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Am I the only one who's happy that Sylar isn't as powerful as he was last season?
Sylar was way too powerful, period. If he had tried, he could have destroyed the entire company without too much difficulty, let alone the mostly disorganized good guys. If he kills Claire (as suggested last season), he would be basically unstoppable, and if he gets Matt and Nathan (and the Honduran death twins) to boot there really won't be anything he can't do.
Too much power in one individual breaks plots. It becomes too implausible that the universe won't revolve around them. It's not quite as bad when it's in the hands of a guy like Peter (unambitious good guy) but if your main villain has the power to defeat everyone without really trying it gets really dumb pretty quickly.
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Of course, since Peter's ability is better and he's more powerful, this was never a real risk. Also, Hiro could still beat Sylar. These 3 are all way over powered and make most of the rest look like rather useless sideshow characters TBH. The only ones who have been close are illusion girl and now maybe copycat girl.
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I'm curious is copycat girl's ability is only limited to muscles, and not other things. If she saw Nathan fly, for example, could she do that too?
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Probably not. The description of the Taskmaster character mentioned in the other thread sounds about right. The Powers and Abilities section of his Wikipedia link gives a good run down of her likely capability.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taskmaster
"Taskmaster possesses an ability which is a unique form of photographic memory that ties directly into his muscle memory, giving him an ability he refers to as "photographic reflexes." This ability enables him to watch another person's physical movements and duplicate them without practice as long as it is physically possible for an ordinary human to accomplish. This powers is only limited by its inability to mimic the superhuman powers of others, and by the fact that the Taskmaster does not have superhuman strength or other superhuman attributes. He is capable of emulating the styles of, among others, Daredevil, Wolverine, Captain America, Elektra, Spider-Man, the Punisher, and Deadpool. In addition, he is a very capable marksman, able to emulate Bullseye's perfect aim, as well as that of the Punisher and Hawkeye.
Taskmaster's power to duplicate the abilities of others is purely dependent on sight, and restricted to physical motions. For example, he could copy a virtuoso pianist's performance by watching him play, but would not gain the ability to read sheet music. As a child, he almost drowned when he perfectly duplicated another swimmer's dive, forgetting that he had not yet learned how to swim once he hit the water.
Once Taskmaster has assimilated another fighter's style, he is often able to predict his opponent's next move. However, this advantage can be negated by fighters who are unpredictable, such as Deadpool and Wolverine.
Taskmaster has had his scientists duplicate versions of a variety of weapons used by Marvel characters, which he can use with nearly as great facility as their respective owners. In the past, he carried duplicates of Daredevil's billy club, Hawkeye's trick arrows and bow, and Captain America's shield. He also carried a sword, a lasso, and a Colt .45 semi-automatic pistol. He has recently been seen throwing "crescent darts" during his bout with Moon Knight, in imitation of Moon Knight's fighting methods (However, Taskmaster has said he prefers not to use Moon Knight's style, since Moon Knight would rather take a punch than dodge it)."
So while everything she does will be theoretically "humanly possible", all combined it'll transcend such that her compared to say the #1 martial artist in the world would be like Neo vs a regular Agent.