Was Peter losing his Powers a Good thing

[Merfish]

I think Peter losing his powers was a bit of a good and bad thing, on the upside, he no longer has "the hunger" and probably won't be as much of a McWhineyPants now. On the downside, Peter's back to square one and we've lost our Superman.

[jimmyolsenblues]

i agree completely now he can get them back one at a time.

[Ginx]

I wonder if it remains to be seen how long Peter has actually lost his abilities for.... it could just be temporary or it could be perm.

I think it makes it easier for the writers to keep track of what powers Peter has and also put s him back to square 1 and won't be in danger of being a 'god' for at least a little bit....plus it might have given Peter some insight into himself and to stop being so naive...

[STFanatic]

That was a good way to "reset" Peter's powers.

[Ragius]

Sylar is going to ***** the crap out of him now and then save his ass.

[loistickyfingerz]

I agree, Peter needed to be "reset". Just like Clark being robbed of his abilities so many times, being "powerless" can teach Peter much about who he really is...and then how to appreciate and properly use his powers once he gets them back. He must get them back eventually, otherwise the show will start sucking for me big time.

[Dezdmona]

He was definitely turning to the darkside, so it's probably a good thing.
Assuming he can re-acquire abilities, he'll have a better understanding of how to use them, and not become consumed with being all powerful.

[Ginx]

He was definitely turning to the darkside, so it's probably a good thing.
Assuming he can re-acquire abilities, he'll have a better understanding of how to use them, and not become consumed with being all powerful.

Crummy that some of the people he originally absorbed from are now dead thanks to Sylar who also had his powers reset except for the TK.

[STFanatic]

Hmmm... I reckon if Aurthur Petrelli gets too upset, we may have another nuke out.

[Superboy2]

Well did Peter lose all his abilities minus the absorbing one? It seems odd that Peter and Sylar lost their powers minus their original and Sylar still has the TK. I wonder if Peter can require his old powers back.

[chobee]

i agree completely now he can get them back one at a time.

No he can't. His dad took his ability to absorb powers too, or he would've just taken them right back then.

[Theshadow129x]

this was a good episode but this really was needed. peter had too many abilities that made just about everyone seem powerless too him. its nice to see him being brought down to everyone elses level. besides the hunger was making him evil and i dont want to root for sylar and be against peter. i want to hate sylar because he is awesome as a bad guy and root for peter because of his moral compass for wanting to do good.

[Dezdmona]

No he can't. His dad took his ability to absorb powers too, or he would've just taken them right back then.
I'm skeptical of that. Peter's absorbing ability has to do with the way his DNA sequences itself when exposed to new abilities, so Daddy's hug would have had to alter his DNA.

I just don't see Peter ultimately being powerless in the future.

[chobee]

If that's the case, why did Adam die? Why not just loose his ability? I'm not saying Pete can't get his ability back, but I think for now it's gone.

[jazzylg]

Peter found his kryptonite, and it's a good thing for the show. He gets to experience what superman does (except without all the pain and agony of k-radiation). Poppa Petrelli conned him good. It seems that he had to make physical contact with him(due to Peter's power level). I hope he learns from this, and gets his powers back and becomes a real hero.

[GottaLoveHotSuperHeros]

I think it's good that he lost them at this point, but I liked when he was all sweet and confused about life.... I really want him to be a hero, not a villian.

[STFanatic]

If that's the case, why did Adam die? Why not just loose his ability? I'm not saying Pete can't get his ability back, but I think for now it's gone.

If a power is keeping a 400 year old person alive, then the loss of that power would allow that person to die, in Peter's case, he is not old, so he wouldn't die.

Now had he done the same to Claire, she would be alive since she is just a teenager.

[silverdragon]

i agree...him losing his powers will help him curb his hunger when he eventually gets it back...

[Dezdmona]

If that's the case, why did Adam die? Why not just loose his ability? I'm not saying Pete can't get his ability back, but I think for now it's gone.
Adam's only power was healing, (which is what Arthur wanted him for).
So once Arthur sucked his power, he rapidly aged (400+ years) and died since his cells couldn't heal themselves.

When Daddy hugged Peter and took his powers, Peter was still his current age, so he was just left powerless. I see Peter's DNA as uniquely different from the other Heroes. In and of itself it doesn't exhibit a distinct "super-power", yet allows Peter to absorb powers when exposed to them. It's this quality which I believe the formula is based, and why the symbol of Pinehurst is the double helix.

Of course, that's just wild speculation on my part...the writers seem have a way of twisting things in unexpected ways, so I'm sure they'll come up with some explanation that will be perfectly obvious once we see it. :p

[Merfish]

Adam's only power was healing, (which is what Arthur wanted him for).
So once Arthur sucked his power, he rapidly aged (400+ years) and died since his cells couldn't heal themselves.

