Did Peter gain new powers?

[frumanchu]

Peter gains the powers of those he comes in contact with. Given the close encounter with Sylar, does he now possess all the powers Sylar acquired from his brainfeasting?

[superhippie2000]

ya i would think peter can now melt metal and super hear and whatever else between the time they met in the past to now.

[XanthusAZ]

I don't think so. I thik he can only get a power from Sylar when Sylar uses it, not every power Sylar has whenever he is close to Sylar. Although, I could be totally wrong and Peter does have all Sylar's powers, he just can't access them yet due to either his not knowing that they exist or his requirement to remember them. As he never met them, he cant' remember them

[angeloo]

i think he got super hearing from the earlier episode, nikkis power, and maybe dl, micah and mollys

[superhippie2000]

im just wondering how close he needs to get cause he may have got nikki/jessicas but dl micha and molly may have been to far away.

he has mind reading but i dont think he has hearing atleast not previously in an episode.

[whitenack]

Originally posted by XanthusAZ
I don't think so. I thik he can only get a power from Sylar when Sylar uses it, not every power Sylar has whenever he is close to Sylar.

He started using Ted's power immediately, before he really knew what was going on, and especially before Ted used it.

Although, Ted's powers might have been different from the rest. When he was in training, Peter said he was able to use other people's abilities when he thought about that person. Ted's power came out even without Peter's concentration.

[Patient101]

I would say he definately got niki's power simply because soon as she stepped in for a second he seemed to really whip up on sylar for a bit till he started glowing... maybe thats just me.

[j-kent]

Yeah patient you're right, he definitely has Nikki's power being that close and was probably using some of the strength to a degree on Sylar. DL, Micah, and Molly's are questionable.

[Drolfin]

I read on heroeswiki that the writers have confirmed that Peter has all of Sylar's powers, as well as Eden's and the haitian's

[superhippie2000]

how did he get the hatians? he has never been near the hatian i dont think. unless if it was when peter was in jail the same time claire and hrg and the hatian were there.

[whitenack]

Originally posted by superhippie2000
how did he get the hatians? he has never been near the hatian i dont think. unless if it was when peter was in jail the same time claire and hrg and the hatian were there.

In "Unexpected", when HRG and TH were on the roof and they tried to taser Pete.

http://heroeswiki.com/Unexpected

[chrisxs5]

At the highschool is the only possible place! If it is true! Peter was on the ground and Eden and the Haitian were in the trees! But that just depends on how close he would have to be.

[khalil]

if peter is not dead, he can now time travel.

[whitenack]

Originally posted by chrisxs5
At the highschool is the only possible place! If it is true! Peter was on the ground and Eden and the Haitian were in the trees! But that just depends on how close he would have to be.

Please see post #11

[superhippie2000]

Originally posted by whitenack
In "Unexpected", when HRG and TH were on the roof and they tried to taser Pete.

http://heroeswiki.com/Unexpected


o ya he was there too lol. but still were they ever close enough for peter to get the powers?

[whitenack]

That's the big question. Only the writers know that, I guess. Wiki says he did, but they don't really know definately either.

[chrisxs5]

Originally posted by chrisxs5
At the highschool is the only possible place! If it is true! Peter was on the ground and Eden and the Haitian were in the trees! But that just depends on how close he would have to be. Please note that I was typing when the other one posted, so I am not as stupid as it appears.;)

I forgot about that, he was right there!

[whitenack]

No one thinks you're stupid. Just wanted to make sure you saw my post since you were typing when I posted #11. I have a tendency to not see posts just in front of mine if I am posting at the same time.

[chrisxs5]

I do that all the time as well! But I did completely forget about that! So it will be interesting to see how and when and why he uses the memory wipe!

[thedarknight]

Here's how I believe Peter's powers work. When he comes close to any normal heroes he will automatically gain their ability whether or not they use it. However in the case with Sylar; Sylar needs to use the power in order for Peter to absorb it.

[XanthusAZ]

Originally posted by thedarknight
Here's how I believe Peter's powers work. When he comes close to any normal heroes he will automatically gain their ability whether or not they use it. However in the case with Sylar; Sylar needs to use the power in order for Peter to absorb it.

EXACTLY! I've been trying to convince people of this for ages!

[Fusionoma]

But why? That doesn't follow any logic. I think that he has all of Sylar's powers.

[whitenack]

Yeah, I don't buy that logic either. He is either able to pick up people's powers automatically or he isn't.

[chrisxs5]

That all sounds like a good theory but tptb have said he has all of Sylars powers.

