Women, Angst, and Ego are All a Guy Needs

"I'd give my head a good scratch about it, but...well, you know."

Friends -

It is not easy to become immediate friends with Julian Keller. This is mostly because he is interfering, brutally honest, embittered, bigoted, has a rich kid complex, and is the epitome of arrogance. Oh, and he's a womanizer. It is safe to say that most people just do not like Julian when they first meet him, since the first thing he's probably going to do is prove how superior he is to everyone in the room. If you're patient enough to stick around, you'll see that Julian is also stubborn, controlling, and possesses the sensitivity and tact of a rhinoceros. And just when you're about to give up on the guy completely, he'll do something genuine and heartfelt that will make you re-evaluate who he is as a person. As difficult as it can be to suffer Julian's presence, you peel off enough of his layers and you'll find a passionate leader with a heart of gold underneath. He genuinely cares for most other people, though his morals are currently being called into question. He really needs someone to act as a mentor to him again, and a friend he can count on no matter what.

- Enemies

Being apart of the X-Men for as long as he has, Julian Keller has had many enemies throughout the years. Some of them aren't even out to get him, but are rather those he makes for himself due to his abrasive personality. He's accumulated several rivals ever since he first became enrolled at the Xavier Institute, and is fiercely competitive. He will not stop until he's sure his opponent is soundly defeated, and then he'll go and rub his victory right in their face. As of right now though, Julian is still in the last dregs of rehabilitation, and has not had much of an opportunity to mark out any arch nemeses as of yet did he ever even have an arch nemesis?. Though he's had plenty of time to annoy the crap out of everyone at the Jean Grey School with his angst and superiority complex.

Romance -

Julian Keller is, put simply, quite the ladies' man. At least in his own head. He will shamelessly flirt with anyone he deems attractive and/or has a cool power. Though if he feels threatened by their power he'll probably turn into more of a bully, and show his affections through cruel taunts and humiliation if that can really be called showing affection. He thinks he is just the perfect ladykiller and that all the women want his smoking hot body. Which is probably true, but don't tell him because his head could possibly explode with ego. Growing up as the rich kid on the block, Julian is used to getting what he wants and if a girl should refuse his advances, he'll suddenly gain the stubbornness of a bull and only try harder to win her over. This can make him look a bit immature, though he'll just deny that. Julian has had a few flings and serious relationships over the years, but he is currently single and out on the market. Have at him, ladies.

- In Conclusion -
I present to you Julian Keller, also known as the incredibly awesome, super powerful Hellion. I'd love any chance to role-play this macho hero/super kid/bad boy, and am open to any and all suggestions. Fire away, my friends.~ ^-^

I have Alpha and Wiccan. I was thinking maybe Billy and Julian could meet? Billy's a fellow mutant :3

Of course they can meet! :'DD That would be awesome.

Now the question is, what would they do? They're on different teams, so they can't exactly walk to class together or suffer through the same training session. xD Ahhh, perhaps they could stumble on the same villain and Julian will be all like, "No bro, I got dis. >I" And then I dunno.

Or they could like. Meet in a coffee shop. Or something. -headdesk, has no ideas-

Perhaps Julian could pay a visit to X-Factor Investigations, where he runs into Lorna? Of course, that's just one premise that might work. We could really go any direction, if you want, really. (: Villain attacking -destination here-, and Hellion and Polaris both show up to help, etc, etc. Honestly, it's up to you. If you want a more social/mundane thread, we can go with the former suggestion, if you want some action, the latter would work. Or, if you want to suggest a scenario, I'd be happy to hear it, too! :D

I'd honestly be thrilled to do anything with Julian and Polaris. :DD I know he kind of admires Magneto (or at least he used to), so it's possible he'd just pester her with questions about her daddy should the thread go a more mundane route. xD And I honestly have like, no ideas right now. @____@ You'll probably need to do most of the brainstorming, I'm afraid. xD

Well, here's a route we might go: Perhaps Julian could come to X-Factor half on business, half for a social call. The business half would be him enlisting the group's aid in finding someone that's missing (beings that I'm going for Sofia next, perhaps Wind Dancer?). In the thread, Polaris will have some logical explanation why she's the only one who can help at the moment, so the two go on a little detective trip that could honestly lead to anything.

