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Supervillain Origins: Mr Glass


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great villains Elijah price comes from
relatively humble beginnings but stood
out from a very young age our story
begins in Philadelphia
the year is 1961 and one mrs. price has
just given birth to a baby boy in the
back of a philadelphia department store
unfortunately the second that a
physician arrives on the scene to
inspect the child it becomes clear that
all is not well with the newborn mrs.
price learns that her son has a rare
condition known as type 1 osteogenesis
imperfecta also known as brittle bone
disease this condition of which Elijah
has a particularly severe case means
that the boy will never experience
anything vaguely resembling a normal
American childhood because of his type 1
osteogenesis imperfecta the world was an
extremely dangerous place for Elijah and
even everyday activities posed a serious
threat to a safety and well-being
children can unfortunately be very cruel
and so his upbringing in Philadelphia
was largely colored by mockery and
bullying courtesy of the neighborhood
kids it was they who gave him the
nickname mr. glass a reference to his
fragile nature
it was meant as an insult but Elijah
would eventually own the term taking it
as his villainous moniker though not for
many years between frequent trips to the
hospital and the limited activities he
could perform without risk of serious
harm
Elijah soon became
isolated retreating into his own world
eventually refusing to leave the house
though mrs. price was committed to
keeping her son safe
she was also naturally concerned by the
degree to which he had turned inwards in
an attempt to try to encourage Elijah to
overcome his fears she bought him a gift
the condition to him receiving it he had
to go outside and get it from the bench
then you better get out this inside this
purple box the color that would become
the future villains trademark Elijah
found a comic book a medium he quickly
became obsessed with it’s been a third
of my life in a hospital bed with
nothing else to do but read I believe
comics are a last link to an ancient way
of passing on history though mrs. price
likely intended for the heroes to serve
as a source of inspiration for her son
it was ultimately the villains Elijah
wound up relating to comic books gave
Elijah something to live for but rather
than encouraging him to socialize as his
mother might have hoped they simply
provided him an escape as an adult he
turned that passion into living with
limited edition a museum dedicated to
comic book art but Elijah wasn’t content
to simply read about heroes and villains
and so he endeavoured to find someone
with real superpowers in one day I saw a
news story about a train accident and I
heard them there is a soul survivor and
he is miraculously
and by examining human history he became
convinced that they did in fact exist if
he was so much frailer than the average
human then surely he believed there must
be someone to balance the scales a human
as unbelievably strong as he was weak
if this mystery someone was destined to
be a hero then the comics Elijah so
adored could become a reality using
limited edition as a space of operations
and secret lair of sorts Elijah began
his quest in earnest in order to locate
the hero that he so fervently believed
must exist he would follow the aftermath
of accidents even manufacturing them
himself in order to track survivors who
might possess the qualities he was
looking for after orchestrating a train
crash that claimed the lives of 131
innocent people
Elijah price finally found his other
half in security guard David Dunn of
course given that the world crafted by M
night Shyamalan is a thoroughly grounded
one Dunn is initially hesitant to accept
or acknowledge that he is special like
Elijah suggests I see guys like you all
the time in my work you find someone you
want to take advantage of you tell them
a fantastic story somewhere in there you
say just need your credit card number
like any good villain however mr. glass
refuses to give up and so by befriending
and encouraging done while
simultaneously continuing to pull
strings behind closed doors he gets done
to embrace not only his superhuman
abilities but also his responsibilities
as a hero his life’s dream achieved
Elijah finally comes into his own as mr.
glass a super villain with his very own
hero and nemesis just like in the comics
it all makes sense
in a comic you know how you can tell who
the arch-villain is going to be he’s the
exact opposite of the hero and most
times they’re friends like you and me
ultimately mr. glass is not defeated in
an epic showdown instead after learning
the truth
David informs the authorities of
Elijah’s crimes which gets him
incarcerated in an institution for the
criminally insane but again like all
good villains mr. glass refuses to stay
down after many years of incarceration
upon learning of another individual with
incredible abilities the Beast
he sees an opportunity for not just to
come back but also a plots so elaborate
that only a villainous mastermind could
pull it off
that sounds like the bad guys teaming up
and there you have it the origin of the
enigmatic mr. glass a father to villains
a mentor to heroes and a champion of the
extraordinary he’s a villain who even in
defeat usually gets his way and never
was it
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