Talk:Telekinesis

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
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Source/Explanation
Claude explicitly names this ability when asks Peter "which one of your sorry friends has telekinesis?" (Unexpected).

• This page could use more examples, with references. --Ted C 16:09, 8 December 2006 (EST)

• Too many examples. I'm removing all the ones that are just "possible" uses of telekinesis. Heroe 14:53, 3 January 2007 (EST)
  • See here for discussion.
    • Who keeps putting all the examples back!?
      • As has been mentioned several times, we need to come up with a final policy and archive all the existing examples before we delete them. I've restored some, and User:Ryangibsonstewart has restored others. See the discussion on Heroes Wiki: Community Portal.--Hardvice (talk) 13:50, 7 January 2007 (EST)
        • I'm fine with most of them, but this one: "Sylar possibly uses this power to remove everything from his apartment." Come on, that's pushing it just a bit too far. Branfish 12:23, 19 January 2007 (EST)
          • I can see the neighbors now: "Look ma! That U-Haul is loading itself!" It does seem more fit for Theories, especially when it's not clear who cleaned out the place (from the look on Eden's face, I assumed it was the AWI).--Hardvice (talk) 12:30, 19 January 2007 (EST)
            • I agree - total speculation (and possibly incorrect speculation). It should be removed. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 14:10, 19 January 2007 (EST)

On the topic of examples, the caption under the image where Sylar grabs Eden says he used TK to slice her face. I find that to be rather overinterprated, considdering she was just pulled through a glass window, and in real life, that messe you up pretty badly. -- Cuardin 12:54, 19 January 2007 (EST)

• I also got the impression she was just cut up from the glass.--Hardvice (talk) 13:01, 19 January 2007 (EST)
  • I added the "shattered glass and face" caption - I didn't mean that he used tk to shatter her face, but that he used the power to pull her through, and her face got sliced in the process. But I didn't word it very well - thanks for the catch. I'll change it now. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 14:10, 19 January 2007 (EST)

Shootout

• When Hiro and Ando were at the shootout over the casino money Ando took from the room, I though someone used Telekinesis to stop the bullet from hitting them.--Rugabug 20:27, 9 May 2007 (EDT)
  • That was Hiro's space-time manipulation.--Ice Vision 20:49, 9 May 2007 (EDT)

Head Splitting

Has it been officially confirmed that Sylar uses TK to cut open heads? Because it doesn't match the other uses at all. When he cuts someone's head, he points one finger, there's a creepy buzzsaw sound, and the skin tears itself apart. Telekinesis is usually shown with no associated sound effect and the result is more of a crude application of force. --Yamawhata? 16:47, 19 November 2007 (EST)

• Well, when he cuts open heads and moves objects he displays the same finger/hand movement (not all the time, though, but doesn't really matter). Sylar ripping off heads fits perfectly with telekinesis. He is basically moving the skin apart, but it's leaves blood squirting everywhere. What makes you think that it is a separate ability?--Ice Vision 16:55, 19 November 2007 (EST)
  • It could possibly be decapakinesis....--Mish(Talk) 17:10, 19 November 2007 (EST)
    • Oh god please no. Don't say that too loudly.--Hardvice (talk) 17:12, 19 November 2007 (EST)
  • Like I said, I somehow think it's a separate ability because of the sound and because from what I've seen, to tear the skin apart in a perfectly straight line like that with TK would take too much time and more concentration than Sylar seems to show, although he admittedly COULD just be really proficient with it. Also, James Walker was found frozen, right? If Sylar could have cut his head open with TK, he probably would have. There's no conceivable reason why he would have frozen the body first, unless James himself possessed a buzzsaw ability which Sylar now has. James had a jagged edge to his skull cavity, too, which further implies an external method of cutting. Sylar has not otherwise demonstrated an ability possibly obtain from James Walker, and when he cuts Ando's neck, he's not even concentrating on him at all. TK requires at least slight mental focus on the target object. --Yamawhata? 20:04, 20 November 2007 (EST)
    • I think Sylar has become so proficient at his ability it's almost like a reflex now. --Hero!^(talk)_(contribs) 20:15, 20 November 2007 (EST)
      • It's at times like these you have to think of it from the writer's point of view. Why would they make an ability just for cutting stuff? Telekinesis is not real, which means it doesn't have strict rules. The sound effect is exactly that, an effect, it adds to the event, makes Sylar seem more like a serial killer with a chainsaw rather than a man pointing his finger at someone. As for the freezing of James, if I was Sylar I would wanna try it out on a human as well. --SomeoneImportant 20:18, 20 November 2007 (EST)
    • Sylar had to have at least a little bit of concentration when he cut Ando's neck. He looked at his target, and began slicing. Some people have suggested that James Walker froze himself by accident or as a reflex. Why does head cutting have to be another ability? That makes little sense.--Ice Vision 22:09, 20 November 2007 (EST)