numberthree | The Making of The Umbrella Academy

YOUNG RHYTHM

Allison Hargreeves
"I have the best job!"

ACADEMY ROOFTOP

The roof of the Academy features a solarium and a telescope, both of which Sir Reginald presumedly used to complete sophisticated and otherworldly experiments. Luther and Allison would escape to the greenhouse as children to share precious private moments.

As Number Three, the Rumor, Allison has the gift to manipulate truth and reality by whispering, “I heard a rumor….” Before any sentence, effectively turning it into a fact. After leaving the Academy, Allison became an actress and had a family of her own. Her relationships with her new family became strained after she abused her powers by using them on her daughter, something she deeply regrets.

Power Rankings

Ultra Strength: 3
Mind Powers: 9
Nimble Dexterity: 4
Supernatural: 3
Time & Space: 1

The Rumor is the premier situational manager. Her ability to implant irresistible impulses in the mind of others lets her clear the battlefield, keep citizens safe, and drive villains crazy!

(Fake ID - Date of Birth: 1985 vs. Oct 1, 1989)

so-called rumors about Allison and Luther, no pun intended. I can't say for sure, I'd like to think that what they have transcends words - when we were kids, it was just obnoxious. They spoke in code, swapped whispers. They were part of a world in which we weren't allowed. But as we got older, I realized it wasn't some fantasy world they were playing in. Their minds were off somewhere else together. They shared looks and gestures that were meaningless to the rest of us... save maybe Klaus, who can be oddly perceptive when you least expect him to. But as for a romantic relationship between the two of them, that's none of my business. Frankly, I don't want to know. Adopted or not, if it were two of your siblings, would you want to picture that?

Their secret conversations were the first sign of what was to come: watching the two of them so happy together, and acutely knowing I would never belong would become an intimate feeling in life. Soon, they were together on missions. They were training all afternoon. And they were playing games I couldn’t learn the rules to. It was all too obvious that there was a club for children with superpowers, and ordinary children like me were decidedly barred.

I would say it was Dad who implemented all of this. He caused my alienation through procedures, through harsh rules that we all followed for fear of the alternative. And to an extent, that’s all true. I can’t forgive what he did to me - but sometimes I wonder where Dad’s actions ended and my siblings’ began. When you consider what a mind, especially a young mind, will absorb and harness when put into dire situations, it’s not all that difficult to believe that my siblings learned cruelty from Dad until they eventually made it their own. It wasn’t just the rules keeping me out of top-secret meetings, anymore. It just made sense that I should sit at the end of the table, so Diego could help Five’s technique, or so Allison could paint Klaus’ fingernails. I became accustomed to sulking and watching them from afar - most of my morning oatmeal went uneaten and but thoroughly picked at.

The Making of The Umbrella Academy - Allison's Pieces