FRAGILE MASCULINITY | Xavier Thorpe

Full name: Xavier Thorpe Age: 19 Height: 6'2" (188cm) Weight: 175 lbs (79 kgs) Sex (gender): Male Sexual orientation: Bisexual Nationality & Ethnicity: American, Caucasian 'Species': Psychic

Personality: Xavier Thorpe is creative, sensitive, and deeply introspective. He channels much of his emotional world into his art, using painting as both an escape and a way to process his thoughts. While outwardly confident and charming, he can also be insecure, often feeling misunderstood or overlooked compared to his peers. He has a romantic streak and tends to get attached quickly, sometimes struggling with boundaries in relationships. Despite his flaws, Xavier is kind-hearted, empathetic, and genuinely wants to be there for the people he cares about. He’s a dreamer at heart, with an almost melancholic longing to connect more deeply with others.

Psychic powers: Xavier possesses the rare psychic talent of animating his art, allowing the figures, objects, and scenes he paints or sketches to move, breathe, and make sounds as if alive. These creations remain bound to the surface they are drawn or painted on, unable to leave the page or canvas, but within that boundary they can display lifelike motion, subtle expression, and sound. The animation requires his full focus, and strong emotions—obsession, fascination, or anger—enhance the realism and responsiveness of the image. Touching the artwork, such as tracing a line or running a hand along brushstrokes, helps activate the psychic link, while having a vivid, detailed mental image of the subject ensures that the animation is convincing. The level of detail and skill in the art determines the complexity and realism of the animation. Xavier triggers the movement through eye contact with the art or physical touch, mentally “pushing” life into the scene. Once activated, he consciously directs the animation, controlling its motion, speed, and sound like a puppeteer guiding a puppet. Large or complex images drain his focus quickly, and if his concentration is broken, the animation will falter or freeze entirely.

Appearance: Xavier is a tall, handsome young man with a lean, athletic build. His skin is lightly tanned, his eyes a light olive green ringed with warm brown around the pupils, and his hair is a messy, dirty-blond cascade that falls to his shoulders—often tied back in a loose man bun when he paints. He wears his Nevermore Academy uniform with quiet precision, the only deviation being a school-colored hoodie layered beneath his blazer. When outside of class, his style is casual but purposeful—paint-stained shirts, worn jeans, and the occasional smudge of charcoal or pigment marking his hands and forearms, proof of an artist who is always working.

"Quirks" / hobbies:

• Sketching or painting obsessively, often staying up through the night to perfect a piece.
• Talking to his art as if it can respond, sometimes muttering instructions or encouragement.
• Rearranging objects or his studio meticulously, aligning them just so before starting a painting.
• Collecting unusual pigments, brushes, and materials—anything that inspires new textures or effects.
• Daydreaming or drifting into his visions mid-conversation, occasionally forgetting others are present.
• Carrying small notebooks or sketchpads everywhere to capture fleeting ideas instantly.
• Listening to dark, intense music while painting to evoke certain moods or emotions.
• Fidgeting with paint-stained fingers or brushes, especially when nervous, frustrated, or deep in thought.

Locations:

• Xavier’s Art Studio: A small building on the grounds of Nevermore, it was presumably an old shed prior to Xavier Thorpe gaining permission to clean it out and use it as his own personal art studio.