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First of all, by special request from atlantis2_04, some more pictures from Six Months Ago...specifically Peter receiving Nathan's gift.

cadesama: And, yeah, the crush [from Mohinder] is one sided. Peter couldn't possibly keep up, if he had to crush back on everyone who wanted him.

selenak: This is very true. Also why being invisible in the strip club is probably a good idea. He'd be totally distracting otherwise!

12_12_12: I'm telling you: he needs to meet a hero whose superpower is self-duplication. Then everyone can have their own Peter, and Nathan and Mohinder and Claire and Claude and the fangirls can stop fighting! Of course, Nathan would get the original.

Face touching.

I just realized that Heidi's expression in this cap could probably be "misconstrued." Heh.




Nursing shoes!




God, doesn't he have a frakking gorgeous smile?



See, the Petrellis aren't always angsty. :-)




Dreamwalk!




Hurt-and-Bewildered-Puppy. Aww.





I love this next shot. Peter's all, "Hey, I'm doing it! I'm doing it! I'm invisible! Yay!" And then he reappears and almost gets arrested. LOL.

12_12_12: I wish we could have gotten a scene where Nathan finds out just exactly what all of Peter's mentors (Charles, Bennet, and Claude) have been doing with his little brother, because he would totally LOSE IT.

cadesama: I think he might manage a pretty good exploding man impression, if that ever happened.

I still can't get over how much HAIR he has. It looks like he's in a Pantene Pro-V commercial, complete with wind-machine. I'm jealous of his hair, and I'm a girl. Sanjaya ain't got nuthin' on this.

hackthis: Okay, the convo about Peter's hair between Shawn and Gus was made of win, because they are both totally right, Peter's hair is way too glossy and nice. Boys are not supposed to have hair that nice. It messed up the karmic balance of the world! (She is referring to this awesome Psych/Heroes crossover ficlet by sparky77.)

"The people I love are NOT a distraction!" Aw, Petey. Never lose that, OK? It's one of the things I love most about you.





Next up: Grr. Angry Puppy! But no matter how angry Peter gets, he's never convincingly dangerous in the present the way he is in Five Years Gone. It's just the way he is--it's hard to believe he could really hurt or kill anyone.

12_12_12: I freely admit that MV is the only reason I watched Gilmore Girls (I mainlined it during the Heroes hiatus.) The funniest scene is where he has a fight/brawl with Jared Padalecki's character. It's funny because JP is twice as tall and weighs about 3x as much as MV, who even now is a skinny guy and back then was a positive shrimp.

cadesama: Two fights! And remembering those always makes me think the "Rar, angry puppy!" performance for Peter is deliberate. Because while it always looked like Dean could accidentally step on Jess and crush him, Jess also always looked about three seconds from pulling out a knife and shivving Dean. Which is to say, remarkably threatening to such a wee guy.

Nathan puts his hands on Peter's shoulders and brings him closer as his brother tells him that Isaac shot Simone, and she's dead. I'd like to take a moment and thank Milo and the Pasdar for acting the holy shit out of this scene while still managing to touch each other as much as possible. It's hard to insert dirty asides in a scene this good, people. I don't know if I can do it.

Eyesex.

BTW: There is an art to Peter's eyesex. He can do Sad-Puppy-Eyes, Desperate-Yearning-Eyes, Comforting-Empath-Eyes, Forceful-Demanding-Eyes, Sneaky-Manipulative-Eyes, Enthusiastic-Glowing-Eyes, Destiny-Awaits-Eyes, and many variations thereof.

This right here is an example of Flirtatious-Power-Play-Eyes.

linaerys: And now there needs to be lots of thank-God-you're-not-dead sex. I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE THINKING IT. That scene with Nathan and Peter! The not!touching spoke volumes. Nathan was a little scared of him. The dynamic is changing. I need to watch that scene like 7 million times. He's not just confronting that Peter almost died, but really confronting how powerful Peter is. He's been in denial about everything, but he really can't be anymore.

Eyesex. This time using Innocent-Bambi-Eyes.

cadesama: Peter is the Heroes bicycle for a reason. Every character he meets canonically wants him. Dear God, Mohinder was so crushed, I honestly thought Nathan went to kiss him before turning him over to Claire, and everything Peter&Claire couldn't have been shippier if they tried (which, actually, I'm starting to think they are). When he reached out to touch her face (in a moment when he doesn't know they are related, so it's not typical Petrellitouching!), I thought he would kiss her.

selenak: Not sure about their intentions re Peter/Mohinder, but they're at least deliberately playing with the subtext both where Nathan and Claire are concerned. The whole dead Peter thing was one equal opportunity gift for 'shippers of all calibres. Also, no matter how many people want Peter, it can't be denied he has the best chemistry with those he's related to. Casting people, what have you done? (Not complaining.)

Eyesex. Or maybe they're just Italian.





