In an interview with Forbes, Gerard also mentioned that volume 4 of The Umbrella Acadmy will be titled: “Sparrow Academy”.
“[It] deals with a very big reveal in the Umbrella Academy universe, something that had been secret for a long time, and our siblings learn a lot about what was happening behind the scenes, as well as discovering the true nature of some characters that have been with them since the beginning,” Way teased. “The series finally starts to answer the question: ‘What about the other babies born on that day, in that moment?’ The Umbrella Academy siblings are not alone in the world anymore.”
saw the new umbrella academy trailer and i’m a little pissed off that the trailer is pitting Viktor against another black character. His entire first arc centered around how he hurt Allison, and now we got this.
I don’t want Viktor to become synonymous with anti-blackness (again), so I’m hoping that interaction he had with the black sparrow academy guy is the only negative interaction he has.
It took me a long time to like him specifically because of his relationship with Allision being a black woman, and because his original arc was so intertwined in racism. And I hope the show writers have learned from that, and don’t create a rivalary with the first trans guy character in the show against a black guy, because I think Viktor deserves to exist without anti-blackness, considering the writing has done so well to remedy S1, and because I don’t want black fans to have to be put in another difficult situation in which we have to fight Viktor’s fanbase due to anti-blackness.
After only less than a week of the second season of The Umbrella Academy airing on Netflix, I’m already behind on this information, but because it’s the purpose of this blog and I really want to, here’s some more background on the latest comic instalment of our favourite dysfunctional super family.
As seen at the end of this seasons last episode, the show has decided to bring the Sparrow Academy onscreen in the upcoming story. So, here’s your guide to the individual Sparrow Academy characters and everything we know or can guess about them, as seen in the comics. Keep in mind, these characters were the most recently introduced things in the series, appearing in the last issues of Volume Three: Hotel Oblivion. But that doesn’t mean we don’t know anything! Because we also need some nicknames for them all, let’s come up with some too:
Number One
The first character is Number One. The hero, which refers to Luther as his brother, and appears to lead the team, has super strength and is seen punching, smashing and throwing his opponents. He is a strong-willed, dominant, powerful and confident foe who does the second most speaking (next to Carla). His costume follows the strawberry red and burgundy pallet, with a more classic superhero look. He bears a white belt, burgundy mask, gloves, boots and accents, and his outfit is tight-fitting strawberry-red spandex complete with the Sparrow Academy logo. With his pale skin and blonde hair, as well as his powers, he seems to resemble Luther, and is possibly another version of him from another reality. This might be possible due to the nature of the way they entered The Umbrella Academy’s universe in the comics, and the overlapping, altered timelines of the show. However, it is important to note that there is no definitive confirmation that he possesses super strength, and his dominating fighting abilities could just be due to enhanced combat training. It’s important to note that the similarities could be a red-herring.
Name: So, because of the connection to Luther, if he were to be named anything it would probably be something to do with him and his names. He might be also named Spaceboy, or just referred to as Number One. At least, he has an identifier, and he is one of two Sparrows who is actually given somewhat of a name to recognise them by. If not, his super hero name should be something to actually do with his strength, and not Luther’s later space exploration. As for his actual name, if it follows the same rules as the others, in which Grace gave them all names that related to their place of origin (like Vanya being Russian), Number One will most likely be simply given a name from his place of origin. If this is in fact just another Luther, then that means he’ll probably be named Luther again. What names do you think he should have? I think a cool strength and size based name for him, that really represents his leadership, dominating personality and skills, would be “Goliath”.
Carla (“The Credence”)
Carla is the character that we have seen the most, and yet might know the least about. At least, everything about her is not confirmable and is a little mysterious. Carla is the first of the Sparrow Academy to be shown, introduced in issue five of “Hotel Oblivion” to Vanya by Grace.