That way, perhaps along their little partnership together for that afternoon, etc, they can run across whatever villains or disasters, thereby incorporating a mundane element with fantastical/action sequences?

Completely up to you, and if you like parts of my idea, but want to tweak them to suit you, feel free!

Sofiaaaaaa. *o* That's an awesome idea. I love it! ^-^

And I see you've got a thread up; even more awesome! I'll reply to it as soon as I am able. :3

Sooo, we should totally throw Julian and Emma at each other. Not romantically, of course. I figured with their history and personalities we could come up with something for them to do, right? (; & right now Emma doesn't have many friends..

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What, not romantically? I totally thought they had a thing going on. -shot-

All my yes to an Emma and Julian thread! :'DD They have so much nonromantic history that it would silly for them not to thread together. xD Considering how I think their relationship has spiraled down a bit recently, perhaps some sort of team-building/crime-fighting thingamabib could create a bit of catharsis between them? :3

I'm not too hot on ideas right now (in fact, I'm totally exhausted), but I think some sort of plot that would force them to work together/be in the same room is a good place to start. It could be anything from being forced to work together on an assignment to them being locked in a closet together. xDD I'm up for anything! You have any ideas, throw them at me but not romantically, of course. >D

Wecangothere. I mean, it's not like it would be the worst thing she's ever done, right? Rofl, & I have no idea what's going on with Cyclops right now sooo. ANYWAYS, you're distracting me with romance Dx So for the thread, I was thinking something along the same lines. We could always push them into the danger room together, or otherwise send them on a mission that requires a telepath. Since Jean's kinda sorta dead right now, and Charles, actually, wth is Charles? Anyways! Yeah. I don't know either. Once we get the basic idea down we can just sorta let our inspiration take over, assuming there is inspiration.. /shot

Just dropping by to offer a thread with the lovely Miss Braddock, should that interest you. Obviously, she's a telekinetic with a lot of history using that in interesting ways and she's also a teacher at the school so there's that as a potential thread (either lessons in telekinesis or martial arts). Plus she and Emma tend to clash verbally at the least, so 'stealing' a student from her would amuse Betsy.

On the other hand, she would also be unwilling to put up with the arrogance etc etc, so Julian may find life difficult if he tries acting that way with her, but I think a thread could be a lot of fun regardless. Any thoughts?

Ooooh, this sounds like fun! :'DD Julian needs someone to give him a good kick in the pants every once in a while, keep his ego in check. Of course, he's going to be a total butt about it but I'm sure Psylocke can handle his snark.

I think the whole teacher/student scenario is really the best route. Julian is just finishing up his last bits of therapy regarding his hands, and has had to learn to project his telekinesis from his mind instead. Perhaps Psylocke could be helping him out with that? A sparring session would work just as nicely, though. ^^

Oh, Betsy would have no trouble at all keeping Julian in check, snark and all. She's had plenty of practice dealing with spoiled rich kids. Warren. Heh.

But I think I'd combine the two - Betsy isn't known for holding back, so her method of teaching him to use telekinesis from his mind could very well be to throw him into the Danger Room and smack him around until he learns. Particularly at the moment, when she's got a bit of a temper. More so than usual, heh. How does that sound?

Danger Room session sounds great! Julian needs to get back into the swing of things, anyways. :3 So either one of us could start the thread (it'll probably be you, I'm a little slow on the get go) and the other can reply at their earliest convenience.~ Can't wait! :'D

Alright then - and it can potentially spin into a thread with another teacher complaining about Betsy's teaching methods. But I'll start it when I can and let you know!