Why I hate Peter Petrelli

[No.78]

He's your cliche hero, they're all the same... And thats why we dont like 'em :P

[v1tamind]

Okay, his brother is a Congressman and he can fly. Yes the cool part is that he can fly... big deal. I can take his attitude... how about you????.
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Originally Posted by CostelloRules

It seems to be I am the only person in the world who hates the character of Peter Petrelli. I've discussed it with my friends who also watch the show, and internet users and they all say they love the character and his place in the first series' tale. But I just can't warm to his character at all, he seems very two dimensional and frankly dull, and completely steals the limelight from all other characters in the show. To begin with when you find out he absorbs the powers around him, which he can then use, I was fine with this, it seemed interesting, a slight rip-off of Rogue from X-men but still, but when the conclusion came that he could use the powers from then onwards, using only his memory, this solidified my hatred of the character. What is the point of having a hero who has all the other heroes powers? Doesn't that make the others seem a little insignificant? And by the look of it, he is set to survive into the next series, I would have approved of his incredible growth in strength if he was to sacrifice himself at the end of the season to kill Syler, but I just have this horrible feeling that this isn't going to happen and he will continue his tiraid into series 2, fantastic...

[Instructio4]

Originally Posted by LordDark

If you read the Neo storyline you'd know that Rogue has also been able to absorb mutant powers from a distance, her body was turned into a living gun and she needed ammo, she abosorbed Poiter from a distance to turn her body into metal. The limits on Rogues powers are all in her head. I had every issue of Generation X and I have never seen Synch recall any powers, even when he was in a future storyline as an adult he had to be in the vicintiy, Synch also has mastery over the powers he duplicates, unlike Rouge and peter who have it at what ever level they absorbed. It was only speculated that Synch may have been able to eventually recall powers if he hadn't died. Rouge and Peter both suffer from abosorbing too much, he falls into comas and she goes crazy. Rouge like Peter stores the powers she takes on a genetic level, unlike Synch who only metabolizes energy signatures while his target is around. Now back to the topic, I hate Peter because he's such a whiney little coward when he has to make any real decisions, I need my brother, I'm a-scared of Sylar, you have to shoot me instead of me flying away or going into the desert, I'd rather turn my new niece into a murderer, what a puss!

And youve missed the point! He's meant to be a somewhat believable character, as a person, dont tell me that you wouldnt be scared in any sort of similiar situations, its his emotions that elevate him above the majority of comic book heroes, he dosnt have confidence in what he can do, he's human...

also, i agree that all Heroes characters have mirrors in comics, but imagine trying to think of truly original powers?? some job!

[Fire(storm)]

Originally Posted by LordDark

If you read the Neo storyline you'd know that Rogue has also been able to absorb mutant powers from a distance, her body was turned into a living gun and she needed ammo, she abosorbed Poiter from a distance to turn her body into metal. The limits on Rogues powers are all in her head. I had every issue of Generation X and I have never seen Synch recall any powers, even when he was in a future storyline as an adult he had to be in the vicintiy, Synch also has mastery over the powers he duplicates, unlike Rouge and peter who have it at what ever level they absorbed. It was only speculated that Synch may have been able to eventually recall powers if he hadn't died. Rouge and Peter both suffer from abosorbing too much, he falls into comas and she goes crazy. Rouge like Peter stores the powers she takes on a genetic level, unlike Synch who only metabolizes energy signatures while his target is around. Now back to the topic, I hate Peter because he's such a whiney little coward when he has to make any real decisions, I need my brother, I'm a-scared of Sylar, you have to shoot me instead of me flying away or going into the desert, I'd rather turn my new niece into a murderer, what a puss!

This "NEO" storyline means nothing. Only the original storyline and a few of the original spinoffs like Age of Apoc and House of M is what most people remember, not all these new spinoffs that rewrite the storyline like Ultimate, X-treme and similar garbage. The only thing people care about are the originals and related spinoffs.

Using rewritten comics would be like saying "Eddie Brock and Peter parker were childhood friends, and they broke into the lab to steal the symbiote to help cure cancer, but the symbiote got Brock, and he became Venom"
If the movie writers put that in the movie instead of the original Brock(Who they screwed up as well), fans everywhere would have rebelled.
Thus, rewrites like NEO and Ultimate do not count.

And so Yes, Synch was FAR closer to Peter Petrelli than Rogue. In house of M spinoff, he was a member of the junior shield division, and was able to permanently recall powers, although he was just getting used to it, he was on his way to becoming an Omega level mutant, up there with Phoenix, as the writers said. It was the main reason they killed him off.

[LordDark]

Originally Posted by Instructio4

And youve missed the point! He's meant to be a somewhat believable character, as a person, dont tell me that you wouldnt be scared in any sort of similiar situations, its his emotions that elevate him above the majority of comic book heroes, he dosnt have confidence in what he can do, he's human...

also, i agree that all Heroes characters have mirrors in comics, but imagine trying to think of truly original powers?? some job!

If i could fly, read minds, heal to the point of being unkillable, had telekinesis and a host of other powers no i would not be scared, of anything! His emotions only seem to elevate him above comic book characters because he's in a live action show and not a drawing.

I'm not knocking the show for not having original powers, they just aren't anymore left like you said, I just find Rouge to be a better comparison than Synch.

[Fire(storm)]

Originally Posted by LordDark

If i could fly, read minds, heal to the point of being unkillable, had telekinesis and a host of other powers no i would not be scared, of anything! His emotions only seem to elevate him above comic book characters because he's in a live action show and not a drawing.

I'm not knocking the show for not having original powers, they just aren't anymore left like you said, I just find Rouge to be a better comparison than Synch.