When Grace knocks Vanya out of her wheel chair at the new Eiffel Tower, Vanya tells her “I can’t walk!” to which Carla appears around the corner and tells her “I don’t believe you.” Vanya’s legs then suddenly work, and she is able to walk. The phrase, which appears to be a distinctive set of unique/strange key words, akin to Allison’s phrase “I heard a rumour…” implies that she has the ability to, also like The Rumour, alter reality. It is unclear if this is really the premise of her power, and whether the phrase is necessary to activate/channel it. This is because she also says afterward when Vanya asks how she did it, “Because I said so.” So Carla probably has reality changing abilities, or perhaps the ability to change people’s beliefs. She has brown skin, long and curly light brown hair kept tied in a ponytail, and wears a strawberry-red coat, knee high socks and mask, and a burgundy dress. Unlike all of her thin, black-lipped sisters, she has bright red lipstick and large lips.
Her personality is kind and fun, and she is friendly to Vanya as she guides her up to the Sparrows base in Norway. She speaks the most in the volume, as well as appearing the most. Her fun and light, kept up hair evidences a happier demeanour, as well as the fact that she is always smiling, unlike most of the characters, and her loose fitting, open way of wearing her clothes shows that she might be more carefree and relaxed. In what we’ve seen, she is confident and sometimes simplistically mysterious, un-phased by things. She expects Vanya to blindly follow her with little explanation, and to trust in her when she takes her to “family”. And because the often sceptical Vanya does so, it indicates how comforting her presence is.
Another mysterious aspect to Carla is her name. By having an actual name, it shows that the others must as well, and that they also might follow a similar naming structure to how Grace named the students of The Umbrella Academy. While my initial assumption was that Carla was born in a South American country due to her name and brown skin tone, (Like Diego,) I discovered that the name Carla actually originates in Germany. Though there are certainly many brown people in the late 1980’s Germany, the countries history makes her race a considerable factor against the idea that she is from there. Carla, although a German name, has also been claimed as an Italian, Spanish and Portuguese name as well, so it’s not a reach to say that she may be from there.
Name: As for her super hero name, I don’t personally have any guess as to what it might be, or any good creative ideas for it. What are your ideas? I think it will relate somehow to faith, belief, importance or influence. And while it may be difficult to have her follow the naming structure for the rest of the heroes, (“The _____, like The Horror and The Seance) she could always have a unique one, like Luther does (Spaceboy). My best name to propose is “The Credence” (“credence” being a synonym for belief).
“The Wretch” (Unknown)
(The quote “Me?” in the speech bubble in the picture above is not actually spoken by The Wretch. It is said by Number One. She hasn’t yet spoken in the comics)
One of the more mysterious characters from the lot, this unknown woman is seen as a more reserved, inward character based on all of her meek and guarded postures, her tendency to stay behind her siblings, and her lack of speaking, as well as her clothes. She is pale, with either sandy/dark blonde or light brown looking hair, a strawberry red mask, and is wearing the same burgundy and red spandex and boots as most of her siblings, but covers it with a large light blue shirt/gown that she wears over top of it. She doesn’t, however, appear to wear gloves like some of the others. With a more shaggy and informal appearance in comparison to the others, with unkept, oddly cut short hair and bangs and a difference in wardrobe, she reflects a personality and character that might be relatable to pre-The White Violin Vanya (or show Vanya entirely).
She may be the outcast of the family, or at least play somewhat into that position for her overall dynamic. She is always frowning in a solemn, more reflective way. She looks away, is quiet, and stays back, besides when taking charge in battle, in which her strength really shines in opposition to her previous lack of spotlight. Her ability is to shoot and point a black laser from her face, or some sort of dark beam.
Name: It was hard to brainstorm any name for her. She doesn’t appear to have anything initially distinct that indicates any geographical traits, and I don’t have any creative ideas for names relating to her Cyclops-like superpower. But, because of her shaggy look and informal manner, and the text that appears when she shoots her beam, I’ve decided to temporarily dub her “The Wretch”.
