Talk:Possession

Ability Naming Conventions
The following sources are used for determining evolved human ability names, in order:
1. Canon Sources	Episodes
2. Near-canon Sources	Webisodes, Graphic Novels, iStories, Heroes Evolutions
3. Secondary Sources	Episode commentary, Interviews, Heroes: Survival
4. Common names for abilities	Names from other works
5. Descriptions of abilities	Descriptions
6. Possessor's name	If no non-speculative description is possible
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Source/Explanation
Future Peter reveals that he placed his present day self inside the body of former Level 5 prisoner Jesse Murphy (The Butterfly Effect).

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User:Shadowulf1 10:08, 24 September 2008 (EDT) this seems to be a feat under the umbrella "intangibility" (phasing), but the molecules of Jesse and Peter don't occupy the same space, and so they can coexist.

• Phasing allows you to exist inside someone else as long as you don't attempt to move, but it doesn't allow you to unknowingly control someone else's body.--MiamiVolts (talk) 10:24, 24 September 2008 (EDT)

I hate to be this guy

but do we really know that this is a seperate power and not just something else like a mish-mash of illusion and telepathy? Maybe until we know that it's a seperate ability we should move the page to something like we did for Brain Removal, where it considered like an action sort of thing but not neccessarily a whole new power. --Piemanmoo 03:07, 24 September 2008 (EDT)

• Yes that is true, how do we not know he just telaported peter into the cell and made him look like Jess with Illusion? --Skywalkerrbf 03:10, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
  • Illusion is a localized ability (its effects have never existed outside the caster's presence) and Future Peter left his present day self in Level 5 alone in Jesse's body. Future Peter specifically says he put his present day self in Jesse's body and that's what it looks like. Absent any evidence to the contrary, that's what we have to go by.--MiamiVolts (talk) 03:16, 24 September 2008 (EDT)

AFD

• I'm not convinced this is a separate power--I think it's very probable this is an effect of another power. I think the existence of the article itself is speculative and I would delete it until we find out more information about the nature of Peter's imprisonment in Jesse's body and how that feat was accomplished. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 07:42, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
  • Future Peter said he did it, we have evidence it was done and it does not appear to be an aspect of any known ability. I think it is fine to document this as feat as a new ability as it has been presented to us thus far.--MiamiVolts (talk) 10:21, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
    • It's also fine to nominate it for deletion. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 11:07, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
    • I think it's way too speculative and too soon for this. I'm in strong favor of deletion. (Admin 11:12, 24 September 2008 (EDT))
• I assumed it was illusion or telepathy. --Hero!^(talk)_(contribs) 11:52, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
  • The first thing I thought of was Revenge of the Body Snatchers, LOL... Anyways, since no one appears to agree with me please move this to my userspace and delete this redirect. I'll try and get this answered by CBR. Thanks.--MiamiVolts (talk) 12:31, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
    • I think the nature of Present Peter's imprisonment will be answered very soon in an upcoming episode... -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 12:48, 24 September 2008 (EDT)

CBR questions

I sent a few CBR questions in anyways. Specifically, my e-mail asked:

What exactly did Future Peter do to his present-day self? Is this some new ability Future Peter obtained, or is it one or more old ones being used in a new way?

And if it is a new ability, am I right to be thinking Invasion of the Body Snatchers is upon us? Was a copy of Mr. Linderman's personality placed into Nathan with this ability? Was Jessica placed into Niki's body using this ability to protect Niki? Did the Company extract Jessica from Niki's body using this ability? And is a clone of Niki with Jessica's mind now going around thinking she is this Tracy Strauss?

When Hiro traveled to the future, did he learn to what time/date he traveled to? Does Hiro know how long he has to avoid the impending doom? Can you enlighten us on when exactly that was? Is present day in the Heroes storyline still March 21, 2007 (the day after Nathan was shot) or has more time past? Is the lack of fixed dates in the first two episodes, the Going Postal webisodes, and the most recent arc of graphic novels intentional? Will we be seeing any more fixed dates anytime soon? --MiamiVolts (talk) 15:46, 24 September 2008 (EDT)

• How are comic book resoruses going to know?--Skywalkerrbf 15:55, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
  • CBR has a weekly series called Behind the Eclipse where a couple of the writers/producers (Joe Pokaski and Aron Coliete) answer our questions in a sometimes cryptic, sometimes straightforward manner. :) Read more on sending your question in here.--MiamiVolts (talk) 16:00, 24 September 2008 (EDT)
  • Did anyone locate this week's CBR Behind the Eclipse? I can't seem to find it...--MiamiVolts (talk) 01:13, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
    • No, and I couldn't find last week's either. Was that one released? -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 01:32, 30 September 2008 (EDT)

Canonicity of name

I think this is a canon name for this ability because Future Peter said he placed his present-day self inside Jesse's body. The words body and inside are where the name comes from. Body is explicit and insertion comes from inside, just as constriction comes from Constrictor. Not that this matters much unless someone wants to rename the ability, but those are my thoughts.--MiamiVolts (talk) 01:19, 30 September 2008 (EDT)

• I doubt anyone has a better name.--Piemanmoo 01:23, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
  • The name is fine, but it's not a canon name. It's a level 5 (Ha! Level 5) name--a description of the abilities. Insertion is a derivative of the word insert, not inside. Even still, the term was never used on the show, so it's not a canon name. But I don't think there is any problem with the name, I just want to make sure that we're all aware that if a different name is used, say, in a graphic novel, it would take precedence over "body insertion". -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 01:31, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
• With FPeter being able to remove Peter from the body, does this name accurately describe the ability? I think maybe "Body placement" might be an acceptable name for the time being.--Bob (talk) 05:17, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
  • That sounds fine to me, too. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 06:59, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
    • I really think its fine too, i think we should wait to see if we have more of this ability before we start renaming it, then we can take a vote.--Pbmarcano 20:30, 1 October 2008 (EDT)

Limits change

In the Limits section, I think we can change:

"Peter did not appear capable of using his own abilities, but was able to use those of the body he was inhabiting."

to be more definitive that he couldn't use his power. I base this on him being frozen in time when Future Peter arrives, and not being unfrozen until he's pushed out of Jesse's body. I suppose it's possible that he wasn't frozen, but Jesse's body was, but from the fact that we actually see the Peter perspective frozen first, I think it's a good enough bet that he was powerless (save sound manipulation) while stuck in Jesse's body.

