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GrhmLz · 09-07-2009, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by rainydreams (View Post)

Plus, in Max's defense, he hadn't really used his powers much prior to S1. Liz was the first and only human he had ever even attempted to heal. He knew that there was a bullet in her and that she was bleeding. He assumed he could dissolve/alter the bullet and heal the tissue. I don't think he understood the ins and outs of Grandma Claudia's condition, therefore, he assumed it was a "natural death" and one that he could not reverse in any way.

I also think it's relevant to bring up the discussion Max had with Liz when she asked him to heal her grandmother. Max makes it a point to stress to Liz that he's not God; however, he goes on to parallel the two situations by explaining that what was happening to Liz was something that shouldn't have been happening - there was a bullet in her that shouldn't have been there. I think this kind of hints at the idea that there is a "higher power" out there in the universe somewhere that still gets the "final say" so to speak even if Max's healing power can technically heal Grandma Claudia's physical ailments relating to her stroke and the ones relating to Liz's bullet wound. That's why Max tried to help her say good-bye but ultimately Grandma Claudia died anyway because it was her time to go. Liz didn't die and Max's healing worked because just like Max said - something was happening to her that shouldn't have been happening. How he knew that for sure? Well, your guess is as good as mine but maybe he was able to know before-hand due to some kind of sixth sense ability or maybe he didn't realize it fully until after his healing worked on her and she survived.

Because later - if we go by Liz's discussion with Max after he healed the kids with cancer, Liz reminded him of the same thing he told her. He's not God - and there might be a higher purpose behind the cancer that goes beyond their understanding. I think originally just healing Sydney's cancer was meant to restore the balance because like Liz, maybe it wasn't her time, but he took it beyond that point when he healed more kids. Unfortunately, I think that's further proof of just how emotionally unbalanced and out of sorts Max was feeling because we can clearly see that during Leaving Normal, Max had the gifted ability to discern that it wasn't Liz's time to go so he was able to heal her - adversed to her grandmother, who's time had come and he wasn't going to be able to stop her "natural death." This can get pretty deep so I'll stop there, lol.