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Peter will regain his empathic mimicry and reabsorb most of his abilities, but not the intuitive aptitude he absorbed from Sylar.	None.	+ The Future Peter he encountered had his powers, but did not show any signs of either the hunger or reasoning ability that came with intuitive aptitude. + Future Peter made many mistakes and seemed unable to grasp the larger picture of how his actions affected the world. That would not be the case for a person with intuitive aptitude. + Future Peter insisted that Peter's gaining Sylar's ability would let him figure out what Future Peter couldn't, and would stop him from making the same mistake. Therefore, Future Peter almost certainly didn't have intuitive aptitude. + Sylar, not Peter, was shown on Usutu's rock displaying four villains (Behind the Eclipse confirmed the top right painting was of Sylar). Assuming Peter gets his powers back eventually, he has already shown he cannot control the "hunger". He would likely be a major threat if he had his abilities and the hunger once again. + Peter has been a major protagonist, and unless he manages to obtain perfect control over the "hunger", he can't really stay on the good side. So far he's shown a complete lack of control, and while the only person he's killed permanently has been from a future that will hopefully not come about, it's only a matter of time until he kills another person and becomes a complete menace--unless he doesn't regain the "hunger".
Peter has had his abilities drained, but they will return.	None.	+ Adam Monroe was centuries old, and when his powers were absorbed by Arthur Petrelli, he rapidly aged to his actual age -- which turned him to dust. + Peter, Nathan, and Angela all still have their powers, and all would have been in contact with Arthur at one time or another, and surely he would have used his ability to determine his own children's potential. + Arthur may have used his ability to suppress Nathan and Peter's abilities. They both appeared after Arthur had allegedly died. + Angela admitted to Peter that she influenced him to make him think his real-life power usage as a child was only a dream.
Peter will gain his scar because he is powerless and once he gains them back, the scar will not go away.	None.	+ Peter can not scar because of having Claire's ability, and Peter no longer has his abilities. + Both versions of future Peter had a scar. • It is possible that exposed future Peter lost his powers to his father and somehow regained them. He knows the only way to stop Arthur, and the Earth from exploding, is to give him access to Sylar's power.
Peter will regain his abilities by taking the formula.	None.	+ It will take someone with many powers to defeat Arthur. + The formula apparently works well on someone who is already genetically pre-disposed towards having abilities, like Nathan.
Peter will always "aid" or inconsequentially be the villain.	"The only future I've ever seen is the one caused by you" - Angela to Future Peter in The Second Coming	+ Peter was the bomb in Season One. + Peter almost released the virus in Season Two. • Angela claims that Peter is the cause of all of her futuristic dreams which has a certain implication of dark futures. - Peter was shown dead in Angela's dream of villains in Level 5 + Future Peter causes a Butterfly Effect which leads to Angela's newest foreshadowing of destruction and chaos. + It was because Peter told Claire to stay at home that Sylar obtained her power. Even Angela stated she "wasn't where she was supposed to be." (The Second Coming) - In the exposed timeline, Nathan was the cause of the events of that timeline (e.g. evolved humans in camps, experimentation and being hunted down).
Peter can not obtain the the Haitian's power because the Haitian will block Peter's innate ability of empathic mimicry before Peter can use it.	None.	+ Peter has not displayed the Haitian's ability. - It is just as likely the act of having the Haitian remove his memories allowed Peter to absorb the Haitian's abilities - memory/mind manipulation on self as well as others. - Peter was able to use telekinesis and/or space/time manipulation to stop taser darts shot by Noah Bennet and the Haitian from hitting him despite the fact that the Haitian was close enough to block him from using his abilities, this seems to indicate that Peter was automatically blocking the Haitian from blocking him (Peter at that time didn't know about the Haitian's ability). - If this was the case the Haitian wouldn't be able to erase peters mind or stop him from using whatever ability he was planning on using in Four Months Ago. - The Haitian's ability is inactive if he is dead or unconscious, so Peter could absorb his power, if he can knock him unconscious. - In Resistance, Future Peter says he won't make Claire forget "again." At this point, he apparently has already absorbed and learned to use the Haitian's memory-erasing abilities, if not the power-supressing ones.
Peter can share his duplicated powers with non-powered people, through an empathic connection.	None.	- Simone would not be dead if this was the case. + In Landslide, Peter grabs Claire and is able to render her invisible, despite her not having that ability. - This may be a function of the power being duplicated, though, as Niki is phased by D.L. during the same episode. - When Claude grabs objects, they also turn invisible.
