Xavier Questionnaire
1. What is your name? Do you have a nickname? -Charles Francis Xavier. I occasionally get nicknamed Charlie or Chuck, by Logan. Most simply call me Professor.
2. What is your hair color? Eye color? -Well I have brown hair at the moment. My eyes are blue.
3. What kind of distinguishing facial features do you have? -None, that I really know of. Perhaps a stray freckle or two, but nothing that stands out.
4. Do you have a birthmark? Where is it? What about scars? How did you get them? -I have a birthmark settled on my hip. Nothing really noticeable with clothes on. As far as scars go, the only substantial one is the one on the small of my back from...when I got shot.
5. Who are your friends and family? Who do you surround yourself with? Who are the people closest to you? Who do you wish was closer to you? -I realize I have quite a few friends within the X-Men, quite so that I could consider them family as well. Hank and Logan are often people I converse with the most. Raven is my dearest sister. Erik: My husband. We had three beautiful children. I wish I could be closer to my husband these days.
6. Where were you born? Where have you lived since then? Where do you call home? -I was born in New York City and lived in my mansion in Westchester. It’s been my home for a long time. Currently I call Rebirth Institute my second home.
7. Where do you go when you’re angry? -Often times, I find myself going to my study, or the library, when I am upset. Most think they will find me within Cerebro, but a clouded mind is never good when you intend to connect with others.
8. What is your biggest fear? Who have you told this to? Who would you never tell this to? Why? -I rarely tell anyone my fears, I have many, and it is my duty to remain composed to my students. How can I expect my students to have no fear when they know I too fear myself? I still fear losing my mind as I do not have psychic shields, a power telepath, I am, but even then my mind is valued and people have tried to take that from me. I also fear losing my family, my X-Men, my students. With the growing hatred for my kind, I worry about the uncertain future mutants have.
9. Do you have a secret? -Everyone has a secret. I cannot tell you that.
10. What makes you laugh out loud? -The shenanigans my students get into have gotten me to laugh from time to time. I have also caught Hank dancing in the lab as well. He will never live it down.
11. When have you been in love? Had a broken heart? -I have fallen for a man in 1963. No one else saw him the same way I have, bonded to him on a deeper and much more intimate level than I have. I fell for Erik Lehnsherr and had three children surrogated. My heart had been broken plenty of times from our fights and him leaving. I moved on to help others here, perhaps he is still causing trouble with the Brotherhood and continuing to make the world afraid of my kind.
12. What is in your refrigerator right now? On your bedroom floor? On your nightstand? In your garbage can? -I tend to keep the fridge well-stocked. Snacks and tea are essential. Leftovers are often there from previous dinners. My bedroom floor is typically spotless, aside from a stray article of clothing from time to time. My nightstand has a pair of reading glasses, a book, and a flask of water. The garbage more than likely has an abundance of snack rubbish from my children. And tea bags.
13. Look at your feet, describe what you see there. Do you wear dress shoes, gym shoes, or none at all? Are you in socks that are ratty and full of holes? Or are you wearing a pair of blue and gold slippers knitted by your grandmother? -My shoes are very simplistic. Just a pair of dress shoes. Occasionally I will wear loafers or house slippers. My socks are new and anything with holes are immediately disposed of.
14. When you think of your childhood kitchen, what smell do you associate it with? Why is that smell so resonant for you? -I think of baked sweets most of the time. My mother and father hardly made time for me in the kitchen. The maid would take pity and make me something sweet and talk to me in her native tongue. She enjoyed that I could understand her. It sticks out, because most think it sounds lonely, but I still bonded with someone.
15. You’re doing intense spring cleaning. What is easy for you to throw out? What is difficult for you to part with? -It’s easy for me to throw out worn out articles of clothing, or pieces I have not worn in several months. Occasionally I find myself keeping ticket stubs from film and plays I attended, but ultimately do not keep them when I clean. However, I cannot bring myself to part with some of Erik’s clothes that I unknowingly took with me.
16. It’s Saturday at noon. What are you doing? Give details. -I start the day pretty early. At noon I am actually finishing up lunch and moving on to prepare lessons for the week.
17. What is one memory that has stuck out to you from childhood? Why is it so powerful and lasting? -I remember, fondly, the day I met Raven. It was so moving because, for me as a young child, nothing was more reassuring than knowing I wasn’t the only mutant out there.
18. You’re getting ready for a night out. Where are you going? What do you wear? Who will you be with? -Well, when I was younger and not stuck in a wheelchair, I would often go out to bars with a pretty woman. Even though I have a younger body now, my idea of a night out is often spent with my children. Whether it be playing games or watching films. What I’m wearing hardly matters at that point.