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| Angela's ability is not actually seeing the future, but "travelling" through dreaming. i.e. Time travel, Space travel, or Dream travel. || None|| {{plus}} When Peter met Charles Devoux through dreaming, its not the "future" but its the "past".
{{plus}} In [[Angels and Monsters]] episode, Arthur Petrelli can see Angela and touch her physically.<br>
{{plus}} In [[Eris Quod Sum]] episode, Angela talked to Gabriel, through his dreams.
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| Angela's lost this ability when Arthur touched her in one of her dreams, which caused her coma. ||None|| {{plus}} Angela had gone to coma, right after Arthur touched her.  
| Angela's ability is not actually seeing the future, but "traveling" through dreaming. i.e. Time travel, Space travel, or Dream travel. || None. || {{plus}} When Peter met Charles Deveaux through dreaming, it's not the "future" but its the "past".<br />
{{minus}} in [[Eris Quod Sum]] episode, Angela used her ability to communicate with Gabriel.
{{minus}} Peter may have used space-time manipulation in combination with precognitive dreaming.<br />
{{plus}} In the ''[[Angels and Monsters]]'' episode, Arthur Petrelli can see Angela and touch her physically.<br />
{{minus}} Arthur appears to have obtained telepathy, and likely use that to invade Angela's dream.<br />
{{plus}} In the ''[[Eris Quod Sum]]'' episode, Angela talked to Gabriel through his dreams.<br />
{{minus}} Arthur could have been pretending to be Angela in Gabriel's dream.<br />
:{{plus}} Angela's brain waves had visibly spiked on the machine when she used her ability.<br />
{{note}} According to BTE Week 6, Peter did use her power, but that doesn't mean it actually took him to the past.<br />
{{minus}} Charles specifically comments to Peter that he always wanted to try the power of invisibility, thus implying that Peter was really there and simply invisible.<br />
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| Precognative Dreaming is different from the [[Precognition]] that was once held by [[Isaac Mendez]]|| None || {{plus}} Angela dosen't paint the future, she mearly sees it.<br />
| With experience, the user of this ability can see what will be and [[Timeline:Possible Futures|what could have been]]. || None. || {{plus}} [[Angela]] knew that [[Peter Petrelli (exposed future)|Future Peter]] already changed [[Exposed future|his future]] to an alternate one.<br />
:{{minus}} Isaac saw the future as well, he simply chose to paint what he saw while doing it.<br />
:{{minus}} She also said quite clearly "the only future I've seen is the one caused by your being here."<br />
{{plus}} Precogs such as Isaac, Peter, Sylar, and Usutu (and Matt, on one occasion) have always had their eyes turn white when they activated their ability. We have not seen Angela's eyes when she uses her power, obviously because she is sleeping, but we have seen Peter's, and they are completely normal.
:{{note}} These two futures have been confirmed to be the same.<br />
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| Precognitive Dreaming is not a literal vision of the future, just a interpretive foreshadowing of what's to come. || None. || {{plus}} Peters did explode, but not the way he foresaw it.
| Gabriel was using the powers gained from Bridget Bailey ([[clairsentience]]) when Angela appeared to him in episode ''[[Eris Quod Sum]]'' and is a direct result of her taking corrective action on a precognitive dream. || None. || {{plus}} Angela always manages to be one step ahead of her enemies.<br />
:{{plus}} All of the characters that appeared in the vision, were at Kirby Plaza. Yet they weren't in the same manner as they where in the vision (i.e. different actions, clothes, positions, ect.)
{{plus}} It explains why Angela fed Bridget Bailey to Gabriel in the first place: to prepare for a future she had foreseen.<br />  {{plus}} Angela could have left that message weeks prior to Gabriel witnessed it and the company would have no reason to fear precognition or postcognition.<br />
:{{plus}} Nathan stood closest to Peter and was incenerated in the vision, in reality, he was closest to Peter, as he flew him away and he got horribly burned.
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| With experience, the user of this ability can see what will be and [[Timeline:Possible Futures|what could have been]] || None. || {{plus}} [[Angela]] knew that [[Peter Petrelli (exposed future)|Future Peter]] already changed [[Exposed future|his future]] to an [[Villains Future|alternate one]]
| Angela's ability isn't precognitive dreaming but astral projection, the ability to separate one's consciousness from their body and control it at will. || None. || {{plus}} Those who claim to have experienced [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_projection#Astral_projection astral projection] describe themselves as being in a domain which isn't parallel to a physical setting, although they say they can visit different times or physical settings. The settings and time periods can be anywhere from natural, abstract or artificial, populated or unpopulated and anywhere from beatific to horrific. Those who claim to have experienced astral projection attribute the physical world to the world of dreams, reporting to see sleeping individuals enact dreams, unaware of the bigger picture.<br />
:{{minus}} She also said quite clearly "the only future I've seen is the one caused by your being here."
:{{plus}} [[Angela]] and [[Peter]] could visit the future in their dreams in ''[[The Butterfly Effect]]'' and ''[[Fallout]]'' respectively. And the events they saw were figurative/abstract and relatively horrific.<br />
:{{plus}} Angela enters Gabriel's dream and convinces him to get up and go rescue Peter in ''[[Eris Quod Sum]]''.<br />
{{plus}} [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astral_projection#Etheric_projection Etheric projection], a variation of astral projection, is the ability to move about in the physical world in an etheric body that is usually, but not always, invisible to normal people. According to professionals, this type of projection is described as it contains people and places that actually might exist in the physical world. It also doubles as a medium between the physical and astral world.<br />
:{{plus}} After Peter falls unconscious, he is able to visit the past and speak with Charles Deaveaux, all the while invisible and inaudible to both himself, [[Simone]] and his mother in ''[[How to Stop an Exploding Man]]''.<br />
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| Precognitive dreaming isn't the ability, it's a side effect of always having a feeling of what the future is going to be like. || None. || {{plus}} Angela seems to have a pretty good grasp on what the future is like and how it will be affected; it's hard to believe that having one or two somewhat vague dreams every so often would have good grasp on what the future would be like.
:{{note}} Angela has had the ability for many years and likely has much experience in interpreting her dreams.
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| Precognitive dreaming ia actually a byproduct of [[Empathic mimicry|empathic mimicry]].|| None. || {{plus}} Being an empath means to connect with people on an emotional level. Theoretcially, Peter and Angela could subconciously absorb a person's memories, personalities, motives. While sleeping, the brain subconciously puts together everyone's goals and motivations, allowing the person to dream a situation that is the result of eneryone that person has connected with.
:{{minus}} Angela told Future Peter that he [[The Second Coming|absorbed the ability from her]].<br />
:{{plus}} She could've been lying.
{{minus}} Peter had never met Claude, Niki, D.L., Micah, or Hiro before his dream in [[Fallout]] and Angela had never met Niki, Tracy, or Barbra (as adults) before her dream in [[The Butterfly Effect]].
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Angela's ability is not actually seeing the future, but "traveling" through dreaming. i.e. Time travel, Space travel, or Dream travel. None. + When Peter met Charles Deveaux through dreaming, it's not the "future" but its the "past".

