Mostly what I have to say is: awwwwwwwwwww. The world is saved by love!
As a lot of icons put it: "And thus, the BroYay saved the world." *g*
I guessed after Five Years Gone that what Hiro needed to do was talk to Nathan. Even though Nathan rejects his request for help at the time, in the end it does make a difference.
Great post about timeline theories (http://cadesama.livejournal.com/168212.html) by cadesama, explaining the differences Hiro made (among other things, she postulates that it's not just Nathan's final decision but also his earlier telling Niki and DL where to find Linderman, which resulted in a couple of changes for Kirby Plaza). It's a combination of Hiro, Claire spelling it out to Nathan that no matter how assured Peter's survival is, Peter would have to live with having killed millions, the awareness that said millions would die and, well, love.
In all three timelines, certain things are inevitable - like Charlie dying. Or someone blowing up in New York. But you can affect the circumstances; Charlie experiences returned joy and love with Hiro through his travelling back, and Nathan's decision makes all the difference and prevents dystopia. In the end, you can say Nathan's love versus ambition arc throughout the season was the key to it. The mistake both Angela and Charles Deveaux made was to go either/or with Nathan and Peter, to see Nathan as strength without love and Peter as love without strength (in Angela's case; Charles is more complicated, as he saw love as Peter's strength, but he gave no indication as to what exactly he expected Peter to do with it, and in any case, made the same separation mistake). Union saves the day!
Hiro gives Ando his phallic symbol sword as a token of his devotion.
Nah, he gave him the equally symbolic sheath.*g* He still has the sword (and stabs Sylar with same, remember?) when ending up in feudal Japan.
Recs: I'll mail you lists of my favourite stories and vids. Check out C's post about family romances (http://cadesama.livejournal.com/168545.html) as narrative patterns in the season (in the sense Alias is a twisted family romance), with debate in the comments.
My own heroes-tagged entries (http://selenak.livejournal.com/tag/heroes). Of which three are post-finale stories:
Family Ways (http://selenak.livejournal.com/293824.html), which is about Bennets and Petrellis, Claire pov
Illusions (http://selenak.livejournal.com/294339.html), aka The Twisted One, with Candice.
Through a Glass Darkly (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3606800/1/), aka The Ambitious One, in which Nathan ends up in the Five Years Gone verse, centered on him, Peter and Niki.
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As a lot of icons put it: "And thus, the BroYay saved the world." *g*
I guessed after Five Years Gone that what Hiro needed to do was talk to Nathan. Even though Nathan rejects his request for help at the time, in the end it does make a difference.
Great post about timeline theories (http://cadesama.livejournal.com/168212.html) by
In all three timelines, certain things are inevitable - like Charlie dying. Or someone blowing up in New York. But you can affect the circumstances; Charlie experiences returned joy and love with Hiro through his travelling back, and Nathan's decision makes all the difference and prevents dystopia. In the end, you can say Nathan's love versus ambition arc throughout the season was the key to it. The mistake both Angela and Charles Deveaux made was to go either/or with Nathan and Peter, to see Nathan as strength without love and Peter as love without strength (in Angela's case; Charles is more complicated, as he saw love as Peter's strength, but he gave no indication as to what exactly he expected Peter to do with it, and in any case, made the same separation mistake). Union saves the day!
Hiro gives Ando his phallic symbol sword as a token of his devotion.
Nah, he gave him the equally symbolic sheath.*g* He still has the sword (and stabs Sylar with same, remember?) when ending up in feudal Japan.
Recs: I'll mail you lists of my favourite stories and vids. Check out C's post about family romances (http://cadesama.livejournal.com/168545.html) as narrative patterns in the season (in the sense Alias is a twisted family romance), with debate in the comments.
My own heroes-tagged entries (http://selenak.livejournal.com/tag/heroes). Of which three are post-finale stories:
Family Ways (http://selenak.livejournal.com/293824.html), which is about Bennets and Petrellis, Claire pov
Illusions (http://selenak.livejournal.com/294339.html), aka The Twisted One, with Candice.
Through a Glass Darkly (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3606800/1/), aka The Ambitious One, in which Nathan ends up in the Five Years Gone verse, centered on him, Peter and Niki.