Peter mimicked the power of suggestion from Eden McCain.	While Peter visited Mohinder Suresh's apartment while Eden McCain was present, there is no indication that he duplicated her suggestion power. However, they were in the same room for some time, even coming in physical contact with each other. (Collision)	+ Eden could use her power at her discretion; it's possible Peter duplicated it and simply didn't know how to activate it. + Additionally, the fact that Peter was able to convince Mohinder to visit Isaac, but later fail to do it again may suggest that Peter tapped into Eden's power, but later did not. + Don't need to know that someone has a power to absorb it, but still needs some knowledge of what the power is if it is a active power. + He absorbed Bob and Elle Bishop's abilities, Elle used hers on Peter, so he knew what she could do; however he doesn't know Bob can do. + Molly Walker and Micah Sanders were near D.L. Hawkins in "How to Stop an Exploding Man"; Peter doesn't know what their abilities are yet, so can't tap into them. - He used D.L. Hawkins phase shifting ability to escape with Adam Monroe, even though Peter hasn't meet him before "How to Stop and Exploding Man". It seems that once he knows how to tap into an ability, he can do it again. + They could've met before in an unaired encounter and he saw him use his phase shifting ability. + Peter seemed immune to Parkman's suggestions in Powerless.
Peter absorbs personalities as well as powers as a result of having to "feel" another person's presence in order for absorption.	None.	+ In his fight with Isaac, Peter displays an "evil", aggressive nature to him when he uses his telekinetic abilities, which likens to that of Sylar. Peter, being empathetic, needs to experience another person's "essence" in order to use their abilities. Being around Sylar invoked fear and chaos, so using Sylar's powers would inevitably cause Peter to have violent tendencies. + Peter was quite eager to telekinetically strangle Will in Kindred, suggesting that the use of Sylar's telekinesis makes him more violent like Sylar. - Peter, when stopping Claude's broomstick or dropping the taser gun's darts, did not have a violent outburst. • Peter was getting angry because of all the hits he got from Claude and he did had a angry look on his face when he finally blocked the staff. Plus, Future Peter was often angry/aggressive while using his telekinesis. + Peter nearly killed when he was using his telekinesis in Kindred. + In Kindred, after Peter pinned Will to the wall, he tells Caitlin that he wanted to kill him. This reflects Elle's personality.
Peter can mimic non-superhuman abilities of others.	None.	+ Peter initially seemed only able to draw stick figures, but is able to paint similarly to Isaac when close to him. - Peter may have only been able to draw stick figures because of the limited art supplies available. When given paint and canvas, he has been known to draw more accurate paintings (such as the Montreal painting). If he were able to mimic non-superhuman abilities, then he would have been able to paint or sketch a good picture regardless of his proximity to Isaac. - In How to Stop an Exploding Man, when Sylar uses Isaac's power he sees the event on the canvas in the form of a picture already - the painting takes no exceptional skill, it is just tracing the lines and filling in the colors. • If this is the case then Sylar must be able to absorb non-superhuman abilities as well, as he can paint as well as Isaac or Peter. • If this is the case though, then Sylar would have been able to control Dale's ability right away and would not have been so disoriented by the amplified sounds. • If this was the case surely Sylar would be killing good writers or watchmakers or other skilled people, to gain their abilities. • Peter is an empath, so it makes sense that he can copy talents as well as powers. Since Sylar isn't an empath, it is possible that he can't copy people's talents, only their abilities, and he was just an okay painter on his own. • Peter, Sylar and Issac's paintings are all very different in style, Tim Sale only produced Isaac's paintings, with the others being done by different artists. This would suggest that the ability taken from Isaac includes the artistic ability.
Peter Petrelli has absorbed all of Sylar's obtained abilities.	None.	+ In an interview with the show's creators and writers, they stated that Peter has absorbed all of Sylar's abilities. • He is probably unaware of these powers because he has to concentrate on a power to use it and he does not know what powers Sylar has stolen apart from telekinesis, precognition, and radiation. • Peter has only been shown to use powers that Sylar used while in the vicinity of Peter.
