Jamison Jackson

> *"There is a hero inside all of us. Many find it early on. Most of us try to search for it our entire lives... and, unfortunately, some never find it at all."*
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**Jamison "Jamie" Jackson**, also known as **Wonder-Lad**, is the deuteragonist of *A Few Cruel Twists of Fate* and the Vice President of Class 11-Socrates at Newheart Contemporary Private School. He's also an up-and-coming independent superhero who has yet to gain the respect and status of the public heroes. After the Genesis Event, he claims to have suffered a prolonged, agonizing metamorphosis, giving him a wide variety of powerful abilities that he believes he was destined to use to become Earth's greatest protector.

When his friends become the target of a villain, he plays a critical role in defending them and bringing the mysterious culprit to justice, being arguably the most powerful individual in the class. He is also the sole aspiring hero in the class.

## Story

### Background

Jamie was born on June 17, 2000. Jamie tells people multiple stories about his past that somewhat contradict each other, so many details about his early life are questionable.

The Genesis Event blessed Jamie with an extremely rare, abundant and varied set of abilities ranging from super strength to flight. Jamie apparently entered a coma for about a year, which is longer than the average metamorphosis. After realizing the power he was imbued with, he quickly noticed that they would take a serious toll on his body due to how potent these powers were. However, he saw this as a sign that he was ‘chosen’ by the Genesis Event and destined to become a great hero, despite all his flaws.

## Personality

Jamie is charismatic and confident. He is overall very likable and easy to get along with. He is empathic and very socially adjusted, and can understand and resonate with others well. He emits this aura that constantly inspires and upflits those around him to do good. He's one of the most popular students in NCPS, and even outside.

## Powers & Abilities

Jamie is one of the strongest, if not the strongest, student in 11-Socrates in terms of raw power and versatility.

### Powers

* **Superhuman Endurance:** Capable of enduring extreme damage.
* **Superhuman Senses**
	+ **Superhuman Hearing:** Can hear sounds of higher and lower frequencies than average, and at further distances.
	+ **Superhuman Vision:** Can also see further and clearer than average, as well as see-through most objects.
* **Force Augmentation:** Jamie can multiply and enhance any force he projects using his body. This is especially useful when dealing quick, successive strikes, and he can gradually multiply his force projection while carrying a heavy object.
	+ **Superhuman Strength**
* **Friction Manipulation:** Jamie can manipulate friction so that he is not affected by it, making his movements speedy and seamless. The more friction he negates, the faster his movements become.
	+ **Superhuman Speed:** On the surface, Jamie has very fast reflexes and short reaction times. He can also move at higher speeds than average, whether on ground or mid-air.
* **Plasma Projection:** Jamie can fire concentrated blasts of plasma from any orifice or part of his body, but he mainly uses his eyes to project them. However, he is capable of emitting more destructive blasts through other body parts.
	+ **Optic Beams:** On the surface, Jamie is only capable of shooting concentrated energy beams from his eyes. These beams are powerful enough to cut through metal. However, they come at the cost of accuracy, as well as the risk of overheating. He can shoot these optic beams for about 5 seconds at most before his eyes start suffering from strain, and have to cool down.
* **Shapeshifting:** To a limited extent, Jamie can alter his appearance, going as far as imitating multiple people and combining their appearances to achieve his current appearance.
* **Air Manipulation:** Jamie has limited control over air and the wind.
	+ **Flight:** On the surface, he is capable of flight at high speeds. In reality, Jamie uses the wind to carry himself through the air.
	+ **Enhanced Exhalation:** He is capable of exhaling strong gusts of wind.
* **Regenerative Healing Factor**

### Abilities

* **Charisma:** Jamie is very likable and gets along well with others. He is empathic and socially competent, continuously emitting this aura that inspires and uplifts those around him. He's one of the most popular students in NCPS.
* **Indomitable Will**: He is shown to have a clear, well-defined, and uncompromising set of morals. He appears to be resilient of temptation and corruption, manifesting the spirit of a true heroic paragon through benevolence and determination.
* **Leadership**: He has the qualities of a leader, having an inspiring and commanding aura. He is also the Vice President of 11-Socrates, and acts as the team leader of the protagonists' group trying to save their classmates.

## Limitations & Weaknesses

### Internal

* **Psychological Trauma**: Jamie had an abusive childhood. Though he's adapted now and hides it very well, it sometimes comes out in bursts of obsessive or angry behavior.
* **Delusions of Grandeur**

### External

* **Faulty Eyesight**: Jamie actually wears glasses to correct his faulty eyesight, contrary to what some believe is just a cosmetic accessory to hide his identity. This fault in eyesight is a result of him having overused his optic beams in the past.
* **Lack of Accuracy (Optic Blasts)**: Jamie's optical blasts, despite coming out of his eyes, are not accurate as he is actually blind while emitting them. The intense lights that come out of his eyes blind him, so they are inaccurate. His vision also becomes blurry as his eyes get tired after using this ability.
* **Intense Heat (Optic Blasts)**: Jamie can't use his optic blasts for a long time, as the intense heat hurts his eyes and can damage his eyesight.
* **Sensory Overload**: Any one of his enhanced senses can be exploited through extreme stimuli, causing disorientation and pain. These stimuli are especially more intense to him than normal when he is focusing on any particular sense.
* **MAOS**: Jamie suffers from MAOS due to possessing so many potent abilities all at once, so he can't operate at 100% for too long. When asked why he doesn't consider removing some of his powers or at least reducing their potency to a level that his body can better accomodate through genetic engineering, he confidently says that the chances of receving this specific set of abilities was rare and that he was destined to wield them to become a protector.

## Trivia

* His birth certificate says that he was born on June 17, 1994.
* His name is a reference as to how superheroes' real identities usually have alliterative names.