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— sebastian kang, 18, born in the gyeonggi province of south korea as kang seongjin and immigrated with his two doctor parents to los angeles, california when he was 5. current student at the [REDACTED] institute for the gifted. — fluent in english, korean, and pretty damn good at german, just because he felt like learning something new. — a definite stereotypical "smart kid", excelling at just about every subject in school, save for things he found to be wastes of his time, like phys ed, music, and art class. he definitely cried once when he got a b-minus on a science test and never got less than that ever again. — the proud captain of his high school's debate team, if only because he really enjoys winning arguments. in fact, he likes winning in general. it's kind of a problem. — was fully prepared to enroll at stanford university (and he already applied, even, #earlydecision), major in political science for his undergrad, bust his ass to graduate in two years, then attend stanford law school and kick major ass as a lawyer in the real world. — except for the fact that his superhuman powers manifested after his school (read: he) lost the all-state debate championship and, in a fit of angry disappointment, produced an explosion from his fists capable of crumbling a wall backstage at the school's auditorium, accidentally wreaking some havoc as a bunch of the drama club's sets were destroyed in the process. whoops. — pretty much fought tooth and nail to resist the two teachers from the school that came to fetch him and recruit him after seeing a viral video of the incident on the internet. after hours of arguing in circles, after somehow feeling his bitter disappointment in himself subside out of seemingly nowhere, they came to a begrudging agreement and here he is. — comes across as kind of an asshole, if only because he's still mad about being stuck at the institute instead of preparing for stanford and, by proxy, his real, actual future. it's not personal; he'd really just rather isolate, tough out the rest of his time here by himself. — where are the fucking advanced level gen eds??? he can't fight for shit and has no interest in learning despite his powers, which everyone seems to gawk at. it's annoying. — sebastian has the power of explosion manipulation, basically a human bomb. he can harness and release huge amounts of compacted blasts of thermochemical energy that explodes when he wills it to, be it to take down an enemy or break shit. he's impervious to his own blasts, even if they're reflected back at him, and he can use this energy to throw up a force field around him that neutralizes strikes against him. frankly, he's a little overpowered what with his low recovery period in between blasts, but he really couldn't care less about any of it.