In the original timeline (Nov 8, 2007), Peter Petrelli mimicked density manipulation from one of the Moab prison ambush agents.	Graphic Novel snapshot:	+ In Walls, Part 2, everyone is accounted for except for Peter and the agent with enhanced speed. + The agent looks to be stepping backwards (not running), and the silhouette for Peter resembles the image of the larger ambush agent. + If Peter was using enhanced speed, the artist would have drawn jet-trails to indicate this. - There is little evidence of anything from the shadows of the image. That being said, it is clear that the female agent with superspeed is running towards the source of light while Peter is running perpendicular to the source of light. Furthermore, people rarely draw jet-trails on shadows. Instead, the shape and size of the shadows are exaggerated to give the illusion of being "in two places at once".
Peter Petrelli's name is a reference to the many Marvel characters having first and last names that begin with the same letter.	None.	+ Many of the Marvel comics characters have names beginning with the same letter (e.g. Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Matt Murdock, Scott Summers, Warren Worthington, Bruce Banner, Stephen Strange). • Many characters in DC Comics also have this naming convention, with most characters having initials L.L., not to mention characters like Guy Gardner (the Green Lantern) and J'onn J'onzz (Martian Manhunter). + The show's writers have referenced popular culture with other character names: Claude Rains is a reference to the original actor to play a character who was invisible. - Tim Kring does not read comics. • Yet many Comics have entered many other forms of media including film, T.V, games, etc. Why a few characters have a "superstar" fame such as Spider-man or Batman, is unlikely that Kring has not come across a comic character in any media form - It's not just Marvel that uses this style of name; in fact, the first to do so was Detective Comics, with Clark Kent, Lex Luthor, Lois Lane, Lana Lang, etc. Alliterative names are very common because they are easy to remember and sound nice.
Peter absorbed the power to heal from Linderman at some point in the past.	This could be how Nathan was healed from the brink of death.	+ Linderman was in close contact with the Petrellis ever since War Buddies, and it is at least possible that he met Linderman at some point in his life, before the indictment. - Peter has never shown that he can use Linderman's power. + It may simply be dormant, if Peter is either unaware Linderman had a power or is somehow unable to empathize with Linderman, and, thus, cannot use his power. + Since it seems to have taken Linderman years to perfect his power, Peter might not be skilled enough to use it, and if he can, not very well. - Peter has been able to mimic powers that he has come in close proximity to since the eclipse. We must remember that the eclipse seems to be the turning point when manifestations began. Any powers he may have come in contact before that point may not be available to him. • Peter already had his power in Six Months Ago when Nathan had the accident, and Peter used his mother's dream ability.
Claude was right about how Peter can call back his powers.	Claude said that in order for Peter to use his mimicked powers without the original owner present he had to block them out.	+ When he did't remember anyone from his past, Peter had effectively "blocked them out". That being said, he could still use the powers that he has absorbed. • What Peter actually said is that he needed to remember how the people from whom he copied powers "made him feel". It's possible to recall the emotion without recalling the person. • In a Behind the Eclipse interview, Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite stated that "Peter has learned and will continue to learn that's it's more about his heart than his memory."
Peter cannot use any abilities absorbed from Sylar except telekinesis.	None.	+ Peter has not used any of Sylar's abilities except for telekinesis. + A Company scientist was unable to detect in Sylar the "codon switches" for any ability other than telekinesis. (Godsend). This may be why Sylar's other abilities cannot be absorbed. - In an interview with the show's creators and writers, they stated that Peter has absorbed all of Sylar's abilities. - However, this does not mean that Peter can use those powers. There are many powers that Peter has been exposed to and cannot use.
Peter will seek out Hiro Nakamura's help in order to return to 2008 and rescue Caitlin.	None.	+ While in 2008, Peter learned from his mother that his time travel ability was absorbed from Hiro. (Out of Time) + Also while in 2008, Peter was able to read his mother's mind and somehow recover his memories of her. (Out of Time). In the present day, he could use this ability with Adam, or other acquaintances, to regain memories of Hiro and how to find him.
Peter could have been able to use Charlie's enhanced memory through his contact with Sylar.	None.	+ His mother told him to remember, and shortly after he appeared to remember all the moments that he spent with his mother in his entire life. (Out of Time) - Adam helped Peter remember who he was and how they got to Montreal by simply explaining his brain cells needed to heal. The instance in the future seems more along the lines of the same principle. - Surely it is just as likely the act of having the Haitian remove his memories allowed Peter to absorb the Haitian's abilities - memory/mind manipulation on self as well as others.