Any thoughts or objections to the change (or do you want to wait until we actually discover what the power is)?

Stevehim 07:50, 1 October 2008 (EDT)

Just a thought

I think this is very unlikely (especially because they'd have to explain why he was in control), but I wonder if it's possible that the 'body-switching' power is a function and/or evolution of DL's ability. What would happen if you phased someone into another person? Would they just go splat? We see DL do this to Linderman's head, but maybe the power has grown, or there's some combination of the time control/phasing that took place to not-solidify Peter inside Jesse.

Like I said, I don't think this is the case at all (and it is a new power by Future Pete), but it was something that occurred to me on the rewatch (mostly because Future Peter's hand goes through Jesse's body and doesn't leave a wound).

Possible?

Stevehim 09:51, 30 September 2008 (EDT)

Phasing?

Hi, just noticed in One of Us, One of Them that Future Peter (Exposed Future) is using a phase technique to get Peter out of Jesse's body. Maybe i got it wrong but that would mean that's it's not body insertion but just phasing.

• I doubt it. When D.L. phased his hand through Jessica's chest (Better Halves), she was very hurt. When he put his hand through Linderman's head (Landslide), it killed him. I don't think it's possible to put a person's entire body into another person's body with phasing--from what we've seen, that would kill one or both of them. I think it must be a new power, eh? -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:03, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
  • It might be possible if he controlled it with his time manipulation ability (if he has sufficient control over it...ie - ability to freeze some objects and not others). Maybe he was able to somehow freeze Jesse in time, but not Peter, and phase Peter into Jesse's body. As I stated above, I doubt that's the case, and I think this is a new power, but it's food for thought.Stevehim 09:52, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
• I actually had the same thought when I saw Peter removed from Jesse. I'm wondering if this isn't a distinct ability but rather Future Peter using two or more of his other abilities in conjunction to achieve the effect. --Ted C 14:30, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
  • Ryan if you watch that scene closely between niki and DL, he went through her chest and came up putting his hand around her throat, he was choking her.... i think its just this body insertion ability, how else do you put someone in someone else's body if you cant push them THROUGH someone else? lol... either way i don't believe its a form of phasing.--Pbmarcano 20:36, 1 October 2008 (EDT)
    • You may be interested in my theory in how this might be accomplished. I call it atomic chimerism. It's totally speculation, but a valid theory nonetheless.--MiamiVolts (talk) 02:18, 2 October 2008 (EDT)

I seriously doubt that this power is a branch-off from phasing. First of all, if Future Peter "phased" Present Peter into Jesse, how could Present Peter control Jesse's limbs? If he were solidified, wouldn't Jesse explode or something? We've seen Present Peter use phasing before in Four Months Ago, so couldn't he have just phased back out? Obviously, this is a brand new power. And (this is my crazy Jessica theory--bare with me X]) I believe Jessica may have had this ability. Perhaps she sat inside Niki, and only came out when she saw fit... it's kinda a stretch, but hey, what isn't? XD --Mask-o 21:23, 3 October 2008 (EDT)

• We're probably a couple of the few that still believe that something like that was possible... The writers have more or less said that Jessica was an alternate personality, but not confirmed that Jessica's personality was naturally occurring (I don't take Bob at his word). My personal theory, though, is that someone else had/has that power other than Jessica cause we haven't seen it used for self-insertion and cause I don't think Jessica would risk her sister's life doing all the things she did if she didn't have to.--MiamiVolts (talk) 22:50, 3 October 2008 (EDT)

Object Displacement

• A canon power name that we don't know exactly what it does. Think of it like putting something in water it displaces the water. Now think of the water as opague so you can't see what is in the water but you know it is there. When Future Peter put Present Peter in Jesse it worked the same way Peter's body displaced Jesse's body but all you see is Jesse.--Iceman 08:37, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
  • I don't believe this is exactly object displacement, yet creative theory, this would theoretically make jessie explode if FPeter placed Peter inside and make peter crawl outside his body... i do believe we have seen this ability though in the first episode. I believe FPeter either use space/time manipulation as an "ability extention" to teleport Matt to africa, or maybe he used Object Displacement!!! Displacing Matt to Africa--Pbmarcano 20:41, 1 October 2008 (EDT)

Power Combo?

I was just re-watching the episode and I thought, "hey, Peter and Sylar are the only ones that have more than one. What if they could create new psuedo-powers by using combinatons of powers." My point being that this might be Peter using Phasing and telepathy. He is from the future. He has probably gained tremendous control over his powers. He might be able to do what Maury is able to and mix that with phasing to get... Body insertion. Just a thought. Modestoddesy 21:31, 2 October 2008 (EDT)

• Could be. I'm still not convinced it's a power unto itself. I think it's an aspect of another power, like phasing or teleportation--which is exactly what you just said. Oh well, whatever. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 22:12, 2 October 2008 (EDT)