Heroes 4x05, "Tabula Rasa"

[crashgirl82]

Is that the right episode number? Hmm. There was some stuff I liked about this episode, and some stuff that makes me wonder what the hell is going on. This is a very disjointed reaction; it doesn't follow in any particular order except the way it runs through my brain.

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[crashgirl82]

You are absolutely right. It's rapid cell regeneration. Okay. Good explanation. So then, in essence, her blood would work on Nathan because he either died of asphyxiation by aspiration of his own blood, or exsanguination. Either death would be reversible if her blood regenerated Nathan's cells. Yes? (Not that I think it likely.)

The healer's ability must be inducing rapid cell regeneration as well, no? Peter was shot through the chest, and he healed just like he would if he had Claire's ability, it seemed. I'm not really wanking about retcon, but I'm just trying to justify why Mama Petrelli didn't have Nathan healed by Claire, you know? Just to try to keep Sylar under control? They had to know it wouldn't work.

This whole thing about someone on Heroes getting their walking papers is driving me insane, hoping beyond all hope that we do not lose Sylar, "Nathan" or Peter. The only one left to kill would be Matt Parkman. This whole Sylar!Nathan thing has to come to an end, you know, like, soon. I have many theories, and one in particular would make me jump for joy. *sigh*

[rtwofan]

*sigh* It's a plot hole.

Heh, that's just...that's just what it's come to for me. Every week someone on my flist wonders about "Well what about the blood, huh? And why didn't it heal Nathan?"

Well, cause the writer's said so.

Yes, it's stupid, yes Claire's blood should NEVER have been even created as a plot device, and it has retcon written all over it. But someone did ask the writers. And they said "well, Nathan had his throat slit and he was already dead and they had no way to perform a proper blood transfusion without access to a hospital or equipment, and it can only bring someone back from the dead if the body hasn't BEEN dead that long, etc." And that's it, that's the answer whether it's a total BULLSHIT one or not. I mean, it's over now, right? It's not like we, as viewers, can fix the already-aired episode.

Honestly, if they used the blood IMO it would have been anti-climatic. Oh big death! Wait, here comes Claire, magical healer , it's all good. No one will ever die now! Cause we have Claire's blood! Like I said, it's just...stupid. They never should have EVER given her blood that property in the first place. Adam, yeah, Adam had his power for four hundred years and it evolved but not Claire.

So I'm mostly looking towards the future at this point, trying to figure out how Nathan's going to get out of this one. I've got my fingers crossed for time travel/alternate future. And the dying part is sad :( Matt is definetly on the block. I think Sy!Nathan ends circa 4.12 but that does make me wonder what they're doing with the other six episodes. We're really not working towards anything this season, are we? LOL. There's no Big Bad to stop or anything.

[crashgirl82]

Anti-climactic for Claire to heal Nathan? Absolutely. I would never ask for that because I wouldn't even accept it.

I rewatched the scene where Nathan comes magically back to life after he was shot by Future!Peter and I was pissed. Seriously. What bullshit, I say, even though I love Nathan dearly. He should have stayed dead. What, was Peter Prince Charming? Kiss him and he wakes up? Okay.

The time travel/alternate timeline thing isn't going to happen. I think Sylar in Matt's head is going to use Matt's ability to take over Matt fully, trapping Matt inside, and he's gonna look like Sylar. But how do we go from what just happened in "Tabula Rasa" to Sylar transforming back into Nathan? Does he do it of his own volition? Does he voluntarily believe if he assumes Nathan's life, he can atone for what he has done to Nathan's family by killing him and replace him, leaving behind the Sylar persona for good and eventually, he will really be Nathan? Will he tell Peter what has happened? He's had a penchant for telling the truth lately, correct? Righting wrongs?

"Yes, Peter, I killed your brother, but now I am him and I am going to live out the life he should have had and leave my other life behind?"

I may vomit if that happens. Would Peter accept that? Or will he try to kill him? This shit is killing me, seriously.

But something tells me we are not losing "Nathan". He's indestructible, like I had imagined back when I wrote that fic. Something tells me to fear for Peter (a little) or Sylar, or hope for Matt Parkman to permanently become Sylar by use of his telepathy, therefore killing Matt in the process. God damn it, show!

[rtwofan]

I still think the time line thing has a lot left to show for it, because we have a flashback episode coming up, and Samuel's going to be whispering in Hiro's ear some more, and giving him bad ideas - so I think that's going to be a big turning point. There's no way to save Charlie, let's face it, so there has to be something big happening OTHER than that in the past *muses*

However, I agree that Sylar taking over Matt is looking VERY likely - and it's possible that both theories could happen (time travel might not bring back Nathan, but I STILL think some big things are going to change. The butterfly effect has never failed on this show). Matt is looking to be the biggest one on the chopping block right now, but Sylar's death would be shocking to some and a relief to others. I think I've narrowed it down to Sylar and Matt for the big death (Nathan is technically already dead in my eyes, so what a copout that spoiler would be...). Or Peter if they're batshit crazy and want to kill the show.

I hope Sylar doesn't literally become Nathan. I mean, I like Sylar in his body, the way he is. I really wouldn't like Sylar deciding to be another character for the rest of the series, even IF we get him via Matt. That's just not a 'resolution' in my eyes.

The only wonky thing is that Matt doesn't have shapeshifting so he could only be Sylar in mind. Unless he used the telepathy to astrally project Sylar's image to everyone else as an illusion? That's possible, I guess.

*sigh*

[crashgirl82]

Nathan's coming back some way or another, that much is for sure, and I just hope there's some way for Sylar and Peter to be all right too.

But yeah, either Sylar or Matt are going down, and if it's Sylar, well, then Peter has no balance. No yang to his yin.

Unless we get Nathan, but evil!Nathan. But who wants that? The Petrelli brothers have conflicted enough already. *headdesk*

Either we'll have resurrected real Nathan, or we'll have Nathan with powers. (!) This obsessed Petrellicester will accept either. Gah.

[rtwofan]

I would take Peter over Sylar, even though Sylar is my favorite. I could understand Sylar's death more, if his death was in fact grand. Peter still has so much to live for, and he's just not DONE yet. There's still so much potential left. He's not meant to die right now, in my heart.

Sylar seems a little out of steam though, and I get a "The End Is Nigh!" vibe from him. A lot of the fandom think he's overrused and just needs to go away, and I kind of just want to end it so everyone will shut the fuck up and leave my favorite character alone :/ I would be sad about my ship having no more new scenes together though. Peter would be missing a part of himself, even if that's a very dark, very polar part. Sylar is his worse half.

HRG might be up the bucket, which would be certainly shocking, AND he could easily showdown with a number of characters on the show. He represents the "normals" though so I hope that doesn't happen. The characters they have left all fit into roles too strongly, that any of them disappearing would ruin a key element on the show :( Except..ahem..Matt. Who, while he's a nice guy and I love Grunny, never really found a niche IMO.