[Redhouse]

In Peter's article on Heroeswiki is lists a bunch of powers he has used and a bunch he has come in contact with but hasn't used: http://heroeswiki.com/Peter it looks like a lot (if not all that we know of) of Sylar's powers are on the lists.

[Lothahnus]

Peter has only used some of the powers he has. He has ALOT more. He just does not know it. Until he knows of the power or instincively uses it by accident he might as well not have it because he won't be able to use it.

[chrisxs5]

In the future he has also used:

Electromagnetism
Super speed
Fire
Time, space manipulation

[XanthusAZ]

Oh.......maybe I'm wrong. I just really don't want Peter to be able to absorb all Sylar's powers, because then Peter would be invincible. But then, I suppose if he both doesn't know he has them and doesn't know what they are, he can't really use them

[chrisxs5]

I have been saying since half way through the season, they need to create some way to give Peter and/or Sylar a reset button, to start them with zero powers. I think Peter going after people with powers would be cool to follow.

[XanthusAZ]

I agree with both of those, especially the reset part. However, Peter doesn't seem like the knid of guy who would go around getting powers. We have no idea what's going to happen to him next season, but I doubt he'll do that

[Redhouse]

Peter chasing powers would be like Hiro chasing the sword: boring.

[chrisxs5]

We could send Peter and Sylar out at the same time after one power and we could call it Driv-roes!

[The Ninth Doctor]

If you read the Comic Book Resources weekly column "behind the eclipse", the writers have said that Peter only has the abilities that sylar has used in front of him.

This doesn't seem to make any sense at first, but remember when Sylar was "dead"? Only Telekinis showed up in his DNA. And If sylar does indeed ingest brains somehow instead of anaylizing them, then he may consistently shift his DNA to the different powers he has, thus only using one at a time. So at one point in time Sylar would only have one power, and thus peter would only absorb one power.

And I think it has been said that the Hatian can block Peter's ability, and so Peter has not absorbed his. It is possible that he has Eden's though.

[chrisxs5]

I actually like that theory and think they should adopt it, but a recent interview said Peter had all of Sylars powers.

[RedPhoenix23]

Originally posted by chrisxs5
I actually like that theory and think they should adopt it, but a recent interview said Peter had all of Sylars powers.

I read that interview too. So Peter definately does have all of Sylar's powers. The thing with Peter though, if he doesn't know what specific power he absorbed from which person then that makes it hard for him to use it on purpose. For example, he should have easily absorbed Eden's power but he's never been in a situation where the power would be used out of survival instinct. Peter also doesn't know that Eden had any powers at all so that's another reason it doesn't get used unless it's just on instinct and then get's filed away again and sits there useless.

For example, Peter has that dream vision thing with Mr. Devoux but Peter doesn't know how he got that power so he won't use it often unless on instinct or on accident. Peter also has psychic visions of the future that he's been able to use every once and awhile but again, Peter doesn't know where he got that power from so he can't access it whenever he wants. It only comes out when he's in distress or something. Peter could have countless powers already by that reasoning.

So as of know, he only uses the powers that he knows he has and the only for sure power that he's seen Sylar use is the TK - so that's the only Sylar power that Peter uses as well.

[The Ninth Doctor]

Huh. Which interview was that?

I realy don't like this turn of events. Sylar and Peter were both already extremely overpowered- now Peter is even more powerful. They need to hit the reset button on both of them. (Somehow make it so that Peter can either only use powers in the presence of the Evolved Humans he is copying or he can only use weakened versions of the powers.)

[chrisxs5]

I have been preaching the reset button since mid-season. I think they could do it, if they do it correctly. As for the interview, I cant remember. I read them all and they tend to overlap from time to time.

[TKFlash]

Yeah I would think ha has all of Sylars powers but it doesn't make a difference because he doesn't know what they are.

[chrisxs5]

I would agree with that. It seems his reactive powers, like healing and reading minds are automatic. But some of the physical powers he actually has to see!

[whitenack]

Originally posted by chrisxs5
I would agree with that. It seems his reactive powers, like healing and reading minds are automatic. But some of the physical powers he actually has to see!

If the powers he borrows are reflexive (like the mind reading, healing, exploding) then he doesn't have to concentrate to use them. But the non-automatic powers (flying, invisibility, etc.) are non-reflexive, and he therefore has to think about it, and has to know he has it before he can use it.

[The Ninth Doctor]

He automatically used invisibility when he first saw claude though.

[whitenack]

Did he use invisibility, or could he just see someone invisible?

[XanthusAZ]

He was definitely invisible

[The Ninth Doctor]

And Exploding and Mind Reading are not reflexive. Like Peter's power, sometimes they activate by themselves, but they can be consciously controlled, unlike Regeneration or Super Hearing, which are always on, and reflexive.