When Daddy hugged Peter and took his powers, Peter was still his current age, so he was just left powerless. I see Peter's DNA as uniquely different from the other Heroes. In and of itself it doesn't exhibit a distinct "super-power", yet allows Peter to absorb powers when exposed to them. It's this quality which I believe the formula is based, and why the symbol of Pinehurst is the double helix.

Of course, that's just wild speculation on my part...the writers seem have a way of twisting things in unexpected ways, so I'm sure they'll come up with some explanation that will be perfectly obvious once we see it. :p

then why did daddy pettrelli absorb his electricity??

[chobee]

Good call. Just like I actually fell for Ando dieing...

[Dezdmona]

then why did daddy pettrelli absorb his electricity??
I'm guessing Daddy absorbed all of Peter's "absorbed" powers, not only electricity.

I really don't want Arthur to "play God" and take and give powers at will. I just think that would diminish the storyline.
I'm hoping Peter retains his ability to absorb powers, which will somehow result in his eventually becoming the "Hero".

[DeedsCali23]

At Least we know how he gets his scar now, im assuming he gets it whilst not having any abilities.

[Vasser]

At Least we know how he gets his scar now, im assuming he gets it whilst not having any abilities.

I totally forgot about that. This is very true. It was a complete shock to see Arthur steal his powers. It's a bit crazy. Arthur can completely steal others abilities by touching them and Pete was able to mimic or absorb there ability without robbing them of it. Very similar but so different.

[doomvskal86]

I wonder if arthur can give abilities back or just take them away. I think peter losing his abilities is a good thing because now he can reset and not be so easily controlled by sylar's ability and hopefully in it will be a good battle between the petrelli's

[j-kent]

Crummy that some of the people he originally absorbed from are now dead thanks to Sylar who also had his powers reset except for the TK.

Nope...Sylar didn't lose all his abilities he's just not using them...(or that's just bad writing)

In the future, he nuked Costa Verde when went nuts..(episode: "I am Become Death")

the radiation ability was taken from an arrested Ted the nuke a couple of seasons ago- this was before the Shanti Virus/his loss of powers.

So, using this logic he has to have them or they are writing horribly!

[spicyblark]

This is terrible!!!!!!!! Peter needed all of those to fight against his father. A plus is that he doesn't have Sylar's hunger anymore, but now daddy does...not good

[Merfish]

Nope...Sylar didn't lose all his abilities he's just not using them...(or that's just bad writing)

In the future, he nuked Costa Verde when went nuts..(episode: "I am Become Death")

the radiation ability was taken from an arrested Ted the nuke a couple of seasons ago- this was before the Shanti Virus/his loss of powers.

So, using this logic he has to have them or they are writing horribly!

I think he just re-aqquired them, with everyone having powers and all...

[DoomsDay15]

I think he just re-aqquired them, with everyone having powers and all...



He didn't re-aquire them. The shanti virus doesn't take away abilities it just disables them in the person. When he healed himself with the blood the virus was cleaned out and he was back to normal.

We know this because he still had his TK. It doesn't make any sense that he would lose all of his other abilities except his base ability and the TK. When in fact he acquired the TK the same exact way he did all of his other ones.

With that logic he wouldn't have any of his powers left including his base intuitive ability that gave him the 'hunger'. So he wouldn't be able to get any powers back at all.

I think the writers are just not using his other abilities yet or they have forgotten lol.

[Wilde8]

I hope Peter gets his scar now that he has no powers

[Ginx]

Nope...Sylar didn't lose all his abilities he's just not using them...(or that's just bad writing)

In the future, he nuked Costa Verde when went nuts..(episode: "I am Become Death")

the radiation ability was taken from an arrested Ted the nuke a couple of seasons ago- this was before the Shanti Virus/his loss of powers.

mmmm....I know there is a thread floating somewhere where we were discussing this. I guess it's a mystery for now as to what powers he still has. Hopefully it's more of a 'surprise I still can nuke you' and not a 'oops' moment for the writers.:rolleyes:

[Litle bit more bizarre]

I think Peter will akcept that Sylar is his brother when he Sylar save him from pinhearst thats why writters give Peters abilities to Arthur.

About Sylar regaining abilities at the and of second season I think he regain all of his abilities but you can see it in almost every episode with Sylar that he dont use other abilities if he realy dont need them and dont forget that he painted the end of the world in future, how could he did it if he loose that ability:D [Mod Edit]

[Sweetie]

Good.He is free from Sylar's power.May be he will used his head instead of relying on his powers and do stupid things.I love him better this way,he's back on good side :)

[kryptonhero25]

he did lose the hunger now that papa petrelli took his powers away but thats not a good thing. peter took on the ability to understand how the powers work for a good reason and knew the hunger would be apart of it but as angela said to nathan, he sacrificed himself to gain that ability so he can help save everyone. so not only do we have a peter with no powers but he doesn't have the ability which he desperately searched for in the first few episodes. how will he get his powers back?

