a study in: a driving need to prove yourself, being the scapegoat and not wanting to acknowledge it, knowing you're not the favorite, being loved less, being the black sheep, golden child vs scapegoat, idolizing a brother who doesn't truly see you, trying to find your place, wanting to save everyone, wanting to be the hero, the desire to be special, power without corruption, being truly good, being the bleeding heart, swallowing the anger, holding back the pain, pushing through it all, being everyone's rock, allowing yourself to be taken advantage of.
TRIGGER WARNINGS:
psychological abuse, favoritism, golden child vs scapegoat dynamic, feeling lesser than, parental death, sibling death, death, violence, repressed sexuality, homophobia from parents ( mentioned in headcanons and backstory ), psychological trauma, more to be added as they come up.Character Specific Rules:
1. Petlar - Petlar ( Peter x Sylar / Gabriel Gray ) is the main ship present on this blog. Unless otherwise specified, it will be present in all verses in some way, shape, or form. If you have a problem with this, I understand and you're not obligated to write with me. I'm also not tagging it since it's so heavily present. Consider this your only warning.2. Exclusive Sylar - I have an exclusive Sylar / Gabriel ( sylarrs ) and I'm not interested in writing with another. If the issue is pushed, I'll block you. Any issues that you have with this is your own. All I ask is respect for me and my writing partner. If you're unable to do that, then I'm not interested in writing with you.
3. Reborn Canon - Reborn isn't canon in any way, shape, or form. Claire didn't and wouldn't die in as mundane as childbirth ( especially given her powers and how many hoops that they had to go through to make that stick ) and she definitely didn't have Mary Sue-esque kids. No. The only thing that I'll agree with is that Matt Parkman had a villain turn. After what happened in season 4 with him shutting Sylar in a wall, I can see that.
4. Petrellicest - Get that shit away from me. No. No no no no no no. Peter wouldn't fuck his brother or his niece. I will block you. Fuck off. And no, I will not be doing any AUs where Claire isn't actually family. That's still disgusting. Go away.
5. Shipping - All of that being said, I don't mind shipping other ships as long as they develop naturally. Peter with other canons or Peter with original characters. As long as the chemistry is there and he's not with Gabriel, let's do it. If it develops naturally in a thread and you start seeing it, give me a nudge over discord and we'll talk it over. Just don't force it or spring it on me. Forcing anything gets you the block.
6. Hayden Panetierre is Banned - Due to her support of Zionist organizations, Hayden Panetierre is a banned faceclaim. If you write Claire, either be faceless or use an alternative faceclaim.
Characters
Biography:
Full bio itself is being worked on currently. Consult the wiki if you really need a run down. Divergences are outline below.Character Divergences & Power Issues:
Divergences -
* When Peter realized that Claire was going to expose them all, he ran to try and stop her. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to make it in time because he realized what she was doing too late. Claire's actions at the carnival and exposing everyone was the first major crack in their relationship and only further added strain to their relationship, which didn't help later on when he took in Gabriel.* Peter and Claire begin to have a strained relationship shortly after the events of Brave New World due to the fact that he invites Gabriel Grey ( formerly known as Sylar ) to live with him. Their relationship completely falls apart when Peter and Gabriel officially become a couple.
* Peter and Angela's relationship become incredibly strained after Peter and Gabriel become closer and after Peter begins to process the abuse he endured over his life. While they still have a sort of relationship, especially since Peter is the only living child that Angela still has, they are not close at all.
* Peter's apartment that we see in season 4 is actually Gabriel's apartment that we see in flashbacks. He was oblivious of the connection until Gabriel tells him later when Gabe moves in.
Power Issues -
* Peter's Power -- The first and most notable change that I'm making is the issue surrounding Peter's power change when he injected himself with the serum that gave him a synthetic ability. Instead of changing his ability, it actually him his original ability back. However, due to the intense traumas that he had just endured at his father's hands and the fact that it brought back of all the mental and emotional abuse that he had endured from Arthur over his life, it caused it to manifest differently due to his mental state. Thanks to the traumas, Peter was a lot angrier and a lot more closed off than he was during season one.* Peter was never really given a chance to breathe and heal in the year following due to the issues with the government, burying himself in trying to save people via being a paramedic, then discovering Nathan's death and the cover up around it, then the whole thing with the carnival.
* It isn't until he and Gabriel begin to really grow close and fall in love that Peter starts to heal and begins to open up again. Once Peter starts on his path of healing and opening up, his ability begins to grow once more and begins to manifest in the way it originally did in season one.
Powers:
MAIN POWER:
* EMPATHIC MIMICRY - The ability to duplicate the abilities of other evolved humans within proximity and reproduce them at will. Originally, Peter had to concentrate very hard to think about the person from whom he received his ability. Eventually, he was able to use this ability almost as second nature, and occasionally without even knowing the person from whom he received the ability. This is Peter's primary ability. Please read the Power Issues note for more info.
