This wiki is a XML full dump clone of "Heroes Wiki", the main wiki about the Heroes saga that has been shut down permanently since June 1, 2020. The purpose of this wiki is to keep online an exhaustive and accurate database about the franchise.
Talk:Enhanced synesthesia
| 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 |
| Source/Explanation | |
| According to Heroes Interactive, "Emma's ability is a form of synesthesia". | |
Pretty useless ability
It's useful only for hearing impaired people like Emma. 
AltesUTC CH
- Unless we find out that she can control the sound too. That wouldn't be useless at all.--Laudo 08:25, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
- I think Emma would completely disagree that this is a useless ability. :) But similarly, Peter's ability would be pretty useless if he were surrounded by people without abilities! :) -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:48, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
- Nah, he never would be alone. Because it's Heroes, a show about people with powers!
AltesUTC CH - I have synesthesia. And as cool as it can be, it's not an ability it's still a disorder. So this article is completely wrong being an ability. I've never met anyone like that who has synesthesia like Emma. So I think we should take this out of the abilities section. Trust me, I know what I'm talking about here. --Jason Garrick 11:02, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
- Nah, he never would be alone. Because it's Heroes, a show about people with powers!
Question
Because of the description Emma's friend gives, then if a character who hears light also be classified with this ability?--Laudo 08:25, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
- Possibly. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 08:48, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
- No. Because it isn't a super power. --Jason Garrick 11:02, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
- In the world of Heroes, it is. -- RyanGibsonStewart (talk) 12:27, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
- No. Because it isn't a super power. --Jason Garrick 11:02, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
Sound visualization
This sounds to me like Emma makes sound waves visible for others, that's why the name doesn't fit. Yet synesthesia sounds wrong as well - it's a condition in real life, and it isn't exactly what Heroes Interactive said. "A form of synesthesia". It's not the same. I think. AltesUTC CH