Sebastian Shvagenbagen

"I chose a family, one without you."

Sebastian, better known as Glam, is the main protagonist of the Russian cartoon Metal Family. He is the husband of Victoria and father of Dee and Heavy.

Biography
Despite having been raised in a wealthy family, Glam's father was both emotionally and physically abusive, often beating Glam's wrist with a ruler until it bled, and going even farther whenever he made the slightest mistake. Glam was not free to visit anywhere other than the conservatory where he would practice the violin, have other hobbies/interests outside of the violin/music, or be given the freedom to talk to whom they pleased. Glam was not well-liked by the Butler, his sister Lydia, and his mother Mary - too evidently being a victim of Gustav's abuse - was very absent and unable to stand for glam.

Chive, having attended the same conservatory as them, defeated them in the musical exam, achieving first place; Glam's father was not happy about this, and beyond Gustav's knowledge, Ches had given Glam a Twisted Sister vinyl by mistake that same day. Glam played the record and was immediately elated. Ches and Glam bonded over their liking for Twisted Sister, and Ches continued to enlighten Glam with his musical knowledge. He soon started a band, quickly becoming popular practicing their musical abilities. After his first concert, Glam returned home to find his father waiting for him, having found out that he deceived his father and used Lydia to cover for him. Glam chose music, and left his family behind (implied that he got his revenge on his so called "father" who treats them and Lydia like trash). Glam then moved in with Ches and spent his adolescence with him.

Appearance
He has blonde hair and blue eyes that are very VERY wide open and is smiling almost all of the time. If you look closely he has dark circles in his teen version and eyeliner in his present version.

He also prefers to wear their battle vest, which was given to him by Chive. As far as we know the vest has 3 band patches: Stratovarius, Helloween, and Twisted Sister.

Personality
Despite his troubled past, he is a very smart, educated intelligent man who tries to be as polite as possible with everyone. However, he is very direct, he usually speaks very honestly and sharply, but does not want to offend anyone in his own words. Calm, balanced, it is quite difficult to make him lose his temper, although his father has rubbed off on him, which is shown when Glam taught Dee to play the guitar. He does not love his father and tries not to be like him, though it seems to be a struggle at times, as the Q&A seems to indicate that he holds those unfair opinions of Dee regardless, Purposeful, morally strong, he had the perseverance to get close to Vicky and had the courage to leave his father. Very cunning, he is unlikely to do something risky if he does not plan it, but in the end he loses to Ches in poker, unable to predict the chaotic actions of his friend. He's always smiling, eerily optimistic, always trying to maintain high spirits, which ends up looking kind of strange or creepy to the ones around him.

Trivia

 * Glam is not apathetic, he just has the ability to conceal and control his emotions and his range of emotions and his understanding of others' emotions are both very limited.
 * Glam wears a wristband in order to cover the ruler scars on his wrist.
 * It was said in a Q&A that other than Victoria, Ches is one of the only people Glam truly respects. It was also mentioned that there is another person yet their identity remains unknown.
 * Glam owns 8 guitars, his favorite is "Gibson".
 * It is confirmed that Glam is an atheist and does not believe in the supernatural.
 * It is heavily implied Glam has taken antipsychotics, as shown in "His Secrets", where, when Dee's history teacher tells him that his son brought a rat to school, Glam explained him that Dee told him that he may be suffering from hallucinations, and that he could "recomend him a great medicine", as seen here.
 * In his Q&A it's revealed that he knows full well how badly he treated Dee during the guitar lesson and that he isn't sorry, stating his actions as "not being harsh, but being straightforward."

Gallery
ru:Себастьян Швагенвагенс

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