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calmyourmind) wrote2013-11-07 09:50 pm
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[Player information]
Player Name: Jessie
Age: 25
E-mail: dreamwolfed@gmail.com
Other characters played at Cape Kore: None!
[Character information]
Name: Charles Xavier
Canon: X-Men: First Class
Canon Point: After Erik kills Shaw. There are many reason I am taking him from this point, rather than the moments beyond it. This is the moment when everything truly changes. Both the dynamic between Charles and Erik and Charles' concepts of the world around him. When he is forced to come to terms with the reality that hangs over his dreams and ideals. I have always felt that where the movie ended skipped over a largely important factor of Charles dealing with what is essentially the crashing down of his world and the ripping away of everyone he held dearest. I think it leaves enough impacts of these realizations without being quite as extensive as the end of the movie, and will be a more manageable point to develop him from in this setting.
Age: 24
Appearance:
Inventory: This ridiculous uniform
Abilities:
Charles is a highly powerful telepath.
His abilities allow him to:
Read the minds of others
Navigate through them
Erase and create memories within their mind
Take control of centers of the brain to the point of imposing his own will on others such as:
✧ Snatching away their senses temporarily
✧ Making them see, hear, smell, feel, etc, things that are not truly there
✧ Or, inversely, making them NOT see/hear/etc things that ARE there.
✧ Freezing them in place
✧ Borrowing their bodies/senses for his own purposes.
He is also a genius with an eidetic memory and the ability to learn languages, or other important chunks of information, directly from the minds of others.
He is a master Chess player, a Professor, and capable of holding his liquor fairly well.
I will obviously have a permissions post up for his abilities and be working with anyone he might use them on.
History: Oh look a link
Charles' father died when he was very young. His mother, withdrawn into her grief, fell to alcoholism and Charles was left to his own devices in a mansion that was too large and too empty for a young boy. His powers emerged at an early age, and though he never believed he could be the only one, it was a lonely burden to bare. Finding the young Raven in the Mansion's kitchen was one of the happiest moments of Charles' life when he truly realized there were others like him. He invited her to stay, taking her in as his sister and making sure she never had to go hungry again.
Although Charles is a bit hypocritical around Raven, even snapping at her for using her abilities in public, he truly cares for her dearly. His harsh words are only a result of his need to protect her from what would happen if her concentration slipped. Unfortunately, Charles' ability is well hidden, and he doesn't fully understand Raven's frustration with having to hide, and it leads to tension between them.
His abilities allowed him to be both an excellent student and athlete in school, though he dropped the latter, feeling that he had an unfair advantage thanks to his powers. By the age of 16, Charles had graduated from High School, and gone on to earn Ph.D.s in Genetics, Biophysics, and Psychology from Oxford. He completed his Thesis on genetic mutations from Oxford shortly after. It was during a celebration of this at a local pub with Raven that Charles was approached by CIA agent Moira MacTaggert about Shaw and the Hellfire Club mutants. Fascinated and intrigued by the images of the other mutants he caught a glimpse of in Moira's head, Charles agreed immediately.
Although the CIA did not take his and Raven's abilities particularly well, a member of them agreed to take Charles and Raven to his facility. Before that, however, Charles went with the CIA on a lead from Moira to arrest Shaw. After being blocked by Emma Frost, another telepath, Charles feels the mind of another mutant in the water and connects with him. The connection shows Charles all of the rage and agony behind Erik's actions, his thoughts of everything Shaw had done exposed on the surface in his rage, and it shocks Charles. He dives into the chilled waters with little more than a thought and rescues Erik from a suicidal attempt to stop Shaw's escape in a submarine. The realization that Charles is a mutant like him surprises Erik, as Charles reassures him that he is not alone. Together they return to the Man in Black's facility, where they are to stay while the government decides what to do with them. After an introduction to the facilities and another mutant, Charles managed to convince Erik to stay and help him. Together, the two of them traveled the world seeking out mutants that Charles had located using Cerebro, a machine built by Hank to extend the reach of Charles' abilities.
