Talk:René
- I thought that the Man at the Bar's first encounter with the policeman was reminscent of an early encounter between a young Professor X and another powerful telepath. I cannot remember the details of that comic book, but it's part of Professor X's canonical origin story. In it, Professor X meets an Indian telepath at a bar on accident, and they end up fighting each other on the astral plane. Ultimately, Professor X defeats him.
- If the "man at the bar" is known as The Haitian in the official scripts, should the page name be moved ? --Orne 15:15, 8 November 2006 (EST)
- I would say yes. I think the actual article should now be called The Haitian with Man at the bar just redirecting. If they give him an actual name, we can just move it again. Any other opinions? (Admin 17:09, 8 November 2006 (EST))
Powers
The Haitian seems to be able to knock people out by touching them. Ryangibsonstewart argues that Eden's suggestion was responsible for him passing out, but he seemed to be resisting her suggestion (with effort) until the Haitian grabbed him from behind. Sylar also resisted her suggestion when she tried to tell him to kill himself, attempting to kill her for her power instead. Basically, Eden's power seems to be a powerful -- but not irresistable -- compulsion.
The Haitian's true power seems to be to interfere with brain function in various ways. He can remove, but apparently not alter, memories. He can interfere with Matt's telepathy and Eden's suggestion, although it's not whether he's actually affecting the superhuman or the target. The ability to knock someone out by interfering with mental function in another way seems quite consistent with his "core" power of mental manipulation (or perhaps more accurately -- mental interference).