As for 1, I agree that this makes sense, but I still don't think the show was explicit enough about it. We're not even sure that Claire would die if you removed her brain. For most of the series, this was the assumption because we assumed Sylar could kill her. But, we then go to the future where Claire is supposed to be dead and she isn't. They do a hand-wavy thing to say that Peter saved her, but it's unclear. She could have survived Sylar's attack. In any case, there's been no convincing evidence that brain removal would kill her.
And (I know, stop thinking about the science) despite the fact that Sylar gains powers by removing brains, Mohinder keeps insisting that the power is in their DNA, which means it's not just in their brains. It's the medichlorians!! That's it!!
In conclusion, my point is that I shouldn't have to do this amount of flaily rationalization for the events in a show to make sense. Shows, especially ones like this that rely so heavily on all the pieces fitting together, should not require reams of fan wank to dig them out of logical holes.
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Date: 2007-05-22 02:42 pm (UTC)And (I know, stop thinking about the science) despite the fact that Sylar gains powers by removing brains, Mohinder keeps insisting that the power is in their DNA, which means it's not just in their brains. It's the medichlorians!! That's it!!
In conclusion, my point is that I shouldn't have to do this amount of flaily rationalization for the events in a show to make sense. Shows, especially ones like this that rely so heavily on all the pieces fitting together, should not require reams of fan wank to dig them out of logical holes.