Shortly after gathering a handful of young mutants, Charles, Moira and Erik follow another lead on Shaw to Russia, where they find Emma in Shaw's stead. Charles learns Shaw's plans to spark WWIII from her, as well as Shaw's location, back at CIA headquarters. Their return finds Darwin dead and Angel having joined Shaw's group.
Charles relocates the mutants to his family mansion where they all begin training to face Shaw, with Charles instructing the young mutants, and Erik. Charles provides each of them with guidance to help them along, and though he does hit a few rough patches with a still guilt ridden Havok, overall Charles' assistance helps the young mutants to realize more of their potential. The most impressive of these instances occurs when Erik allows Charles in his mind and the telepath reaches out to the happiest memory in Erik's mind, bringing it to the surface to help Erik locate the point between rage and serenity, and unlocking a much greater power than he had been able to find in rage a lone. Eventually, the training reaches a halt when the President announces the stand off of the Cuban missile crisis. During the time between rescuing Erik from drowning himself, and the President's address, Charles and Erik grow to be close friends, spending much of their time between training with intellectual debates and chess matches. The night before they go to face Shaw, Erik confronts Charles about his intention to kill Shaw, leaving a disappointed and flustered Charles to seek out the comfort of a bottle of scotch. He's interrupted by Raven, who is once again cross with him for wanting to fit in with the rest of society, rather than stand against them.
The next day Moira and the mutants leave to face Shaw and avert the potential war. Charles averts near nuclear disaster by taking control of one of the Russian fleet members and launching a missile at the ship nearing the embargo line, nearly knocking their jet out of the sky in the process. With Banshee's help, they locate Shaw's submarine beneath the surface and Erik, with Charles' guidance, pulls the ship from the sea. Together, both vessels crashed on the shore after n attack from Riptide. After the wreck, Charles quickly throws together a plan of strategic attack, sending Beast and Havok to help fight off the Hellfire mutants while he guided Erik to the center of the ship in search of Shaw. Unfortunately, Shaw's mind is blocked from Charles, both by the metallic helmet the Russian's had created, and the mirrored room on board the sub. Charles loses track of Erik when his friend steps into the room, not understanding what is causing the void and why he can not touch Shaw's mind. The fear of his limitations is nearly crippling, and it is only after Shaw's attacks on Erik begin to shatter the glass, that Charles manages to get a hold of Erik again.
Erik manages to trick Shaw and steal the helmet from his head, giving Charles the opportunity to freeze Shaw in lace. Unfortunately, the man's power is so great, it takes nearly all of Charles' strength just to hold him. To his horror and mortification, his friend and ally slips the helmet on, breaking their trust and blocking the telepath out of his mind. Realization of what Erik is about to do slams into him as the master of metal withdraws the reichmark he has kept on him all these years, and he pleads with an unhearing Erik not to do this. Despite his desire for Erik to stop, and his fear for what is about to happen, Charles knows he can not release Shaw. The man is far too dangerous and powerful, and could easily kill Erik and start the war, actions Charles will not allow. He continues to plead even as the inevitability of Erik's actions sink in, right up until he is forced to share the pain of Shaw's death as Erik shoves the coin through his skull at a slow, torturous pace. Through all of it, Charles holds Shaw in place, allowing Erik to kill the man rather than unleash Shaw upon Erik again.
When Moira and Charles emerge from the wreckage of the jet, Charles regards the 'new' Erik with painful regret and betrayal in his eyes. Even though Erik had informed him that he planned on killing Shaw, Charles had held on to the hope that he could convince Erik to do otherwise. However, he does not have long to dwell on this when the first blow to his faith in humanity is struck by Erik's observation that the ships in the water, Russian and American alike, have aimed their missiles at the beach. A quick sweep of their minds reveals the truth of Erik's statement, and Charles can only look on in shock and horror as the massive volley of missiles approach the beach. Erik manages to stop the disastrous impact, turning the missiles back on the men who sent them to Charles' further horror. In spite of the fact that they had just nearly been killed, Charles fights the retaliation, pleading for Erik to prove that he is the better man by letting the men on those ships live. He makes a fatal flaw, when his argument turns to the poorest choice of words he could have used to plead with a holocaust victim. "They're just following orders." In spite of everything that had happened, Charles refuses to let Erik kill all the men on those ships, tackling Erik bodily to the ground to stop him.
