Talk:Flight

Ability Naming Conventions
The following sources are used for determining evolved human ability names, in order:
1. Canon Sources	Episodes
2. Near-canon Sources	Webisodes, Graphic Novels, iStories, Heroes Evolutions
3. Secondary Sources	Episode commentary, Interviews, Heroes: Survival
4. Common names for abilities	Names from other works
5. Descriptions of abilities	Descriptions
6. Possessor's name	If no non-speculative description is possible
Note: The highlighted row represents the level of the source used to determine flight's name.
Source/Explanation
Peter says "I think I can fly" to Nathan (Genesis).

Wind Manipulation

Could be the possible Power of Nathan to Explain why his body & Clothing is still Intact after his Flight [1]

~ Red = 6:05PM Jan 3, 2007

• My personal opinion has always been that we're looking too far into the powers. I suspect we're supposed to suspend disbelief... afterall how do you explain through physics how Sylar can pick up and throw a locker door? :) Trying to find explanations (or what I tend to call "consequencial powers") for all the consequences of their powers will, I suspect, lead people to make the wrong assumption about the nature of the person's powers. Does Jessica have super-durability? It would require that in order to be able to rip a door off of a safe without breaking every bone in your hand. However, I'm willing to bet that if Jessica ever got shot in the hand it would go right through. Just my personal take on it. :) (Admin 18:17, 3 January 2007 (EST))
  • The Final Vision that Peter Had in Chapter 11 "Fallout" where Nathan steps close to Peter and a rush of Air Blows up; It could be Nathan's Power along with Peter going Critical mass.

~ Red = 02:35, 4 January 2007

Main Image

The main image should really be a picture of the originator of the power, in my opinion. I really like the picture of Nathan flying, even if you can't see him. There are better pictures of him from Genesis if we wanted to use one of those ... but I don't see anything wrong with the one we have. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 21:41, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

• I was hoping for something in which the user was more than a dot, and the image I was at least Nathan in appearance (theoretically). If we can find one in which he is flying and recognizable (as opposed to a dot or a blur), that would be my preference. --Ted C 22:03, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

"Originally Held By"

Well... how do we work with this with multiple people sharing a power... aside from those who've absorbed? Noone can say who manifested their power earlier, so we can't say Nathan is original over West. On top of that, West seems to fly much smoother, like a bird - Nathan shoots off like a rocket. Maybe we actually have two different forms of flight here? --Riddler 22:59, 24 September 2007 (EDT)

• We can list multiple people under "originally held by". It technically means more along the lines of "natively held by". It's just making a distinction between people who have the powers naturally and those who stole (Sylar) or mimic (Peter) them. (Admin 23:02, 24 September 2007 (EDT))
  • -Salutes- Aye Aye, Sir.--Riddler 23:03, 24 September 2007 (EDT)

On a related note, we had a policy of having the infobox image be one of the first person in the series to manifest the power on screen. Given that we may not have a better image of Nathan in flight, do we want to relax that rule? --Ted C 14:36, 3 October 2007 (EDT)

Limits Separated by user

• Really like this change. Much simpler and clearer.--Hardvice (talk) 17:20, 16 October 2007 (EDT)
  • Agreed. Should we do this for other powers when there seems to be a difference? STM can use it, I would think (with Future Peter and Hiro).--Bob (Talk) 17:23, 16 October 2007 (EDT)
    • I've implemented this change at space-time manipulation. It's a little different there because it involves Future characters as well as regular characters. --Ted C 17:50, 16 October 2007 (EDT)

Levitation

I think that levitation would be a more appropriate name.

levitation (noun) 1. the phenomenon of a person or thing rising into the air by apparently supernatural means 2. movement upward in virtue of lightness

Not only is this term a well known term for what Nathan and West can do, but it is also used in the show. Mohinder mentions evolved humans who can levitate several times. So I vote we change the name to levitation because it is a term used on the show, and sounds more official than flight. --phoenixautumn 15:54, 7 November 2007 (EST)

Anybody going to discuss this? --phoenixautumn 13:49, 9 November 2007 (EST)

• I also like the word levitation, but I would rather use the word flight. You say the name should be changed because the show uses the term levitation. Sorry to burst your bubble, but a lot more characters have used the word "fly". "You can fly?!"; "I think I can fly!"; "Flying man!"; and so on and so forth... They keep saying "fly."--Ice Vision 15:58, 9 November 2007 (EST)
  • Well true, but people also say to Claire "you can heal?", and yet her power is not healing, but rapid cell regeneration. And Matt says "I can read minds" and yet his power isn't mind reading, it's telepathy. So what I'm saying is that people say things like flying, healing, and mind-reading because it's simpler terms, whereas levitation is more of a technical term.

--phoenixautumn 14:11, 9 November 2007 (EST)

• Also, for most people, levitation equals lift. It does not necessarily equal propulsion. Look at your definition: "rising into the air", "movement upward". There's no indication of an ability to travel forward--just an ability to hover.--Hardvice (talk) 16:09, 9 November 2007 (EST)
  • I agree with Hardvice. Levitation just describes hovering, whereas flight shows their actual movement through the air; they are not just levitating, they are flying. In my opinion.--  Lost Soul   talk  contribs  16:14, 9 November 2007 (EST)
    • Here are some other definitions. All support the levitation=hovering, flight=movement divide:
      • "To rise or cause to rise into the air and float in apparent defiance of gravity." (American Heritage)
      • "the process by which an object is suspended against gravity, in a stable position, by a force without physical contact." (Wikipedia)
      • "the raising or rising of a body in air by supernatural means." (Random House unabridged)

In contrast, "Flight" is:

• "The motion of an object in or through a medium, especially through the earth's atmosphere or through space." (American Heritage)
• "the process by which an object achieves sustained movement ... through the air" (Wikipedia)

--Hardvice (talk) 16:22, 9 November 2007 (EST)

• • Alright well thanks for clearing that up for me. I does make sense now. I still think that levitation sounds better, but you're right, that term is too limited and doesn't imply moving through the air. Thanx. --phoenixautumn 18:44, 9 November 2007 (EST)