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[[It Just Bugs Me]] entries for [[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]] related to Sylar. For other entries, see [[Heroes (TV series)/Headscratchers|Heroes]].
 
Here be spoilers, read at your own risk.
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** Now along comes along Season 3, and the writers are retconning the retcon. Let's recap: Suddenly Sylar's not hunting and killing powered people because he choses to do so, but because using his inate power turns him into a kind of vampire addicted to brains? And this compulsion is not even linked to Sylar's screwed-up inferiority/superiority complex, but linked solely to Sylar's superpower of intuitive aptitude, so that when Peter acquires ''that'' he also gain "the hunger"?? That's reminiscent of the writers of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' suddenly claiming that magic is like an addictive drug, and if you work too much magic you get black eyes and a terminal case of flaying people alive in anger, but it's OK since you were not responsible for your actions. Sorry, what? I'm pretty sure the writers of ''Heroes'' only introduced this stupid idea so that Sylar could be redeemed (because saying "I don't want to be a killer anymore, I regret what I did and will work to make amends" apparently never suffices in American TV, see Spike on ''Buffy'') and to inject some fake drama into Peter's decision to take on Sylar's ability. Oooh, will Peter be able to control the urges? But that means, instead of the character of Sylar being a psychologically screwed-up psycho watchmaker with an interesting ability who lives out his own dark phantasies of being "special" and powerful, we now have the story of Gabriel Gray having fallen victim to a dark insanity inherent in his ability itself. They transfered the evil from Sylar's personality to his ability.
*** Sure, saying "I don't want to be a killer anymore, I regret what I did and will work to make amends" suffices just fine on American TV. But then you damn well go to jail for the rest of your life -- which makes it hard to remain part of the series. (They had to break Faith out to keep using her.) That's why writers have find some way to absolve the character of blame, or else resort to [[Redemption Equals Death]]. When they don't do either of these, the character escapes the consequences of his actions, and some viewers (I'm one of them) can't get behind the [[Heel Face Turn]]. It's not as big a deal with lesser crimes, but murder is one of those lines you just ''do not cross''.
**** Not always. To continue with the Buffy analogies, Angel never turned himself in for any of his crimes he committed as Angelus, nor did Spike (though the things he did after no longer being evil, like looking after Dawn and dying to save the world (ok, so he didn't stay dead) or going out and saving lives (on [[Angel (TV)|Angel]]) do make up for it), and Faith never turned herself in again after busting out (though she did save the world, which really should get her sentence eliminated). Basically, if you are a formerly evil character on TV, just help save the world.
 
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== Sylar's "I moved my weakpoint trick" ==
This doesn't hold up for a few reasons. Even if he moved the "Kill-U-Dead-4-Good" switch, Claire's [[Waking Up At The Mortuary]] scene suggests that as long as something that killed you remains lodged in a place where it would keep killing you, you stay dead until it's removed, and a knife stuck in the brainpan qualifies. Moreover, his shapeshifting ability has basically been [[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]-style--he's only been able to turn into what he's "acquired"--so how could he just move a part of his brain around with it? There's also the fact that if he moves part of his brain, that might give him some problems. Basically, it's an [[Ass Pull]] that flies in the face of a bunch of stuff, and totally destroys one hell of a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] from Danko.
* Doesn't seem hard to explain away. Maybe he used his "understand how things work" power to figure out how to safely shift his internal anatomy. As for Danko, thank god his CMOA was destroyed. [[Deal Withwith the Devil|Teaming up with Sylar]] is stupid, and flatscans foolish enough to do so should have it bite them in the ass.
* On a somewhat related note: '''HUNDRED BUCKS''' says Sylar put his weak point in his wrist, right under his watch. Besides him being just arrogant enough to do it, it provides for poetics when someone eventually thinks to nail him there (which, lets face it, is likely to take a damn long time considering the characters). Of course, if you want a more practical reason, it ''is'' the only part of his body that has any real kind of shielding capacity, being effectively a hunk of metal and all.
== Did the writers just forget about Sylar's ability to detect lies? ==
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