- Peter may have used space-time manipulation in combination with precognitive dreaming.
+ In the Angels and Monsters episode, Arthur Petrelli can see Angela and touch her physically.
- Arthur appears to have obtained telepathy, and likely use that to invade Angela's dream.
+ In the Eris Quod Sum episode, Angela talked to Gabriel through his dreams.
- Arthur could have been pretending to be Angela in Gabriel's dream.

+ Angela's brain waves had visibly spiked on the machine when she used her ability.

• According to BTE Week 6, Peter did use her power, but that doesn't mean it actually took him to the past.
- Charles specifically comments to Peter that he always wanted to try the power of invisibility, thus implying that Peter was really there and simply invisible.

With experience, the user of this ability can see what will be and what could have been. None. + Angela knew that Future Peter already changed his future to an alternate one.
- She also said quite clearly "the only future I've seen is the one caused by your being here."
• These two futures have been confirmed to be the same.
Gabriel was using the powers gained from Bridget Bailey (clairsentience) when Angela appeared to him in episode Eris Quod Sum and is a direct result of her taking corrective action on a precognitive dream. None. + Angela always manages to be one step ahead of her enemies.

+ It explains why Angela fed Bridget Bailey to Gabriel in the first place: to prepare for a future she had foreseen.
+ Angela could have left that message weeks prior to Gabriel witnessed it and the company would have no reason to fear precognition or postcognition.

Angela's ability isn't precognitive dreaming but astral projection, the ability to separate one's consciousness from their body and control it at will. None. + Those who claim to have experienced astral projection describe themselves as being in a domain which isn't parallel to a physical setting, although they say they can visit different times or physical settings. The settings and time periods can be anywhere from natural, abstract or artificial, populated or unpopulated and anywhere from beatific to horrific. Those who claim to have experienced astral projection attribute the physical world to the world of dreams, reporting to see sleeping individuals enact dreams, unaware of the bigger picture.
+ Angela and Peter could visit the future in their dreams in The Butterfly Effect and Fallout respectively. And the events they saw were figurative/abstract and relatively horrific.
+ Angela enters Gabriel's dream and convinces him to get up and go rescue Peter in Eris Quod Sum.

+ Etheric projection, a variation of astral projection, is the ability to move about in the physical world in an etheric body that is usually, but not always, invisible to normal people. According to professionals, this type of projection is described as it contains people and places that actually might exist in the physical world. It also doubles as a medium between the physical and astral world.

+ After Peter falls unconscious, he is able to visit the past and speak with Charles Deaveaux, all the while invisible and inaudible to both himself, Simone and his mother in How to Stop an Exploding Man.


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