Personality:
Charles Xavier is an optimist above all else. He believes in the best of man and mutants alike. Whereas Erik views all of mankind to be ultimately ill-willed and fear driven, Charles believes in the innate good will of man, and the opportunity that they would someday embrace mutantkind.. He believes that despite the experiences life has brought about, you can master your own destiny and become the man you desire (with help from those around you). A kind voice and a caring hand can alter the world if given time; and if you do good, it will be done unto you. He holds onto the belief that some day mankind and mutantkind can coexist peacefully, and works to build a future where mutantkind is accepted as evolution but not viewed as a threat, where they could-- with their vastly varied abilities-- work together to make a better future for all. He finds that, with the exception of dire circumstances, such as protecting the lives of himself and others, violence is never the answer and he abhors killing.
Charles is a man of passionate ideals and a desire to make the world a better place, for man and mutant alike. That is not to say Charles is without his faults; he’s arrogant and at times naive. His insufferable case of optimism brings about a naivety in the expectation that given the chance most men, if not all men, can be good. Whether he realizes it or not, Charles is set in his ideals and the belief that his way is the only way. An idea that may be mostly subconscious on his level, but one that causes him to butt-heads with his close friend Erik. It would be amiss to say he was innocent, as any man who can see into the darkest corners of other men’s minds is anything but innocent. A prime example of this are his encounters with Erik. While he can see into his mind and feel the pain and agony Erik has suffered, it’s obvious that he doesn’t always entirely grasp what he’s been allowed to see. Raised a (comparatively) sheltered life, he can empathize with the pain, however he cannot always understand the conflicting notions and lasting scars that come with it.
Charles does bare his own scars, of course, from a childhood that seems from an outside perspective, deceptively lavish. His abilities and childhood combined to put a surprising hamper on Charles' social skills. Growing up with the truths of what went on in the heads of his peers, superiors and all the people around him, it is remarkable that Charles' optimism remained such a steadfast presence. But this privileged information comes at a price. Charles is used to the world offering him its secrets. With his abilities, he has an advantage of knowing what people want him to say, what they are thinking, and how best to draw the reactions he is seeking. It is painfully obvious, when Charles limits himself or is limited in his abilities, that without them he has a much harder time interacting with people. He chooses the wrong words, brings up sensitive topics, and generally shoves his tailored shoes into his mouth attempting to relate or communicate with even his closest friends.
Charles is very driven; he has several degrees (most recently his doctorate from Oxford) and when given the opportunity to work with the CIA he jumps right in even though he had just previously graduated. His curiosity and drive are evident in the way he is willing to dive into nearly every new opportunity that presents itself. This also leads him to be a bit selfish; he likes to be in control of things and lead the way, but he has trouble abiding by the rules of someone else if he deems that they are unfair or incorrect. He wont hesitate to voice his opinion when sometimes things are better left unsaid.
His single minded nature is a large flaw; so focused on his goals and arrogant (if not somewhat correct) belief that he could help change the course of man and mutantkind, his personal relationships often suffer. He tends to take many of his close relationships for granted, as he did with Raven, and only realizes after something has gone awry that he’s done wrong. He’s known loneliness and pain at the hands of another, but nothing quite as considerable as many of the mutants he comes across. His inherent naivety and good nature also makes him prey to those who would use it against him.
