<p>Have to say, I thought it was all conincidental at first...but this weeks episode, when WW is vomiting, he places a towel under his knees after vomiting, and the manner in which he did so reminded me of Gus in 'Salud' when he induced vomiting in himself. The difference was that Gus placed the towel under his knees prior to vomiting. Tactictoe (talk) 19:16, August 14, 2013 (UTC) </p>

<p>I think I need to reword my comment... Walter doesnt copy the traits of his victims, but I think its an easter egg from the writers. </p>

<p>Well nothing seems to happen by coincidence so far, I dont know if the towel is a trait because Walter wasnt there when Gustavo poisoned the cartel members but it might mean something else, a symbol like the Fly, the control remote car, etc. But I still think that he is keeping traits. </p>

<p>If you notice, the way Walt talks to Lydia at the car wash (alternating between a loud, cheerful business owner and a quiet meth distributer) is A LOT like when Gus greeted him at Los Pollos Hermanos in "Bug." </p>

<div class="quote"> <p>Haroldthefish wrote: </p><p>
</p><p>In an earlier episode Mike tells Walt to "learn to take yes for an answer," and in the episode "Gliding Over All" Walt tells Lydia the exact same thing. </p><p>
</p> </div> <p>Yes that is it, Mike said that to Walter during episode "Thirty-Eight Snub", he said "Do yourself a favor and learn to take yes for an answer."  I dont think we have irrefutable evidence but we do have something pretty close here.
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<div class="quote">Diedfamous wrote:
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span>I think that’s a silly trail of coincidences. This is not "Heros," people don't absorb each others "powers". The "traits" he picks up from Gus, and anyone else, are just a matter of the shows namesake, Breaking Bad. As in, they are things that happen to your moral code when you become a meth crime lord. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span>He doesn't kill kids, Todd did. He does, however accept their deaths as a cost of doing business. This isn't a trait of Gus' per se, it's the trait of an asshole. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom: 12.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:15.75pt;vertical-align:baseline"><span>As for sandwiches and putting ice in whiskey, I would say Walter is just choosing to be more of a namby-pamby. For a man who takes his whiskey straight, adding ice would be sacrilege. I would say it's safe to assume that very few people decide to start eating sandwiches at his age without crust. So maybe your right, but I think it’s reaching. There’s more interesting connections in the show to focus on.</span></p> </div> <p>I have to disagree, if Walt really does adapt traits from people he kills then it's EXTREMELY significant in determining future events, because he did the bacon trick on his birthday in S5E1, so if we are right and Walt really is doing this, then that makes it extremely likely that Walt killed Skyler sometime before that point in time, either by mistake or not, so it's significant speculation. </p>

