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[graculus]

First off, is it International Let's Try And Out-stupid Mohinder month or something? Jeez.

Secondly, the plot twist de jour seems to me to have a major blindingly obvious problem. You know the one, the whole 'let's inject Claire's magic blood into dead people and it will miraculously bring them back to life' thing that's been used twice over (though I'm not quite sure why they had to bother with Maya but still...).

I'm not sure how that's supposed to work when people are actually dead because the thing that would be circulating the magic blood isn't working any more, so how does the magic blood get to anywhere in the body that it needs to heal in the first place? In theory, I suppose if you stabbed someone in the heart with a needle and injected the magic blood straight into the heart then that could kick-start the circulatory system, but I don't get how the needle into the arm is supposed to result in anything other than a puddle of magic blood.

Theories, anyone? I know there's at least one medical person reading this, so any thoughts from them or is it just suspend-my-disbelief-from-a-crane time? ;)



In other news, not like you care, the cold is definitely settling in for the long haul. Need more aspirin. *sigh*

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[sg1scribe.livejournal.com]

I so hear you - Mohinder, so pretty but so, so dumb. *sigh*

Good point about the magic blood thing. I was somewhat bemused by the emphasis on 'only a shot to the head will kill Adam' thing when next thing we know Noah Bennet is shot in the head but revived by Clare's magic blood. I guess Adam's blood isn't quite so magic as Clare's then or something.

Actually there's quite a lot of things that don't make any sense whatsoever. It is a good job the cast are all very pretty ;-)

[tenaya.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about the cold. Yech.

Without circulating blood to supply the cells with oxygen and nutrient, they die, but at a slower rate than brain cells, which without oxygen for five minutes causes brain death. Hmmmm....

So, I suppose the active factor in her blood could get absorbed into the cells close by by osmosis and continue to travel through the body that way, cell by cell, resurrecting everything.

If blood isn't moving, it likes to clot, so there'd be other issues that need to be dealt with. And with brain cells, they could regain their function but is it likely that they'd regain their memories when repaired? Since Noah's eye reformed and it had to be missing tissue, it seems like we're in the "magical" realm.

Or maybe her blood has nanites in it?? *g*

[nialla]

First off, is it International Let's Try And Out-stupid Mohinder month or something? Jeez.

I think Mohinder and Peter have been in a "Who's the Prettiest Yet Stupidest" contest for a while now. I've decided that Mohinder is no longer allowed to make decisions without checking with Matt first, and then they get the real decision making done by Molly. She's the smartest on in the household.

Secondly, the plot twist de jour seems to me to have a major blindingly obvious problem. You know the one, the whole 'let's inject Claire's magic blood into dead people and it will miraculously bring them back to life' thing that's been used twice over (though I'm not quite sure why they had to bother with Maya but still...).

That was my question too when they did that with Noah. There's no blood pumping, so why would an IV with a dose of Claire's blood do any good? Adam used a more direct approach, putting his blood directly on Nathan's burned face. Perhaps Mohinder put some of Claire's blood on Noah's face to start the healing process, then the IV would finish healing any internal injuries?

I think Maya is still important to the story... eventually. ::sigh:: She's still useless, but I think she's serving an ultimate purpose. I don't think the virus Peter destroyed was the one he saw the results of in the future, I'm thinking Sylar ends up with Maya's powers or else whatever disease she "carries" goes wild.

I honestly don't like using the blood cure as a "cheat" now. You'll never believe anyone's dead as long as there's the possibility of a special blood transfusion. I wish they'd played Noah's death as more of a fatal injury, but he was still barely alive when they hooked him up to the IV.

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Feel better soon, you.