“The Murder” (Unknown)
This character is one that I’ve already helped “nickname” and identify in my previous post explaining her, which I wrote before this season aired. Please do go check that post out!
Eleanor’s power is to either summon and order, or transform into a flock of black birds. It is unconfirmed whether the birds are crows, ravens, sparrows or something else entirely. Her appearance, unlike the classic style superhero spandex her siblings sport, is comparable more to a school girl uniform, and looks akin to Carla’s outfit. She appears to wear the same burgundy dress/skirt and knee high red socks that her sister Carla wears, but instead buttons up her entire coat and tucks the collar in formally instead of leaving the piece unbuttoned and free. The coat also has dark cuffs instead, and a sparrow logo on the sleeve. Perhaps most uniquely, Eleanor doesn’t wear a superhero mask, and instead rocks a pair of rectangular, black sunglasses. Her raven-black (pun intended) hair is tied back in a very loose bun.
Her personality appears to be more closed off, like The Wretch, but with more of a silent-type energy than a shy thing. She is still clearly brave, blunt, and confident, with good posture and proud but casual physicalities. She takes care of her opponents simply and with ease, unphased by danger. She moves into action on command, and she’s totally badass. However, she reads as kind of cold, frowning and bored by things, and quiet and observant. Her clothing evidences her to be formal and well kept, as well as introverted. Overall, she seems to be unkind, but cool.
Name: The name posed by @kekeriki was “Eleanor Nevermore”. Both the first and last name of her are for multiple reasons references to the works of Edgar Allen Poe, the famous poet and author of “The Raven”. Although she would still need to be named Hargreeves (Eleanor Hargreeves), the name Eleanor would work well, seeing as the name has primarily French origins, and Eleanor herself looks quite French. Her superhero name, though, should be “The Murder” if it’s a flock of crows, because a flock of crows is called a murder. But if it’s a group of ravens, then she would be called either “Unkindness” or “The Conspiracy”. As for sparrows, if that’s what she becomes, (which I highly doubt due to the appearance and nature of the birds) then she would be called “The Host” or “The Quarrel” for the same reason. My personal favourites are “The Murder” because of how cool it sounds and “Unkindness” because it also fits her personality.
“The Voodoo” (Unknown)
(The quote “The pain!” displayed above is not actually a quote from The Voodoo, but rather one of his victims. He doesn’t talk yet in the comics)
Voodoo is one of the hardest to discern due to his concerningly off-putting power and appearance, but leaves a lot of exciting interpretation up in the air at the moment. With the ability to cause himself pain, then transfer the effects onto his enemies like a human voodoo doll, his disturbingly awesome actions take out many in seconds, because he can project the impact to multiple people at once, with good range too.
He even looks like somewhat of an overused voodoo doll, too. It is unclear whether his face is a ragged bag or a lump of scarred flesh, but it is probably the latter, due to the similar appearance of his hands to the colour and scars of his face. Or possibly, he could be disfigured from birth, or have non-human genes. It is most likely the result of years upon years of endless self-induced physical trauma in battle relating to the nature of his power. His costume is very similar to Number One’s and Number Two’s, save for a lack of gloves on his large, beat up hands and white accents along with burgundy on his spandex, but he bears the same colour scheme and layout of his outfit, with burgundy boots and a white belt to match.
Not much is identifiable about his personality, seeing as he has no clear facial features (although he can clearly see and hear, and he appears to have a very droopy, disfigured set of eyes, though I’m not sure) and doesn’t speak at all, but he seems to be costrained, pained and tortured if those are in fact his eyes we can see as slits in the closeup and from far away. He doesn’t strike me as overbearing or having a loud personality, though. His pain tolerance is strong and his witty instincts are something evidenced by his power relying partly on his choices and quick-thinking, like Allison’s or Five’s.
Name: The name I came up with, for obvious reasons, was “The Voodoo.” Based on his voodoo-doll-like power, the superhero nickname fits.
