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Heroes Wiki talk:Ability name origination
Excellent idea.--Hardvice (talk) 01:22, 15 November 2007 (EST)
- I know on more than one occasion someone raises the question of where a particular name originated, so this should become a big help as it gets filled out. Feel free to add any you come across or know off the top of your head. (Admin 01:23, 15 November 2007 (EST))
- Agreed.--Ice Vision 15:07, 15 November 2007 (EST)
- I just came across this page. What a fantastic idea. It's good to have references like this to help support arguments and discussions on the talk pages. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 15:16, 15 November 2007 (EST)
water mimicry
- Was water mimicry descriptive or canon? I thought they essentially came out and said "he has the ability to mimic the density of water." (Admin 01:29, 15 November 2007 (EST))
- I guess it's descanon. It wasn't explicitly named, but the name is taken from the description. Not sure what you'd call that. We'll probably need notes anyway, to clarify things like that the Haitian's power to cancel abilities and his power to erase memories have been referred to separately, ditto Hiro's time travel/teleportation.--Hardvice (talk) 01:40, 15 November 2007 (EST)
- I changed it and Bliss and horror to "Near-canonical Description" since they're somewhat similar. They didn't come right out and say it was the name, but they did describe the power near-canonically and the name was taken from those descriptions. We can always change the term if there's a better one. (Admin 01:54, 15 November 2007 (EST))
- Howabout just "canon description"? The description itself is canon. I just so don't want to re-open the Bliss and Horror bucket of worms. It's a canon name, even if it comes from a description. ETA: oh wait, you're right. They're both GNs.--Hardvice (talk) 02:05, 15 November 2007 (EST)
- Yeah, if you check the edit history I made the mistake of calling them canonical descriptions at first, too. Then I realized they're considered near-canon and renamed them since I knew it would be confusing if we called them canon here and near-canon on the sources page. (Admin 02:09, 15 November 2007 (EST))
- Howabout just "canon description"? The description itself is canon. I just so don't want to re-open the Bliss and Horror bucket of worms. It's a canon name, even if it comes from a description. ETA: oh wait, you're right. They're both GNs.--Hardvice (talk) 02:05, 15 November 2007 (EST)
- I changed it and Bliss and horror to "Near-canonical Description" since they're somewhat similar. They didn't come right out and say it was the name, but they did describe the power near-canonically and the name was taken from those descriptions. We can always change the term if there's a better one. (Admin 01:54, 15 November 2007 (EST))
- I guess it's descanon. It wasn't explicitly named, but the name is taken from the description. Not sure what you'd call that. We'll probably need notes anyway, to clarify things like that the Haitian's power to cancel abilities and his power to erase memories have been referred to separately, ditto Hiro's time travel/teleportation.--Hardvice (talk) 01:40, 15 November 2007 (EST)
Clairvoyance
It's in the Genesis files, isn't it? Noteworthy here or no?--Riddler 17:26, 15 November 2007 (EST)
- Oh yeah, I forgot about that one. I'll change it now. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 17:37, 15 November 2007 (EST)
Persuasion
Does anybody know the link where the writers referred to Eden's power as "persuasion"? I think it was a Behind the Eclipse, but I'm not positive. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 17:34, 15 November 2007 (EST)
- Sylar called it persuasion in Fallout. --Hero!(talk)(contribs) 17:37, 15 November 2007 (EST)
- "The power of persuasion, and this whole time, you were the girl next door." Good catch!--Hardvice (talk) 17:39, 15 November 2007 (EST)
- Nice. I must have missed that way back when. Good job. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 17:40, 15 November 2007 (EST)
Telekinesis
Would Brian Davis being called "telekinetic" in Six Months Ago be considered a source?--Ice Vision 16:43, 17 November 2007 (EST)