Some Person

goes to Midtown High and was a relatively regular student aside the fact they could hear other people's thoughts until the rest of Spider Man's teenaged team joined Midtown High

befriended Danny and Peter by getting saved from being nearly thrown into a locker by Flash Thompson, and Danny being curious about Alex and going out of his way to talk to them.

Alex develops a small crush on Danny after being saved, and kinda tries their best to just be regular friends despite knowing Danny, Peter and the rest of their group are secretly super heroes protecting New York because they can hear their thoughts so its not surprising at one point Alex overhears them talking about being heroes. Accidentally lets it slips they know, Alex gets interrogated, but everyone kinda becomes chill since Alex has no reason to tell anyone anyways nor do they make their ability obvious. However, word gets to S.H.I.E.L.D. and Alex ends up being recruited as a spy, though they initially reject the offer until they accidentally start spying on a suspicious group of people because they got curious about something.

Alex doesn't start developing the rest of their abilities until later, after trying to meditate with Danny and something scares them into being unable to focus or calm down while meditating. eventually, spiraling during the week and turning into a weird demon thing that could manipulate/dig into people's thoughts and projecting their own. even claws and everything, but eventually they calm down and become able to control themselves. then S.H.I.E.L.D. decides to recruit them as a fellow hero alongside the rest of the teenaged group, and yeah!

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they're enby, however, not very open about it. only Sam and Danny know since Alex found himself being able to open up to those two about it (I'll talk about their relationship with Sam later). because of that, and their androgynous look, everyone gets confused on how to refer to Alex, and everyone assumes different things. If anyone asked Alex however, they'd tell them they're a boy.

Sam and Alex get along with similar interests, but Sam does get on Alex's nerves, with them actually kind of scaring Sam when ticked off. they have a "annoyer" x "annoyed" dynamic and its pretty funny

Alex is very conflicted with their crush on Danny. on one hand, he's handsome and cool and pretty and interesting and wise, on the other, he's likely going to be unable to reciprocate since he literally has to return to K'un-Lun in like a year or so. also, Danny see's Alex as a dude, he's likely not going to be into him, right? lots of things to consider

after being recruited as a spy, Alex gets their own form of those communication watches, with several additions to it. it's a little thicker than the regular "watches" so it can hold projectiles and a sort of grappling hook thingy, and they keep it as they become a hero. hence "Projectile" in the name (if I choose to keep it), along with their ability to project thoughts into others. (ignore i forgot to sketch the watch)

that weird demon thing they are comes from their dad's side, and skips generations. their grandpa had it, dad didnt, now they do. the demon if u couldnt tell is kinda supposed to be like... the depressing, negative voice in your head. as a real monster thing. however, alex tries to use it for good instead! and by for good, mostly to manipulate bad guy opponents into using a different move they can jeopardize or predict their next moves. occasionally they'll use it to project better thoughts for people!

more doodles!

still struggling with a mask design... oughhghh if anyone's got any ideas pls throw them my way... i *did* think of like, a japanese oni mask, but he isnt japanese plus i think it would be too much for me LOL... my other idea is maybe further adjusting the headphones (its not on the first photo bc i forgot but I added a knob so they can block out or tune into ppl's thoughts!) and adding a visor with it, like Power Man's