“Number Two” (Unknown)
(The speech bubble above reading “We’re here to take control” is actually a quote by Number One, not her. She has yet to speak in the series)
Number Two is the least known about character thus far in terms of how much we’re able to connect or guess about her. Demonstrating no powers during the final battle, and not saying anything throughout the duration of her time in the novel, she is difficult to nickname. But, if we consider numbers, she can be identified. Whenever she is in formation with her siblings (which is the only way she’s ever shown,,,) she is always at the forefront and only ever overshadowed by Number One, the leader, for obvious reasons. She is always second to him, standing at his side and second to the front. In previous comics, The Umbrella Academy would form up this way as well, with Luther leading the group and Diego always right behind him at his side, his Number Two. So, I’m guessing and assuming that she is in fact The Sparrow Academy’s Number Two, and that’s what I’m calling her.
Her appearance looks like that of a female version of Number One. With an identical superhero outfit to him, except fitted for her slender female body, and long, tied back wavy blonde hair of the same colour as his, the similarity is almost twin-like (more twins?? Like Luther and Five??).
What I think is that there is a specific reason Gerard and Gabriel decided not to demonstrate what Number Two can do yet. Her powers must be something important that they wanted to save for later by not having her use them. Maybe doing so would have revealed something bigger in the overall storyline, or a reveal they’re saving.
Name: For now, because there is so little shown about her, I’m sticking with “Number Two”, but I would love to see anyone’s ideas for names for her!
“The Cube” (Unknown)
(This quote was not actually by The Cube, but rather from Carla. The Cube hasn’t talked yet, and we don’t even know if he can)
Initially, the first time I read it, I didn’t even realise this was a character. They blend into the background and are easily overlooked. It’s a shiny, dark, floating cube, and in the show, it appears to emit a green glow and be more detailed. Then I realised that Mr. Calhoun refers to seven “weirdos” running around the city (he’s talking about the sparrows). The cube also appears in the final scene of Season Two Episode Ten. So I suppose this is is a sentient being, a superhero and a family member of The Sparrow Academy.
This notion begs a lot of questions, though. Is this being a human? Is it one of the other 36/37? What are it’s abilities? We have not yet seen them fight, or even indicate that they are capable of intelligent thought or have human characteristics. Is this some kind of robot, invention or alien technology from Reginald? The mysterious character leaves a lot for us to try to guess.
Name: So far the fandom has essentially pitted the name “The Cube” on it for obvious reasons, as well as “The Block”. It’s the name everyone seems to be using to identify them, and the name that I’ve been using. But I would love to hear a cooler name suggestion, or any theories on this strange character!
So there you have it. There’s all we know or can try to guess about the mysterious new strawberry red and burgundy academy coming to season three and volume four of The Umbrella Academy. Some of this (mostly the personalities) were my interpretation, and should of course be taken with a grain of salt, so I encourage you to research these guys on your own! Do you think they’re friendly or hostile? Do you like the name ideas? What are your name suggestions?
Thank you for reading! This took me a long time, so it would mean a lot if you reblogged! Please comment or reblog with your theories about them, and your name ideas! I’m going to be diving deep into this “quarrel” of sparrows on my account, so follow if you’re interested in hearing about every good theory and comic fact about them! ☔️
(Hotel Oblivion spoilers!) Here’s my fanart for my favourite new Umbrella Academy character! We know very little about her, including not knowing her name or whether she turns into ravens or crows. She’s my favourite of the new Umbrella Academy. I made some minor design changes with her, though.
But here’s the name I pose: The Murder, because that’s the name for a group of crows. But if it’s ravens, then it should be The Conspiracy for the same reason. As for her actual name, I’m currently calling her Eleanor Nevermore. These are both references to Edgar Allen Poe’s works (the author of The Raven). It also just sounds cute together. So meet Eleanor!
I am way too in love with this character despite how little we’ve seen of them. I had a lot of fun drawing her and hope to see more of her in the future issues! Can’t wait for season two!
