Persuasion

Persuasion
Eden McCain uses her power of persuasion to force Matt Parkman to leave her.
Held by:	Eden McCain
Ability to:	Compel others with vocal persuasion

Persuasion is the ability to force others to obey one's spoken imperatives.

Characters

Eden is the only character known to have this ability.

Limits

Eden's power of persuasion requires speech (so, it would not work if she were gagged), and presumably requires the affected individual to understand the spoken commands and be able to act on them.

Often during her focused commands her voice would become distorted. (Six Months Ago, Fallout)

Eden's suggestions do not compel instant obedience. She sometimes has to repeat commands before her victims obey (Six Months Ago), and the exact wording of the command may affect its success (Sylar appeared to resist Eden's rather complex set of commands at the end of Fallout). However, when strongly focused, the true limits of the power may extend to outright killing of the victim through pure power of persuasion (Life Before Eden).

This power appears to require active concentration: not every suggestion she makes has an unnaturally persuasive effect; she has to intentionally use the power.

Examples

• Eden (in a moment of anger) kills her step-mother with a verbal command. (Life Before Eden)
• Eden allegedly uses her power to lead a life of crime (including grand theft auto and arson). (Six Months Ago)
• Eden uses her power of persuasion to force Matt Parkman to go eat some donuts. (Six Months Ago)
• Eden attempts to use her power on Mr. Bennet, but is unable in the Haitian's presence. (Six Months Ago)
• At Mr. Bennet's command, Eden convinces Isaac to take heroin again. (Seven Minutes to Midnight)
• Eden uses her powers to prevent Sylar from attacking her, and then tells him to go to sleep. (listen) (Homecoming)
• Eden attempts to use her power to make Sylar kill himself, but is unsuccessful. (Fallout)

Notes

• In an interview, Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaski explain that, although unusual vocal effects were used for both Sylar (Distractions) and Peter Petrelli (Unexpected), both were for "coolness factor", and were not an indication that either was using persuasion. They later reiterated the point in reference to Sylar's voice in .07%.
• It is unclear whether or not Peter Petrelli will use this ability at a later time since he met Eden in Mohinder's apartment in Collision.

Gallery

• Eden's first command was an angry but innocent outburst...
  Eden's first command was an angry but innocent outburst...
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  ...that came with grave results.
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  Eden suggests Matt Parkman eat some donuts.
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  Officer Parkman is persuaded by Eden.
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  Tom McHenry finds Matt eating donuts after Eden McCain told him to.
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  At Primatech Paper Co., Eden coerced Isaac to take heroin so he could paint the future at a faster rate.
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  After Homecoming, Eden uses her power to prevent Sylar from attacking her, as The Haitian helps out.
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  Eden's attempt to persuade Sylar to kill himself backfires.

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