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. . . there are no Heroes posts up on my flist yet. Guys, I need to babble! Where are your babble-enabling posts?

Here, I will start you off with discussion points:

- Does Sylar using the name "Gabriel Grey" make it any less likely that Alejandro will be the next name on the long list of dead POC, seeing as he knows by now he can't access powers anyways? *crosses fingers*

- How long will Molly stay out for? Will Mohinder blame Matt for this tragedy in the life of their daughter and leave him, continuing the cycle of Divorced Dads on the show?

- Along the same lines, is the return of Rena Sofer imminent now that Nathan has shaved the Man-Eater off?

- How kickass is Monica? A female character introduced without a rape threat, guys! :D!!!

- How much did Nathan's childhood-memory tidbits about past Angela/Kaito make me crack up? (This one, I can answer for you: A LOT.)

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I think the reason I'm okay with the masses of family issues in Heroes is that the only relationships that are important in Heroes are family, or sibling-like friends. And so all the drama and the tension is in husband-wife, parent-child, and sibling-sibling, and since Heroes is not a subtle, introspective, nuanced show, that means a lot of . . . dysfunctional isn't necessarily the right word, because I think most of the families on the show do function, but -- a lot of families with issues.

It also means that virtually all the important and positive relationships are familial ('cept for Hiro and Ando), which works well enough as a balance for me. I like that Heroes is so occupied with family and family history. YM is free to V, though!

(I don't agree that no mention means non-issues -- there were a lot of places in Angel where the lack of mention is really weird; I would expect, and don't remember getting, some hint that Cordy's parents know she's in the hospital in the S1 finale. But I don't mind the INVISIBLE PARENTS on BtVS, because when I was in high school I pretty much ignored the existence of parents.)