Charles can be highly charismatic, enthusiastic, and personable, but in truth, he depends a great deal on his telepathy in informing him how to deal with people; when he either restricts himself from using it, as with Raven, or is cut off from it, as with Shaw and Erik when they wear the helmet, he's proven to be quite capable of disastrous missteps in reading and handling even the people he's closest to. And ironically, his desire to be part of society, which stems from a need to reach out and connect to people, ultimately ends up driving an irrevocable wedge between Charles and the two people closest to him.
Despite the fact that Charles wants people to perceive him as a leader, wiser and older than he is, he is just as guilty of more youthful digressions. Mainly that he quite enjoys drinking and chasing skirts. Charles, especially in his days at Oxford, was known to go out to the local pub, get mildly smashed and then attempt to pick up co-eds with amusing lines about genetic mutations and the evolution of man. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. He is also prone to using his abilities for cheap tricks, picking up co-eds, showing off and, on occasion, pulling embarrassing or amusing stunts. He’s still young and has many things to learn, though he does his best to hide that fact.
Besides this desire to be a leader, a mentor and a teacher for the mutants whose lives he touches, there is also still the spirited youth of the young professor fighting this leap into becoming 'an old fart.' He enjoys life, and is as interested as the next young man in keeping his looks, and his hobbies in tact, even as he comes to terms with the reality that his life is progressing forward. Responsibility is something he openly and gladly takes, but he continues to hold onto that youthful spirit, not quite ready to give up his younger days just yet.
It is a testament to the stubbornness of Charles' beliefs that after everything he has been through, he continues to strive for the ideal world he hopes to help create.
His greatest weaknesses have always been his heavy reliance on his gift and his difficulty relating to others. Without using his abilities, Charles has a hard time finding the right words to say, often choosing exactly the wrong words at the wrong time. He doesn't fully understand the difficulties mutants like Raven and Hank, with visible abilities, suffer, and this often leads to a rift between them. Because he promised never to read her mind, Raven and Charles often bump heads about certain aspects of their lives when he does not see just how much having to hide bothers her. He might be smooth as silk when skimming the minds of those around him, but without that crutch, Charles is far less talented at reading people.
[Samples]
Sample 1
Charles awoke in a fit of coughing, his hand slamming against the wall in surprise at the jolted awakening. He wracked his brain, trying to remember when and where he had fallen asleep and coming up blank. This wasn't even the beach. Some form of room. He took deep breaths, trying to calm his mind and focus on what he could draw from his memories. There had to be an explanation.
The last thing he could remember was the splitting headache, the lancing pain that was not his, but burned so acutely in his mind. Perhaps that was what all this was? He had only connected to the mind of a dying man once before, and his death had been sudden but easy enough for Charles to pull himself out of, just in time. This time, pulling away could have spelled a disaster far greater than Erik's murderous revenge.
Charles swallowed, pulling himself from the memories and closing his eyes, a hand raised to his temple as he sought out the whisper of thoughts of anyone nearby who might aide him. The sooner he discovered his whereabouts, the sooner he could work on finding out what had happened and precisely why he could not remember.
He needed to get back to the beach. Erik, Raven, Moira. The young mutants whose lives were at stake. They needed him. But first, he needed to get out of this room and determine where he was.
Sample 2
No? This one then, perhaps? Honestly. They should include a manual.
[It's just audio at first, muffled and distant, interspersed with the beeping of pressed buttons and the confused ramblings of a man far beyond his league with this kind of technology.]
Or a pamphlet of some sort at the very least. Maybe an explanation of my whereabouts. I don't suppose that would be too much to ask.
[How were you supposed to accomplish anything on this device? Where were the wires? ]
Is anyone there? Hello? I think it's on now. I believe it is. Sorry. I appear to be a bit lost. If you're there, please respond. My name is Charles Xavier and it is really very important I get back at once. The situation-
[There are a few more beeps from the buttons and a camera feed clicks on as well, aimed to the dirt and debris of the ground.]
Oh! Well, that did something. What is this little light for?
[The video jostles a little more and with another button press the entire feed goes dead.]
Sample 3
Link
Anything Else?
I heard there was science. I like science. Charles likes Science. Please let us come play with science.
