Heroes, 3x09 (unspoilery)

Heroes 3x09


The Petrelli boys continue to be irritatingly thick in the head (and LACKING IN PRINCIPLE LIKE OMG)*, Sylar's characterization and powers continuity continues to be mangled for undecipherable plot purposes, Parker continues to be persistent, I still don't understand what leverage the bad guys have over Daphne, and Papa P. is the least impressive bad guy of the show so far. He lacks the charm and irony of Linderman or the acidic viciousness of Adam.

Claire has worked her way to being one of my preferred characters to watch not so much because I like her, but because her development has been the most consistant and clear, so at least when she's on screen I don't have to tell myself that this is some new bizarro version of her who makes choices for no discernible purpose.

The most entertaining scene was, by far, the torture>playfulness scene in the dungeon. I think I just found my new Fucked Up Villain OTP, along the lines of Spike/Drusilla or Scar/Lust. It also explains the child a few episodes back.


*I've decided what my problems are with Nathan and Peter Petrelli, and to some extent the other significant members of the Petrelli family (excepting Claire), and the problem is this: They have no principles or integrity. They let themselves be distracted by arguments from one side or another and NEVER FUCKING THINK FOR THEMSELVES. Arrrgh it's positively painful to watch. I know they're going through traumatic life changes and whatnot, but there's such a thing as integrity and in having a basic understanding of the creed and principles that discipline one's behavior. The reason they keep letting other people control them (and this is ALL the children except Claire, who at least has a brain of her own and a clear sense of objective reasoning), and the reason that they get more annoying with every season, is that they keep changing their mind about right and wrong based on what some perceived authority figure is telling them at the time. They're so fucking easy to manipulate, and it really bugs me.

Each of the Petrelli boys needs someone to stand next to them at all times and, when they're about to let their opinion be swayed by a half-ass-ed speech from someone, smack them upside the head. Twice. To the same side. And say "Your head is more than just a case for your eyeballs!" They need a Rafiki, a la Disney.

Someone talk to me about 'Heroes'

I need to converse with other people about the weirdness of this season.


1. What, exactly, is going on with Peter's power vs. PapaPetrelli's power vs. Sylar's power? Why did Peter need Sylar's ability in the first place, when he had the BETTER upgrade of the ability right off the bat?

2. What is up with Peter and Claire? I am getting mixed messages from the show. The series tells us they are uncle/niece, but the writers seem to go out of their way to make borderline insinuating moments between them. It's like watching Rogue and Wolverine from the X-Men movies...I have to wonder if it's coincidence, if it's the fact that the actors are dating IRL, or if it's the way they're being directed to play the scenes they share together.

3. It looks like the abilities of people are being more overtly proved to pass along family lines (ex: the pyrokinetics, the Petrellis), so I'm still waiting for the show to "conveniently" ret-con that Claire isn't actually a Petrelli child at all, but is the spawn of Adam, who had the exact same power. And is also blond. Besides this making way more sense than her being Nathan's daughter in the first place, this would neatly fix Issue #2 as well. At least, it'd be less icky.

4. I hate this show for taking the prettiest person on the cast, Mohinder, and making him both spider-goo-gross and unrecognizable as the same personality from season 1.