* PRE-PINEHEARST:
* PRECOGNITIVE DREAMING - This ability allows the user to see the future through their dreams. The only way for this to work is for the user to fall asleep naturally without the help of any drugs. However the dreams are open to interpretation, depending on the circumstances, these dreams can vary from slight differences to a immense differences compared to the actual event. This ability also allows the user to make contact with another person who is also currently in a dream like state. Known users were even able to admit that the dreams can be confusing. It is currently unknown how far into the future these dreams go. Copied from Angela.* FLIGHT - The ability to defy gravity and achieve flight, ranging from hovering and moving in various postures in any direction, to propelling oneself through air, even soaring beyond supersonic speeds. Copied from Nathan.
* PRECOGNITION - The ability to accurately foresee future events. Copied from Isaac.
* REGENERATIVE HEALING FACTOR - The ability to regenerate cells at an increased rate, resulting in physical injuries healing in a matter of seconds or minutes. Copied from Claire.
* TELEKINESIS - The ability to move objects with the mind. Users can influence, manipulate, and move matter with their mind. Copied from Sylar.
* ENHANCED STRENGTH - The ability to exert greater than normal physical force. Copied from Niki.
* TELEPATHY - The power to mentally control any function the brain controls, hearing other people's thoughts, scanning the memory of other people and sending thoughts directly to other people's minds. Copied from Matt.
* SPACE TIME MANIPULATION - The ability to alter the space-time continuum. Copied from Hiro.
* PYROKINESIS - The ability to create and manipulate fire with one's mind. Copied from Flint.
* RADIATION EMISSION - The evolved-human ability to generate and manipulate radiation in several different varieties of ways. The possessors can create great heat, electromagnetic pulses and lightning-like effects. Copied from Ted.
* ELECTRICITY MANIPULATION - The ability to generate and propel charges of electricity ranging from minor to fatal voltage. Copied from Elle.
* INTANGIBILITY - The molecular ability to pass ghost-like through solid objects. Possessors of this ability can render their entire bodies intangible, but also individual body parts such as arms. Possessors remain visible while using this ability. Possessors have not been shown to pass through floors. Copied from D.L.
* INVISIBILITY - The ability to walk in plain view of other people without being seen. Copied from Claude.
* ENHANCED SPEED - The ability to move faster than would normally be possible for a human being. Users of this ability can think, move, and react at superhuman speeds. They can easily dodge multiple bullets shot at point blank range and move far in excess of supersonic speeds; their stamina is also greatly increased. Copied from Daphne.
* INTUITIVE APTITUDE - The ability to understand the structure and operation of complex systems without special education or training. However, it also compels the holder to understand as much as they can, resulting in a "hunger" which can manifest a need to understand. Copied from Sylar.
* POST-PINEHEARST:
* FLIGHT - The ability to defy gravity and achieve flight, ranging from hovering and moving in various postures in any direction, to propelling oneself through air, even soaring beyond supersonic speeds. Copied from Nathan, copied from West.* ENHANCED STRENGTH - The ability to exert greater than normal physical force. Copied from Mohinder.
* TELEPATHY - The power to mentally control any function the brain controls, hearing other people's thoughts, scanning the memory of other people and sending thoughts directly to other people's minds. Copied from Matt.
* SHAPE SHIFTING - The ability to alter and transform one's own body, voice, appearance, all physical traits anyway the user wishes. Copied from Sylar.
* ENHANCED SPEED - The ability to move faster than would normally be possible for a human being. Users of this ability can think, move, and react at superhuman speeds. They can easily dodge multiple bullets shot at point blank range and move far in excess of supersonic speeds; their stamina is also greatly increased. Copied from Edgar, lost. Current status: verse dependent.
* ENHANCED SYNESTHESIA - The ability to visualize sound waves as colorful light waves and manipulate these lights by combining them with a particular emotion. Copied from Emma, lost.
* HEALING - The ability to cause other individuals to heal injuries at an increased rate, resulting in complete recovery in a matter of seconds. Copied from Jeremy, lost. Current status: verse dependent.
* MENTAL MANIPULATION - The ability to manipulate upper brain functions, enabling the user to render others unconscious, erase their memories, and negate the use of abilities. Copied from Rene, lost.
* TERRAKINESIS - The the ability to control geologic materials such as minerals, dirt and rocks. Copied from Samuel, lost. Current status: verse dependent.
* CRYOKINESIS - The ability to reduce the temperature of matter, causing it to freeze. Copied from Tracy.
* SPACE TIME MANIPULATION - The ability to alter the space-time continuum. Copied from Hiro.
* PRECOGNITIVE DREAMING - This ability allows the user to see the future through their dreams. The only way for this to work is for the user to fall asleep naturally without the help of any drugs. However the dreams are open to interpretation, depending on the circumstances, these dreams can vary from slight differences to a immense differences compared to the actual event. This ability also allows the user to make contact with another person who is also currently in a dream like state. Known users were even able to admit that the dreams can be confusing. It is currently unknown how far into the future these dreams go. Copied from Angela.
* REGENERATIVE HEALING FACTOR - The ability to regenerate cells at an increased rate, resulting in physical injuries healing in a matter of seconds or minutes. Copied from Claire.
