Well, its obvious that that guy can fly and I know a lot of people are against that because that gets boring and stuff, but the way he flies is different, he glides where as Nathan sort of sonic booms his way up

And also! that guys ability might not be gliding/flying, might be something that can change the gravitational field or weight in order to make him lighter than air or something

So never lose hope on the writers hahaha

I've got nothing against having two FLYING MEN!

I don't see why people even think they have the right to criticize shows this good!

Exactly! I think West's great

the show is still great even if there is two poeple with flying ability

yeah he did seem to glide not fly off like nathan did Hmmmm

Im thinking its levitation, not so much "flying"

Nathan rockets off in paces, whereas West seemed to glide about. More levitation, or perhaps he uses it more often than Nathan.

So basically experience?


Nathan did just start using it....well hes only flew a few times. (What we have seen)

I think I read somewhere that he controls the wind.
Or something like that.

Could be wrong though, but it'd explain the difference between his and Nathan's... Flying styles? :3

As of experience he does seem like he has alot, but i also heard also that he can control the wind.

Nah i don't think controlling the wind has anything to do with it... according to the latest graphic novel he's supposed to avoid aircraft anyway... if he controls wind then that shouldn't be an issue as he would be able to overcome the force of the turbines

My be his another love child of mr Bs?

Haha no offense but maybe we're reading too much into it. I mean, flying is flying. The show's FX guys may have used different visual effects to differentiate the two of them a bit, give them a different feel, but they essentially have the same power. The show still rocks though..

I did read (on AICN I think) that it's revealed in ep4(???) that there's a link (other than flying) between Nathan and this kid.

first day of class and already claire has caught somebody's eye. whatta bombshell!

maybe he is like peter?

Yeah that makes sense, i wish i had that power, would be so cool.

i like west so far and i think i read somewhere that he can 'walk' in air as well which is different to nathan who can only zoom (well as far as we know!)

haha. i have nothing against two people sharing the same ability as well..

and i sorta like the new character more than nathan. xD

hopefully he's a good guy and not a villain. =X

Nathan's ability I would compare it to a jet while West's ability is like controlling the wind or something.

yeah me too.. but judging from the graphic novel i don't think west is a bad guy.

He was floating/gliding around, not so much of flying. Wonder if he can do that at a fast speed?

I'm pretty sure as the season goes they will show more of the difference in ability of West and Nathan.

well one thing is for sure, 'pervert' haha.

is he spying on her because he's attracted by Claire or is he a spy from the company searching for the Bennets ?

I admit, I was sort of surprised when I saw that West could fly, but I quite like the idea that more than one person can have a certain power. I think it's kinda cool that they introduced a character with a similar power to one we all know so well. (besides, how weird is that that Claire's love interest has the same power as her biological father...?)

Ah yeah...I do wonder why West was spying on Claire, but I imagine from the look on his face that he was spying on her because he is attracted to her. I may be wrong of course. He does seem to have a lot of curiosity when it comes to Claire anyways.

I was bothered the entire week where i saw this guy before and it turns out i saw him in "Election".

Anyways, I'm hoping that his ability is not exactly the same as Nathan's. It's kinda boring to me if some heroes have the same powers.

I think it's interesting for two characters to have the same powers. In reality it's not uncommon for two people to have a similar mutation, so I don't find anything wrong with it. Now if he's another part of the Petrelli clan...

yeah if you think about it with so many people in the worl there's bound to be an overlap, but I'm still hoping it's different from Nathan's power just to have variation
and the way he flys does seem different from the way nathan does more floaty

I also think his ability might be a variation, but its not uncommon for there to be some overlap in the superhero universe. I still wish Zach was her boyfriend instead of this idiot West though.

I completly agree with you... when a began waching heroes it was what seduced me. I mean the diversity of their abilities, every one is different, every human is unique so every one have his own ability. So i just thnk like you this guy ability could not be as simple... flying.... no it will be more interesting

Zach was one of my fave characters, I don't know why the heck the creators decided he was nothing and he left.

is it just me or did you think when he flew off
he phased out of shot
rather then glide out
so like he just disapeared

I think he might be able to control gravity and therefore make objects move also.

I think its a great idea for two people to have the same ability. This way it shows that not everyone is cut from a different mold - it gives more validation to the whole theory.

It's not very nice of him spying on girls. I don't trust his intentions.

It's as if he is hovering rather than zooming along. The idea of of walking in air is interesting.

i think he was seeing if she was an alien or a robot. But i agree, he does seem very "shady". How he first almost hits her, then the see each other in random places during the day.

Sorry to debunk the theory that he is Nathan's son but I think we've kind of had enough "close to inbred" relationships with claire.

1. Peter
2. West? LOL

yh thats a good point isnt he gunna be her bf in the series or in real life i hear somewere

He had this puppeteer look in his eyes while watching claire tho.. id say hes more of a villian type

that'll be awesome. I thought about the way he flyes too. It has nothing to do with "FLYING MAN, Nathan".

Yeah, Nathan's more like... flying, and West is like... levitating! But it would be awesome if he could do something with the wind, as somebody said! =]

I was thinking about this too, what other powers though could make you fly? Well telekinesis but thats another repeat (though I don't really care) - and makes you wonder why Sylar didn't float himself around with his power. OP mentioned controlling your mass and stuff...can't think or anything else right now.

I think it's difficult to come up with new powers though... i think with a bigger budget they'll hpoefully ahave much better action... if they want more originality then tap into the Marvel RPG sourcebooks, you see some of the most unique and cool powers there big time

Actually, if I'm not mistaken, when Sylar goes to kill Dale, she says that she didn't hear his footsteps, to which he replied that there weren't any, which leads me to believe that he hovered himself using his telekinesis off the ground, knowing he would lose the element of surprise if she heard his approach.

Ahhh that's right I forgot about that, thanks.

There is alot of wind in the trees that West in near when he's flying. Anyone else find it creepy he's floating outside her house? :/

I don't trust the boy, he seemed to make a bee line for Claire straight away, like he was waiting for her to arrive...

Can you blame him!? Thats exactly what I would do haha!

Well i think flying is coool no matter how many times you see, and it was pretty obvious from the time the camera panned him that he hadan ability and he saw Clare had one too...



I know i am cluesless here but who'sDale.