TimeLine of the Storyline

I'm sure by now, most of the people on this board have seen the theory: The story that is being told about Matt is a story that happened a few years ago and the little girl that he found/saved is claire and the parents that were killed were claire's biological parents. And the story being told about claire (teenage) and the other heroes is the one being told in the present.

With this theory comes a few individual theories such as Matt being locked up for the convienent store robbery that might have happened, Mr. B hiring sylar to kill claire's parents and other things along those lines.

Well my question is that if this is the case, that Matt's story is in the past, then how much have his powers developed by now? Because that would mean he discovered his powers before almost anyone else and he would be working with and developing them even more. Any ideas or theories if this turns out to be the case?
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Holy **** dude, seriosuly I was suggesting the same theory, I was going to post it but I thought I'd sound crazy and didn't... But yer I beilive this...!!!

It all makes sence.... Think about it all the other heroes have already met up their is only Matt to do so... Mabey Hiro will teleport him to the present day or somthing.

Holy **** dude, seriosuly I was suggesting the same theory, I was going to post it but I thought I'd sound crazy and didn't... But yer I beilive this...!!!

It all makes sence.... Think about it all the other heroes have already met up their is only Matt to do so... Mabey Hiro will teleport him to the present day or somthing.
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I dunno... didn't they mention the girl's name was Molly or something?

Plus, as another poster said, she would've had to repress her memories, and Claire's adoptive mom would've been lying about her as a baby.

But I still think that Claire's real parents were already murdered by Sylar (but not in the incident we saw); we see from Niki and DL that 'powers' get passed on (maybe...), and that HRG got people to pose as Claire's real parents (it seems...). Maybe HRG knows who her real parents are and won't let her know (possibly because they're dead)? Maybe when he and the adoptive mom went looking for the parents initially, he actually found them and didn't tell the mom. Dunno...

I think his ability is awesome, but a curse at the same time. If you lose control, as most telepaths in sci-fi do from time to time, it'd kinda suck cuz you wouldn't be able to focus on anything really.

If Matt somehow did develop his powers over time, I don't know if I can really think of anything other than developing powers similar to Sylar's, memory wipes and such.

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I would have to agree with this theory... Simply because any memories that Claire had of that day, with her supposed real parents being killed, could have been wiped away by the mysterious black guy. He apparently erased Matt's memory of that day, or they would make us think so.

Also, the scared expression the little girl makes and her face in general are very similar to current Claire's. I just don't think the similarites in their facial features is a coincidence. Actors always look alike for a reason.

Furthermore, the parents that came to visit her in episode six clearly aren't her parents. The father even said to HRG, "Give us a call if you need anything else". That's not suspicious for nothing, obviously.

And lastly, they never made it known explicitly that Hiro was in the future when he first visited New York, until the plot revealed it to be so. So why is it so hard to believe that Matt's story could just be in the past? They wouldn't tell us if it was.

It all fits, it all make sense, it's just plain logical based on the circumstances. I will be very surprised if this isn't the case.

Furthermore, the parents that came to visit her in episode six clearly aren't her parents. The father even said to HRG, "Give us a call if you need anything else". That's not suspicious for nothing, obviously.
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This theory does not fit for several reasons already mentionned (Claire was a baby, uniforms, ages of people, etc.).
By the way, I really start thinking Claire's bio-dad is Nathan and Peter's father, he tried to commit suicide twice before he succeeded, and was depressive, it all started with his thinking he was invicible (eppy 2).
Claire could be an embarrassing baby that was given away by a politician's family.

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I'm sure by now, most of the people on this board have seen the theory: The story that is being told about Matt is a story that happened a few years ago and the little girl that he found/saved is claire and the parents that were killed were claire's biological parents. And the story being told about claire (teenage) and the other heroes is the one being told in the present.

With this theory comes a few individual theories such as Matt being locked up for the convienent store robbery that might have happened, Mr. B hiring sylar to kill claire's parents and other things along those lines.

Well my question is that if this is the case, that Matt's story is in the past, then how much have his powers developed by now? Because that would mean he discovered his powers before almost anyone else and he would be working with and developing them even more. Any ideas or theories if this turns out to be the case?
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This is an excellent theory, and it made me wonder for a while, but I have just remembered what I think is the conclusive factor to debunk it: namely that it was Mohinda's dad who discovered Syler. This was mentioned in I think it was the 3rd episode when Mohinder found the answerphone tape of Syler and his dad talking about this. We also know that Poppa Suresh only went to New York within 1-2 years to follow up on his lead(s) of Meta Humans, Mohinda himself is not that old and there was no indication that his father left him when he was still a teenager. Ergo we have a vague timescale of when Syler was discovered and started killing other Meta's. And it wasn't 10-15 years ago.

This whole theory becomes trash when Matt mentions Claire when he is first abducted by HRG and "Mysterious Man". If this timeline is in the past, HRG would not have reacted that way... as there is no way he could have legally adopted Claire THAT quickly.

Why do people stop thinking logically in their theories?

This whole theory becomes trash when Matt mentions Claire when he is first abducted by HRG and "Mysterious Man". If this timeline is in the past, HRG would not have reacted that way... as there is no way he could have legally adopted Claire THAT quickly.

Why do people stop thinking logically in their theories?
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What about Claire being Nathan and Peter's younger sister (different mother)?
Is there any flaw in such a theory?

What about Claire being Nathan and Peter's younger sister (different mother)?
Is there any flaw in such a theory?
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No, there's no flaw per say... but that is because it is an extremely general theory. I'm more prone to the belief that Father Petrelli is Sylar... but even that is wishy-washy as there just has not been enough focus on the Sylar storyline yet. You also have to remember, we still have not seen all the characters, so anything can be twisted around completely at anytime.

Nah, I don't think that's Claire from a younger age. I think Matt's story is very much in the present, just by judging from the environment. It doesn't reflect the early to mid 90s...which if the little girl was a younger version of Claire, the time would be around then. Plus, Mr. Bennett looks to be around the same age in the present as well as Mind-Wipe dude when they kidnap Matt. Also the fact that Matt read Mr. Bennett's mind and got Claire's name out of it suggests that the little girl can't be Claire as she hasn't been adopted yet. [/b]

Quoting myself from another thread...Matt is in the same timeline and Claire is not the little girl.

If that plays out, I give up on the show...it's too contrived...that and if they go too heavily into time travel...the suck