Cold Wars

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Since I said I would give it another chance at the end of last season, I’m still watching Heroes. And surprisingly enough, it seems to have gotten itself back together for the most part. It's still got lots and lots of flaws (boring and seemingly pointless side-plots, the dialogue clunkers, reusing old plots etc), but for the most part it's done

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[meddow]

Yes, about painting the future making me dislike Matt. Floorpocalpse really annoyed me not just because it was repeating the plot of season one, but that Matt painted over Isaac's painting. That was Isaac's legacy in the show and they just got rid of it. Bad show.

I think Micah's part of Rebel as well. I'm hoping that Rebel's a number of people and not just Micah, because Micah's just a kid, and deciding to bring down a top secret government programme by himself would mean he's not been having a very happy time since we last saw him, and I think Micah of all characters deserves a bit less tragedy in his life.

It does seem like all the non-blondes get killed off or disappear. Although, Elle and Niki kind of prove that not even being blonde is a safe option if you happen to be female. I liked Eden too, but maybe it'd be easier to bring back Monica, who I also like.

I'm not as annoyed with the 'Cheerleader' thing as I was in volume two, mainly because Claire's realised that she's not 'just a cheerleader' and doesn't fall back on it anymore. It annoys me when it shows up in publicity, but within the show I think it's just become a nickname that because it's a show about people with superpowers, has superhero name connotations (like 'Sylar', 'the Man in Horn-Rimmed Glasses', 'St. Joan' and 'Nemesis'). Although, Cheerleader's a pretty lousy superhero name.

Daphne/Matt for a couple of episodes looked like the second coming of Remus/Tonks, but then it wasn't and I haven't liked it since. That's another thing making me dislike Matt, particularly since he's trying to stop her using her powers, her powers which she loves. Dump him Daphne. Dump him now.

She does have way more chemistry with Ando and I ship those two instead. Or, what I'd really like is for Daphne to become the third partner in the Hiro&Ando team. Those three are really cute together, and best part of the second episode of this volume for me was how Ando still calls Daphne 'Nemesis' and Daphne knew all about Hiro's secret layer.

And I think that yes, it's episode five in which Bryan Fuller's effects will be felt. He's written episode seven, so that's the one to really look out for.