Peter isn't a cold blooded killer like Sylar, and he knows Sylar is, and that SYlar has a great assortment of powers too, and is better at controlling them.

Peter has a right to be afraid of Sylar.

As for Rogue, She might be the easier comparison because more people know who she is, but Synch is definitely more alike Peter than her. Exactly like peter, he synchs with people around him, and exactly like peter, he learns his body can remember past powers, then he becomes omega level

[LordDark]

Originally Posted by Fire(storm)

Peter isn't a cold blooded killer like Sylar, and he knows Sylar is, and that SYlar has a great assortment of powers too, and is better at controlling them.

Peter has a right to be afraid of Sylar.

As for Rogue, She might be the easier comparison because more people know who she is, but Synch is definitely more alike Peter than her. Exactly like peter, he synchs with people around him, and exactly like peter, he learns his body can remember past powers, then he becomes omega level

Not true It is Rouge not Synch who's body remebers the powers of those abosorbed. The Neo were villains in Xmen 99-102, 106 and 110 not some spinoff or alterante reality story it was all cannon. The Synch from HoM was not the real Synch considering he died 5 years prior (our time) in Gen X 70. You see when I think of Synch I think of the original Synch who never had the capacity to recall power, not some re-creacted version conjured to live in an illusionary world created by a lunatic. By the way that story line lasted for about as long as the Neo one did and it's over and the fake Synch doesn't exist and never really did. On the subject of Omega level mutants, the whole thing is murky at best, but marvel had one thing set in stone, you are either born Omega or not, you don't become one through artifical means, blood transfusions, absorbing power etc... it's more about limitless potential and trancendance not who has the most power. Case in point Jean Grey is uber powerful and a confirmed Omega, Elixer also a confirmed Omega is not all that powerful but an Omega none the less, Bobby (Iceman) another Omega is inbetween them both as he is realizing his potential to a greater degree than Elixer but is not as powerful as Jean.

[Fire(storm)]

Originally Posted by LordDark

Not true It is Rouge not Synch who's body remebers the powers of those abosorbed. The Neo were villains in Xmen 99-102, 106 and 110 not some spinoff or alterante reality story it was all cannon. The Synch from HoM was not the real Synch considering he died 5 years prior (our time) in Gen X 70. You see when I think of Synch I think of the original Synch who never had the capacity to recall power, not some re-creacted version conjured to live in an illusionary world created by a lunatic. By the way that story line lasted for about as long as the Neo one did and it's over and the fake Synch doesn't exist and never really did. On the subject of Omega level mutants, the whole thing is murky at best, but marvel had one thing set in stone, you are either born Omega or not, you don't become one through artifical means, blood transfusions, absorbing power etc... it's more about limitless potential and trancendance not who has the most power. Case in point Jean Grey is uber powerful and a confirmed Omega, Elixer also a confirmed Omega is not all that powerful but an Omega none the less, Bobby (Iceman) another Omega is inbetween them both as he is realizing his potential to a greater degree than Elixer but is not as powerful as Jean.

Synch was exactly like peter. Could only use the powers when people were around. It was surmised that his body could remember how to use the power, but never realised because he died.
Then, in House of M, it depicts what would have happened had he survived. He learned to keep them. Exactly like peter.

Peter does not require contact, like synch, just proximity. Rogue does require contact. The alternate Rogue you speak of does not count because most people only consider the Rogue who drains people by touch and absorbs power to be the Rogue.

If you ask random people who know Xmen, they will all say the same thing. Rogue required physical contact to take a power, thus, she is utterly unlike peter Petrelli.
End of discussion.

[LordDark]

Originally Posted by Fire(storm)

Synch was exactly like peter. Could only use the powers when people were around. It was surmised that his body could remember how to use the power, but never realised because he died.
Then, in House of M, it depicts what would have happened had he survived. He learned to keep them. Exactly like peter.

Peter does not require contact, like synch, just proximity. Rogue does require contact. The alternate Rogue you speak of does not count because most people only consider the Rogue who drains people by touch and absorbs power to be the Rogue.

If you ask random people who know Xmen, they will all say the same thing. Rogue required physical contact to take a power, thus, she is utterly unlike peter Petrelli.
End of discussion.

If you ask random people they won't know who Synch is no matter which one you think is more valid. Rouge reqiures contact for the same reason she can't touch people, she has subconscious blocks. This is no alternate Rouge it is regular Rouge, you're talking about an alternate Synch. Rouge can and has recalled powers from others she has touched, she has also been able to absorb power from a distance. Once this aspect of her power was activated (by Sage) she only needed to think of the person and she would manifest their powers, she was nearly killed and these aspects of her powers shut down, while manifesting so many at once she thought she was indestructible and was nearly killed.

[Fire(storm)]

Originally Posted by LordDark

If you ask random people they won't know who Synch is no matter which one you think is more valid. Rouge reqiures contact for the same reason she can't touch people, she has subconscious blocks. This is no alternate Rouge it is regular Rouge, you're talking about an alternate Synch. Rouge can and has recalled powers from others she has touched, she has also been able to absorb power from a distance. Once this aspect of her power was activated (by Sage) she only needed to think of the person and she would manifest their powers, she was nearly killed and these aspects of her powers shut down, while manifesting so many at once she thought she was indestructible and was nearly killed.

Actually, GenX was rather popular. Many people know who synch is, and How he absorbs the powers of those around him.

99% of people would also agree that the epitome of Rogue is her inability to touch others because that is how she takes their powers. Nobody thinks of Rogue as the mutant who can absorb powers without first draining by physical touch on a person. Period. Synch is the better comparison to Peter Petrelli, especially like Peter, he didn't learn right away how to retain powers.