Stress gives them Powers

[Goodspeed]

I have noticed something about the series. The only time I have seen the heroes use powers is when they are under stress.

They never use them when they are calm, or not in heavy thought. They use them when they really need them. Its never when they are relaxed. Look at Nathan. He used them twice under stressfull conditions.

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[Tyrinus]

Hiro was using his at the casino whenever he felt like it.

 

[Goodspeed]

Even if Hiro used them in the casino, he still was concentrating very hard. Also, the poker guys were not little girl scouts with cookies to sell.

They were hightime rollers that were going to kill them if they did not come out with a lot of winnings.

The bottom line I am saying is that, the heroes have to have some jepardy going on at the moment to spaark their powers. Its not like Nathan is going to fly when he is mellow. Or he is at a speaking engagment and he is starting to float off in the air.


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[Tyrinus]

But he had no reason to be threatened by the poker guys the first time around. And he didn't seem stressed there to me.

But yeah I can't think of the others having done so. Except for that girl at the diner, but then again that's super memory.

Be interesting to see them use the powers just whenever.

 

[The Apocalypse]

When Issac takes the drugs it calms him..doesn't make him crazy or angry..when he is angry he hasn't used his powers. Nikki's son was calm when he used his powers. That black dude that we don't know has used his powers and he looks pretty...blank i guess lol.

 

[oakzap425]

Why even use the poker game as a basis for hero.


Highly doubt he was under stress when he tested the power intially to prove Ando wrong in the bar when they were still in Japan...

 

[odiin]

I absolutely 100% guarantee you that the powers aren't caused by stress.

Obviously they are more likely to use their powers when stress is involved though. Conflict causes stress, and of course they are going to use their powers when conflict is involved. That's what Superheroes DO. They have little reason to use their powers otherwise, unless they're just showing off.

I'd think people from this forum of all places would know that.

 

[tecnowraith]

Yeah do not forget DL was not in a stressful mood when phased through the wall the first we say. Micah was stressful when we saw his powers for the time either.

 

[Mrh7448]

Nathan choses to try and ignore his powers. He's only used them when he had no other choice.

Claire's are active all the time and Hiro's powers would take a lot of concentration to try and bend time. Isaac's kick in when he's high, but it's been implied that is not a necessary condition for his abilities. Peter's kick in whenever he's around someone with powers whether he's under stress or not. The cop was able to use his telepathy in the bar when he wasn't under any stress at all.

To me they can use them without the stress having to be there. Some chose to ignore them (like Nathan) Others just don't quite no what is happening or unaware of them.