I promise not to get too probey with your brain...
Player Name: Jessie
Age: 25
E-mail: dreamwolfed@gmail.com
Other characters played at Cape Kore: None!
[Character information]
Name: Charles Xavier
Canon: X-Men: First Class
Canon Point: After Erik kills Shaw. There are many reason I am taking him from this point, rather than the moments beyond it. This is the moment when everything truly changes. Both the dynamic between Charles and Erik and Charles' concepts of the world around him. When he is forced to come to terms with the reality that hangs over his dreams and ideals. I have always felt that where the movie ended skipped over a largely important factor of Charles dealing with what is essentially the crashing down of his world and the ripping away of everyone he held dearest. I think it leaves enough impacts of these realizations without being quite as extensive as the end of the movie, and will be a more manageable point to develop him from in this setting.
Age: 24
Appearance:
Inventory: This ridiculous uniform
Abilities:
Charles is a highly powerful telepath.
His abilities allow him to:
Read the minds of others
Navigate through them
Erase and create memories within their mind
Take control of centers of the brain to the point of imposing his own will on others such as:
✧ Snatching away their senses temporarily
✧ Making them see, hear, smell, feel, etc, things that are not truly there
✧ Or, inversely, making them NOT see/hear/etc things that ARE there.
✧ Freezing them in place
✧ Borrowing their bodies/senses for his own purposes.
He is also a genius with an eidetic memory and the ability to learn languages, or other important chunks of information, directly from the minds of others.
He is a master Chess player, a Professor, and capable of holding his liquor fairly well.
I will obviously have a permissions post up for his abilities and be working with anyone he might use them on.
History: Oh look a link
Charles' father died when he was very young. His mother, withdrawn into her grief, fell to alcoholism and Charles was left to his own devices in a mansion that was too large and too empty for a young boy. His powers emerged at an early age, and though he never believed he could be the only one, it was a lonely burden to bare. Finding the young Raven in the Mansion's kitchen was one of the happiest moments of Charles' life when he truly realized there were others like him. He invited her to stay, taking her in as his sister and making sure she never had to go hungry again.
Although Charles is a bit hypocritical around Raven, even snapping at her for using her abilities in public, he truly cares for her dearly. His harsh words are only a result of his need to protect her from what would happen if her concentration slipped. Unfortunately, Charles' ability is well hidden, and he doesn't fully understand Raven's frustration with having to hide, and it leads to tension between them.
His abilities allowed him to be both an excellent student and athlete in school, though he dropped the latter, feeling that he had an unfair advantage thanks to his powers. By the age of 16, Charles had graduated from High School, and gone on to earn Ph.D.s in Genetics, Biophysics, and Psychology from Oxford. He completed his Thesis on genetic mutations from Oxford shortly after. It was during a celebration of this at a local pub with Raven that Charles was approached by CIA agent Moira MacTaggert about Shaw and the Hellfire Club mutants. Fascinated and intrigued by the images of the other mutants he caught a glimpse of in Moira's head, Charles agreed immediately.
Although the CIA did not take his and Raven's abilities particularly well, a member of them agreed to take Charles and Raven to his facility. Before that, however, Charles went with the CIA on a lead from Moira to arrest Shaw. After being blocked by Emma Frost, another telepath, Charles feels the mind of another mutant in the water and connects with him. The connection shows Charles all of the rage and agony behind Erik's actions, his thoughts of everything Shaw had done exposed on the surface in his rage, and it shocks Charles. He dives into the chilled waters with little more than a thought and rescues Erik from a suicidal attempt to stop Shaw's escape in a submarine. The realization that Charles is a mutant like him surprises Erik, as Charles reassures him that he is not alone. Together they return to the Man in Black's facility, where they are to stay while the government decides what to do with them. After an introduction to the facilities and another mutant, Charles managed to convince Erik to stay and help him. Together, the two of them traveled the world seeking out mutants that Charles had located using Cerebro, a machine built by Hank to extend the reach of Charles' abilities.
