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Empathy
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| Empathy | |
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 Claire, Sylar, and Peter appear on Lydia's back. | |
| Held by: | Lydia |
| Ability to: | Feel the emotions, thoughts, hopes, desires, and dream of others |
Empathy is the ability to feel the emotions, thoughts, hopes, desires, and dreams of others. Lydia expresses this in the tattoos she possesses.
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Characters
- Lydia is the only character known to have this ability. (Orientation)
Limits
Lydia appears to know the names of people painted on her back (Orientation). She was able to give out Danko and Hiro Nakamura's names after Samuel put ink onto her. It is unknown if it's the only way for her to tell names.
Fourteen years ago at the Sullivan Bros. Carnival, Lydia was said to use her ability (Stolen Fate). She saw a baby on fire in a crystal Edgar stole from a fortune teller, while Edgar saw elder versions of himself and Lydia kissing. The fortune teller claimed the crystal is "just a hunk of quartz" and "another prop"—however, she added that Lydia's power polluted it.
Examples
 Danko appears as a tattoo on Lydia's back, and she says his name. |
 Lydia knows Hiro's name and information about him when a tattoo of him appears on her back. |
Claire, Peter, and Sylar appear on Lydia's back. |
 Noah appears on Lydia's back, angering Samuel. |
 On Lydia's back, images of Charlie... |
 ...Noah... |
 ...Claire... |
 ...and Sylar form out of ink. |
Notes
- Samuel and Lydia often use their abilities together. Samuel places ink on Lydia's back, and seems to make the ink take shape in the form of a tattoo. Lydia then uses her ability to give information about the tattoo.
- According to NBC.com, Lydia "can sense the fears and desires of others".
- Dawn Olivieri said, "Lydia is an empath. Her power is kind of broad because unlike some of the other characters, she can do a multitude of things. She has pretty much full body tattoos on and the tattoos, when prompted by whatever it is inside of her, can pull up pictures of the future or things that are going to happen. The way that it's played out in the show is that they are things that need to be seen. Not always what you want to see, but things that need to be seen. I look at her like an oracle, like the girl with the magic ball that can kind of see whatever comes to her."
See Also
- For the ability to locate others, see clairvoyance.
- For the ability to mimic the powers of others through empathy, see empathic mimicry.
- For the ability to manipulate the emotions of others, see empathic manipulation.
- For the ability to sense others' thoughts and emotions, see telepathy.
- For more on Lydia's body art, see Lydia's tattoos.
