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I started showing my wife the tv show Heroes recently and we play a game where we drink water whenever A) somebody tricks Peter by hugging him, and B) a heroic character's powers are nerfed somehow. Can you suggest any other scenarios we can add to the game? We're currently on season 3

oof, idk?? i've never played drinking games, not even with water :'D how about.... every time Nathan's self-loathing kicks? every time Claire willfully injures herself? or (bit more lighthearted) every time Hiro drops a video game / comic / tv reference? (/ every time Ando pretends to be annoyed about it? XD)

anyone feel free to chime in with ideas!!

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there were three! 😄 a mobile game during (?) (or shortly after?) S1, a mobile game that came out (i think) shortly before Reborn, Enigma, and a PC game, Gemini (this one), at the same time. those two games had converging storylines as well - about the sisters Dahlia and Cassandra Hays. i think you can still play Enigma?? and you can def still play Gemini, it's up on Steam for example!

Heroes Reborn: Gemini - Easter Eggs relating to the OG show (3/3)

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Started watching heroes with my boyfriend and he's enjoying it but he can't seem to wrap his head around why Nathan isn't happy about having powers/doesn't want anyone to know about them (and we're well past the point where the Company tries to nab him). Keeps saying stuff like "He could win the election by showing off that he can fly!" and whatnot. Problem is I'm not really a Nathan girlie myself so while I do kind of get his deal intuitively, I struggle to put it into words... how would you explain his general mindset to a relative newcomer who's about halfway through the first season?

He's been raised to be perfect. To excel, but in a very "normal" mold. Wife and kids, no affairs no children out of wedlock. No brother who is sick, no mother who steals, no weirdness. Everything that doesn't "fit" about him, he's ashamed, even afraid of. [Which is why @petrellicest so often states his relationship with his powers make an excellent metaphor for being closeted, but I guess that's neither here nor there.]

Also.... just because the Company isn't actively trying to snatch him doesn't mean he's out of danger?? :'D Keep in mind, Heroes does not take place in a DC- or Marvel-esque world. It takes place in our world. Powers are not a known thing. Nathan is in greater danger from the government than the Company - he says so himself at one point. Not sure if you're there yet, but he thinks the government would take them all (all people with powers) and lock them away, because that's what he would do.

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uhhh... youtube.... youtube i was looking for clips from The Substance (2024)....

also ngl what sort of video title is that and how did 719k people click on that

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quick sketch

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*raises both hands* can talk to me as well!!! if u want 👉👈

Hello! This is kinda random but I saw you posted about Nathan x Peter from the TV show Heroes. I've been watching it and I wanted to talk about it with someone that likes that pairing so I was wondering if you'd be down for that? On discord maybe, idk if there's a server for it.

Hey! I can’t say there’s loads of us out here haha or a robust discord economy but always down to talk about Nathan and Peter and their insane incestuous soulmatism!!

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WHAT THE HECK

I only knew this one????

The booklet in my Heroes Season 1 DVD box set included this cast photo, which I’m not sure I’ve seen before. Um, Peter, honey… I’m not sure you’re facing in the right direction…

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hey, it's lovely that you replied and gave a more in-depth analysis! tbh i should've thought before adding those tags, because i did get where you were coming from - i just assumed it was more in the direction of calling female characters 'mommy' if you're into them / want them to dom you, and i didn't think that was the dynamic here. but i see now that that's now what you were getting at, and you're right of course. even though she doesn't know the depth of the insecurities she's exploiting, she strikes at the heart immediately.

i guess you could say now that my response was colored by my own experiences - but i always assumed Sylar was like this in most relationships in his life, not just family and romantic connections but friends, and generally his relationships / view of himself in the context of society as a whole. he fears that if he isn't special, he is no one at all. but you're right: the source of that is that people have repeatedly told him this, firstly and chiefly [the woman he thought of as] his mother. so yes - mommy issues!

I'm pulling @heroes-trash and @siderealtime tags from my recent post because I want to reply! Why did I place Elle in the 'mommy issues post'?

First, disclaimer: I'm still rewatching, I'm on episode 9 (s3). I don't remember all the plot points (I watched the show more than 10 years ago), so I might be wrong. But I'm interpreting things as I see them unfold on the screen.

Also, this is my excuse to write an essay on Sylar, bear with me.

So, Sylar ...

He's insecure and unloved by his parents, so he craves attention from other people. He wants to be Gabriel Gray, to be enough, to live his life knowing that someone will love him for who he is.

This issue stems from his emotionally abusive relationship with his mother, Virginia.

He said it, Virginia, he doesn't want to be a banker. She doesn't care, because all she cares about is keeping up appearances and making him do what she wants, not what HE wants. "You could be anything you want" my ass.

This further proves the idea that she doesn't care about what he wants. She wants him to be someone Of Great Importance in the eyes of other people. This formed his trauma and shaped how he views relationships with others.

Also, this foreshadows him being a president in the s1 alternative future. Nathan-shaped, he lost his identity and is now following his mama's wishes.

This shot shows how creepy that mother-son relationship is.

The idea of him being 'not enough' is evident to everyone, that's why he's so easily manipulated.

The scene that shows how Elle first met Gabriel proves that the Company has been watching him for some time now.

I believe that they might have been watching his mother's apartment as well, so they know all his triggers.

They send in a girl who can play him like a fiddle by showing him compassion and understanding – something that he couldn't get from his mother.

He calls Elle 'an angel', which is an interesting word choice since he's named Gabriel (archangel) and his mother is Virginia (pure).

Elle is able to manipulate him by resorting to 'mommy tactics'. (Angela did the same)

Let's compare two scenes: the scene in Virginia's apartment and the scene in Gabriel's apartment.

So, both scenes involve 'mother' figures (with updos, lol) and food. In the first scene, Gabriel is forced to eat the sandwich (or else he'll make mommy upset). In the second scene, he's finally presented with something that he actually prefers and he can share it with another person.

Now, the final blow:

Playing on his insecurities and his desire to connect with others, Elle breaks him. Just like his mother did with the whole 'president' speech.

TL;DR: Sylar's desire to be 'special' is based on his trauma and relationship with his mother. The Company (Elle) is able to manipulate him using that against him. Mommy issues prevail.

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Sylar has broken my mommy-issues-counter, it's just TOO MUCH

I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE

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In my heart I still know that Gretchen with all her true crime weird girl energy, Zach with his filmmaking skills and Claire with her literal ability to get cut open and have limbs torn off without being harmed are out there being gay and making low budget slasher movies together in the woods. I know this to be true it was revealed to me in a vision

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This is about what’s going on with us.

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Let me help you, Peter.

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found this at a car boot sale today

Omg… shout out to Wendy and Lisa fr for this list of bangers Kirby plaza you will always be famous

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Hey, give your big brother a hug.

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Homecoming (1x09) vs .07% (1x19)

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TV Meme : Bromances (1/3)

↳ “Heroes” Peter & Nathan Petrelli

“I don’t know who I am without you.” ”Course you do. You’re Nathan Petrelli. Top of his class, valedictorian, most-likely-to. You’re that guy with me or without me.” ”Who’s to say I’m not all that because of you? Most of what we are is what people expect us to be. I mean, if you take them away, nothing means anything.”

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you rereblog, i go off again with my own tags 🤷‍♀️ i don't make the rules!

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