Shortly after gathering a handful of young mutants, Charles, Moira and Erik follow another lead on Shaw to Russia, where they find Emma in Shaw's stead. Charles learns Shaw's plans to spark WWIII from her, as well as Shaw's location, back at CIA headquarters. Their return finds Darwin dead and Angel having joined Shaw's group.
Charles relocates the mutants to his family mansion where they all begin training to face Shaw, with Charles instructing the young mutants, and Erik. Charles provides each of them with guidance to help them along, and though he does hit a few rough patches with a still guilt ridden Havok, overall Charles' assistance helps the young mutants to realize more of their potential. The most impressive of these instances occurs when Erik allows Charles in his mind and the telepath reaches out to the happiest memory in Erik's mind, bringing it to the surface to help Erik locate the point between rage and serenity, and unlocking a much greater power than he had been able to find in rage a lone. Eventually, the training reaches a halt when the President announces the stand off of the Cuban missile crisis. During the time between rescuing Erik from drowning himself, and the President's address, Charles and Erik grow to be close friends, spending much of their time between training with intellectual debates and chess matches. The night before they go to face Shaw, Erik confronts Charles about his intention to kill Shaw, leaving a disappointed and flustered Charles to seek out the comfort of a bottle of scotch. He's interrupted by Raven, who is once again cross with him for wanting to fit in with the rest of society, rather than stand against them.
The next day Moira and the mutants leave to face Shaw and avert the potential war. Charles averts near nuclear disaster by taking control of one of the Russian fleet members and launching a missile at the ship nearing the embargo line, nearly knocking their jet out of the sky in the process. With Banshee's help, they locate Shaw's submarine beneath the surface and Erik, with Charles' guidance, pulls the ship from the sea. Together, both vessels crashed on the shore after n attack from Riptide. After the wreck, Charles quickly throws together a plan of strategic attack, sending Beast and Havok to help fight off the Hellfire mutants while he guided Erik to the center of the ship in search of Shaw. Unfortunately, Shaw's mind is blocked from Charles, both by the metallic helmet the Russian's had created, and the mirrored room on board the sub. Charles loses track of Erik when his friend steps into the room, not understanding what is causing the void and why he can not touch Shaw's mind. The fear of his limitations is nearly crippling, and it is only after Shaw's attacks on Erik begin to shatter the glass, that Charles manages to get a hold of Erik again.
Erik manages to trick Shaw and steal the helmet from his head, giving Charles the opportunity to freeze Shaw in lace. Unfortunately, the man's power is so great, it takes nearly all of Charles' strength just to hold him. To his horror and mortification, his friend and ally slips the helmet on, breaking their trust and blocking the telepath out of his mind. Realization of what Erik is about to do slams into him as the master of metal withdraws the reichmark he has kept on him all these years, and he pleads with an unhearing Erik not to do this. Despite his desire for Erik to stop, and his fear for what is about to happen, Charles knows he can not release Shaw. The man is far too dangerous and powerful, and could easily kill Erik and start the war, actions Charles will not allow. He continues to plead even as the inevitability of Erik's actions sink in, right up until he is forced to share the pain of Shaw's death as Erik shoves the coin through his skull at a slow, torturous pace. Through all of it, Charles holds Shaw in place, allowing Erik to kill the man rather than unleash Shaw upon Erik again.
When Moira and Charles emerge from the wreckage of the jet, Charles regards the 'new' Erik with painful regret and betrayal in his eyes. Even though Erik had informed him that he planned on killing Shaw, Charles had held on to the hope that he could convince Erik to do otherwise. However, he does not have long to dwell on this when the first blow to his faith in humanity is struck by Erik's observation that the ships in the water, Russian and American alike, have aimed their missiles at the beach. A quick sweep of their minds reveals the truth of Erik's statement, and Charles can only look on in shock and horror as the massive volley of missiles approach the beach. Erik manages to stop the disastrous impact, turning the missiles back on the men who sent them to Charles' further horror. In spite of the fact that they had just nearly been killed, Charles fights the retaliation, pleading for Erik to prove that he is the better man by letting the men on those ships live. He makes a fatal flaw, when his argument turns to the poorest choice of words he could have used to plead with a holocaust victim. "They're just following orders." In spite of everything that had happened, Charles refuses to let Erik kill all the men on those ships, tackling Erik bodily to the ground to stop him.
