Talk:Intuitive aptitude

Sylar using ability

There's a decent capture of Sylar using his original ability on Brian here if you need one.

Psychoanalysis

Nothing worth going in the main article, yet, but Sylar's statement to Bennet (quoted in the article) implies that he can intuitively analyze human behavior, not just physical systems. --Ted C 12:02, 4 January 2007 (EST)

Nice point. Can't wait to see how Sylar's power plays itself out. - RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 15:35, 4 January 2007 (EST)

Examples from Distractions

How do we mention examples of Sylar's power from Distractions? — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 02:31, 6 February 2007 (EST)

Unclear examples

So Sylar's power is pretty much in constant use, I'm assuming. This is a different power, one which is hard to chronicle examples. Any thoughts on how we document this power? — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 12:59, 6 March 2007 (EST)

• I believe Admin suggested using the ticking sound-effect as a cue. --Ted C 13:05, 6 March 2007 (EST)
  • I dont think it was me since I dont associate the ticking with him using his power. I think the ticking is just for effect, though I think they're using it less. Personally I think his power is similar to insight for instance. Sometimes you might have a random flash of insight or other times you have to concentrate on something and then it comes to you. (Admin 13:37, 9 March 2007 (EST))
  • Yeah, but are we going to mention every time we hear the sound effect? For instance, when he's lying on the table in his cell in The Fix, we hear a tick tock, and then Sylar wakes up suddenly. Is that using his power? Or in Unexpected, when he's sneaking up on Dale, the sound effect is used again. Another example? — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 14:30, 6 March 2007 (EST)
    • I think in Parasite, he says "I want to see how that works", a clear reference to this ability. Soooo, I'm going to remove the question mark from the checklist since no one has yet to even reference this particular episode. But the conversation of other episodes is needed. I just think in Parasite, he definitively mentions it like he does in Six Months Ago.--Baldbobbo 13:08, 9 March 2007 (EST)
      • You're right, that's a very clear example. And he and Bennet talk about it in Distractions, but I can't think of other clear uses of the power. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 13:36, 9 March 2007 (EST)
        • As to the question of the sound effect: I've always gotten the impression that it goes with the character, not just the use of his original power. It seems more like whenever he's being sneaky, or whenever he's dominant in a scene (Beeman talks about this a lot in the commentaries), his "theme" takes over the soundtrack, and his theme is the clockwork sounds.
          • That's exactly how I always saw it, too. (Admin 14:04, 9 March 2007 (EST))
            • Yes, that's kind of the point I was trying to make, indirectly. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 15:22, 9 March 2007 (EST)

LOL, Wikipedia

• Wikipedia is now using "intuitive aptitude" to describe Sylar's power. Considering that we're just a bunch of lowbrow plagiarists to them, I find this highly ironic.--Hardvice (talk) 17:14, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
  • Yeah, good suggestion, Hardvice. It seems pretty pervasive, now. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 20:10, 23 March 2007 (EDT)
    • Haha Heroe(talk) 00:33, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
    • Wow, I actually totally forgot that was my idea. Now I feel famous. Still, I'd prefer it had my comment not ended in a preposition.--Hardvice (talk) 00:42, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
      • Aw, prepositions are perfectly good words for sentences to end with. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 13:49, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
        • Right. I just didn't learn that it was merely a snobby usage "rule" until well after I'd browbeaten myself into avoiding it.--Hardvice (talk) 13:53, 24 March 2007 (EDT)
        • I saw what you did there. I just eschewed mentioning it in favor of talking about my favorite subject: me.--Hardvice (talk) 16:06, 24 March 2007 (EDT)

Tactics

I wonder if Sylar's intuitive aptitude helps him solve problems like "how to fight an invisible adversary". When Peter disappeared in .07%, Sylar came up with an effective counter tactic using available resources very quickly. --Ted C 17:42, 25 April 2007 (EDT)

• I think that that was just plain quick-thinking, rather than his intuitive aptitude.--Piemanmoo 18:06, 25 April 2007 (EDT)
  • The problem, of course, is how would you know the difference? In most circumstances, Sylar's intuitive aptitude would be indistinguishable from "quick thinking". Still, he seems to adapt to virtually any setback with uncanny speed. --Ted C 16:24, 26 April 2007 (EDT)

Examples

I don't see how Sylar's comment about seeing how something works is an example since he didn't steal his ability.

On a side note, shouldn't every power theft be an example of this ability? We don't know the mechanics of how he steals abilities, but it's derived from his intuitive aptitude? --Bob 03:22, 18 May 2007 (EDT)

• Figuring out how things work is what the power is really about. As far as we know, he used his power to figure out how to steal other powers. --Ted C 10:24, 18 May 2007 (EDT)
  • Right. Intuitive aptitude (or the ability to have intuition) is not necessarily the same as power theft, though I'm sure they're either related or Sylar used IA to figure out how to steal powers. — RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 11:12, 18 May 2007 (EDT)
    • I'm thinking he can use his super hearing --Rockyrojas88 07:52, May 20, 2007

Weird....

According to the most recent CBR interview, they haven't revelead what Sylar's original power was. Are the writers on crack or something :) --Heroe!(talk) (contribs) 19:57, 31 May 2007 (EDT)

• When the writers said that it was "a mystery yet to be solved", I think they were talking less about his original power, and more about his ability to acquire the powers of others. RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 20:52, 31 May 2007 (EDT)

Skill

The following is a comment on Telekinesis: "Sylar has demonstrated far more advanced telekinetic abilities than Brian, probably because Sylar has actively developed the power." (emphasis added) While his practice with using his first acquired power has certainly increased his proficiency, I submit that the whole "knows how things work" aspect of his innate power is what makes Sylar so scary. (Next to his proclivity to exencephalate people.) Not only does his intuitive aptitude give him the ability to acquire others' powers, it helps him understand how to use and control them quickly. For a further example, I refer the interested reader to how quickly he was able to start painting the future and make and control the radioactive puff-balls after scooping out Sprage's brain, while Ted himself and Peter seemed to have some issues. -- FissionChips 23:28, 3 October 2007 (EDT)

Power Limitation

Sylar seems to be limited by his recent injuries. Although he attempted to take a new power, it is not clear whether or not he will be able to utilize the new power once he heals. Did he fail to take on the new power, or is he simply hampered from using it while injured?

--Wolfeman 18:59, 31 October 2007 (EDT)

• Yeah this is weird because if the reason for his loss of powers is the Shanti virus (maybe) then he shouldn't have been able to use his Intuitive Aptitude to check Candice's brain out, and then know how to use it. --SomeoneImportant 21:44, 31 October 2007 (EDT)