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The Umbrella Academy: How Do Viktor's Powers Work In The Series? Explained
Viktor's powers in The Umbrella Academy are sound manipulation, converting it into energy and force. Viktor learns to control his powers in Season 3 after transferring them to Harlan.
With members drawn from the pages of a comic book series of the same name, The Umbrella Academy brought its members together in a variety of ways, as their sets of powers, especially Viktor's (Elliot Page), were incredibly varied. After four seasons at its height of dark superheroes, the show left with many mysteries, most of them about the powers of the Hargreeves and one hell of a cliffhanger.
The Umbrella Academy is composed of seven superpowered children raised by an eccentric billionaire scientist, Reginald Hargreeves. Each sibling has a unique superpower, and they had combined forces in their early years to prevent an impending apocalypse. However, they segregate from each other over the dangerous powers of Viktor, which have twice put the world at risk. Under the danger that Viktor's powers bring, the Hargreeves continue to travel around saving the world.
Viktor's unique power
Reginald Hargreeves did not name his children but instead named them with numbers. It is not certain whether there was a method in the naming or whether it was random. Viktor was Number 7, and there's a theory out there that the Hargreeves were numbered in order of power, going from Number 1 being the weakest to Number 7 being the most powerful. That theory really works in explaining Viktor's powers.
It was during season 1 of The Umbrella Academy that Viktor-who once thought he didn't have superpowers-was actually the cause of an apocalypse. His superpower is the manipulation of sound, which he then converts into energy and physical force. This ability lets him even hear very remote and faint sounds, which creates devastating effects, as seen when he used his heartbeat to break himself free from a soundproof chamber.
Viktor literally harnesses sound and morphs it into energy, projecting it as white energy. In season 1 of The Umbrella Academy, he had used his violin to project the energy; this made his irises turn white and his skin pale, hence the name The White Violin.
Viktor is able to create force fields to protect himself or others around him, shift soundwaves to exhibit telekinetic-like control over objects, and levitate himself in the air. His powers are deeply tied to his emotions, allowing them to gain force during turmoil in emotion that may easily send them out of control. They are also tied to the weather.
Viktor's powers were uncontrollable in season 1 because of no training and recurred in the second season when he had to battle amnesia. Later, Viktor was able to control the powers in Season 3 after transferring it to Harlan, who then struggled with the powers himself. His powers were returned to Viktor by Harlan, who then learned to control them.
In the first place, and particularly in season 1, Viktor was at the mercy of his powers and not vice versa, as could be seen by his transformation at the end of season 1, but in season 3 he was finally able to activate his powers with conscious effort. As the most powerful of the original members of the Umbrella Academy team, Viktor needed to learn control over his powers even more so, since he was the trigger of the apocalypse on two different occasions.
Netflix's The Umbrella Academy's Viktor is different from that of the comic books; in the comic books, Reginald treated her like a normal girl to suppress her powers. Finding out who she actually was sent Vanya's powers into insanity, making her the White Violin who destroyed the world. In Dallas, she had partial amnesia and used a wheelchair, while in Hotel Oblivion, she was said to be undergoing physical therapy.
In the comics, Vanya channeled her powers through music and was capable of creating destructive waves with the playing of just one single note on her violin. While as destructive and deadly in the comics, Vanya's powers manifest differently in channeling and usage compared to the Netflix show. Viktor is more fleshed out in Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, with a slightly different fate compared to his comic book counterpart.
Why was Viktor's powers suppressed?
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