A mind like a computer and a will of steel.

[acaciaonnastik]

Well, I was being sad at the dearth of neurodivergent heroes in mainstream fiction, and how I'm having to content myself with Matt Parkman's dyslexia (with which I can't really empathize much, being mildly hyperlexic.)

I was also, like some other people, rather annoyed by parts of War Buddies, specifically the bit where Hana obtains a false

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[acaciaonnastik]

Another thing that occurred to me while reading was that once again we have abilities that are closely connected to the character of the hero because Hana's abilities deal with machines and messages and not people directly. Would you consider that something that would validate the Asperger's theory?

It also kind of fits with hyperlexia; she's getting the Internet's text, rather than having to deal with inconvenient spoken language. And with IM/text message, she can essentially write at the speed at which she would be able to speak; possibly even faster.

Of course, she could still have the same power as a neurotypical- she's got a codebreaking talent. Of course, that's part of it... if you excise all the AS traits? Well, you'd still have the vengeance thing, which seems to lend itself to a more destructive power. Niki at best, Ted at worst, I think.

Well well do I suddenly sense that you have found a female Hero character to keep Eden company in the land of kick-ass awesomeness? In the GNs I found Hana quite resourcefull and cool but they seriously need to expand her character more on the show itself yet, I feel.

God, yes. They have a character! They need to use her!

But, yeah, she's now sharing a shelf with Eden. And I really wish people would make more use of Candace as their story's villain. She's just as fond of mindfuck as Sylar, after all! And less likely to just kill.

(Speaking of the GNs- YES we were right! ~glees~)