sorry for the delayed response◼ W E E K 0 0 1: The world of Crestwood shows Hyperhumans as being possibly one of the most oppressed races in history, they're unable to hold positions of authority nor able to use their gifts without fear of punishment. How does this affect your character and their relationship with society both as a whole and within the confines of a highschool social heirarchy? How has discovering that they are a Hyperhuman changed their worldview?
For Felix, the intentions of his decisions and his achievements were clouded by the, already harsh, judgement of his parents. Obsessing with trying to impress or earn the approval of his parents, he paid little mind to the oppression of hyperhumans until he became one himself. It was very easy for Felix to overlook the discrimination occurring since it was never an obstacle for his true goals in sight. However, his parents are very present within political and cultural standings of oppressing the hyperhumans, believing that all humans should be equivalent in nature within a protected system to avoid dangerous inequalities of power. Upon the day he was gifted with his powers, he used them blindly and became lost within his naive and competitive essence, believing that he could use them to his advantage while going unnoticed.
Thus, he used them slyly to his advantage until it became apart of him. Without these powers, his substantial improvements would take a toll, putting him back on the stubborn plateau of his strength before the dawn of his powers. And as it was so, the discovery of his powers occurred and he was made to be one of the biggest laughing stocks of the highschool population. Cheater, liar, idiot, try-hard, worthless, etc. The list seemed endless, and every term chipped away at his confidence until he became a mess of self-hatred and shame.
Concurrently, his parents shunned him for being their biggest disappointment, and their work also took a toll as they raised a troubling hyperhuman that made the headlines of numerous articles and news castings. They, too, were casted negatively -- hypocrites, illiterate, ignorant, etc. Turning to anger, they stripped Felix of what little he had left after being exposed. They took his car, they took his video games and other recreational outlets, they grounded him from going out into public, and they forced him to wear an ability suppression device in the form of a gold bracelet.
Felix views the oppression against hyperhumans as
valid. He sees them to have an unfair advantage when it comes to a plethora of things, creating a forced inequality between the human race on a level that greatly surpasses the simple differences such as race, skin color, hair color, etc. Whether this outlook be strongly influenced from the work of his parents, from the self-hatred he has of being a disgrace, or from his true outlook -- Felix believes that it's a curse upon humans. The hyperhumans face oppression, while the normal humans struggle with their placement in society -- everybody seems to lose.
