Talk:Emma Coolidge

Emma's ability is similar to Sound absorption (hearing impaired), but more like Echolocation with sight (Extrasensory perception?) -- Mike the Man-child!

• We can't say that because we don't know if her deafness is a consequence of her ability, if Peter goes deaf when he gets this, then we can say it. Intuitive Empath - Talk - Contributions 12:24, 1 August 2009 (EDT)

If she was deaf she wouldn't be listen to music on a portable. 50000JH

• Maybe she likes to watch music, and/or not the outside world? -- Mike the Man-child!
• Maybe her ability is just a more developed form of sound manipulation, since it was said she can manipulate what she sees. AltesUTC CH
• How can she visuals sound if she can't hear.50000JH
• She's not listening to anything on her earphones - she wears them so people won't talk to her and find out she's deaf. She explains then when talking to the doctor. -- Mikebdoss

Power Name

• I know these debates have been one giant clusterfuck after the other, but we're really left with no alternative. I don't think we should call her ability Synthesia because it wasn't given as a explicit name for her ability, just a condition with similar effects. Sound Visualization seems a better fit for me, but since an admin has already selected synthesia it's not likely to change anytime soon. What say you, heroeswiki? --Piemanmoo 00:22, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
  • Heroes Interactive:Ink says, "Emma's ability is a form of synesthesia". I agree it's not the best name, but it's the closest thing we have to an explicit name this week. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 01:16, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
    • Dang. I really hope someone high up on the Heroes ladder eventualy describes the power using another name. I'm in the camp of it being awkward because it's also the name of a condition, but since we have a source for it, I guess we're all stuck with it for now. --Piemanmoo 13:03, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
      • My sentiments, too. But since it hasn't even been 24 hours, I'd say let's sit and wait a bit. We're sure to learn more about the power next week. :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 13:12, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

Synesthesia

• It's not an ability. I have synesthetia. Synthetetes just percieve the world differently by picturing colors in our mind and most of us correlate colors with words and letters and numbers. at least that's me. Every synestete is different but for instance: I can't read that thing where you have to read the color of the world instead of the actual word. Like when reading Red. I wouldn't say that word is black, I'd say it's slightly orange with a green tint. u see? so we can take that off as an ability. Because thousands of people have synesthesia. --Jason Garrick 00:38, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
  • Similarly, I have enhanced memory when I get a good night's sleep, enhanced strength when I've got adrenaline pumping through my body, and empathy when I sit and listen to a friend. We really shouldn't worry about whether the condition exists in real life. The limits and abilities can be explained on the page. However, Heroes Interactive:Ink is the closest explicit source we have (that I know of). It says, "Emma's ability is a form of synesthesia". I think that's the best we're going to get this week. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 01:19, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
    • People have synesthesia their entire life. And if that's what the writer's say then they need to do better research. Emma doesn't have synesthesia because then most sounds near her would be making color like the color of Peter's voice. blue with red tint for me. :)--Jason Garrick 11:04, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
      • My refrigerator has an freezing --Action Figure 14:37, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

Sound Visualization.

Ability: Sound Visualization. Simple enough, eh? Short, sweet, defines it without missing anything. The colors can be noted on the page.

On a discussion note, my friend and I got chills when she began playing the cello(?). It was such a cool concept and it was executed beautifully. It'd be a shitty power if she had hearing though. Probably would be quite annoying.--Riddler 01:00, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

• You're absolutely right, the cello music was beautiful, and I'm really glad she didn't end up hearing. Ugh. My only objection to "sound visualization" is that Heroes Interactive:Ink says, "Emma's ability is a form of synesthesia". I think "sound visualization" would be a good redirect. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 01:20, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
• I thought it was a truely beautiful moment, I was moved by it. Very well done on their part. (Admin 01:23, 29 September 2009 (EDT))
  • Ryan, the only problem I have with Synesthesia is that it's a psychological condition, not an ability. We don't call Charlie's ability "Savantism". While it was written in the higher canon source, I don't believe whoever was writing it was thinking too hard.--Riddler 02:19, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
    • Charlie's ability was once called eidetic memory, which is also a naturally occurring condition. (It was changed because there was no canon or near-canon source to support it.) But even empathy, enhanced strength, and crumpling are conditions that regular people can have, just like synesthesia. It's the limits and abilities we put on the page that turn it from a regular condition to an ability. I agree, it's not the best name we have, but it's really the best we have right now. And I have to disagree with you about it being written without much thought. All the SMS messages must be approved by the producers, including Joe Tolerico and others. In fact, there is quite a strict process for what is released and what isn't. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:57, 29 September 2009 (EDT)