Talk:Ability theft

Is "Power absorbtion" a power or a plot point? It seems more like the latter to me: it's a consequence of a power (intuitive aptitude) rather than a power itself. Have we eliminated the "plot points" category? --Ted C 17:17, 21 December 2006 (EST)

Good eye! Yes, we've eliminated "Plot Points" because it was becoming a wasteland of non-plot points. We opted for more specific categories to describe the articles. Though power absorption is definitely not a power (well, unless some crazy writer decides it is...), we decided to include it in the powers category; we subsequently changed the category description to include "powers ... and their effects". I know, there's no perfect spot for it. That's why we also created the category "Sylar's crimes" to further delineate the article's categorization. Hope that helps! :) - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 17:31, 21 December 2006 (EST)

Name Change

As I'm writing about "power absorption", I'm afraid it might get too confused with power mimicry. Does anybody else feel that a name change is necessary? Any ideas? IIRC, Sylar says "consume"?? I was thinking of "power stealing". Thoughts? - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 04:05, 24 December 2006 (EST)

Wow, don't everybody jump on the discussion at once! ... I'm going to change the name unless anybody has an opinion otherwise. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 17:40, 8 January 2007 (EST)

And what? You expected a swarm of responses when you posted on Christmas Eve? --Ted C 17:48, 8 January 2007 (EST)

Heh - it was in the morning, does that count for anything? - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 17:53, 8 January 2007 (EST)

I'd lean more towards "power theft" than "power stealing", just because of the format of the other names so far. If something better comes to me, I'll post. --Ted C 17:47, 8 January 2007 (EST)

Yeah, I like that, that's fine. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 17:53, 8 January 2007 (EST)

Disambig

At present, "power absorption" is a redirect to "power theft". Given the way the term "absorption" is being used in conjunction with Peter's power, I think "Power absorption" needs to become a disambiguation page with links to both "Power theft" and "Empathic mimicry". --Ted C 15:10, 7 February 2007 (EST)

I think that's a good idea. I was initially skeptical because I thought that it was heavily linked, but it looks like there are only about 20 instances that would need to be updated. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 15:14, 7 February 2007 (EST)

Cockroach

What about the power that Sylar may/have theft from the cockroach in his cell ? Is it still considered as a theorie or .. ? --FrenchFlo(talk)(contribs) 14:58, 16 March 2007 (EDT)

• Still a theory. A very cool one at that, but just a theory. It's not even known if cockroaches can have a power. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 15:14, 16 March 2007 (EDT)
  • It has been theorized that he used TK to keep the company doctor from detecting his pulse and breathing without using his diaphragm, then used cryokenisis to lower his body temperature to that of a corpse. don't forget he killed a couple of people whose powers we don't know. --WolvenSpectre 16:30, 16 March 2007 (EDT)