Oh, well, if you're passing the crack pipe this way....

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This morning I recieved an e-mail from heidi8 with a link from Greg Beeman's blog that contains the original Heroes pilot script. You know, the one where Nathan and Peter are twins.

I'll give you a moment.

Now, yes, I did write a little story about this idea, but my twins were identical (you can chose who you want them to look like) and they certainly weren't named Ethan and Harrison Campbell. I'll give you another moment to process this.

And. (Yes, there is an 'and' Virginia).

Truly, I didn't think the Petrellis/Campbells could be any gayer than what you have on TV, but reading the pilot and knowing now what I know and having written it already, I gotta say, "If they had made them twins, reality might have exploded." BroYay to the Twin-Factor would be a vortex of hotassery. I didn't think I would need to revisit the twin-verse. Now? I'm not so sure.

Petrellis for the win, y'all. Also, I hope everyone read Graphic Novel #28 from the NBC website too, because it has *looks around furtively* Baby!Nathan. Yeah. I know.

ETA: There are some really interesting changes from the pilot script to the pilot itself, FYI. For example: Zach used to be Zoe. *pauses* OMG! Harrison calls their mom a crack whore! And they had their own language! FTW!

Sorry, I had the wrong link up for the pilot, the right one is up now!

Comments

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I'm actually glad they're not twins, because I'm fascinated by the older/younger sibling dynamic. I like the power differential between them, and the natural way that more pressure has been placed on Nathan's shoulders, with Peter growing up in his shadow.

In other news: I'm sad that there's been more distance between them since Peter's "death." It's realistic character progression, but it's still sad.

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I dunno if I see a distance, IMO there hasn't been enough interaction. He died. He came back. They talked. The week after was 'five years gone' and then we had Monday night, which was well short of any Petrelli brothers interaction, but that's down to the script. Put them together and have them be awkward, then I'll bite.