This character, which appears in the very end of the last issue (“Reunion”) of The Umbrella Academy’s third volume, Hotel Oblivion, is amoung a few of the other new super-siblings that are introduced. With the power to either summon or become a flock of ravens or crows, she is calm, collected and cool, like the rest of her powerful, coordinated team called the Sparrow Academy.
Petition for the name The Murder/The Conspiracy, and Eleanor Nevermore!
Summary: Sloane ran away from Sparrow Academy. Her siblings had no way of contacting her, until Marcus gets a late night call.
An unknown number called Marcus on a late rainy day. No one except his family had his number. Everyone was sleeping under the same roof as him… except
“Sloane?” Marcus accepted the call, hoped it was his sister.
Five years ago, his sister had escaped from the Sparrow Academy.
It was no secret that Sloane wanted an out from this life. She wanted to explore the world, fall in love, meet her biological family.
“Marcus?” The familiar voice made Marcus take a deep breathe. It felt so good to hear his sister voice after so long.
“Sloane… oh my dear sister.” Marcus tried to keep his voice from cracking. “Sloane, how have you been?”
“Marcus…” Sloane began, her voice was trembling and he could hear the sniffle in the background. “I want to come home. Marcus, I want to come home.”
“Come home then sister. Come back to us.”
“You all still want me to come? When I betrayed all of you and ran away?”
“Of course! We will accept you with open arms. Alphonso will maybe cut your hair but no murder attempt will happen.” Marcus smiled when he heard his sister laugh. “After all, we are siblings, a family.”
The other line went quiet for a little. It felt like his stomach was getting squeezed from the anxiety of his sister disappearing again.
“I’m still part of the family?” Her trembling voice washed away the fear.
“Of course Sloane. You could decide to never come back again, and we will still think of you as part of this family. My dear sister, nothing can break our bond.”
Marcus could hear the sniffle from the other side of the line. He waited for her to stop crying.
“Marcus…” Sloane began. “Brother… I miss you…. I miss all of you. I want to come home again. “ She confessed.
“When you’re ready, come back to us. We’ll always wait for you, always.”
Luther, Diego and Five were pissing Marcus off for every second that passed. Trying to take his role as the leader and coming up with suicide plans.
“If you have any braincells left, you would trust me in this.” It almost sounded like Five was begging Marcus.
“The same wayyour Ben trusted you all with his life.” Marcus finally snapped.
Silence fell in the room. None of the siblings from the other universe said anything, not even Klaus who usually had a comment for everything.
Their reaction only confirmed what Marcus had suspected for a while.
“Yeah, it doesn’t take a genius to figure it out with the way you all look at myBen. Acting like you know him, like he’s your long lost brother.”
“He’s death… It… It was an accident,” Luther began. Everyone could hear the pain in his voice. but Marcus couldn’t care about his opinion.
“Let’s make one thing clear, big man. This is myteam,my family.” Marcus pointed at Ben. “My brother!” His voice boomed through the room as he took a step closer to Luther.
“And if you think I’ll leave my siblings’ lives at your hands, then you’re wrong moon boy.” Marcus mocked. “I refuse to trust your plans when you couldn’t even stop the apocalypse, twice! Let alone, protect yourown brother.”
hey hello! since quite a few people approach me asking for TUA commissions, i decided to make a commission post solely for TUA stuff.
these are only some standard prices, however i’m totally down if you guys have any other ideas! also, if you decide to commission me, i’ll make you a cute little timelapse video of your artwork being created. and it’s totally free! as a gift from me to you.
im so ready for s3, cant wait to see more Hargreeves shenanigans
(also, hope the production team threw some Mother Mother in the soundtrack)
Analizando el trailer de TUA S3 porque no tengo nada mejor que hacer
Buenas a todos, ahora empezaré a analizar el trailer de umbrella academy, como dice el titulo, porque no tengo nada mejor que hacer en este momento y ya me vi el trailer como 500 veces. Así que empezamos.
