Brain decided it was yapping hours so like yanno
why not talk abt how xavi definitely is like a dragon?
Like... rich rich, like able to replace the train where he broke all the windows broke, like casually constantly buying tickets to random places (think abt his inflorescence imprints and just buying tickets to a ranch resort or in find tobias where he just books an amusement park date the second you say that you'd be willing to)
He also eats hotpot regularly? like... hotpot's expensive like... it ranges from anywhere from $20 (very low end) to $50 (mid to high) and like he buys enough for himself and mc and he buys a lot of meat and he eats it very frequently so that's gotta add up
He also spends money like its water???
In the bean bag phone call, it's mentioned that he bought a bean bag purely bc he wants to buy something and I'm fairly certain he bought a water cooler in one of the earlier texts bc mc got one with cute cups and he wanted to join her
But like yanno, dragons are know for being rich and having hoards full of treasure-
He has literally the randomest stuff in his house???
In the bunny butler one, he has a toy that makes a sound similar to a bone breaking and uses it to prank mc
In his most recent birthday event, he got a weird nut cracker and various other things from the various things he just signs up for
He collects degrees like they're pokemon cards (he probably collects pokemon cards)
The imprints card has him rummaging through his storage closet to try and find the book that mc asked for and while doing so, they find an old vintage camera where xavi IMMEDIATELY wants to buy more lenses the moment he was offered
In his 2nd anecdote (I think? the one with the kid and Ulysses) he has a juicer
He has corded and bluetooth earbuds, an mp3 player, phone, thousands of books and tons of plants on his balcony
On a more serious note: I think Sylus leans more heavily on the western dragon stereotypes, from the wings, to the association with red, and his dangerous vibes where as Xavi tends to learn more on the eastern dragon stereotypes
Xavi often seems to have a mysterious air of luck around him (there are several moments posts about his luck but the one I'm thinking of specifically is the one where mc asks for his luck to rub off on her and he mentions that they can share it bc his luck regenerates) and eastern dragons are often thought to have power over luck
They're also associated with wish granting because they are so powerful and we all know that Xavi's themes are very wish centered
Eastern dragons also are heavily associated with royalty and the imperial family because supposedly they received their divine rights from the dragons and heaven
Most of the time in chinese mythology dragons are portrayed as benevolent and wise creatures, however it was believed that if you made a dragon mad they would cause flooding and destruction which is quite a bit like Xavi's temperment
Also I'm probably only remembering Haku from spirited away rn but like I associate eastern dragons with white and blue colors
Other things I can think of are:
3. He's possessive (? I'm still debating on that)
4. He's immortal and dragons (eastern) are associated with immortality
5. His head is frequently above the clouds/j but no he does have a lofty out of this world vibe about him that slots nicely with the idea that dragons spend most of their time in the sky (from what I could tell from wikipedia?)
6. He's willing to help you but in the form of riddles and questions, but once you've gained his trust you could prob ask him for anything and he'll make it happen, there's no specific myth or anything that I can think of associated with this but like.... it's the vibe that I'm getting from both him and dragons
but yeah Xavi is very dragon coded
