Mild Heroes Rant: Peter and Claire

[ronniekins77]

This season of Heroes hasn't been the best, I admit. Besides a couple of boring plotlines, there's been some really bad writing of a character that I love.

Now, normally I hate it when people cry, "OMG that character is out of character!" because in my mind, authors or writers of a show can't really write a character that they've created to be

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[ethuiliel]

It is true that the comment wasn't very Peter-like, and it is a drastic example of how he's changed, but I still don't think it's totally ooc. It's not that he doesn't care about them, but he has every reason to be overwhelmed, and at the time he said that they were complete strangers to him. If someone wakes up far from home with no memories of their past life, there are two options, find out your past, or cling to what you know. Both are in character, and I actually think the later makes more sense and the former is more... cliche. If everything and everyone you know is in one place, why would you go out of your way to hunt down strangers, even if you are not a stranger to them?

Also, isn't he becoming more of his old self now that he did his whole expedition to Montreal and all? It didn't go very well, and he was quite confused, but I'd be surprised if in the next episode he doesn't start showing the "I need to do something" determination he had last season, just with a bit more confusion and uncertainty about his own abilities. He'll probably try to get Caitlin back and try to find his mom, not necessarily in that order. Also, he is a bit like the early-season1 peter. Then, he was determined to do his part, but he was fighting only for his family and the people he worked for. Now, they are replaced by Caitlin's family because they are everyone he knows. I don't think it really is that important that he "has the hots for her," he's drawn to her because she was the first person to be nice to him in his memory. I think that's what he's attracted to, more so than her looks or anything else.

As for me, I'm fine. Busy, but fine. How about you?