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*** Why can't she just have Night Vision and Telescopic Vision, since as far as I know telescopic vision doesn't encompass the ability to see in the dark (and people can have more than one ability at a time). The way I read it, she was only referring to the abily to see great distances. It's almost like if she would shoot beams of heat through her eyes and say (Hmm, heat vision, what an awesome yet destructive power) but it would have nothing to do with her being able to see in the dark. What I'm saying is perhaps we need two power articles. One for telescopic vision and one for Night Vision. Because there might be someone who can only see in the dark, and yet it would seem to be telescopic vision the way it is now. It might just be one general power that includes all powers of vision but still I'd rather have Night Vision have it's own article than be merged with another power. --[[User:Dman dustin|Dman dustin]] 07:15, 15 April 2008 (EDT) |
*** Why can't she just have Night Vision and Telescopic Vision, since as far as I know telescopic vision doesn't encompass the ability to see in the dark (and people can have more than one ability at a time). The way I read it, she was only referring to the abily to see great distances. It's almost like if she would shoot beams of heat through her eyes and say (Hmm, heat vision, what an awesome yet destructive power) but it would have nothing to do with her being able to see in the dark. What I'm saying is perhaps we need two power articles. One for telescopic vision and one for Night Vision. Because there might be someone who can only see in the dark, and yet it would seem to be telescopic vision the way it is now. It might just be one general power that includes all powers of vision but still I'd rather have Night Vision have it's own article than be merged with another power. --[[User:Dman dustin|Dman dustin]] 07:15, 15 April 2008 (EDT) |
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**** You are completely missing the point. If they give us a name, it doesn't matter what the power does. We call it what they give us. {{User:Seclusion/sig}} 07:33, 15 April 2008 (EDT) |
**** You are completely missing the point. If they give us a name, it doesn't matter what the power does. We call it what they give us. {{User:Seclusion/sig}} 07:33, 15 April 2008 (EDT) |
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***** We should absolutely use the names of powers when given to us...but if a power has more than one aspect, using the name of only one aspect to describe the entire power does not work. Hiro's power is an excellent example: "time traveling" and "teleportation" have both been used to describe what he can do, but it would be inaccurate to refer to his entire power by either one of those names. The Haitian's power has a similar issue. In Donna's case, she said that as she grew older, she was able to focus her sight more, and she called this telescopic vision. That has nothing to do with being able to see in the dark, which I guess would be night vision. The only thing these two aspects have in common is vision. I would think that a name like "enhanced vision" would be better suited to describe her entire power. -- {{User:Ryangibsonstewart/sig}} 08:05, 15 April 2008 (EDT) |
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| 1. Canon Sources | Episodes |
| 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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| Donna Dunlap explicitly calls it Telescopic Vision. | |
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Let's Snow this. Donna says "Now I've never fired a gun before, but apparently, Telescopic Vision? Very Helpful. -- Seclusion talk / contribs 05:46, 15 April 2008 (EDT)
- It's always nice of the writers to give us a name, no? :D --NellaBishop 06:29, 15 April 2008 (EDT)
- As much as I like the name, I think she was refering to one aspect of her power. Perhaps Enhanced Vision would be more precise, since she can both see in the dark and from great distances.--Piemanmoo 06:50, 15 April 2008 (EDT)
- She called it Telescopic Vision; We call it Telescopic vision. It doesn't really matter what the power specifics are. -- Seclusion talk / contribs 06:52, 15 April 2008 (EDT)
- Why can't she just have Night Vision and Telescopic Vision, since as far as I know telescopic vision doesn't encompass the ability to see in the dark (and people can have more than one ability at a time). The way I read it, she was only referring to the abily to see great distances. It's almost like if she would shoot beams of heat through her eyes and say (Hmm, heat vision, what an awesome yet destructive power) but it would have nothing to do with her being able to see in the dark. What I'm saying is perhaps we need two power articles. One for telescopic vision and one for Night Vision. Because there might be someone who can only see in the dark, and yet it would seem to be telescopic vision the way it is now. It might just be one general power that includes all powers of vision but still I'd rather have Night Vision have it's own article than be merged with another power. --Dman dustin 07:15, 15 April 2008 (EDT)
- You are completely missing the point. If they give us a name, it doesn't matter what the power does. We call it what they give us. -- Seclusion talk / contribs 07:33, 15 April 2008 (EDT)
- We should absolutely use the names of powers when given to us...but if a power has more than one aspect, using the name of only one aspect to describe the entire power does not work. Hiro's power is an excellent example: "time traveling" and "teleportation" have both been used to describe what he can do, but it would be inaccurate to refer to his entire power by either one of those names. The Haitian's power has a similar issue. In Donna's case, she said that as she grew older, she was able to focus her sight more, and she called this telescopic vision. That has nothing to do with being able to see in the dark, which I guess would be night vision. The only thing these two aspects have in common is vision. I would think that a name like "enhanced vision" would be better suited to describe her entire power. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:05, 15 April 2008 (EDT)
- You are completely missing the point. If they give us a name, it doesn't matter what the power does. We call it what they give us. -- Seclusion talk / contribs 07:33, 15 April 2008 (EDT)
- Why can't she just have Night Vision and Telescopic Vision, since as far as I know telescopic vision doesn't encompass the ability to see in the dark (and people can have more than one ability at a time). The way I read it, she was only referring to the abily to see great distances. It's almost like if she would shoot beams of heat through her eyes and say (Hmm, heat vision, what an awesome yet destructive power) but it would have nothing to do with her being able to see in the dark. What I'm saying is perhaps we need two power articles. One for telescopic vision and one for Night Vision. Because there might be someone who can only see in the dark, and yet it would seem to be telescopic vision the way it is now. It might just be one general power that includes all powers of vision but still I'd rather have Night Vision have it's own article than be merged with another power. --Dman dustin 07:15, 15 April 2008 (EDT)
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We need another image of this power - the one we have up currently is actually of Blake/Thompson looking at Donna through his night vision binoculars. --Ciwey 07:00, 15 April 2008 (EDT)