Golden Boy

Wilfred Christmas, better known as Golden Boy, is a major antagonist from The Saviors of Sunset City. He is best known for his vanity and fragile ego.
== Personality ==
Golden Boy has a very fragile ego due to crippling perfectionism. His appearance must be perfect, otherwise he goes into a mental breakdown. He believes it the only way to garner positive attention, due to the neglect he faced from his parents before his introduction to Hopkins House for Gifted Individuals. He seeks out validation incessantly, and is upset when his needs are not met.
== History ==
=== Origin Story ===
Wilfred Christmas was the child of billionaires, who were too busy with their lives to deal with their only child. The neglect caused Wilfred to gain a hatred of his parents, and fondness for the nanny who took care of him. Unfortunately, when Wilfred suddenly gained an insatiable hunger, he accidentally killed the nanny, leeching her life-force. His parents arrived home to find their golden child a literal golden child, and as such he was shipped off to Hopkins House to make him not their problem.
Martin Hopkins took it upon himself to explore the extent of the boy's powers, and eventually discovered its properties. He needed to leech the life-force of others. Seeing a way out of his own predicament, Martin let Wilfred feed off of his own life-force, which didn't kill him, but kept Wilfred sustained. Meanwhile, for Wilfred, Martin became the father he truthfully never had, and he became loyal to him.
=== The Saviors of Sunset City ===
Golden Boy was first mentioned as one of the missing children, of Hopkins House when the party investigated him after discovering Matter Man's real identity.
He later appeared harassing individuals of Honey Heath Park, of which included Rhys, which he outright killed for his life force. He fought The Echelon Eight in an attempt to preserve the life-force he had to power Martin's machine. 10 mistransforms into Rath to fight him, with Spinflux spinning his wheel and landing on Power 20: Slowed Perception. Golden Boy fired up his Golden State, proving impervious to the Eight's attacks until he started using up his energy to fire at them. Oracle and Terraformer worked to cut off Golden Boy from his human batteries, with the latter forming a dome around them to protect them and cut off the connection. 10 and Big Red take turns lobbing dirt and a boulder respectively at Golden Boy, ruining his hair in the process, prompting a whiny response. Spinflux respins his wheel, and lands on Power 73: Miracle, which happens to teleport all of his batteries away, significantly weakening him. The Alchemist distracted him by throwing a sticky potion into his hair, and not long afterwards, with Normalcy depowering him and throwing him into one of Terraformer's sinkholes. After Big Red flicks cigarette ashes into his hair, he interrogates Golden Boy, with him saying that The Operator said he was going to cure him if he worked with him. Spinflux tells Oracle to pop a titty out to make Golden Boy shut up, with her being disgusted and Alchemist pulling a random milk bottle out of nowhere to shut him up. He was then arrested.
Shortly after, the police showed them a tape found on his person. It said: “I sort of knew you’d beat him. I’m not stupid. He’s built on a poor foundation, a lot like that Hopkins House place. We all think we can fix the world, but frankly that's out of reach. After all, losing everything you have will make you see the world through a new lens. Until we meet again.”
After being freed by Egress, a now bald Golden Boy joined Savant in attacking the Hopkins House Gymnasium, leeching off of several students, before being overwhelmed by the Eight after Big Red destroyed Savant's suit.
== Notable Moments ==
* Killing his nanny
* Being a "milk baby"
* Killing Rhys
* Going bald
== Powers and Abilities ==
=== Golden State ===
Golden Boy, after leeching enough life-force from living targets, becomes covered in a golden sheen, of which makes him invulnerable. He can fly and shoot energy beams in this state, though the latter drains his energy reserves.
=== Vampirism ===
Golden Boy can heal himself with the life-force of others, and use it to replenish his energy or kill a target.
== Trivia ==
* Golden Boy was based on Michael Morningstar/Darkstar from the Ben 10 franchise.
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