Bricks in the Wall, Chapter 15: Click
Title: Click
Characters: Peter, Sylar
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Words: 400
Setting: The Wall
Notes:Peter and Sylar are sitting on a park bench. An idle discussion about parks leads to pigeons and then to birds in general, flocking habits and finally to mate selection. Also, I am experimenting with using pure dialogue, as much as possible. Let me know ( Read more... )
What I think I've liked seeing (or learning) most is how mister freedom and choice Peter Petrelli is surprisingly...unchoosy? Rather he thinks choice doesn't factor in to grief, being gay, having kids, mate-selection and love
You'll see this as part of a pattern though. Peter *reacts*. Over and over in the show, he's reacting to what others have done or are doing. Sylar acts; Peter reacts. If Peter thought there was a lot of benefit to thinking things over, to choosing between one option and another, then he'd be a planner and an actor. Since he doesn't plan, he doesn't think things through, he acts from the gut instead of making reasoned decisions ... it's not that he doesn't believe in letting people choose, he just thinks that most things are already chosen for them. Orientation, love, abilities ... no one ever asked Peter if he wanted the ability he had. And once he had it, he had no control over absorbing those of others. Sylar is totally opposite. He made a choice to have his ability, and he made a choice each and every time to gain other abilities.
Sylar doesn't talk about his views on the subject here, taking the more Socratic approach and just asking questions as he strategically manipulates the conversation. I love that you caught the little "what clicks for you" question. Peter caught it too, but he blew it off as irrelevant. It wasn't what Peter was trying to communicate, not that Peter was all that clear on what he was trying to articulate. He just knew he had something to say, and Sylar was (as you've said he would in the Wall) giving him a chance to say it. Peter kept blabbing on in a fairly symbolic manner as Sylar was over there digging for the hidden meaning ... until Sylar struck gold.
What's weirder still is I had Sylar pegged as "love is just a hormone cocktail that infects your brain."
I have him pegged as that, too. Sylar says, 'it's hormones; that makes it unimportant' and Peter says, 'of course it's hormones; that has nothing to do with it being important. It's VERY important.' Which I think would jar Sylar's thinking - that Peter actually agrees with him entirely on the starting point, yet has arrived at such a different conclusion.
Gosh, I love your Peter voice. Did I ever tell you that? I can just hear him, its great. And he makes Sylar sound like such a drone (sometimes), which is great.
That's fantastic! (About the Peter voice.) Yay!!! As for Sylar sounding like a drone, that's probably accurate for this scene. Sylar's leaned back, listening attentively, his mind really working over every word and nuance and implication Peter is delivering here. And Peter's talking spontaneously, no particular plan to the conversation, but Sylar's always got a plan. (Well, usually.) Which might be why he sounds less enthused. He's listening though, closely, and Peter's lapping up the attention, big time.
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