What Happened To Alphonso's Face In The Umbrella Academy Season 3?
Warning: Contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy season 3.
In The Umbrella Academy season 3,Alphonso Hargreeves' (Jake Epstein) powers appear to be having a residual effect on his face. All of the adopted Hargreeves of the Sparrow Academy display unique abilities, but Alphonso's powers may be the strangest in Umbrella Academy. His powers are to reflect damage onto his opponents; whatever injuries he sustains from someone rebound upon them. Despite deflecting damage, he still has a heavily deformed face, even being referred to as the "blob." Some scenes in The Umbrella Academy season 3 hint that his powers might not be as effective as they seem.
The Umbrella Academy season 3 introduces the Sparrow Academy, the counterparts to the Umbrella Academy. They are built up to be the superior Hargreeves team, a seed planted by Reginald Hargreeves. Alphonso is the Sparrows' Number Four and seems to be one of the morally corrupt members of the group. Many Hargreevees children have a rocky relationship with Reginald, but Alphonso appears to despise him. Alphonso's ability reflects his personality, deflecting his own pain to dish it on others.
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Alphonso's powers, referred to as Empathetic Masochism, are first seen in the opening fight between the Umbrellas and the Sparrow Academy. He dares Allison to punch him, and she gladly obliges, but the punch has a recoil effect and damages Allison instead. It would seem with a power like this, he would be unmarked, but that is not the case. A flashback scene in the dojo shows that his face was less disfigured in the past, hinting that his powers must have some effect on him. Whether it's through having sustained
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