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they’re all in the same grade
roman is the student who becomes popular within his first week, mostly because of his parents
both of them are famous superheroes who are seen as american icons
feels like he has a huge weight on his shoulders because everyone expects him to live up to their legacy
he tries to distance himself from that by taking up theater, painting, singing, fencing, poetry, horseback riding, joining the spanish club, and any other extracurricular he can to prove that he’s not just a name– he’s his own person
despite all of this, roman still never feels like he’s enough
often overworks himself, but you’d never know unless you have an eye for looking past brash, flamboyant personalities and layers of stage makeup
has the power to “charm”– he can put others in a sort of trance and have them bend to his will (think the imperius curse from harry potter, or “charmspeak” from percy jackson)
can do this at his discretion through speaking or singing
logan is the only one who matches roman for amount of clubs he’s a part of
at first glance, he seems like the quiet, studious, and respectful student who minds his own business, which is half-true
he’s not afraid to throw hands give his own opinion, and stuns most people with the amount of knowledge he has stored up to use against others in a debate
he and roman instantly dislike each other, due to their differing creative ideas
they secretly respect each other, being able to keep each other on their toes, and see the other as a strong-willed individual
only one of his parents has powers; they were a sidekick before settling down, and while logan loves both of his parents very much, he is afraid of becoming nothing more than a sidekick, as well, and works hard to prove himself
logan has the powers of both telekinesis and elemental transmutation– meaning that he can rearrange the atomic structures of objects, changing chemical composition to turn one substance into another
like king midas, but on purpose, and with a full understanding of chemistry
he’s not very good at telekinesis yet, which he keeps a closely guarded secret, terrified of being seen as a failure
the one thing he can do is make jars of jam move from the kitchen up to his room for him to snack on
in heightened emotional states, he’ll cause objects to move without meaning to
one time patton snuck up on him and tickled him from behind, and they had to change all of the lightbulbs in the school
virgil is the only one logan feels like he can have a calm conversation with, despite virgil’s often cryptic responses
virgil is the school outcast, though he’s found very loyal friends in logan, roman, and patton
never speaks in class, or to anyone, because he’s too worried about saying the wrong thing, so he finds it simply best to never speak at all
when they first had class together, patton tried to befriend him, but virgil never said anything in return
patton stopped speaking to him for a few weeks, and virgil only felt worse because he though that he had ruined his chance of having even one friend
it turned out to be that patton assumed that virgil was deaf, so he spent all of his free time learning sign language
virgil was blown away that patton would put in so much effort to do that just for him, and had to confess that he didn’t know any sign language
they’ve been inseparable ever since
he’s pretty bitter towards roman at first, seeing him only as a show-offy jerk
they become friends once virgil realizes that a lot of roman’s confidence is a front
they bond a lot over disney
roman never uses his powers on his friends except for once, when he charmed virgil out of a nasty panic attack
virgil’s power is darkness/shadow manipulation; he can shroud things or people in darkness, or create shade wherever he likes
he often just seems to pop up out of nowhere
he likes to do this to logan a lot because he and roman are curious as to what he’ll move/break with his telekinesis each time
he’s surprisingly adept with his powers, more so than any of the others
he mostly uses it to sneak coffee into class
roman and logan are secretly jealous when virgil is praised in class, because they know that he’s barely trying
patton is the one who brought all of them together as friends
he was the first person at the school to really see roman for who he was, and not who he was trying to be
doesn’t want or need to be impressed, just genuinely cares about the others and that they’re happy, and it’s extremely grounding
is incredibly smart and quick-witted, but struggles with classes more than the others due to his adhd (he also struggles with depression, but he keeps it a secret)
when logan found out that the high school didn’t offer accommodations for students with learning disabilities while tutoring patton, he created no fewer than ten petitions, memorized several laws, and essentially taught himself to be a lawyer before rallying about 90% of the student body together to storm the school board and insist that they add in some new rules
“this school is literally hovering thousands of miles above the ground! why can’t you can’t give students extra time during tests?”
patton can fly due to being born with a pair of wings
they’re huge and honestly gorgeous, but he’s often made fun of for being clumsy because they knock into almost everything
between that and his adhd, patton often feels like he can’t do anything right in comparison to the other three, who are all so focused and improve so quickly
he’s incredibly graceful in the air, though, and will fly at any given opportunity during school hours
has a cool pair of goggles that virgil gave him as a birthday gift to wear when he flies
no of course they’re not steampunk don’t be ridiculous
roman loves when patton takes him for rides; they’ll often sing duets together in the sky
popular hits include “there are giants in the sky”; “i’m like a bird”; “fly me to the moon”; and “rockin’ robin”
gives the best group hugs with his wings
also has the power of empathy– he can not only read/sense the emotions of others, but he can manipulate them, as well
doesn’t like that he has this power, and at one point vowed never to use it to manipulate how others were feeling because he feels like it’s unfairly invalidating
roman once asked patton to make him sad enough to cry for a performance, and was subject to an entire Dad Lecture™ about how wrong that would be
is an incredible mediator because of this power, though, as he can sense when tensions are high; he knows what to say to each person to get them to calm down and compromises
“i know how you feel.” “how could you possibly understand– oh my god…”
“they’re really cute.” “if you need me to talk to them, i’ll be your WINGman!”
dresses as an angel for halloween and says “Hey, Lo!” every single time he sees Logan before pointing at the halo on his head
virgil loves his puns and fights anyone who calls patton annoying
okay that’s enough for now thanks for coming to my ted talk