[Novak Fan]

I didn't like how they used PEter in this episode. Honestly they made him look kinda , let's say not so intelligent. Of course it's a very bad thing that he hadn't powers, specially because that ability to understand things. The only that can fight his father now is Sylar imo.

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Now the question is if he still has his own ability. I don't want to go to the "he had abilities in the future" because now everything changed, it's not the same future anymore.
Because if he has it, he can adsorb them from his father again. Or Sylar , if he get the chance toget close to him.

[Alexander III]

It's a good thing, he can go back to a normal life, perhaps loses his power permanently and go back to being a NURSE LOL

[Vasser]

Does anyone find it odd that the Petrelli men besides Nathan can absorb other peoples powers some how. Peter can mimic or absorb powers without physical contact, Gabriel (Sylar) has to look out there brain to understand how to work there powers, & now Pa Petrelli comes back into the fold and he can swipe someones ability's away from them by just touching them. I find that interesting, isn't it?

[Superboy2]

Yep. I'll bet Mohinder finds a way to restore Peter's actual power, and he gets close to Sylar, and the two of them join together to take down thei father. Nathan then takes his fathers side and its a big fight.

[Karafan1]

It's a good and bad thing. Good because he won't become a murderer like Sylar, but bad because now he's normal and can get killed easily..

[Hopefulsuicide]

are they TRYING to make him look like an idiot? surely there were better ways of getting Peter and his dad in contact than a HUG!

but yeah in general i think it'll be a good thing. I'm a little sick of Peter never using his brain. he just storms in everywhere, arrogant and violent, and it usually just messes everything up.

in terms of what he got sylar's power for in the first place, well it was so he could understand things right? well now he has figured these things out while having that power, he's not going to forget them is he?

[christian_kryptonian]

Very good thing. Put Peter in his place. I think his absorbtion power is gone though so hopefully he can get it back. The only way I see that happening is if Papa gives em back. So that will only happen if he is threatened back into it or Peter pledges to the villians.

[STFanatic]

If I recall correctly, in season one, wasn't Peter was all moody and missing his daddy?

I know personally, if my father were to unexpectedly return from the dead, I would be stunned enough to hug him.

[Hopefulsuicide]

If I recall correctly, in season one, wasn't Peter was all moody and missing his daddy?

I know personally, if my father were to unexpectedly return from the dead, I would be stunned enough to hug him.

i know if my dead father where to suddenly be in a room full of villans and suspected of hurting my mother, i would have enough fear and distrust to demand an explanation before hugging it out

[rambo5501]

Maybe Sylar/Gabriel now teaches him how to get new abilities. Or something.

[superman07]

I think it's a good thing for three reasons. First, it gives the bad guys some space to be bad guys, instead of worrying about Peter coming and whooping them easily. Two, it temorarily puts off the 'hunger' plot with him(which will probably come back). Three, it gives us reason to wonder how he'll comeback

[coldstatic]

Does anyone find it odd that the Petrelli men besides Nathan can absorb other peoples powers some how. Peter can mimic or absorb powers without physical contact, Gabriel (Sylar) has to look out there brain to understand how to work there powers, & now Pa Petrelli comes back into the fold and he can swipe someones ability's away from them by just touching them. I find that interesting, isn't it?

im willing to bet that pa petrelli gave himself the power to absorb/steal other powers. which is why daphne got the formula for him. but i also wonder about the connection to peter/gabriel having similar powers but not nathan.

[ill_will69]

dude first off I'm pissed I liked Adam sry he was my favorite villian he could've been a use to him give him his blood then if Adam were to be a smartass or something or betray the group then kill him but still damn RIP Adam lol.
Next does anyone think it's strange that both Petrelli boys have the abilities to get other abilities I mean maybe that was Mr. Petrelli's plan to use his son's abilities to become the most powerful of all of the heroes/villians but he somehow got stopped.
This was a good thing I'm pretty sure Peter still has his absorbing ability but he may get his crap tossed by the villians and in previews it looks like Sylar is behind daddy I'm not sure though I like good guy Sylar and would hate to see him go, and my last thought for this umm we don't want Peter to get that scar because if he does he is going down the same path as future peter and his death would've been for nothing.

[alien_from_mars]

Im not really sure, I think he did have too many powers and was becoming annoying, I really dont like him in this series for it. So I am hoping he is gonna be on the sidelines for a little longer, unless he gets his powers back soon. But dont see how that will happen ;)

[haydenclaireheroes]

well it wa a bad and good thing that peter lost his powers because now he has less of a chance of becoming a villan. Also claire does not have to be defencless and protest someone peter and mabe helping someone will make her the better person she was suppose to be in the future and not a b.i.t.c.h. But peter could put auther down with his powers but now they have less of a chance.