Ranty McRant Rant. Not so much of the stupid.

[acaciaonnastik]

Well, it's meta time again. This time it's not specific to Heroes, but it is prompted by goings-on in that fandom- specifically, the trash-talking of Mohinder Suresh, which is reaching a level where I'm actually starting to find it personally offensive. This took some doing, but the claims that he should have "heard the insincerity in [spoiler]'s

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[ashinae]

The vibe Sylar-as-Zane gives off isn't nearly as creepy as Sylar-as-Paper-Factory-Dude. I think there were at least a few moments where Mohinder may have been thinking "This guy's not quite right," but I don't see how he could possibly have any reason to think that "Zane" is Sylar.

I think, of course, the audience gets frustrated when the characters can't figure out what we already know. And, hey, nothing would make for good storytelling and entertaining viewing if the characters were as "smart" as we are.

Also -- yeah. I know plenty of people who have very particular book smarts, but are very naive about people, or have virtually no street smarts. Or even necessarily common sense!

[technosage]

While I haven't seen the trash-talking of which you speak, I'm glad that there are some more folks who think that Mohinder's doing the best he can with what he's got.

Beyond not having the info we have, he's predisposed to be thinking about destiny and the evolutionary ascendancy of people like Zane. So, I think Mohinder's a little starstruck that Zane "needs" him. There's a sense of gratitude and delight for not being superfluous, at the same time as he's "leading the quest."

I think he's twigged to Zane being not quite right, but he's probably chalking it up to instabilities caused by the onset of the mutation or whatever. I have hope he'll figure it out soon.

And Peter will come and save him. Or he'll get away and try to tell Bennet (who, omg, isn't there anymore b/c he's being mindwiped) and get picked up or something and learn more and then \o/ it'll be fabulous.

Or they'll kill him. Which would suck and I'd be annoyed.

[soledad_moon]

Judging by one of the previews I found on YouTube (after NBC yanked it from their site), I think Peter is going to be the one to clue Mohinder in on "Zane's" real identity. That same preview also shows Mohinder firing a gun, which in itself is very interesting. Could those events be related somehow? I wish it was Monday so we could find out.

As for the trash talking, I've seen a lot of it at NBC's message boards. Then again, that place is crawling with trolls. I had signed up to post, but I've, uh, "forgotten" my password and just meander over every once in a while when I'm super bored. That's where I've seen it, but it could be elsewhere.