Writer’s Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite are back with Comic Book Resources for Week 12 of “Behind the Eclipse.” Here are the highlights of this week’s edition:
Tune in tonight for clarification on what powers Peter got back through injecting himself with the formula. A reader wanted to know how Arthur and Angela both managed to try tricking Sylar into believing they were his parents. Aron & Joe remind us that Arthur had telepathy while he was in the coma and even went into Angela’s head, thereby discovering her plan to trick Sylar. Claude won’t show up in volume 4. We may be seeing the future from “Five Years Gone” (less the explosion) coming to fruition as Nathan turns against his own kind. Echo will not be back. Claire and Sylar will be crossing paths again in this volume and “their dynamic is more interesting than you could ever imagine.” How did Arthur know that Hiro and Claire had gone back in time to find the catalyst? Watch for clarification on the DVD with a disturbing scene where Arthur found Molly and stole her ability, using it to find Hiro and Claire in the past. Did Sylar lose his ability of empathic mimicry when he reverted to his old ways? Sylar has to concentrate to gain the power through empathy so just crossing paths with another Hero doesn’t necessarily mean he absorbs their power. The tragic characters in the show can’t change. The hopeful characters try to and hopefully succeed. In Volume 3, “Peter took Sylar’s power so that he could figure out how to stop the future. When he figured out Pinehearst was the lynchpin to stopping the formula, he went directly there – only to have Arthur take away his power. The theme for Peter during this volume was learning just how deadly the powers can be, i.e. Sylar and Arthur – and how could he save the world without them.” It is possible that both Meredith and Flint survived the explosions in the Volume 3 finale due to their resistance to fire. They still won’t commit to who the mother of Sylar’s little boy, Noah, was. Our good friend, Tarot, asked, “Why did Claude wait over 7 years to go back to England after he’d faked his own death? Why did he instead hide in NYC on a rooftop owned by one of the Company founders?” The writers chalked it up to Claude’s sense of destiny.
Tons of Ando love in this edition of BTE. Here are all of the Ando questions and answers:
“Was Ando’s ability, augmenting others’ powers, motivated by his status as the show’s perennial sidekick?” - Sure was. We’ve said a lot, especially here in the BTE, that powers are directly linked to people’s emotional needs. So our perennial sidekick got exactly what he needed: sidekick juice. But after what we saw Ando do to Hiro in the future, there might be more to that red lightning than just power enhancement – more like a sidekick to the groin. “With Ando’s ability, how would it affect Peter or Sylar if they absorbed it from him? Would they only be able to supercharge others powers who touch them, or would they be able to use it on themselves to supercharge their own powers?” - Interesting science experiment. We might have to try that one out. “I was wondering that since Ando has the power to boost other people’s powers, would he be able to use his power on the people Arthur stole their powers from? Like, would he be able to restore Hiro’s powers?” - What’s up with all the love for Ando? This is like the fifth Ando question so far. Hiro and Ando’s relationship will change drastically because of Ando’s power. Tonight! “Now that we’ve seen what Ando’s power is, is it the same one he had in the future? If so, how did he attack Hiro with it? Does his ability have a secondary feature or did Ando, like, overload Hiro to the point where his body couldn’t handle it anymore?” - Please see previous answer. And also – ask James Kyson Lee to be your friend on Facebook; all of you lovers of Ando, which at this point seem legion. “Could Ando’s power enhance regular people’s strength or speed like adrenaline does?” - Seriously. How much do you guys love the Ando? We believe that it only affect post-humans, super-heroes, mutants, science-heroes, meta-humans – what have you. “Now that Hiro is powerless, will he become a sidekick? Maybe to Ando?” - Okay. Now we’re catching on. This is all really Jason Kyson Le posing as different people, writing lots of Ando questions. If the next question is, “Why is Ando so handsome? Did the power make him more buff, because he looks awesome” we’re outta here.
Read the full Q&A at CBR.