Personality:
Charles Xavier is an optimist above all else. He believes in the best of man and mutants alike. Whereas Erik views all of mankind to be ultimately ill-willed and fear driven, Charles believes in the innate good will of man, and the opportunity that they would someday embrace mutantkind.. He believes that despite the experiences life has brought about, you can master your own destiny and become the man you desire (with help from those around you). A kind voice and a caring hand can alter the world if given time; and if you do good, it will be done unto you. He holds onto the belief that some day mankind and mutantkind can coexist peacefully, and works to build a future where mutantkind is accepted as evolution but not viewed as a threat, where they could-- with their vastly varied abilities-- work together to make a better future for all. He finds that, with the exception of dire circumstances, such as protecting the lives of himself and others, violence is never the answer and he abhors killing.
Charles is a man of passionate ideals and a desire to make the world a better place, for man and mutant alike. That is not to say Charles is without his faults; he’s arrogant and at times naive. His insufferable case of optimism brings about a naivety in the expectation that given the chance most men, if not all men, can be good. Whether he realizes it or not, Charles is set in his ideals and the belief that his way is the only way. An idea that may be mostly subconscious on his level, but one that causes him to butt-heads with his close friend Erik. It would be amiss to say he was innocent, as any man who can see into the darkest corners of other men’s minds is anything but innocent. A prime example of this are his encounters with Erik. While he can see into his mind and feel the pain and agony Erik has suffered, it’s obvious that he doesn’t always entirely grasp what he’s been allowed to see. Raised a (comparatively) sheltered life, he can empathize with the pain, however he cannot always understand the conflicting notions and lasting scars that come with it.
Charles does bare his own scars, of course, from a childhood that seems from an outside perspective, deceptively lavish. His abilities and childhood combined to put a surprising hamper on Charles' social skills. Growing up with the truths of what went on in the heads of his peers, superiors and all the people around him, it is remarkable that Charles' optimism remained such a steadfast presence. But this privileged information comes at a price. Charles is used to the world offering him its secrets. With his abilities, he has an advantage of knowing what people want him to say, what they are thinking, and how best to draw the reactions he is seeking. It is painfully obvious, when Charles limits himself or is limited in his abilities, that without them he has a much harder time interacting with people. He chooses the wrong words, brings up sensitive topics, and generally shoves his tailored shoes into his mouth attempting to relate or communicate with even his closest friends.
Charles is very driven; he has several degrees (most recently his doctorate from Oxford) and when given the opportunity to work with the CIA he jumps right in even though he had just previously graduated. His curiosity and drive are evident in the way he is willing to dive into nearly every new opportunity that presents itself. This also leads him to be a bit selfish; he likes to be in control of things and lead the way, but he has trouble abiding by the rules of someone else if he deems that they are unfair or incorrect. He wont hesitate to voice his opinion when sometimes things are better left unsaid.
His single minded nature is a large flaw; so focused on his goals and arrogant (if not somewhat correct) belief that he could help change the course of man and mutantkind, his personal relationships often suffer. He tends to take many of his close relationships for granted, as he did with Raven, and only realizes after something has gone awry that he’s done wrong. He’s known loneliness and pain at the hands of another, but nothing quite as considerable as many of the mutants he comes across. His inherent naivety and good nature also makes him prey to those who would use it against him.
Charles can be highly charismatic, enthusiastic, and personable, but in truth, he depends a great deal on his telepathy in informing him how to deal with people; when he either restricts himself from using it, as with Raven, or is cut off from it, as with Shaw and Erik when they wear the helmet, he's proven to be quite capable of disastrous missteps in reading and handling even the people he's closest to. And ironically, his desire to be part of society, which stems from a need to reach out and connect to people, ultimately ends up driving an irrevocable wedge between Charles and the two people closest to him.
