Though I will complain that Linderman, like Arthur, should not have been included in this little back-story meeting. Charles and Bob, sure, but Linderman already had a link to the Petrellis-- and by extension, the group-- through his meeting Arthur in Vietnam. Him already having a past with Angela stretches believability where they didn't need to.
THIS. Sometimes I feel like the writers haven't even read the comics. *le sigh* Although, I do think there is a cool possible explanation wherein Linderman breaks off from the Coyote Sands group - just wanting to live his life, not wanting to be part of a creepy evil shadow organization - and meets Arthur completely independently. That would be a classic Heroes destiny!meeting. After all, if he lost contact with Angela when she was Angela Shaw, the Petrelli name would have no meaning to him. Then, when he comes back from Vietnam and seeks out Arthur in NY - cue dramatic music swelling - Arthur invites him in, and over his shoulder Daniel is stunned to see one Angela Shaw-Petrelli, toddler on her hip and knowing smile on her lips.
Wow, this basically turned into a mini-fic, lol. But I do think it would be cool. And I think their pre-existing bond gives some depth to the obvious affection and loyalty he feels for her despite his allegiance to Arthur.
Regarding Charles's power, my DH had an interesting suggestion. Pairing the scene in the diner with the S1 scene where he sees out-of-time Peter, DH suggested that Charles's power is something along the lines of "seeing the truth of things" (which may also explain part of why he so easily trusts Angela when she claims to have knowledge of the future - he knows she's telling the truth). Then, another element of this ability allows him to alter how other people *perceive* the truth of things (perhaps he manifested early with just the ability to see truth, and by the time of Coyote Sands his power has developed like we've seen in others). So he doesn't exactly have Eve's power of suggestion, it just looks like that (the same way the effect of shapeshifting is the same as the effect of an illusionist like Candace, but they're actually different underlying powers).
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THIS. Sometimes I feel like the writers haven't even read the comics. *le sigh* Although, I do think there is a cool possible explanation wherein Linderman breaks off from the Coyote Sands group - just wanting to live his life, not wanting to be part of a creepy evil shadow organization - and meets Arthur completely independently. That would be a classic Heroes destiny!meeting. After all, if he lost contact with Angela when she was Angela Shaw, the Petrelli name would have no meaning to him. Then, when he comes back from Vietnam and seeks out Arthur in NY - cue dramatic music swelling - Arthur invites him in, and over his shoulder Daniel is stunned to see one Angela Shaw-Petrelli, toddler on her hip and knowing smile on her lips.
Wow, this basically turned into a mini-fic, lol. But I do think it would be cool. And I think their pre-existing bond gives some depth to the obvious affection and loyalty he feels for her despite his allegiance to Arthur.
Regarding Charles's power, my DH had an interesting suggestion. Pairing the scene in the diner with the S1 scene where he sees out-of-time Peter, DH suggested that Charles's power is something along the lines of "seeing the truth of things" (which may also explain part of why he so easily trusts Angela when she claims to have knowledge of the future - he knows she's telling the truth). Then, another element of this ability allows him to alter how other people *perceive* the truth of things (perhaps he manifested early with just the ability to see truth, and by the time of Coyote Sands his power has developed like we've seen in others). So he doesn't exactly have Eve's power of suggestion, it just looks like that (the same way the effect of shapeshifting is the same as the effect of an illusionist like Candace, but they're actually different underlying powers).
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