, and I hope they kill him soon, because I get seriously unsettled when he's on screen. I suppose that's one reason I'm so attached to the idea of Peter going grey - like you say, he's so very powerful he's hard to balance against the others.

I must say, if this show becomes multi-season, I think it'll be very hard for them to keep Peter around at all.

I'm about done with Niki. She and D.L. can get killed, and Micah can meet Claude on the road somewhere and form a super-thieving duo

I have nothing against DL, but they haven't done anything with him yet. So far, storywise, he's been almost all reaction and no action.

Her story is still so much smaller than everyone else's, and I feel like the show treads water everytime she's on.

I'm not sure it is smaller, it just doesn't seem to be going anywhere. It's like they think, once they reveal what the hell's the deal with Jessica, there's nothing left to say.

But I got to say, while Ali Larter is a good enough actress, both characters are way too flat - they only get depth by playing off each other, not on their own.