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| ⚫ | | Maya's ability is a personification of the bubonic plague, or the Black Death. || None || {{plus}} In the [[episode commentary]] for ''[[The Kindness of Strangers]]'', [[Tim Kring]] says that Maya emits "a plague ... that makes people sick". The Black Death was a devastating plague in the 14th and 15th century that killed off 50% of the European population.<br> |
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| ⚫ | | Maya's ability is a personification of the bubonic plague, or the Black Death. || None || {{plus}} In the [[episode commentary]] for ''[[The Kindness of Strangers]]'', [[Tim Kring]] says that Maya emits "a plague ... that makes people sick". The Black Death was a devastating plague in the 14th and 15th century that killed off 50% of the European population.<br /> |
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| Maya's power is to drain the energy or the life out of someones body, and all the bad parts her body rejects, resulting in the black tears. || None || {{plus}} People who are in the vicinity when Maya uses her power collapse almost instantly, this could be because of losing the ability to remain standing. |
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| Maya has another ability which is similar to [[Alejandro's ability|Alejandro's]], a power that can "cure" any illness. || None || {{plus}} Maya and [[Alejandro]] are twins and therefore genetically similar.<br /> |
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| Maya's power is a rapid release of the [[Shanti virus]] || None || {{plus}}The narration for ''[[Maya y Alejandro]]'' indicates that mutations usually are formed to benefit, and the bad mutations still bring about benefits. <br>{{plus}} [[Bob]] worries what would happen if the Shanti Virus crossed over into the general population. <br>{{plus}} Very little is known about what the Shanti virus does, and the effect that Maya's power produces has never been seen before.<br>{{minus}} Symptoms exhibited by [[Haitian]] in ''[[Lizards]]'' and [[Molly Walker]] in ''[[The Hard Part]]'' do not resemble Maya's contagion; e.g., black tears are absent from Shanti Virus. <br>{{minus}} Maya's ability does not effect [[evolved humans]] exclusively.<br> |
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:{{minus}} Maya and Alejandro are fraternal twins, and therefore are not genetically identical.<br /> |
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:{{plus}}In the [[Dark Future]], the Shanti virus killed humans as well as evolved humans. |
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::{{note}} Genetically '''similar''', not identical.<br/> |
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:::{{minus}} And that's why their abilities were already related.<br /> |
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{{plus}} The poison that she releases is not infectious, which may have been weakened by this power.<br /> |
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| The poison Maya emitted killed by causing massive organ failure. || None || {{plus}} Immediately after exposure, those affected have difficulty breathing (suggesting respiratory failure). Then, they begin to lose the ability to move (suggesting either heart failure or nervous system failure). Even once they have collapsed, however, they return to normal if Maya calms down in time (suggesting that death is caused by loss of blood flow to the brain).<br /> |
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| Maya's power will kill the man haunting [[Molly Walker]]. || None. || {{plus}} In ''[[Lizards]]'' the [[curandera]] said what Maya has inside her could "kill the devil." <br> {{minus}} This bit of foreshadowing may actually be referring to Sylar, who has recently joined up with Maya and Alejandro while in a depowered and relatively helpless state. <br> {{minus}} Or it could simply mean that Maya's ability is strong enough and evil enough to kill even the most powerful of beings. <br> {{minus}} We now know that that [[Maury Parkman|man]] is [[Matt]]'s father and he's [[Episode:Fight_or_Flight|trapped]] in his own memories. |
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:{{plus}} Many real-world poisons and diseases affect the lungs, heart, and nervous system.<br /> |
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| When [[poison emission]] is deactivated, an antidote is dispersed, reversing the effects of the ability. || None || {{plus}} On several occasions, people affected by poison emission have returned to full functionality very quickly once Maya deactivates her ability.<br /> |
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:{{minus}} It is never implied that Maya emitted something other than poison. Her victims' quick recovery could be explained by a "reabsorption" of the poison, if the poison can enter the body so fast, it could also leave the body as fast.<br /> |
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{{plus}} If a substance which is harmful to humans is absorbed into a human's body, then it will harm them. Also, some poisons (such as that possessed by the geographic cone snail) are forcibly purged by the body upon introduction (ironically, cone snail-related deaths are often caused by the body's attempts to remove the poison, rather than the poison itself).<br /> |
