05-02-2025, 08:43 PM
Xavier's my second choice, of the boys I've met so far and have at least an ACTUAL grasp on in terms of personality and setup and not just conjecture based on a picture and a teaser trailer.
1. Zayne - because he's a doctor and probably owns an alarm clock and does his own shopping. i appreciate that in a guy.
2. Xavier - because he's absolutely beautiful - honestly i think he's the straight up best looking of all of them. also: enigmatic, sweet, likely lying by a ton of omission
3. Rafayel - very un-grounded and dreamy, probably doesn't even know what an alarm clock looks like. you're persuading me with your staunch support of the guy, but I have at least another chapter to get through still.
2b - Lumiere. Let us really not forget Moon (K)Night. Me/her have been exposed to the name and the legend of the mysterious Hunter that apparently saved us all during the Chronorift (i have the name wrong again, don't i?) and its so, SO obvious that its Xavier which implies... what. Methuselah? Rip Van Wrinkle? Wakes up every couple of decades to do good deeds and then returns to Avalon for an evening while the world outside spins merrily away? Arthur sleeping under stone for the world to need him again.
2c - Xavier communes or pseudo-communes with the Wanderers. He seems to be in sympatico with them at the very least, dissolves them into their cores and then just... crushes them, instead of using or exploiting what they contain. It has occurred to me more than a couple of time to wonder if Xavier IS a Wanderer, just in a human shell or configured to be human-like. The red-flash-collar might be a literal choke chain - other end held by... Ever?
2d - Xavier is really VERY strong. I just got through an event where the subway we were riding got tied into a time knot and Xavier not only knew what it was, he did a very, VERY flashy sequence and broke us out without apparently even breaking a sweat.
2e - Surprisingly, he's actually registered as a Hunter. I was really banking on him being persona non grata at the office (Xaver WHO? We have no blonde bombshells currently registered, go fish) so having him turn up at my desk at the same time as Tara and Nero were there set me back a little. I wouldn't have blinked an eyelash if it turned out nobody else could see the guy.
Sorry about Rafayel bringing up the rear in my current spitball ranking. Its early days yet!
1. Zayne - because he's a doctor and probably owns an alarm clock and does his own shopping. i appreciate that in a guy.
2. Xavier - because he's absolutely beautiful - honestly i think he's the straight up best looking of all of them. also: enigmatic, sweet, likely lying by a ton of omission
3. Rafayel - very un-grounded and dreamy, probably doesn't even know what an alarm clock looks like. you're persuading me with your staunch support of the guy, but I have at least another chapter to get through still.
2b - Lumiere. Let us really not forget Moon (K)Night. Me/her have been exposed to the name and the legend of the mysterious Hunter that apparently saved us all during the Chronorift (i have the name wrong again, don't i?) and its so, SO obvious that its Xavier which implies... what. Methuselah? Rip Van Wrinkle? Wakes up every couple of decades to do good deeds and then returns to Avalon for an evening while the world outside spins merrily away? Arthur sleeping under stone for the world to need him again.
2c - Xavier communes or pseudo-communes with the Wanderers. He seems to be in sympatico with them at the very least, dissolves them into their cores and then just... crushes them, instead of using or exploiting what they contain. It has occurred to me more than a couple of time to wonder if Xavier IS a Wanderer, just in a human shell or configured to be human-like. The red-flash-collar might be a literal choke chain - other end held by... Ever?
2d - Xavier is really VERY strong. I just got through an event where the subway we were riding got tied into a time knot and Xavier not only knew what it was, he did a very, VERY flashy sequence and broke us out without apparently even breaking a sweat.
2e - Surprisingly, he's actually registered as a Hunter. I was really banking on him being persona non grata at the office (Xaver WHO? We have no blonde bombshells currently registered, go fish) so having him turn up at my desk at the same time as Tara and Nero were there set me back a little. I wouldn't have blinked an eyelash if it turned out nobody else could see the guy.
Sorry about Rafayel bringing up the rear in my current spitball ranking. Its early days yet!
