Comments on: A superhero in Iraq http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/19/5122 Cutting straight to the point Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:14:34 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tatterdemalian http://www.yourish.com/2008/07/19/5122/comment-page-1#comment-32721 Tatterdemalian Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:40:38 +0000 http://www.yourish.com/?p=5122#comment-32721 I'm pretty sure the problem Peter has is that he *can't* kill anybody, because doing so, or even working up the anger needed to do so, will make him explode, thanks to Ted's power. As a result, he can only watch as good people around him are murdered, and eventually he will decide "to hell with it" and strike back the only way he can, with New York City paying the price. I'm pretty sure Sylar could only find redemption in the minds of the suicidally emo, though. Let's face it, the guy has killed over a dozen people and eaten their brains, including people whose only crime was to be deceived by him. It would have to be a Neon Genesis Evangelion style ending, with Sylar in the role of Shinji. Which, when you consider how messed up both Shinji and the End of Evangelion were, may well be the direction the writers are going. I’m pretty sure the problem Peter has is that he *can’t* kill anybody, because doing so, or even working up the anger needed to do so, will make him explode, thanks to Ted’s power. As a result, he can only watch as good people around him are murdered, and eventually he will decide “to hell with it” and strike back the only way he can, with New York City paying the price.

I’m pretty sure Sylar could only find redemption in the minds of the suicidally emo, though. Let’s face it, the guy has killed over a dozen people and eaten their brains, including people whose only crime was to be deceived by him. It would have to be a Neon Genesis Evangelion style ending, with Sylar in the role of Shinji. Which, when you consider how messed up both Shinji and the End of Evangelion were, may well be the direction the writers are going.

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