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Theory	Citations	Notes
The Dark Future will still happen, but not in the exact same way	None.	+ Candice and D.L. have already died, and Molly could die for some unknown reason.
It was Peter who exploded in the Dark Future which Hiro stabbed Sylar and he regenerated. Sylar didn't explode.	None.	- Future Hiro believes Sylar was the bomb. + Hiro was knocked out after stabbing Sylar. He didn't watch the explosion. (How to Stop an Exploding Man.) + Sylar has great control of his abilities. He wouldn't explode unintentionally. - Sylar believed he must explode. (The Hard Part) + In the Five Years Gone Future, everyone believes Sylar was the bomb, but the bomb was Peter. This could happen in the other Future too. + It could be the reason why the explosion still occurs after Future Hiro meets Peter in the subway. (String Theory). + In the Five Years Gone Future, Nathan lied to protect Peter. He could do it in the other Future too. + In Walls, Part 1, Peter freed Niki by burning the metal door open.
The Dark Future could still happen in Season 2.	None.	+ The dark future in Peter's dreams doesn't say exactly which time, it could still happen but not in the same way. - Season 2 is about another subject, and Peter seems to have his power under control. + The Dark Future can be considered as having occurred, just via a different means, as an unstoppable virus rather than a nuclear explosion. - The virus outbreak was prevented as Peter uses induced radioactivity to destroy all traces of the virus which caused that future.