I reject reality and substitute my own!

Because I can’t let go of Heroes yet. Oh, it’s probably my New Year’s resolution to kick that unhealthy habit, but it’d be best if Heroes just went away and I could do the pick-and-choose that I am sadly used to, as a Highlander fan. Where the “canon” is so inconsistent you cannot respect it all at once, so the movies and the series and whatever they made are merely suggestions, pieces of a puzzle that you take to build your own version in your head.

The problem with having the thing you love in your head means it gets harder for you to talk with other fans. Somehow, you have to negotate a common… fanon? And this might be how AU fanfiction is born. Only not, because they get written for shows that are still good and make sense.

Ah, Heroes. I have a lot of respect for the characters and the storylines, the themes and directions in Season 1 and 2. This is why I can’t respect Season 3. I want to use this opportunity to ramble about how things might have or could have or should have developed after Season 2, taking into account – not what the writers want want WANT for a storyline, but how the characters might actually react.

2×11 Powerless

I downloaded the episode, but it was in Spanish. Ah well. At least Sylar gets to pronounce Maya’s name properly. On the other hand, every other name is pronounced wrong. And Spanish!Molly is not very good at screaming. To say the least.

This is hilarious because they are watching Maya intently, bent forward, and as soon as she revives and gets up, they are startled and jump back. What! I think it’s cute.

(Aw… He is holding Molly, so cute.)

Also, I remember there were those that argued that Mohinder did not wear gloves when drawing blood from Sylar, but wore gloves when injecting Maya, ERGO it must mean he does not like touching her and finds her icky. Ergo he’s gay et cetera et cetera. Heh.

To them I point out the above picture: Mohinder has obviously mopped the blood off Maya’s generous bosom, and for this ever-important task, he chose to take off the gloves and use his bare hands.

For comparison.

Before:

After:

They are clean now, her breasts. Mohinder was here.

Now, other people ran off to hunt after Sylar, who was escaping with the cure at that time, and had not come far yet, and had not had time to restore his powers, and was potentially injured…! Not Mohinder. He stayed behind and rubbed the unsconscious girl’s boobies.

And this explains why Molly looks so disturbed.

OK, I creep myself out. Forget that above, let’s just remember the following: Mohinder touched Maya’s boobies. Hooray!

Heroes German Dub complaint, part 1 of 1000

One of the many things wrong with German Heroes:

Molly: “Sie sind viel besser als die anderen Ärzte. Es hat fast gar nicht weh getan.”
Translation: “You are much better than the other doctors. It almost didn’t hurt at all.”
Original: “You’re different from the other doctors. They’re much better at this.”

My outrage over this makes me realize just how fond I am of the detail “Mohinder is bad at giving shots”. It’s such a hilarious little flaw. Eerything he does always works out, he can find cur for rare diseases, he can examine blood and spinal fluid samples very quickly an competently. But it hurts. It’s no fun.

Mohinder with a needle. List of victims.
Sylar (reaction: flinching and screaming)
Molly (reaction: flinching and complaining)
The Haitian (reaction: not shown)
Niki (reaction: not shown, I think)
HRG (did not complain, was dead, but whined later)
Maya (did not complain, was dead)

Almost victim:
Monica (refused vehemently, what a wise girl)