* MAIN VERSE:
Coming soon.Verses:
Brave New World
This verse takes place post season 4. For better or worst ( definitely worst ), Claire has exposed evolved humans to the world. Peter and Gabriel Gray have moved in together and are struggling to try and live a normal life, despite everything that's going on. Peter's determined to make the best of a shitty situation, even as the everything falls apart around him. ( default verse - post season 4 - present )Save the Cheerleader
Peter is struggling to find a place in a world that's always been cold towards him. He feels like he's always been destined for *so much more,* despite everyone around him constantly telling him that he's crazy for feeling that. These feelings of *something more* are confirmed when he begins to manifest abilities that he's absorbed from those around him and finds himself on the path to save the cheerleader, save the world. ( season 1 )The Lost Months
Thanks to the ability that he got from Claire, Peter survived the explosion and was taken in by the Company. They convinced Peter that he was incredibly dangerous, something that was easy to do due to the guilt that he felt for the damage that he very nearly caused. Bob Bishop, Elle's father, told him that they were developing a cure for his "disease" and that he needed to stay in their facility. They gave him what they called "Haitian pills" to help suppress his abilities. Peter, being the good hearted soul that he is, fully believed them. That is until a man calling himself Adam Monroe began to convince him otherwise. ( season 2, part 1 )Searching for Answers
Peter wakes up in Cork, Ireland, chained up in a shipping crate. A local thug named Ricky McKenna took him in and, after a lengthy 'discussion,' realized that Peter wasn't lying when he said that he didn't remember anything prior to waking up in that container. He and Ricky's younger sister Caitlyn grows close and becomes lovers and Peter starts to think that maybe he doesn't want to find out who he was prior to his memory loss. However, when Ricky is killed, Peter and Caitlyn are pushed into leaving Ireland and go on a search to figure out who Peter was prior to his memory loss and what exactly caused it. ( season 2, part 2 )An Unexpected Twist
Peter finds himself sealed in the body of a dangerous prisoner locked deep in the Company after his future self shot Nathan in order to prevent him from revealing the existence of people with abilities to the world. He desperately tries to get someone, anyone, to believe him. However, he finds himself on the run with other dangerous criminals after Elle unintentionally knocks out the power. The days pass in a blur before he's saved by Noah Bennet only to be kidnapped by his future self to see what the future is like when the formula gets out and everyone becomes "special." It all culminates in the ultimate betrayal: the discovery that Arthur Petrelli isn't dead and the theft of his abilities from his father. ( season 3, part 1 )Man on the Run
Peter tried his best to establish a normal life for himself. No more being a big savior guy. Just focus on the little things. However, he once more finds himself facing betrayal as he realizes that Nathan has turned his back on his "own people" and is working with the government to round up those with abilities. Day by day, his entire world unravels around him as he struggles to run from the government and to tear apart the monster his brother has had a hand in creating. Despite his own building rage at a lifetime of lies and betrayals from those he cares most about, he continues to help his mother and his friends escape government custody and evade Danko's agents. He eventually reunites with his brother at Coyote Sands and discovers the truth about their mother's past. It all culminates in the destruction of Danko's organization and the death of "Sylar," although Peter and Claire are unaware of the truth that Angela, Noah Bennet, and Matt Parkman have hidden from them. ( season 3, part 2 )Finding Footing
This picks up six weeks after "Sylar's" death. Peter has absolutely buried himself in his work and has shut himself off from "Nathan" and Angela, using the enhanced speed and reflexes that he got from Mohinder Suresh to save lives. He also began to learn how to fight in order not to depend on his abilities as much. He's pretty much shut himself off from everyone else, his mental health quietly falling apart after everything that he's endured over the past couple of years. He's exhausted and is tired of constantly being lied to and betrayed. Unfortunately, Peter is pulled back into everything once more when he's targeted by Samuel. He tries to ignore the call and even tries to reunite with Angela and "Nathan," only to realize that his mother only cares about Nathan. When he learns the truth about what Angela did, he goes a little crazy and attacks Sylar, only to allow the other man to get away after going through the various stages of grief during the attack. Eventually, after realizing that he can't escape this mess, he has a vision of Sylar saving Emma and goes to find him only to find Matt Parkman in the middle of trying to brick him up in the basement. He tries to save him only to find himself sealed in the mental world with him. After what feels like years, the two of them grow close and work out their differences ( for the most part ) and escape together only to discover that it'd only been hours. Together, they team up with the others at Samuel's carnival and ultimately stop him but are unable to stop Claire from her stupidest mistake to date. ( season 4 )Gone in a Flash
Nathan didn't develop morals, resulting in him and Angela leaving Peter to explode and destroy New York City and Claire wasn't able to stop Peter in time. Deeply guilt ridden for the many, many lives that he'd taken, Peter went into hiding in Vegas and allowed the infamous Sylar to take the fall. Feeling betrayed, he cut off contact with Nathan and Angela and Noah forced him to cut contact with Claire "for her own safety." In the beginning, he was a leader of the resistance, but pulled away after more lives were lost under his leadership. He couldn't handle the guilt any longer. He now resides in Vegas, one of the last strongholds for those with abilities. He provides sanctuary for those who follow his rules and keeps himself out of trouble. ( the last five years au future )The World Cracked Open
coming soon. ( exposed future au verse )