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| The poison produced by Maya's ability was extremely short-lived; it was radiated constantly whenever the ability was active. || None || {{plus}} Once her ability deactivates, anyone who is still even barely alive rapidly recovers, apparently suffering no long-lasting effect.<br /> |
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| Maya's power is the ability to host a deadly virus. || " But, as a contrast, there are mutations that could harm the positive evolution of a species. Like the ability to host a deadly virus." Activating Evolution|| {{plus}} In the text from Activating Evolution displayed in ''[[Maya y Alejandro]]'' Chandra has theorized this ability, if it's true she may be able to resist to any kind of viral disease, but became a carrier and can possible release all the diseases that she has came in contact at once. This is why her ability is so lethal. |
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{{plus}} There are many poisons which can rapidly break down into harmless compounds under certain circumstances.<br /> |
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:{{plus}} If this is true and Maya learns to control her ability, she may be immune to the Shanti virus. She may also then hold the cure for any new variations to the virus. |
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| Maya's power will be what makes the Shanti virus cross over to regular humans. || None. || {{plus}} Her powers are similar to that of an extremely fast acting airborne plague. If she comes in contact with the Shanti virus, her plague may mix with that and make it deadly to all <br> {{minus}} Strain 138 is what crosses over to the general public, and was made 30 years ago. <br> |
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:{{plus}} If she's infected with the Shanti virus, she could spread it to the population using her power. |
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| Maya's power will kill [[Adam Monroe]]. || None. || {{plus}} In ''[[Lizards]]'' the [[curandera]] said what Maya has inside her could "kill the devil." |
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| Maya's power is the psionic ability to make the brain produce a deadly substance || None. || {{plus}}All powers come from the brain. |
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{{plus}}Most powers in the show are mental in nature. |
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{{plus}}Due the speed, range and effectiness of her power, this sounds likely, explaining how she can kill people so fast and even when they are too far away to a airbone infection to work. |
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{{note}}If so, Alejandro power was likely the ability to stop the production of that substance or the ability to force the production of a antidote for that substance. |
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| Theory | Citations | Notes |
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| Maya's ability is a personification of the bubonic plague, or the Black Death. | None | + In the episode commentary for The Kindness of Strangers, Tim Kring says that Maya emits "a plague ... that makes people sick". The Black Death was a devastating plague in the 14th and 15th century that killed off 50% of the European population. + The fact that Maya cries black tears could be an allusion to the Black Death. |
| Maya has another ability which is similar to Alejandro's, a power that can "cure" any illness. | None | + Maya and Alejandro are twins and therefore genetically similar.
+ The poison that she releases is not infectious, which may have been weakened by this power. |
| The poison Maya emitted killed by causing massive organ failure. | None | + Immediately after exposure, those affected have difficulty breathing (suggesting respiratory failure). Then, they begin to lose the ability to move (suggesting either heart failure or nervous system failure). Even once they have collapsed, however, they return to normal if Maya calms down in time (suggesting that death is caused by loss of blood flow to the brain).
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| When poison emission is deactivated, an antidote is dispersed, reversing the effects of the ability. | None | + On several occasions, people affected by poison emission have returned to full functionality very quickly once Maya deactivates her ability.
+ If a substance which is harmful to humans is absorbed into a human's body, then it will harm them. Also, some poisons (such as that possessed by the geographic cone snail) are forcibly purged by the body upon introduction (ironically, cone snail-related deaths are often caused by the body's attempts to remove the poison, rather than the poison itself). |
| The poison produced by Maya's ability was extremely short-lived; it was radiated constantly whenever the ability was active. | None | + Once her ability deactivates, anyone who is still even barely alive rapidly recovers, apparently suffering no long-lasting effect. + There are many poisons which can rapidly break down into harmless compounds under certain circumstances. |
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