Bricks in the Wall, Chapter 80: Brainstorming

[game_byrd]

Title: Brainstorming
Characters: Peter, Sylar
Words: 1,600
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Setting: The Wall
Summary: Peter asks Sylar to be a sounding board for Peter's various crazy ideas about how to save Nathan.

Comments

[means2bhuman]

I know this isn't canon, but it's clever and it's fiction and, like the title, it's just brainstorming. Canon, as I remember it, makes it clear that time splits after being changed, splitting into different 'verses (which is why we have multiple future!characters). That said, I wonder so hard why Sylar claims to understand time in this context (I think he's BSing for the sake of the story, "I know how things work, don't question me" even though he's wrong and I think he should realize he's wrong) - why he thinks time or the current, real 'verse wouldn't 'split

[game_byrd]

wonder so hard why Sylar claims to understand time in this context (I think he's BSing for the sake of the story, "I know how things work, don't question me" even though he's wrong and I think he should realize he's wrong) - why he thinks time or the current, real 'verse wouldn't 'split.' First off, that's what the muse told me - 'Yes, I know how time works.' On questioning it, I would say that if the Heroes verse had an understandable method by which time travel worked, then Sylar would be able to understand it. He might not fathom that time travel itself existed until Hiro showed up in Odessa and prevented him from taking Charlie's ability, because Hiro's earlier appearances could be passed off as super-speed or teleportation, but after Odessa, he'd know it was there. I think with his clock-theme, watchmaker background, high intelligence, and stated personal ability to figure things out, that he'd understand time travel if it could be understood

[game_byrd]

Peter's so obliviously focused that he misses or overlooks the reference that Sylar's trying to protect himself, feel safe, and know the threats he thinks he still may deal with.

No, not so much. Peter sees that, he just considers it immaterial. Given what Peter has seen of Sylar's past, he will agree that he might be at odds with Sylar at various times, and thus Sylar has a legitimate interest in self-protection. This is what I was getting at in my other response about how the tone/background of me writing this was an imagining where Peter and Sylar still weren't on the same page about things, they weren't romantic, and they didn't have much in the way of trust. This, I think, might be something of a way of getting trust, as Sylar listens to Peter's cockeyed plans and realizes they aren't pointed at him. Peter's trying to accomplish goals and those goals are not 'thwart Sylar'. Which tells Sylar that if he could just stay out of Peter's way, then they wouldn't be adversaries. Cooperation is possible, or at least co-existence. Peter

Now, from my muse...

[means2bhuman]

When Sylar got over being shocked and so embarrassingly pleased with such an ideal - dare he say perfect? - solution; he began to scheme for what would come…after that. With help, Peter had arrived at a game changing plan. It didn’t solve every problem, of course, but…with those major damages out of the way…Yes, he still wanted Peter. Worse than before. Wanted him badly. Surprisingly so. The one such problem with Sylar’s scheme was his ability, his past, and Peter’s family - Nathan included. He wanted to know if Peter’s…desire and what faint interest he had was stronger than Nathan’s hold or Angela’s biting words and prophecies. Would Peter forgive the pain he'd endured so far even if it was erased?

Sidling nearer, he put his palm flat to Peter’s waist. “Where would that leave us? You’d have Nathan back and I’d have my mind back.”