Talk:Catalyst

Why is a mystical glowing ball of light? --Hero!^(talk)_(contribs) 14:06, 9 December 2008 (EST)

• you mean this... ...its the container of the formula...--NiveKJ13 (talk2me) 14:09, 9 December 2008 (EST)
  • Doubt he meant that, and all that was was a vat of formula that Arthur added it to. He still had it as evidenced when he was killed by Peter and Sylar and the catalyst died with him. I think he meant why did each time it appeared did it appear as light like that. That's a good question as even Ishi called it the light.--WarGrowlmon18 14:27, 9 December 2008 (EST)
• What I mean is, the catalyst is a magical ball of light. --Hero!^(talk)_(contribs) 14:56, 9 December 2008 (EST)

• I dont really know. But what I think is, its some kind of Aura...--NiveKJ13 (talk2me) 15:24, 9 December 2008 (EST)

Categorize

This should be categorized as an ability, and the articles on Ishi and Claire and Hiro and Arthur should all be updated to include "Catalyst (Acquired)" in their profiles. Maybe the title should be changed to "Catalyst Possession" or something, that sounds more like the name of an ability. If it weren't an ability, I don't think Arthur could have "stolen" it; his power is Ability Theft, not Ability and Catalyst Theft. "Catalyst Possession is the ability to perfect the incomplete formula for synthetic abilities, and also to voluntarily transfer Catalyst Possession to another individual."

Owned by

"Owned by:" should refer to who owns it, not who possesses it. That's how we did it on D.L.'s medal of valor, Hope's bag, Mohinder's cocoons, string web, and The Company's tracking systems.

We could change it to "Possessed by:", but that mostly be redundant to "Current status:". - Josh (talk/contribs) 15:44, 9 December 2008 (EST)

If we list the catalyst, we should use the term the show gave us: the catalyst would be found in a human host, ergo it's "hosted by". Intuitive Empath - Talk - Contributions 16:01, 9 December 2008 (EST)

Claire

• Claire is clearly a former possessor of the catalyst, but then it disappeared because if the time errors. But still, Claire did possessed it, so she should be listed as "formerly" possessor.--NiveKJ13 (talk2me) 16:17, 9 December 2008 (EST)
  • Not really, she was assumed to be the catalyst, the way things were shown, it's clear she never hosted the catalyst. Sylar's comment of her being different from other evolved humans may have nothing to do with the catalyst. Intuitive Empath - Talk - Contributions 16:53, 9 December 2008 (EST)

• • But she still did, in a different timeline. If Claire and Hiro didn't manage to comeback in time and stop Noah from making Claire become the host, then Claire ends up becoming the carrier of the catalyst. This means in a different timeline, which is the timeline the episodes are taking place, Claire did become the catalyst, but because of some errors, ie. Being passed on or time butterfly effects, it made her a former carrier of it.

• • And as I can remember Sylar called Claire, different and special because of the catalyst being in her body. In conclusion, Claire did become a carrier of the catlyst, but it had been changed. But in the end, she is still a "former" owner of the catalyst.--NiveKJ13 (talk2me) 17:29, 9 December 2008 (EST)

The timeline taking place in the previous episodes, is the timeline where Claire became the catalyst.--NiveKJ13 (talk2me) 17:32, 9 December 2008 (EST)