Despite the fact that Charles wants people to perceive him as a leader, wiser and older than he is, he is just as guilty of more youthful digressions. Mainly that he quite enjoys drinking and chasing skirts. Charles, especially in his days at Oxford, was known to go out to the local pub, get mildly smashed and then attempt to pick up co-eds with amusing lines about genetic mutations and the evolution of man. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. He is also prone to using his abilities for cheap tricks, picking up co-eds, showing off and, on occasion, pulling embarrassing or amusing stunts. He’s still young and has many things to learn, though he does his best to hide that fact.
Besides this desire to be a leader, a mentor and a teacher for the mutants whose lives he touches, there is also still the spirited youth of the young professor fighting this leap into becoming 'an old fart.' He enjoys life, and is as interested as the next young man in keeping his looks, and his hobbies in tact, even as he comes to terms with the reality that his life is progressing forward. Responsibility is something he openly and gladly takes, but he continues to hold onto that youthful spirit, not quite ready to give up his younger days just yet.
It is a testament to the stubbornness of Charles' beliefs that after everything he has been through, he continues to strive for the ideal world he hopes to help create.
His greatest weaknesses have always been his heavy reliance on his gift and his difficulty relating to others. Without using his abilities, Charles has a hard time finding the right words to say, often choosing exactly the wrong words at the wrong time. He doesn't fully understand the difficulties mutants like Raven and Hank, with visible abilities, suffer, and this often leads to a rift between them. Because he promised never to read her mind, Raven and Charles often bump heads about certain aspects of their lives when he does not see just how much having to hide bothers her. He might be smooth as silk when skimming the minds of those around him, but without that crutch, Charles is far less talented at reading people.
[Samples]
Sample 1
Charles awoke in a fit of coughing, his hand slamming against the wall in surprise at the jolted awakening. He wracked his brain, trying to remember when and where he had fallen asleep and coming up blank. This wasn't even the beach. Some form of room. He took deep breaths, trying to calm his mind and focus on what he could draw from his memories. There had to be an explanation.
The last thing he could remember was the splitting headache, the lancing pain that was not his, but burned so acutely in his mind. Perhaps that was what all this was? He had only connected to the mind of a dying man once before, and his death had been sudden but easy enough for Charles to pull himself out of, just in time. This time, pulling away could have spelled a disaster far greater than Erik's murderous revenge.
Charles swallowed, pulling himself from the memories and closing his eyes, a hand raised to his temple as he sought out the whisper of thoughts of anyone nearby who might aide him. The sooner he discovered his whereabouts, the sooner he could work on finding out what had happened and precisely why he could not remember.
He needed to get back to the beach. Erik, Raven, Moira. The young mutants whose lives were at stake. They needed him. But first, he needed to get out of this room and determine where he was.
Sample 2
No? This one then, perhaps? Honestly. They should include a manual.
[It's just audio at first, muffled and distant, interspersed with the beeping of pressed buttons and the confused ramblings of a man far beyond his league with this kind of technology.]
Or a pamphlet of some sort at the very least. Maybe an explanation of my whereabouts. I don't suppose that would be too much to ask.
[How were you supposed to accomplish anything on this device? Where were the wires? ]
Is anyone there? Hello? I think it's on now. I believe it is. Sorry. I appear to be a bit lost. If you're there, please respond. My name is Charles Xavier and it is really very important I get back at once. The situation-
[There are a few more beeps from the buttons and a camera feed clicks on as well, aimed to the dirt and debris of the ground.]
Oh! Well, that did something. What is this little light for?
[The video jostles a little more and with another button press the entire feed goes dead.]
Sample 3
Link
Anything Else?
I heard there was science. I like science. Charles likes Science. Please let us come play with science.
I promise not to get too probey with your brain...