More on how Heroes sucks this season

[ivyfic]

I have not watched this week's Heroes, so a few more problems with last week's episode...

Peter should win any fight. Okay, you get the drop on him, I could see Peter getting shot like he did in the alley. But the fight at Sylar's house? All kinds of wrong. I mean, I know Peter's stupid, but this is just Clark Kent on Smallville levels of stupid. Even Peter should do better than this.

1. Claire came to Costa Verde for Peter, therefore, ipsofacto, if Peter wanted to protect Sylar (WTF?) he'd leave. Cause he can teleport.
2. HE CAN TELEPORT.
3. He can turn invisible. He can freaking stop time. He has telekinesis. Jesus fucking christ there's no way he'd lose this fight.
4. Having a child seems to have made all of Sylar's brains leave through his dick cause he is definitely smart enough to win this fight. Telekinesis? Hello? Ability to turn matter he touches into its component atoms?
5. Seriously. A fight between Peter AND Sylar, both with dozens of extremely powerful abilities against what—someone with superstrength? Someone who runs fast? And a girl with no offensive powers whatsoever? HOW COULD THEY POSSIBLY LOSE?
6. I'm sorry, but Peter and Sylar vs. an army of thousands would not lose. You've got to be kidding me.
7. Both Peter and Sylar's blood can bring someone back from the dead. Peter seems to have forgotten this, despite having used it on his brother, but there's no way I buy Sylar not at least trying to heal his poor widdle dead son.
8. PETER CAN FUCKING TELEPORT. MOTHERFUCKERS.

And then, in the scene with Nathan, leaving a terrorist in a room with the president=bad, but more than that, why'd the Haitian leave? It's bad enough to have them talking without supervision, but unleashing all of Peter's abilities? That's just stupid. If Peter could read Nathan's mind, then the cuts on his chest should have freaking healed. Also, PETER CAN TELEPORT. AND SAVE PEOPLE'S LIVES WITH HIS BLOOD.

THIS IS WHY YOU CAN'T HAVE NICE TOYS, SHOW. BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY TO HAVE A SHOW WITH TWO (TWO!) OMNIPOTENT CHARACTERS HAVE ANY SORT OF PLOT IS TO HAVE BOTH OF THEM BE DUMBER THAN BALLS OF HAIR.

ETA: Oh! Oh! I just realized that the character who draws his strength from fear is a scary black man. That's right! He has the power of racial stereotypes!

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[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

ETA: Oh! Oh! I just realized that the character who draws his strength from fear is a scary black man. That's right! He has the power of racial stereotypes!

...I hadn't thought of that. That is awful. Does it make it better to say he's easily the least annoying character, new or old, on the show now? Probably not, huh.

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was just thinking about his power. How useful would a power based on fear be, unless you're threatening? And why is he threatening? He's black. It's like the Blade comics where Blade wasn't a vampire or daywalker or whatever, his super power was just being a scary black man--but I only mean that facetiously. But this character's super power actually is being a scary black man. I seriously doubt that subtext was intentional, but holy cow, it's amusing.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Well, there's more to the Blade thing than you realize. His power wasn't really that he was a scary black man; it's that his being black made him "other" enough to be someone you could believe was involved with vampires and stuff. There's also culture appropriation, et al. It's a joke until it isn't.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Also: my friend pointed out that the fact Peter has a billion powers is irrelevant in that fight. It's the fact that Sylar lost control that he can't buy. I have to agree.