Someone wanted Peter to come into contact with Ricky's gang.	Ricky commented on the unlikeliness of Peter showing up in the one container that they were set to rob. (Lizards)	+ Ricky and his gang specifically planned to break into one container out of the hundreds in the storage lot. It would be a ridiculous coincidence if Peter just happened to be in that container. + Peter's container was empty, but, according to Ricky, it was supposed to be filled with iPods. + Peter is often considered to be the most powerful hero, due to his ability to absorb the powers of others. It is therefore likely that someone hopes to manipulate him into helping them. + The Company was able to trace Peter to Ireland, without Molly or radioactive isotopes. - Why would Ricky try to hide Peter from Elle if they were on the same side? - Why would Elle kill Ricky if they were on the same side? + Ricky and his gang are not necessarily the ones manipulated the situation. The Haitian or some other character may have wanted Peter to interact with Ricky's gang for reasons of his own, possibly something to do with Caitlin. - The Haitian trapped Peter in a random container, it was just pure luck. • If Arthur Petrelli does have the ability of luck manipulation, this could just explain the pure luck. - Elle was looking for containers at the dock first. If she knew Ricky and his gang had him, she would have gone there first. • You are assuming that the Haitian was working with the company.
Peter exhibited a new use of his dream power by bringing back the evacuation notice in Truth and Consequences.	None.	+ Peter has used this dream power before in connection with Charles Deveaux (see Theory:Charles Deveaux), however this time he brought back a physical object from that place/time. Thus, he is not just a astral projection, but can physically interact with that location. + This can not be an example of space-time manipulation because Adam does not see him "leave" his present location in the building in Montreal. In a sense, he is in two places at once. - Peter could have simply returned to the exact time he left. + Adam claims to have heard Peter screaming Caitlin's name while Peter was gone - this could not have happened if time was frozen because he would have been gone and back in an instant. • Peter continued to yell her name when he was with Adam in the present. • Adam heard Peter, but neither Caitlin nor the version of Peter with her seemed to hear Peter, which may indicate some sort of transcendent or dream-like state because he was apparently audible and physically present for Adam, but he obtained a flyer from the future and brought it back to the past with him.
Peter possesses some form of enhanced speed.	In Powerless, in the second it takes the Shanti virus vial to dramatically drop in slow motion and almost hit the floor, Peter manages to run a couple dozen feet and squeeze through the narrow vault door.	• This may simply be an inconsistency in the script. • Peter may have been using Hiro's power to slow down time. • This would, effectively if not in how it is done, be the same thing as enhanced speed. • Peter may have used telekinesis to hold the vial in place. • Sylar and Peter appear to require line-of-sight in order to establish a "lock" onto an object with TK. Peter was still a couple dozen feet outside the vault door when the virus vial began to fall. • Also, Peter didn't know that the vial had been dropped until he could see it, so he would have no reason to use his telekinesis on it. • Sylar has also displayed enhanced speed, meaning that it may be possible to use Telekinesis to push your body past its limits for moments at a time. + Peter used some form of enhanced speed against Future Claire in I Am Become Death when Future Knox, Future Daphne and Future Claire showed up at the house of Future Sylar in Costa Verde to kill Peter. - He could have just absorbed that from Future Daphne at the start of that fight. + The first time he came into contact with Daphne's ability was during the events of Our Lady of Blessed Acceleration, Part 2 (subsquently the events of Four Months Ago). It is entirely possible that he used enhanced speed during Powerless.
The Haitian, by removing Peter's memories, may have irreversibly enabled Peter to access multiple powers at a single time.	In many recent episodes (Kindred, Truth and Consequences, Powerless, etc.), Peter has used multiple abilities at once.	- This could have initially been an ability to use all passive abilities (or a constant use of all passive abilities), because rapid cell regeneration, immunity to space-time freezing, and immunity to telepathic suggestion do not necessarily require the intent to use an ability. + Peter was able to actively simultaneously implant a thought into Matt's head and telekinetically throw Matt backwards in Powerless. • Peter was not able to recover his memory until Adam told him to use his ability. • This may have been a use of the Haitian's ability, reversing damage, but it also could have been Adam's rapid cell regeneration.
Maarten will meet Peter.	Future Peter has the power of pyrokinesis. (Five Years Gone)	+ There is no reason for Meredith to return to the show, but Maarten might still work for the Company (as Ivan still did). - Maarten has only had one appearance so far. • Future Peter no longer exists, because the explosion didn't destroy New York. Peter might never obtain pyrokinesis.
