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Posted 2008-10-04, 05:24 PM
in reply to Willkillforfood's post starting "He flew to their house on several..."
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I've cracked it!
Watched it again tonight, and I noticed a few things that I didn't on the first watch (the way Mary looks at Hancock before we know she's a Super, seeing Ray drawing out his costume), including the specific phrase "close to each other".
Reading back through the thread, we'v only really discussed close as a physical thing, not emotional, which I think is what the story is getting at. If it were just a physical thing, then yes, Hancock would have needed to move a long way away from Mary to keep his powers, but because it's more emotional, he didn't. I think we can agree that Hancock first started to fall for Mary after the dinner (the way he started looking at her, how he asked Ray where she was and looked at the photos). This is a certain when it comes to the night after the bank robbery Hancock stopped - when he goes down to the kitchen, she notices that his hand is bruised (the metemorphosis into a mortal has already started, then). When he gets shot, it's after the revelation that he's her husband, and when she gets shot, it's just after her emotional talk whilst she strokes his face (obviously she's getting close).
Then again, if absense makes the heart grow fonder, distance must dull the effects of getting close to one, if he can walk away and slowly regain his powers.
It's an interesting discussion that could go on for ages. In all honesty, it's probably just a shallow plot device that can stand up to a quick glance but not a full investigation. I imagine it didn't expect a Spanish Inquisition over it.
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