Further Heroes and Kensei thoughts

[irenak]

Unrelated: messed about with layout and default userpic again. Because I have the attention span of a hummingbird with ADD.

And now I'm going to babble about Kensei. Because no one else loves my poor, snarky samurai. And, oh, alright, I'll talk about other Heroes-like things, too.

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[cadesama]

Because no one else loves my poor, snarky samurai. And, oh, alright, I'll talk about other Heroes-like things, too.

I love him! I just want Hiro and Kensei to actually do stuff if we're going to be seeing them around. Stuff that couldn't be handled by a previously or comic.

And, yeah, Kensei. So, we're back to him being the potential Big Bad again, only...I don't know. I don't think I quite buy it

I'm actually starting to wonder if a person will be the Big Bad at all. Last season it wasn't. The explosion to be averted could have happened in a lot of different ways, and defeating Sylar or Linderman obviously wasn't parcel to stopping it. So perhaps the Big Bad is actually the virus and/or Maya, and Kensei and Daddy Parkman are Little Bads gumming things up even worse.

Also, it plays into my crack!theory that he's totally Petrelli, Sr. What? It could happen. Plus, it would be a great bonding exercise for him and Claire ("My limbs grow back!" "Mine grow back faster!")

Well, it only happens if the writers suddenly decide the comics aren't the slightest bit canon. And while they've retconned minor things, I have trouble believing they would retcon an entire four part series.

Yet... I'm rooting for Kensei to be Daddy Petrelli. The family reunions would be hilarious.

(and if she's playing the Company, too? So much the better).

I am going to be extremely upset if Niki isn't playing them (not my-theory-about-Peter-selling-his-soul-and-being-a-killer-to-heal-Nathan-is-wrong upset, but upset). Because I don't understand the plot at all if she's not.

[irenak]

Point on the feudal Japan storyline being slow. Though you'd think that Kensei having such open-ended backstory would generate some discussion or spec, but there doesn't seem to be that much out there. Perhaps I'm looking in all the wrong spots?

I'm actually starting to wonder if a person will be the Big Bad at all. Last season it wasn't. The explosion to be averted could have happened in a lot of different ways, and defeating Sylar or Linderman obviously wasn't parcel to stopping it.

True, but there seems to be greater emphasis this season on the...conspiracy? Boardroom players? I suppose I'm assuming there's a more central villain because Joss Whedon has melted my brain because, well, obviously *someone* is knocking off the elders and that's taken root as an on-going arc. So we have the Company as a permanent fixture of the Heroes-verse while there are stories concentrated on prominent seasonal baddies. Which does actually line up with what they did in S1 (Company politics messing about with the elders and heroes in the background, Sylar up front).

Well, it only happens if the writers suddenly decide the comics aren't the slightest bit canon.

Ah. I have avoided this problem by reading very few of the comics. ^_^

Though I agree on the wacky fun of a Petrelli-Kensei family reunion, especially if it turns out Hiro is the third Summers brother also related.

[cadesama]

Though you'd think that Kensei having such open-ended backstory would generate some discussion or spec, but there doesn't seem to be that much out there. Perhaps I'm looking in all the wrong spots?

Well, I have a fairly spoilery conversation about him going at the moment, but it's not really about his backstory. And... er, we operate under the assumption that he's a villain. If you are interested in his backstory, you may want to check out the mini-documentary that the show put out about Kensei. Just google Yamagato Fellowship, and at it's up there. It outlines most of his legend and the basic framework of Hiro's plot in the past.

So we have the Company as a permanent fixture of the Heroes-verse while there are stories concentrated on prominent seasonal baddies. Which does actually line up with what they did in S1 (Company politics messing about with the elders and heroes in the background, Sylar up front).

I do think the Company will be a little more prominent this season, and already has been, to the point where it will have to be defeated. At the very least, they have to get the Company off of Claire's back so that she can have a new plot and go to college next season. But I'm guessing that the season will actually end with the good guys in charge of the Company (and possibly at odds with each other over it).

I'm torn on if there will be a continuing baddie (aside from Sylar) from this season. Maury seems to be in a good position to stick around, but he may simply be too dangerous for the long term. Kensei who I do think is a villain (sorry) has potential too.

Ah. I have avoided this problem by reading very few of the comics. ^_^

Those comics are actually some of the better ones. I'm glad that most people haven't read them, though, since Daddy Petrelli comes off like a right psycho and I really don't want abusive!Daddy rapes ickle Peter every night fic. >:(

Though I agree on the wacky fun of a Petrelli-Kensei family reunion, especially if it turns out Hiro is the third Summers brother also related.

I still want to see Hiro's (and Peter's) reaction to Kaito/Angela. And I wish that the Haitian were just a littl older, so that Hiro really could be a secret Petrelli.