Peter can only use some powers to do whatever the "source" of it can do and if he encounters them when they have refined control of it, the ability he has is refined as well.	None.	+ When Peter first met Matt Parkman in Fallout and absorbed his telepathy, he could only read minds as that's all Matt could do at that time while in Powerless, he may have gained the thought transmission / mind control aspect of that ability from meeting Matt near the vault. + Adam Monroe has refined control of his regenerative ability (due to approximately 350 years of experience), this stronger regenerative capability could've be absorbed by Peter when they meet in Four Months Later (once the "Haitian Pills" were out of his system). - It appears Peter's refinement may be independent as Peter was able to see (not hear) Angela's thoughts without running into Matt Parkman another time.
Peter has absorbed Candice's illusion ability, Micah's technopathy and Molly's clairvoyance.	He was quite close to them both during the final scene of "How To Stop An Exploding Man".	• Peter absorbed phasing from D.L. by only being in the same general area. D.L. was sitting with Micah and Molly at the time. • Candice dragged Sylar away. • Future Peter was able to cast illusions (The Second Coming). Maybe he learned to access Candice's ability like he learned to access Sylar's intuitive aptitude. - Candice only dragged Sylar after Nathan flew with Peter, so she was out of his mimicking range.
Peter will go insane.	None.	+ It has been suggested that the numerous alterations to Sylar's DNA has unbalanced his mind. The same might happen to Peter. + He's already started to feel the "hunger" that comes with Sylar's power, even killing Nathan in a potential future.
Sylar will convince Peter to become evil in Volume Three, before Peter kills Sylar.	None.	+ Peter has already started going down the path to darkness, seeing as he already has the "hunger" and killed the future version of his brother. - Sylar is trying to become good and control the "hunger", and has gotten it under control by the time he's seen in the exposed future.
Peter has absorbed the powers of people that were walking down the street, at stores and other public places near him, which could explain his mystery powers.	For some of the powers that Peter has exhibited, we don't know who or where they came from.	- This would be a poor explanation by the writers, as many potentially exciting plot twists will no longer be able to occur. + It might not give the show the same story line development, but the person he walks by could be a character we will meet later, like Harry Fletcher or Sparrow Redhouse; perhaps even someone we have seen but Peter has not met.
Peter can only access the abilities he absorbs from others if they are used in his presence.	None.	- Peter might not know about the abilities unless he sees them used. + In Season 2, Peter uses his abilities without having any knowledge of them. + Peter has NOT displayed any abilities that have not been used on him or near him. + Peter did not hear Matt's thoughts until Matt tried to hear Peter's thoughts (Fallout). + Peter could not fly until after Nathan flew in his presence. + Peter has only displayed Sylar's telekenisis, this is the only power Sylar has used in Peter's presense. (Unexpected) + Peter has not used clairvoyance, despite having been near Molly (How to Stop an Exploding Man). + He hasn't used Eden's power of persuasion. - Peter automatically absorbed Ted's induced radioactivity. (The Hard Part) + Ted was constantly putting out TRACE amounts of radioactivity, which is what caused the cancer that killed his wife. His power can be assumed to be constantly active and require control. - Peter used D.L.'s phasing ability despite having never seen D.L. use it. + Peter HAS displayed abilities instinctively when they are used in his presence. + He turns invisible without realizing it when Claude walks by. + He regenerates when Claire approaches in Homecoming; her regeneration is constant and would have been active.
Peter cannot heal people by injecting them with his own blood even though he has absorbed Claire's ability.	None.	+ Peter has absorbed the powers of many other people, altering his DNA. This may make the bodies of other humans reject transfusions of his blood. + Adam Monroe knew of Peter's abilities yet he healed post-explosion Nathan himself instead of telling Peter how to do it. + Peter didn't think to heal Nathan with his own blood after he was shot, even though Claire suggested that she herself do it. • This could be because that wasn't Peter; it was future Peter. - Peter acts out of emotional, he wouldn't think of what he can do in a very logic manner.
Peter, Nathan Petrelli, and Sylar are brothers with Hiro Nakamura.	Hiro's biological mother may actually be Angela Petrelli, since we know she slept with Kaito Nakamura.	+ Angela's power is similar to precognition, while Kaito's ability was probability prediction in an unshown scene. So then Arthur's power may also be related with probability, since two of the four parents can already predict the future in some kind of way. - Arthur's ability is not related to probability, but it could be one of his absorbed abilities. + All of their children would have similar abilities as well; Sylar (Intuitive aptitude) and Peter (Empathic mimicry) are related, while Hiro (Space-time manipulation) and Nathan (Flight) are also very similar.
