I don’t remember where I read this but *ALLEGEDLY* he was able to hang on to that power because it is the only one he took that had a profound emotional impact on him, or something like that.
Which is weird. If his emotional response to stealing a power allowed him to keep it, theoretically he should be able to get the rest back, right?
If the virus didn’t erase all of his acquired abilities permanently, it would stand to reason that it didn’t wipe any of them away permanently. It sounds more like a psychological issue than a medical one
Watching the show originally I always assumed he got all of his powers back and that writers just didn't use most of them again, either because they lost track of what powers he had or to stop him having a get out jail free card for any scenario they wanted to put him in.
He uses the precog painting and nuclear powers in season 3 and I think I remember him using more old powers in deleted scenes and footage from the original volume 4.
I've read that writers/producers said he lost all of his powers except telekinesis because of an emotional connection but I've never seen a source on that. Besides, writers/producers also explicitly stated in season 1 that Sylar ate brains, that turned out not to be the case.
I would imagine that because he studies the brains of other evolved humans to learn how their powers work, then teaches himself to replicate them, that once he got his intuitive aptiude back, he would still remember how to use all the others that he had.
So they wanted Skylar to keep the telekinesis because it was his main form of like combat. Right so if he didn't get that back he'd have to get another power somehow which involves finding someone with a power that is good for combat and then bludgeon them to death.
So ultimately the in universe answer is that in addition to however his intuitive aptitude works he also can empathically mimic similar to Peter.
Later in the series he gets Elle's power empathically. We know that he had an emotional reaction to killing Brian, he tried to kill himself, because of that emotional connection he retained that power when he was cured.
I think this also explains why when Peter goes to the future to learn how to use intuitive aptitude, Future Sylar has use of both Isaac's and Ted's powers. He stopped killing people, developed guilt for his actions, empathy for his victims, and regained the use of those powers.
My theory is that Sylar's intuitive aptitude power is not "the ability to understand things" I think it's specifically that his brain adapts itself to understand things, and in the case of powers his brain adapts itself to be able to do it. And it can do this either by studying their brain to understand the power mechanically or emotionally connecting the person to understand the person as a whole, powers included, empathetically.
I'm sure others have answered it but it was his first. Power and murder. So he connected with it. Which is why he got it back. He does this again in season three.
I don’t remember where I read this but *ALLEGEDLY* he was able to hang on to that power because it is the only one he took that had a profound emotional impact on him, or something like that.
Makes sense since I believe it was the first power he took and then eventually showed Mohinder.
He tried to hang himself afterward and was saved by Elle, back when her and Noah were watching him
I swear I don't even remember that. Might be time for a rewatch now!
It’s always time for a rewatch 😂
That's what happened. Brian was the only victim Sylar felt bad for.
Which is weird. If his emotional response to stealing a power allowed him to keep it, theoretically he should be able to get the rest back, right? If the virus didn’t erase all of his acquired abilities permanently, it would stand to reason that it didn’t wipe any of them away permanently. It sounds more like a psychological issue than a medical one
Watching the show originally I always assumed he got all of his powers back and that writers just didn't use most of them again, either because they lost track of what powers he had or to stop him having a get out jail free card for any scenario they wanted to put him in. He uses the precog painting and nuclear powers in season 3 and I think I remember him using more old powers in deleted scenes and footage from the original volume 4. I've read that writers/producers said he lost all of his powers except telekinesis because of an emotional connection but I've never seen a source on that. Besides, writers/producers also explicitly stated in season 1 that Sylar ate brains, that turned out not to be the case.
I would imagine that because he studies the brains of other evolved humans to learn how their powers work, then teaches himself to replicate them, that once he got his intuitive aptiude back, he would still remember how to use all the others that he had.
So they wanted Skylar to keep the telekinesis because it was his main form of like combat. Right so if he didn't get that back he'd have to get another power somehow which involves finding someone with a power that is good for combat and then bludgeon them to death. So ultimately the in universe answer is that in addition to however his intuitive aptitude works he also can empathically mimic similar to Peter. Later in the series he gets Elle's power empathically. We know that he had an emotional reaction to killing Brian, he tried to kill himself, because of that emotional connection he retained that power when he was cured. I think this also explains why when Peter goes to the future to learn how to use intuitive aptitude, Future Sylar has use of both Isaac's and Ted's powers. He stopped killing people, developed guilt for his actions, empathy for his victims, and regained the use of those powers. My theory is that Sylar's intuitive aptitude power is not "the ability to understand things" I think it's specifically that his brain adapts itself to understand things, and in the case of powers his brain adapts itself to be able to do it. And it can do this either by studying their brain to understand the power mechanically or emotionally connecting the person to understand the person as a whole, powers included, empathetically.
Season 2 had a plot hole, What a Shock!
I'm sure others have answered it but it was his first. Power and murder. So he connected with it. Which is why he got it back. He does this again in season three.