Name of Series: Heroes
Name of Character: Mohinder and Nathan
Warnings: Spoilers for the Heroes premier, episodes one and two of the third season. Might be slight swearing and Maya bashing. Can't help it. She just won't shut up.
Summary: I thought that idiot!Mohinder went on a nice vacation to the Bahamas for S3. I was wrong.
Dear Mohinder,
There are about fifty-billion ways I can call you an idiot, but I'll go with just one. YOU'RE AN IDIOT.
While no, I didn't like Maya's constant complaining about "But what about me, what about my powers, my powers, memememememememememe! Cure me! Screw the damn 'gaining abilities' thing, CURE ME, YOU BASTARD, OR I'LL MAKE YOU CRY BLACK TEARS OF WOE" talk that took of most of your dialogue with our favourite immigrant on the show that we want to kill to get a few nights of rest in where she's not panicking, crying, crying, panicking, crying, crying or panicking (with a little anger thrown in when she doesn't get her way), injecting yourself with things that haven't been tested usually go very wrong, even if it is just to show the bitch who's the geneticist around here. So really, I don't understand why you're suddenly all "What's happening to me". Well, you injected yourself with something mysterious that you didn't know a lot about and you got powers. Powers that were really cool, although I think Spiderman might be calling a lawsuit. I think he's just waiting for the episode where you get spidey lizard senses.
Cool things like simple one time injections that give you awesome powers doesn't happen in TV shows without cruel, and in your case, gross, consequences. HOW THE HELL DID YOU NOT SEE THAT ONE COMING.
No wait. I know this one. YOU'RE AN IDIOT, THAT'S WHY. A+ I pass.
I understand. I do. Between Maya's inability to shut up, I understand that without powers, you feel somehow left out. All you have is your intellect, your books and research, people come to you for answers, for why this is happening, about how these powers are affecting their lives in horrible ways. I understand that when you look at them, when you visited them, you just thought that they're lucky that they get these amazing abilities, that they're so different and special and yet in a twist of irony, they can't appreciate their skills, all they can do is complain about them (well, most do). And you're just standing there with nothing except years studying genetics and you're jealous, just a little. I understand. I would be like that too. I'd hate it. But would I stick syringes with dubious formulas that haven't been perfected yet into my arm and say "What ho, nothing can go wrong here!" ???
No. I wouldn't. Unless I had the front of my head chopped off, incapacitating my ability to THINK LIKE A RATIONAL BEING. I bet you're one of those people who, that if they went somewhere really obscure, like another planet, and someone handed them a drink that they didn't know the content of, they'd drink it. Stupidity like that isn't forgiveable, Mohinder! You're the genius damnit, so how the hell can you be so BLOODY THICK. It's not a great logic leap from "anger activated your powers so that means adrenaline is intrinsically connected to your abilities" to "hey, dubious syringe holding untested mixture of chemicals. I probably shouldn't stick that in my arm."
I like you, Mohinder. I do. Even if you were a bit "whoa hey, what? What's happening. I need to save him and her and everyone and so I'll shoot Noah Bennet in the eye" in Season 2, which didn't go all that well for me, but then I didn't like Season 2 in general, so we can pretend that never happened. I will admit that your voice is something scientists are researching, to find out if it really is causing global warming, and I will admit that Sendhil is really, really pretty, okay? Really, Mohinder. I like you a lot.
Don't make that something I'll regret.
... Well, regret even more.
Best wishes on all your flaky green gross back mutations,
maniacal_math Dear Nathan,
Your sudden religious claims are highly annoying me. What's all this crap on "We're angels" and "we're here to do God's bidding"? I did notice the lack of emphasise on religion in this show, a few passing references maybe, and I liked it, and now you've just ruined it. I understand that with your Jesus moment, you think that He put you here for a purpose, and that the writers are going to have hella fun screwing up the morality of this, but seriously. So far, this show has been all about "the future is not written in stone". Suddenly you're coming in with "God has a plan for all of us."
Speaking of the future, please send this note to everyone on the show. The future seems permanently fucked. We've seen three versions so far and they all suck. Yes, it is frightening that even without Bush, global warming, economic crisis' and needless wars, that we're all even more doomed in the show than we are in real life, but if they're all going to be fucked and we're just fucking it up more by trying to fuck it up less, I think we should all stop moving before the world ends tomorrow.
Also, tell your future brother who shot you in the chest that he's cool. And that considering my animosity towards his present self that I've been holding ever since Season 1, that's saying a lot.
I like a version of Peter. What is this world coming to.
And yeah. I have no idea what the hell is up with Tracey Stauss either. Did I mention how happy I am that you guys are back to giving me headaches as I try to figure out what the hell is going on?
But have fun with your delusions. Linderman's pretty awesome, you should take the time to realise that.
Here's to hoping that you don't get shot by anymore relentless versions of your brother in the future,
maniacal_math P.S. When you try and go for the White House again, I recommend this slogan: "Nathan Petrelli: The future might always be screwed, but with me, it at least won't be completely fucked."