They sure do like making Peter bleed in beautiful and artistic ways. I cannot believe I just typed that.

cadesama: To be honest, I'd probbly be just as happy with anyone who the Peter off of buildings and beat him with a stick and generally got Peter covered in blood (something that Milo Ventimiglia actually cited as his favorite moment of S1; so look for more blood-covered!Peter *g*).

The Boy Who Lived.

latxcvi: When future!Peter finally got his bad-ass on, he was hotter than vinyl pants in July.

winterlive: the beginning of a seriously epic amount of TOTALLY KICKING ASS.

svmadelyn: *paws at screen all over again*

slodwick: Dude. The only thing that makes me sad about Hiro & Ando going back and changing things is that Peter will no longer be all hotass Neo Corleone in the black clothes with the stubble and scar, because that shit was HOT.

kelly_girl: Dude when his hands lit up? I made a noise only dolphins in friggin Florida could hear.

Ladies? Get. In. Line. XD

cadesama: And even in Five Years Gone, he was still Peter. Emotional, and empathetic, and completely incapable of being stoic no matter how much he's been through. I was really afraid after .07% that he'd somehow become more of a traditional leader, but he's still a flaky idealist with his head in the clouds.

"Is that really you, Ando?"

Heroes Costume Designer: [Milo] has such an incredible body that, you know, I try to show his arms and his body whenever we can... (from The BBC's "Heroes: Unmasked" Documentary series, Episode 3.)

I think she had fun with this gray T-shirt, don't you? *G*




Let's take a closer look...




"Nathan. Trust me." There is no resisting the power of the PuppyEyes. The force of the Emo-Bang compels you!





"Why do you keep running back to him?" "Because he's my brother."

I love how "Because he's my brother" is Peter's answer to everything. :D

iseult_variante: Heh, when Claire questioned Peter on that, I had this moment of, "Man, even Claire can see the broyay." And then a little piece of me died, because it's her uncle and her DAD. *facepalm* But yeah, all of the Petrelli scenes are awesome.

musesfool: Bwahahahahaha! It was more she was questioning the competition, I think. The Peter/Claire was leaping off the screen tonight.

OK, do you want us to ship these two, or do you not? Make up your damn mind, Kring! XD

From selenak's brilliant crack!fic, Campaign Secrets (the very secret diary of an intern at the Petrelli campaign) : Return of Peter P. to campaign HQ! Was ready to warn him that argument with and back rub from Mr. P. would have to wait due to visitor, but saw that he was with blonde nymphet (Peter P., not visitor!) and stopped in tracks. Nymphet put hands on him! Am v. v. disappointed. Should have used my massage offer weeks ago; little blonde slut got there first. Both rushing off in obvious haze of lust.

cadesama: And now we come to the real reason Nathan wanted to send Claire to France: fear of people constantly asking who Peter's cute new girlfriend is.

12_12_12: Isn't that how they explained her to Heidi and the kids? XD

cadesama: Heidi: But Nathan isn't she a bit young for him?
Nathan: Oh, no, she just looks young. You know how Peter looked fifteen until a year ago? She's just like him...

"Then I met you...and I finally felt like I was...part of something."
"That's funny. That's how I felt when I met you."

vonnie_k: Oh yeah. I saw the callback to "Homecoming," too. Peter was again doing that whole "gazing at her with tender eyes and a half-smile" thing he was doing back in that episode, and honestly, STOP IT, YOU TWO. Because I don't want to go there, yet you keep making me. Wahh.

Past!Peter!

jadeblood: Milo/Peter... now THAT'S a ship I could get behind.

12_12_12: Hey, we had Past!Peter and Present!Peter in the same scene once: add Future!Peter to the mix, and now you're talking. It's not HoYay, or BroYay...It's MeYay!

Keeping Claire safe. Also: eyesex.

Erin, from the TWoP recaps: After I recover from a bout of giggles brought on by the ludicrous sight of Milo Ventimigilia with a bright pink Sidekick held to the side of his face, I'm able to concentrate on the scene at hand. Bennet tells Peter that since he has Ted's power now, he's the only one who can possibly stop Sylar. Peter stoically takes this news and just says, "Now all we have to do is find him. Any idea where we start?" He's very sexy in this moment, even while talking into that stupid bubblegum phone.

Seriously. The TWoP recapper is a fangirl after my own heart.




"Just help me." *wibble*




ZOMG Betrayal. This look just broke my heart. I suspect it broke Nathan's, too.

He kind of gives Peter a look that's like, "Come on, bro. You know we have to do this." Peter, in turn, gives him a look that's pure heart. "I love you, Nathan." "I love you too." ACK! (Erin, TWoP Recap)

In retrospect, it amuses me that in his commentary with Zach, Milo talks about how Mohinder is always "bathed in a warm glow," while Peter always looks so cold, filtered blue. Well, Milo, you got your glowy moment!




And that concludes my contribution to fandom eye-candy for this week. Enjoy!

Sources: Many thanks to Stripedwall.net and Peterandclaire.net for the gorgeous screencaps.