02-19-2026, 09:43 PM
I really think they should have done/should do more with Xavier, but his personality is pretty much locked in stone at this point so our only real hope is a completely unhinged myth.
Xavier threw over / deliberately doomed an entire civilization, mostly because of the main character but its not exactly a stretch to say that he may have done it anyways even if the main character didn't exist. If that whole sequence of him finding out how Philos was keeping itself alive/above the proverbial waters happened in some other manner that did not require a personal connection, I do believe pretty strongly he'd have done it regardless.
But the fact that he DID ostensibly do it for love crams in just a whole lot more angst that just never really appears in his personality. Could he regret it? Does he resent the girlfriend at any point for being completely unaware/unappreciative of what he's done? Does he live in fear that she'll Find Out And Condemn Him? Does he ever wonder if it's worth it, or if he's just fucked things over for no reason? That time is an immutable path that he can never, ever change or circumvent and that when he tried to fix things he himself is the reason for the path to exist at all?
I mean, ten minutes of spitballing things at the wall and you could come up with a list as long as your arm that would spice up Xavier's worldview. Instead he's mostly Sunshine Boy that loves you and only occasionally hints that the clear blue waters of his eyes might possibly contain a black drop off into the Marianas Trench.
Xavier threw over / deliberately doomed an entire civilization, mostly because of the main character but its not exactly a stretch to say that he may have done it anyways even if the main character didn't exist. If that whole sequence of him finding out how Philos was keeping itself alive/above the proverbial waters happened in some other manner that did not require a personal connection, I do believe pretty strongly he'd have done it regardless.
But the fact that he DID ostensibly do it for love crams in just a whole lot more angst that just never really appears in his personality. Could he regret it? Does he resent the girlfriend at any point for being completely unaware/unappreciative of what he's done? Does he live in fear that she'll Find Out And Condemn Him? Does he ever wonder if it's worth it, or if he's just fucked things over for no reason? That time is an immutable path that he can never, ever change or circumvent and that when he tried to fix things he himself is the reason for the path to exist at all?
I mean, ten minutes of spitballing things at the wall and you could come up with a list as long as your arm that would spice up Xavier's worldview. Instead he's mostly Sunshine Boy that loves you and only occasionally hints that the clear blue waters of his eyes might possibly contain a black drop off into the Marianas Trench.
