Leighton "Ditto" Tanner

Leighton Tanner
Portrayed By	Felicia Day/Fabian Pfenninger
Gender	Depends on the powers
Date of Birth	January 19, 1994
Age	15
Zodiac Sign	Capricorn
Aliases	Ditto, Leigh
Place of Birth	Toronto, Ontario
Current Location	Salem Center, NY
Occupation	Student
Known Relatives	Parents, Brother
Significant Other	None
Identity	Secret
Known Abilities	Bone Growth?
First Appearance	???

Where did these things come from? I didn't have them the other day!

History

It would have been a standard (U of)American family. Two loving parents, two children, but they aren't in the USA. Jeffrey Tanner and his wife, Melissa had two beautiful children. Leighton and Tannim. Twins. Identical. The brothers were very close growing up, but that's to be expected. Leighton himself was usually the more open of the two with Tannim being the quieter. Leighton always had a slight, thin build for the most part. That isn't to say he didn't have any musculature, just that he remained a little on the smaller side of things. The kids had what they needed, growing up, with Jeffrey being a vet and Melissa a teacher, but they weren't spoiled.

Leigh was well educated and made excellent grades, but the grades didn't come easy. Unlike some, he actually had to study to make them. The twins, for the most part, had the same friends growing up. Up until sixth grade, they even had the same teachers. But, once they made it up to that level, it was decided that the twins might need to separate a little. Being in different classes helped them begin to form their own friends and circles.

Leigh began hanging out more with the intellectuals, the ones wanting to go far in life or to get decent careers. Tan began hanging out with the jocks. Leigh decided, even before entering high school, that since he enjoyed animals, he would follow in his father's footsteps. Because of this, his dad let him come help out at the office from time to time, teaching him a little here and there, because it would be useful for his future.

Unbeknownst to Leigh, his mutation awakened with puberty. But, since his mutation required other mutants around, he never knew it. He couldn't create abilities where there were none. School progressed as normal, moving along at a standard pace until Tan got left behind a year, because he didn't make the grades necessary to pass. Leighton briefly considered holding off, but decided it'd be better to keep moving. Sure, they were close, but their closeness had begun fading over the past few years anyway.

Studying for some early university level classes had Leighton alone in a University Library, minding his own business. The University Library, however, was not the best place to be, as it proved. A wall suddenly crushed into rubble nearby him, sending Leighton into heavy fear. A purple haired woman grabbed him and created a shield of bone around him as he shuddered, asking what was going on. "This isn't the safest place to be" she answered simply.

Hours seemed to pass, but it was only minutes in reality. That was when the first change began. While she was holding him to protect him from what was going on outside, his fear latched onto her body, duplicating her genetics. Slowly, Leigh began to turn pink, and his hair began to turn purple. ALong with that, other physical changes began. Body parts vanished while others appeared. It was not a pleasant feeling. He was too out of it, trying to figure himself out to realize what was going on out there.

Now looking upon… herself… after the fight was over, the woman who saved Leigh asked her if she knew what was going on. Of course, Leigh answered that she didn't have a clue, but couldn't go home like this. Nodding to herself, the woman known as Marrow considered. "Fine. I have a place I can take you. Somewhere that should be able to help you. But… you WILL have to let your parents know eventually, if you do."

In Leigh's mind, this meant turning him back to normal, so of course, he accepted. That is how he ended up at Xavier's doorstep with a note from Marrow which read. "Sorry. I didn't know where else to take him. Her. Whatever. I didn't want to leave a confused child in Department H's hands."

Timeline

March 2010

March 15	Canada calls back their own. Leighton goes… unwillingly.	Shifting Paradigms

January 2010

January 5, 2010	Skyler and Leighton finally meet.	Trans-gender Student Union?
January 6, 2010	Leighton hangs out in the kitchen. It doesn't… go well.	Heat in the Kitchen
January 8, 2010	Leighton and Topher talk a little. Before Topher goes mental.	Mental Mishaps
January 9, 2010	Leighton follows some others, and gets his parts back!	Battle of Batroc the Leaper
January 12, 2010	Leighton teaches Mikhail some new words.	New Words
January 27, 2010	After accidentally gaining another power, Leighton goes to the Living Room… to see a visitor.	A Green Visitor

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December 2009

December 28, 2009	Leighton arrives at Xavier's. She meets Sam. Sam shows her the place.| Bones and Boobs
December 28, 2009	Leighton meets a few other students.	New Student Meet Up

Powers

Overview

In essence, Leighton mimics the powers of other people at partial strength. However, there are factors he doesn't understand about them just yet.

Marrow

He is able to grow bones out of any part of his body, and control how they shape as they grow. The process takes a few minutes for each bone. Along with it, he heals up any part of his body that he pulls a bone out of within seconds. Other injuries heal at normal speed. Because of Marrow's powers, his body has turned pink and his hair purple.

Backlash

DETAILS UNKNOWN FOR NOW - But basically, when objects are thrown, they are charged with kinetic energy and can explode.

Howl

Sonic Generation - Leigh has the power to create sonic blasts by screaming. His mouth has to be able to open in order for his power to work. When he screams, a loud almost shrill noise escapes his mouth causing a sonic blast with 5 tons of force behind it. With practice he will be able to manipulate the Sonics he creates. He can fly at 15 mph, create sonic barriers that can withstand 5 tons worth of force, create solid objects out of sound. He can also use his sonics for sonar, using sonics to offset someone’s equilibrium causing them to be disorientated, a vocal trance where he can use his sonics to influence the subconscious mind, and last how to focus his sonics into a tighter attack so he can hit a focused target rather than a large area.
Invulnerable to Sonics - Leigh takes no damage to sonic attacks; his body is immune to all types of sonics.
Weakness Detection - Leigh has the ability to detect weaknesses in someone, or something. He has to spend at least 20 seconds studying his target to find a weakness. The bigger and more complex a target, the more he has to study it. A bottle/can/plate would take 20 seconds, a person would take a full two minutes, and a building/car/plane would take 10-20 minutes dependant on the size. If he were to study Juggernaut, he would know that his weakness is mental attacks with out the helmet, Venom, he would know that his weakness is Sonics.. If he were to study a brick wall, or a bottle, he would be able to find that one small exact spot where it would break. If he were to study a building, he would know which structures were the weakest. He can detect physical, mental, and power based weakness.
Metabolic Resistance - Leigh has an innate immunity to Drugs, Toxins, Disease, and other harmful factors involving the metabolism.

Zack

Leigh is now 7 feet tall and able to lift about 2 and a half tons.

Quotes

• "I said it!"

Trivia

• Amazing thing!
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