Talk:Mental manipulation

Blocking Abilities

It seems to me that there is still question over whether or not it is the Haitian that blocks the mental abilities. The times that we know that powers have been blocked, he has been there. But HRG has been for a few of them as well. For Sylar at the paper firm, The Haitian may have been in another part, or outside completely, of the building.

It seems to me that including that as fact is premature. (Jared 18:47, 8 December 2006 (EST))

Mr. Bennet told Matt after he abducted him: "Trying to hear my thoughts, Matt? Not with my friend here. He's special, too." Also when Eden tried to use her power on Mr. Bennet it cut to The Haitian making some effort to block her. Jack Coleman has said in an interview[1] that at this point Mr. Bennet will not be revealed to have any powers. It's actually pretty clear that the blocking is being performed by The Haitian. (Admin 18:55, 8 December 2006 (EST))

I'm not convinced. That said, if I'm the only one that is not convinced, I'll write myself off and drop the question. (Jared 19:16, 8 December 2006 (EST))

Bennet was not in the bar - it was the Haitian that blocked blocked Matt using his telepathy. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 20:09, 8 December 2006 (EST)

If it helps, I just noticed on the Theories page we have a link to an interview[2] where a couple of producers/writers explicitly say it was The Haitian that blocked Matt's powers. (Admin 22:51, 8 December 2006 (EST))

See it. Ok. Ignore me. Jared 17:05, 9 December 2006 (EST))

• I also believe that sometime in the future, it will be revealed that Bennet has an ability. The biggest piece of evidence for me is his job: either he's doing it for power (which it's pretty clear he has little to none) or more likely, he's doing it because he too is a metahuman. We know that he's been doing "the job" for longer than Claire has been alive. I think that like Claude (invisible man), he is a 1st-Generation metahuman (this would make Micah a 3rd generation) who is doing the job he is doing in order to help those like himself.-- YoShIe (talk) 21:18, 8 December 2006 (EST)

Merge with telepathy?

• to me, "Mental Manipulation" sounds just like another term for telepathy. A lot of the things the Haitian has been shown to do are things that powerful telepaths can all accomplish. (e.g.: Professor X) is anyone else for merging this with telepathy? Heroe 14:38, 3 January 2007 (EST)
  • It doesn't seem quite the same. There is no indication that the Haitian can read surface thoughts, for instance. --Ted C 14:44, 3 January 2007 (EST)
  • Emphatic "no". "Telepathy", despite what it means outside the context of Heroes, is used here to describe Matt's power to read (and so far only read) thoughts. There's no indication the Haitian possesses this power, and he certainly can do things Matt cannot.--Hardvice (talk) 15:12, 3 January 2007 (EST)
    • IAWTC 110%. Mind reading and power blocking/memory erasing are quite different. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 15:22, 3 January 2007 (EST)

Images

"The Haitian's power somehow causes Matt to collapse on the floor of a bar." ~ Mr Bennet clearly says that Matt was drugged. As the caption is inaccurate, the picture does not belong on this page. Branfish 11:53, 19 January 2007 (EST)