<p>I wouldn't have noticed that 'do yourself a favor and learn to take yes for an answer' if it weren't for watching the S4 and S5 marathons on AMC so close together. This is much more legit than he now takes his drinks on the rocks. </p><p>I think its important to note that </p><p>1. the stuff that is transferred to walter from death can be a habit, a material object, or a quote </p><p>2. If it is a habit, it can occur one time or more and then never again, and doesn't necessarily stick with walt through the entire rest of the show </p><p>3.  The 'transfer' as I'll call it, can occur before the 'kill' or several episodes after (IE Krazy 8's sandwich crust in the season 3 premeire)  </p><p>4. The 'kill' can be direct, indirect, or Walt can just sit on the sidelines and allow (IE Jane). In other words, Walt can be the one pulling the trigger, or he can be the one ordering the pull of the trigger, or he can just sit back and watch happenstance occur.  </p><p>5.  In Ep 103 when he is talking to Krazy 8, Krazy says this line of work doesn't suit him.everytime there is a transfer, Walt is becoming more and more of a criminal. He is literally inheriting their criminal traits. </p><p>Like I've been saying, the problem with the fan theory lies in exactly what has been transferred over between each kill. Vince Gilligan said he wasn't going to go online and read any fan stuff about the show until the show was over so he wouldn't transfer any of the fans ideas over to the actual show, so i can't wait until he goes online and verifies exactly which things were inherited. Until then Let me try a more accurate, organized list of the kills and their traits inherited, as well as which ones im debunking.  </p><p>1. Emilio Koyama - Starts smoking pot and smokes a cigar once. (Maybe, but its a bit of a stretch of the imagination) </p><p>2. Krazy 8 - Cuts the crust off his PBJ sandwhich (ONE TIME!) . [LEGIT]  </p><p>3. Jane Margolis - The Pink teddy bear can be seen on a mural hanging up in Jane Margolis' bedroom. The pink teddy bear then lands in the pool approximately one episode later. [LEGIT] If anything is transferred over from Jane, I think this would be it. </p><p>4. The Rival Dealers in 312 - The rival dealers use a kid and they kill a kid. The kill transfers to walt the ability to use / harm kids to get the job done, and possibly kill children if necessary, even though it doesn't come to that with Brock. [Legit] </p><p>5. Gale Boetticher - Leaves of Grass. [Legit, although this one might be too obvious and might just be part of the story instead of part of the theory] </p><p>6. Gus - With Gus he gains the ability of Immorral Immunity for a kid dying under his command. He might be swayed by Drew Sharp's death, but he doesn't let it get to him and is seen whistling shortly after.  [Legit]  </p><p>- Walt starts driving an Estate car [Debunked]. I can never remember Gus driving behind the wheel of anything. He was always Cheaufferred. And the Luxury cars of Gus' and Walt's sports car are 2 totally different vehicles. One was built for luxury, the other speed and handling.  </p><p>7. Tyrus - ?  </p><p>8. Tio / Hector - ? [maybe walt will eventually sacrifice his life to take revenge for the death of his family]  </p><p>9. Mike - Now drinks his drinks on the rocks [DEBUNKED]. In 508, Hank asks 'want a drink'. Walt says 'sure'. Hank asks 'on the rocks, right.' Walt says 'yep.' Hank already knew from past experience that Walt drank his drinks on the rocks, meaning he'd probably been doing that the whole time, before mike's death. </p><p>- "Do yourself a favor and learn to take yes for an answer." [Legit]. </p><p>10. The jail killings - [?]   </p><p>
</p><p>So here's another question: Is than fan theory only limited to walt? Here are some other transfers that other character have gotten </p><p>Hank </p><p>1. Killing Tuco - Hank receives Tuco's grill in a big see through cube. </p><p>2. Killing the Cousins - One of the cousins loses their legs, and Hank becomes a cripple.  </p><p>The Cousins </p><p>1. Killing Tortuga - Tortuga got his name because he always took his time. In every scene with the cousins it seemed to me they were always walking really slow and taking their time with whatever they were doing. This was probably originally done for a number of reasons (to fill for time, and for Vince Gilligan being a master of pacing), but it might could be considered a transfer. </p><p>Todd </p><p>1. Killing the kid - Todd receives the kid's tarantula . [now if walt kills Todd, would he start becoming the one pulling the trigger on children?]  </p>

<p>Good that you changed your mind on this theory mabe you can help. </p><p>I remember a lot of times Gustavo drove his own car  he was not always Cheaufferred, remember Walter and Hank put a GPS on his car, Also when he goes to meet the cartel brothers in the desert and I am sure there are plenty of other examples. </p><p>I am not completely satisfied by Gale, they spent part of an episode together there is got to be something more, I keep looking but cant find anything. The searies is not over yet so we might get some more "transfers" over the season. </p>

<p>Season 5 Episode 1 - Walter is not wearing his ring like he always does, when eating breakfast, he always wore it even at the meth lab.------She will die </p>

<p>I don't think he takes on solely the traits of people he has murdered, rather those whose lives he has ruined. </p><p>In that regard we should include Jane's father: Donald Margolis. Walt started wearing a goatee just like his in ABQ, the episode after Jane's death in Phoenix. </p><p>In fact I think we first see the Walt's goatee directly before or after a close up scene of Donald working air traffic. </p><p>An interesting note is that Donald Margolis is played by John de Lancie who is most famous for his role as Q in <i>Star Trek.</i> In Star Trek's mirror universe goatees pop up on evil versions of characters. Walt started sporting that beard after what was argubly his first despicable act and beginnning of his descent to darkness. Also notice his goatee gets darker and darker. </p>