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Theory	Citations	Notes
Usutu was not born with the ability of precognition; he gained it artificially.	None.	+ Matt Parkman seems to enter a trance after consuming Usutu's paste, and then listening to Usutu's Walkman. Usutu might use the same paste to make his drawings. (I Am Become Death) + After death, Usutu seems to be 'passing on' his gift of precognition to Matt somehow. Thus, it is likely that Usutu originally got his ability artificially from an older precog.
Part of Usutu's ability is to allow others to experience his visions.	Matt Parkman has a vision of the future after eating Usutu's paste and listening to his walkman. (Episode:I Am Become Death)	- Since Usutu's visions have been mainly focused on Matt, perhaps only Matt is able to experience them. This might also only be possible because of Matt's telepathy. + The food and walkman may only be necessary to put Matt's mind in the right state of consciousness, much like Isaac's heroin, but Usutu is able to access his ability without them. Matt may have to be in Usutu's presence to channel his vision.
Usutu's mention of "the dark son rises" is a reference to Gabriel or Peter.	Usutu speaks this in Eris Quod Sum.	+ This is potentially double-speak, and literally could mean the "Dark Son" - He could have said "sun" and not "son", meaning an eclipse. - It could also refer to Nathan, who is Peter's brother, turning "dark". Nathan "rises" when he uses his ability to fly. - Or it could mean Nathan rising to power, not flying. (A Clear and Present Danger) - Nathan has turned good again. (Cold Snap) + In An Invisible Thread, Sylar has become Nathan, becoming a metaphorical "dark son" and rising to power.
Usutu is not dead.	None.	+ Arthur could have been putting images in Hiro's and Ando's minds, just like Matt did with Knox. + Arthur wanted to recruit Usutu and use him for his own personal need. - Arthur saw Usutu as a threat. He probably did not want him alive. - Arthur already had precognition; he did not need another precog.
Usutu let Arthur kill him for a reason.	None.	+ Usutu can see the future. It would be possible that he can see that letting Arthur kill him would be for the greater good. + This would be parallel to Isaac in Season One, where he painted his death by Sylar's hand and so accepted it, seeing it through the scope of all the events he saw. - Arthur is much stronger than Hiro was. Usutu would need more than a shovel to stop him. - Arthur could have used telepathy to block Usutu's visions. - Usutu appeared to see many visions, but was mostly focused on Matt Parkman. He could have seen a vision of Matt instead of the one he needed of Arthur in order to stop him.
Usutu is a spirit guide.	In Dual, Matt sees him after Daphne and Hiro return.	- Usutu was visibly beheaded by Arthur in It's Coming, suggesting a physical body. + Usutu could have become a spirit guide after his physical body's destruction. • Matt might have been telepathically connected to Usutu when he died, allowing him to experience Usutu's ghost through visions.
Usutu has some connection to Uluru.	None.	+ Their names are very similar. - So are Matt Neuenberg's and Matt Parkman's.
Usutu is actually a powerful telepath as well as a precog. He used this ability to stage his own death.	None.	+ He continues to appear to Matt even following his death, in a manner highly similar to how Linderman appeared to Daphne and Nathan. This Linderman was in fact a telepathically induced hallucination. + His ability to induce precognition in others is unexplained. Perhaps he 'places' these visions into their minds using telepathy. • Matt might have been telepathically linked to Usutu during his death, causing Matt to see his ghost in the form of visions.