Theory:Enhanced synesthesia

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Theory	Citations	Notes
Emma's ability allows her to convert sonic energy into other forms.	None	+ At the end of Hysterical Blindness, Emma carved a gash into the wall of her apartment while playing on a cello. She may have done so by converting the sound (which she perceives as light) into kinetic force. • The appearance of the damage Emma did to the wall seems similar to the damage Sylar inflicted on a wall while trying to scalp Hiro in Once Upon a Time in Texas. - Emma only started perceiving sound as color when her ability manifested. - Sound is a mechanical wave, it can carry a concussive force, it doesn't need to be converted into another form of energy. The damage Emma did to her wall could simply be because the sound was focused and directed at that portion of the wall. + Damage caused by sound manipulation has a very 'blunt' look. What Emma did to her wall seems decidedly different: the wall looked like somebody attacked it with a chainsaw, rather than blasted apart or bludgeoned. - Pressure depends on the force applied and the area on which it is applied. If the area decreases, the pressure increases, explaining the cleaner "cut". + The gash in the wall appeared to be straight as a laser. If she were warping the 'lights', which are normally twisted and coiled, it seems likely that the cut on the wall would be more curved/distorted. - It can be rather focused. + That focused ray formed an instant before Emma accidentally hacked up her wall. That may have been the sound being converted into kinetic energy (as interpreted by Emma's synesthesia). + Telekinesis, which produces kinetic energy, almost always produces a clean, straight cut when used. • Kinetic energy cannot be produced - all objects have it when they are moving. • This is science fiction/fantasy. Many abilities break the known laws of physics. • Physically, telekinesis applies a force on an object, so when all forces don't cancel each other, the object moves, and when it does, it has kinetic energy. + Telekinesis has no measurable signs of usage (others than objects moving around/being cut up). The kinetic energy used to move the object isn't being transformed from light/heat/sound/electricity/etc., but it has to come from somewhere. - It could be some sort of psionic force. Telekinesis can put a strain on the user, as shown when Peter opened the Company's vault, he got a nosebleed. Maybe that force stems from actual biochemical energy, such as ATP. + All abilities affect their users' bodies when over-used. - And this could be how telekinesis does that. • All abilities seem to have a single symptom of overuse: nosebleeds (or, in extremely bad instances, brain hemorrhages). Overuse telepathy? Nosebleed. Overuse space-time manipulation? Nosebleed. Overuse mental manipulation? Nosebleed.
Emma's ability is similar to sound manipulation, except that she can manipulate all sound, not just her voice.	None.	+ She was shown making a crack in a wall with her ability. This may be because she magnified the sound she created to the point where it could cause physical damage, similar to the way Echo and Jesse could magnify their voices to throw objects backward.