El trailer comienza exactamente donde terminamos. Con los hermanitos Hargreeves saltando a una realidad alterna y confundiéndose aun más de lo que ya estaban. Luego de una bocanada de victoria, se dieron cuenta que la cagaron de nuevo a partir que ven el retrato de un Ben adulto en la sala.
Esta vez nos muestran un Ben sin peinado Emo como al final de la temporada anterior, tal vez las paradojas temporales le erizaron el cabello al Benillo. Pero también, al igual que al final de la S2, vemos que ese Ben no es el Ben que todos conocemos y amamos, sino un Ben 2.0.
Una de las primeras cosas que me llamó la atención es que por primera vez se muestra una consecuencia muy fuerte de lo que es jugar con el tiempo y el espacio, sobre todo cruzarse con su propio padre, hizo que crearan una paradoja. En este caso, también creando un Kugelblitz. En esta escena vemos que Five es quien explica esta situación en la que se encuentran, por consiguiente seguramente habrá averiguado que es lo que pasó o esto pasa recién en un capitulo más avanzado, dado que el capitulo 4 tiene el nombre de “kugelblitz”.
Otra cosa que llamó mi atención es que claramente el fondo no es de la academia. más parece una iglesia por los vidrios y la cruz al fondo. También junto a Five están Lila, Luther y Viktor.
Nos muestran lo que “podría” ser el Kugelblitz, aunque también veremos más adelante que Christopher tiene el poder de hacerse una bola roja de energía, asi que quien sabe.
La siguiente escena es una cena compartida entre al menos 3 hermanos (creo que Luther también está allí). Five, Klaus y Diego al parecer comparten una cena en algun lugar, puede ser un restaurante ¿? Vemos a Five con esa ropa, la cual también vimos en las imagenes que salieron antes del trailer (donde tiene el mapa de pensilvania), asi que supongo que esto ocurre durante el viaje en auto.
Luego hay una toma de un bolsa con transfusión de sangre y lo que sería y NaCl (cloruro de sodio) ¿? también el hecho que alguien esté recibiendo una tranfusión me hace acordar a que Mamá esta vestida de enfermera o algo así con un lanza llamas jajajajaja asi que tal vez esas escenas esten conectadas o tal vez no, ni puta idea.
También vemos a Klaus escapando de algunos fantasmas, lo cual nos recuerda cuando filmaron en un cementerio, todos adivinamos que Klaus estaría involucrado XDDDD. Así que tal vez Klaus está experimentando con sus poderes de alguna forma. Hay una imagen donde se ve a reggie detrás de Klaus, asi que tal vez lo está entrenando o no, quien sabe XDD (ah re que no analizo nada)
Vemos escenas de lucha que probablemente sean después de ser presentadas las dos academias XD se armó el bailongo.
Vemos mejor el poder de Fei, la cual maneja un grupo de gorriones.
Posteriormente al madreazo que se dieron, aparecen en un parque o algo así, supongo que terminaron huyendo para ver que onda pasa y por qué mierda su academia cambió. Y se vino una graciosa escena familiar donde Five amenaza a sus hermanos y a estos les vale madre.
Vemos que Lila y Diego pelearán del mismo lado en esta temporada.
También se intuye que puede que los umbrella se vean con sus otros yo, pero esto es solo una suposición, dado que como viven en diferentes paises, es poco probable que se encuentren con ellos mismos. A menos ue hagan una convención de niños nacidos el 1 de octubre de 1989 de forma misteriosa.
Y termino este análisis con un momento en el trailer favorito para mi que es a los hermanos Hargreeves bailando y cantando bien perrón. Al parecer ese lugar puede ser el Hotel Obsidian dado a que la mayoría de los fondos de las imagenes donde estan los hermanos es en ese lugar, tal vez son puestos ahí como en el comic los umbrella mandaban a sus enemigos al Hotel Oblivion.
No pongo más imagenes porque tumblr no me deja >:(