The ability Future Peter used to transform is illusion from Candice Wilmer.	None	+ The effects used are exactly the same. + When Peter first met Sylar, he absorbed all of his abilities, yet he was only recently able to access it. The same may apply to Candice's illusions. - Future Peter may have acquired the power from another person.
By trapping Peter in Jesse's body, the future was changed because he absorbed pyrokinesis from Flint, not Meredith.	None.	+ Peter uses blue flames in I Am Become Death, but in Five Years Gone his fire is red.
Peter will have to kill himself in the past to stop the exposed future from happening.	None.	Future Peter references stepping on too many butterflies. In The Butterfly Effect (movie) (directors cut), the main character Evan Treborn (Ashton Kutcher) realizes that the only way to save everyone is to eliminate himself and goes back to his birth and kills himself. - The phrase "Butterfly Effect" predates the film, and the writers stealing the film's plot is unlikely.
Peter is able to use Sylar's telekinesis and intuitive aptitude because he sees Sylar and Gabriel Gray as two separate persons.	Peter did not know of or use intuitive aptitude until he met Sylar in the exposed future.	+ The first (and only) power Peter absorbed from Sylar since Homecoming has been telekinesis (Unexpected). Peter never knew of Sylar's original power until I Am Become Death. After using it in front of Gabriel, he would forever associate telekinesis with Sylar and intuitive aptitude with Gabriel Gray.
Peter still has intuitive aptitude.	None.	+ The Company was unable to detect it in Sylar (Godsend), so the ability may be undetectable to Arthur as well. - Arthur may not have to detect all of Peter's copied abilities to absorb them.
Peter still has empathic mimicry	None.	+ Empathic mimicry seems related to intuitive aptitude, which was undetectable to the Company. Arthur may not be able to detect it either. - Arthur knew about empathic mimicry because he referred to Peter's powers as plural, so him knowing Peter could regain at least electricity after he showed him he had his powers seems unlikely. + When Arthur referred to Peter's powers, he could have been talking only about lightning and invisibility. + In all of the futures, Peter has abilities. - If this were true, then Peter might have recopied his abilities, and thus never have lost them.
Peter has switched powers with Arthur Petrelli.	A side-effect of Peter's ability to mimic is that he is unaffected by the powers of many other evolved humans. For example, he was able to see Claude while he was invisible (Godsend), he could still move when Hiro froze time (Collision), and he was unaffected by Matt's telepathic commands (Powerless).	+ It could very well be the case that Peter's ability caused him to use Arthur's ability at the same time as his father was draining him. This would cause abilities to be shifted back and forth until at some point the two were left with each other's abilities. - If Peter still had access to any of his abilities, he would likely have discovered them while stuck in his cell. - Arthur took Maya's ability away from her after taking Peter's abilities. He couldn't have taken her ability without using power absorption.
Peter has Arthur's ability.	Peter has the power of empathic mimicry.	+ It is perhaps possible that Peter's power of empathic mimicry is deeply ingrained as Sylar's power of intuitive aptitude was when he had the Shanti virus. Thus, although Peter's acquired abilities were stolen by Arthur, empathic mimicry may have not; therefore, Peter may be able to absorb Arthur's ability. If he can, he can absorb all of Arthur's other abilities. + It's possible that this is how he will regain all his abilities and defeat his father; by rendering Arthur powerless. - If Peter still had empathic mimicry after Arthur took the rest of his abilities, he would also have re-absorbed all of the powers of the villains in the room with them.
Peter is truly powerless and will team up with Sylar.	Company policy: one of us, one of them.	+ Peter is intended to be Sylars opposite. Now that Sylar is becoming good, Peter can only become the villain which would be a problem because with his powers he would be unstoppable and his fans would hate the change in his character, or he can become the powerless partner of Sylar. - At Pinehearst, after confronting his father, Sylar threw Peter out of the window. + Peter claimed, that Sylar slowed his fall to rescue him.
Peter is going to have to take the formula to get his power back and start from the beginning of having no power. This gets rid of his old "browser history" of sorts, making more options for the writers for the future so they can write something without everyone asking "Why doesn't he just...?". This could happen to Sylar as well, turning both from the overpowered "one man armies" that they have become.	None.	+ It gets rid of Peter's "hunger" (and Sylar's) turning both into good characters again.