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Theory:The Symbol
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The following fan theories are about The Symbol.
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Theories
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| The symbol is a mermaid. | Teeval, a mermaid, tells Cúchulainn to carve her name and symbol on his shield. If he did this it would give him extraordinary powers. (Petrified Lightning) |
+ The symbol looks like a mermaid, the top lines are the fin while the bottom lines are arms and the long line is the body. |
| The symbol relates to the dragon in the story of Kensei and the Princess | Guillame tells his son the story of a serpent who ate a crane. In eating the crane, the serpent gained wings and was able to fly. Guillame sketches the symbol in the sand as he tells his story. (It Takes a Village, Part 3) |
+ Dragons are often described as serpents with wings. + The dragon from Kensei's story is the only dragon that has been mentioned to date. |
| The symbol is meant to resemble RNA, which is where the abnormality lies...or just to indicate something to do with the abnormalities | None. |
+ The Symbol directly resembles RNA, but missing a rung....which might be the actual genetic abnormality.
+ Sylar was noted to be messing with his DNA and probably RNA as well. RNA is also in the brain, which would make sense to this theory. + Production staff refer to the symbol as the "single helix". |
| The Symbol is the logo for Yamagato Corporation's Genetic Research Division. | None. |
• Kimiko Nakamura does mention that Yamagato has a biotech division. (Distractions) |
| The different sightings of the symbol in various episodes were left behind by Hiro. | None. | + After realizing the significance of the symbol and its relation to his ancient Japanese hero (Godsend), Hiro feels his calling to make this legend known to the world. Possibly after mastering his powers, he then travels back in time to the locations of several key events and leaves behind the symbol to promote Japanese culture to the Western world. His time-stopping skills would be crucial in this task, as he would have to tattoo Jessica and draw on Claire's textbook while avoiding detection. - That doesn't explain how the tattoo shows up on Jessica but not Niki. + The Haitian could also have been in cahoots with Hiro on this mission; Hiro would leave his mark while he erased the memories of the victims of this prank, hence they would have no memory of NOT having the symbol existing in their lives. • It's highly unlikely Hiro would waste his time (you know what I mean) arranging shards of glass, stones, and pasta into the symbol, although other more definite occurrences such as Kensei's sword could be created by Hiro. |
| The Symbol marks evolved humans that work for the Company. | The Haitian wore the symbol on a necklace and works for the Company. (Collision) | + Jessica has it on her back because she is an assassin for the Company (Linderman being in a management position in this organization). • The symbol is on the cover of the 9th Wonders! comic book. The Company could be the publisher of this magazine. • If this is true the Japanese origins of this symbol suggests that the Company also originated in Japan. - The Haitian has had the symbol necklace since before he began working for the Company. (It Takes a Village, Part 4) - Does not explain incidental or background occurrences of the symbol. |
| The Symbol reveals, to the careful observer, that the head of the Company is actually Alfred Hitchcock. | None. | + • If this is more than a coincidence, then it is almost certainly a reference rather than a plot point. |
| The Symbol has multiple meanings. | None. | + The production staff and Tim Kring himself have said that the symbol represents a helix. + Ando noted that the symbol is a combination of two Japanese characters. (Godsend) |
| The Symbol can block or enhance a persons power. | None. | + The Haitian wears the Symbol constantly around his neck and Heroes on occasion cannot use their power in his presence. - This is more than likely mental manipulation. + Jessica, although she was seemingly normal, in joining with her living sister Niki, she displays a mark which gives her power which she later covers to camouflage her identity. + Hiro has the Symbol on Kensei's sword, which he claims to help him control his power. - This is probably a mental thing. Hiro lost his confidence and optimism after Charlie's death. The sword merely made him feel better about himself and his mind was set. - Kaito also states that it was Hiro's quest that returned his powers, not the sword. |
| The Symbol represents a division between people | None. | + The "S" line, could be represent a division or a wall, or even represent a way and distance, while the 3 horizontal lines represent people, in one side there is more people (or two kinds of people) and the other has less people (or a single kind of people). |
| The Symbol represents a division between people who are good or evil | None. | • The single horizontal line is in the right side and is above the others, and could represent the (fewer) good, while the two others lines represent bad and inferior people.
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| The Symbol represents a division between people who are better in one way and the others | None. | • The single horizontal line is in the right side and is above the others, and could represent the (fewer) powerfully evolved, while the two others lines represent normal and inferior people.
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| The Symbol is a marker for evolved humans. It was used by the oldest of them originally and has since come to be their icon. | • It marks their items (Kensei/Hiro's katana) • It marks their bodies (Niki's shoulder, Peter's arm. • It marks their endeavors (Yamagato Industries, Petrelli's law firm) |
• As a note it's only a guess that they choose it consciously because they know it's meaning. Perhaps they choose it because subconsciously they know its meaning. |
| The Symbol protects people from the Shanti Virus | None. | + No one with the Symbol has been infected with the Shanti Virus. • Niki was infected, but Jessica had the Symbol. On top of this, the virus had already been changed, and Niki was cured. + The Haitian got the Virus after giving away his necklace to Peter. |
| The Symbol marks those with an ability. | ||
| The Symbol has no actual meaning. All its appearances are just coincidences. | ||
| The Symbol depicts a single helix and is a reoccurring synchronicity which somehow connects those individuals of "sai yo" (Special talent, from God). The Symbol is also incomplete, but can be fully realized by rotating it 180 degrees and placing it against a copy of the same symbol (with its usual orientation). The single helix then becomes a double helix with perfectly symmetrical proportions. This double-helix can then be vertically stacked to create an ascending spiral formation which moves upwards diagonally left to right. The ascending double-helix symbolizes the completion of a pattern whose meaning can be expressed as "Leader(s) to God," or, "Pathway to God". | +
• The ascending spiral moving diagonally left to right represents Human Consciousness functioning from total possession by another personality or ideology (lower left) to Higher Consciousness (upper right); from total dissociation from ordinary consciousness (Ego-based) to complete expansion into the Higher Consciousness (God-realized). | |
| The Symbol is in the subconscious of all evolved humans and they have the subliminal urge to draw it or form it from surrounding objects. | None |
See Also
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