User:Piemanmoo/Powers and Personalities

Tim Kring has stated in interviews that the character's powers are reflections of their personalities.Natural-born super powers are a result of evolution and adaptation being influenced by the subconscious whims of the subject. In short, a person gets an ability that helps them in their day-to-day life, based on what they (either consciously or subconsciously) think they need.

Peter and Empathy

Being a nurse, his job depends on him feeling and healing the suffering of others. Not only his occupation, he had always been seen by his family growing up as the softer child of the two. Nathan and his father were both big and commanding men (Described as Alpha Dogs by their mother), while Peter wasn't. His softer, gentler nature allowed him to connect with people much more easily, which is why he became a nurse, working mostly with dying people and their families. Being connected with people all the time would naturaly lead him to powers that could be useful in an occupation that depends on feeling and healing the suffering of others.

Nathan and Flight

Not much is know about Nathan's personality except that he wants to win the election. The first example of his power use was during the car accident, when he needed a fast escape. It's also possible that being a politician he frequently encountered people with practices that either were corrupt or upset him for other reasons. Judging by his disgust of his father's dealings with Linderman, it's obvious that he did no approve of these types of people, but he was forced to ignore it and regualary interact with them. By being around people he couldn't stand, he could have subconciously wished he could escape it all. So powers that allow for a quick getaway would definantly help him.

Matt and Telepathy

Given that Matt was obviously frustrated by his life, not moving up in his job as he had hoped, he would be struggling to figure out how to improve. Given other problems such as his dyslexia and his wife's success, he would constantly wonder what he was doing wrong, and what he needs to do to improve. Being able to know what he should say to people and what exactly they expect from him would enable him to be much more self-confident than before.

Niki and Enhanced strength

A single mother who has to support a child. Since she had vocally expressed before her desire to be strong enough for her son, it's pretty obvious.

Hana and EDT

After her mother and grandmother were killed, the one thing Hana wanted more than anything was to prove her worth to their legacies. Even though she wasn't allowed in combat, she focused all her energy into planing attack stratigies. Other people started to notice that she seemed to know the moves of the enemies before they did. This shows that she developed her power of EDT so she could be the best in her field, and live up to her family's reputation.

D.L. and Phasing

It almost goes without saying, with him being an innocent man in prision knowing his wife and kid have to fend for themselves, that he would have given anything to be able to find out who framed him so he could go back to his family.

Sylar and Intuitive aptitude

Being a watchmaker, Gabriel Gray was constantly surrounded by complex machines and sytems. In a similar fashion to Hana, he had ambitions of greatness, but he wasn't looking to live up to his family's reputation as watchmakers. Rather, he wanted to prove to the world that he could be someone truly special. Knowing how any system worked certainly was a boon to him while fixing watches, but knowing how other people worked showed him how he could be completley unique.

Charlie and Enhanced memory

Waitresses have been know to need to remember a lot, especialy when taking orders and such.