I'm open to multiple threads with one person! If we've got plot ideas, let's do it! I'll generally use minimal formatting. I don't expect you to follow my formatting, but don't expect me to follow yours if it's super stylized. PLEASE DO NOT USE SUPER TINY TEXT. I'm old I can't read that shit. [small] is fine, but not double-small. Most threads will be paragraph/novel format or multi-para. I will generally be mutuals-only, but I will look at your blog if you follow me.
Memes & Asks
Meme me up, Scotty! If I reblog a meme, I want memes!! I'll try to send at least one to you if I reblog from you! Memes are open to everyone, regardless of mutual status, but I may not respond to all of them, it is up to my discretion. I love ask memes being turned into threads, just please do so in a separate post, don't reblog the ask.
Godmodding/Power Play
Godmodding won't be tolerated. I do understand that as my character has a lot of abilities, he can often run the risk of god-modding. I will do my best to ensure this never happens. Talk to me OOC if you think he's doing too much. The only time I'll allow any sort of this is if it's a fight and I know the person I'm playing against well. I'm protective of my children(a grown man who is older than me is my child shush), and don't let others take control unless I know I can trust them. I will also ask before I do anything big in any thread we may have. If you want to have your character have prior knowledge, I’m super happy to talk about it OOC and figure out a relationship!
Shipping
Shipping will always and forever be based on C H E M I S T R Y. If he likes the person, he likes them, and they may become a ship. If he doesn't, he will let you know. He may sleep around, but having sex does not necessarily mean he will be in a relationship with your character. Open to poly ships as well.
Right now the only exclusive I have is in-canon universe with This Xiang. I will not play romantically against other Xiangs, but other than that, X is free game
Verses
Added as they come. Main verse will remain untagged, and there may be a clickable link in here once I actually get a Full Verses Page set up. I'm okay with multiple threads with the same character(s) being in the same verse, and if there needs to be a different verse for whatever reason, I will tag it as such. I'll default to my main-verse unless there's something that makes that unfeasible. I love AUs but unless there's a reason, each character will probably be in their own verse.
Plotting
Always up to plot! Inbox/PM me and we can talk. DON’T force me into plots/ships/etc that don’t flow well. I’m up for trying just about anything, but if it doesn’t seem to work, please don’t try to force it. I am a hugely nice person but I don’t take kindly to being forced into something. DO push boundaries with my character. Make him uncomfortable! Just don’t force things or bring any sort of drama from OOC into IC.
AUs & Crossovers
Definitely always up for that. I don't know that I'll know your character's verse off the top of my head, but I'm willing to learn, and htis can be talked about OOC
Follow Backs
Don't expect me to follow you back just because you followed me. I am selective with who I play with. I’ll make some open starters for everyone, but I may not reply to all the responses I get. I reserve the right to follow back or not. If you follow me, rest assured, I WILL look at your blog. If I like you/your character, I'll follow you. I do not roleplay with multi-muse blogs. It confuses me too much, I'm sorry!
NSFW & Triggers
This blog will be rife with NSFW and trigger-related things. I will try to tag all the big ones with "trigger tw" or "trigger cw". Violence, murder, sex, and possible torture will happen on this blog, but I will never post photos of gore. Please tag gore for me. I will not roleplay sexual situations with anyone or anyone's character who is under 18 years of age. Period, end of. DO tell me if you want me to tag for anything. I am empathetic to triggers and don’t want to make our pretendy funtimes anything but fun.
The Mun
I'm Erick, I'm an old damn man, but I love roleplaying. I'm very friendly so please don't hesitate to message me!! Mutuals are welcome to my skype, I'm on it a lot! feel free to message me! I love talking OOC, for plotting or just for fun chats! I love making new friends on both sides of the RPing world :3 Just be aware that I have a more than full time job (50+ hours/week), and this is my escape from that, but sometimes I have other things I need to attend to. I’ll get back to you as soon as I can, I promise. Sometimes I do forget! Feel free to poke me about a thread, but don’t poke me repeatedly, that will make me want to reply less. DO know that I’m not intimidating even if I seem it(I’ve gotten that a lot). I’m a big teddy bear, I don’t bite!!
DO communicate with me. Need me to do something? Want to drop a thread? Going on a hiatus? Want to shower me with praise? Just message me! Keep me in the loop, please! I’ve had lots of experiences with people just disappearing, and I consider every RPer I play with to be a friend. I don’t like friends just disappearing, I am fine with people having real life things happen, but just keep the communication lines open, okay? Don’t be afraid to tell me anything.
Credits & Disclaimers
I don't own Xander Cage, nor am I affiliated with anyone who does. This is all just for fun!
Verses
Added as they come. Main verse will remain untagged, and there may be a clickable link in here once I actually get a Full Verses Page set up. I'm okay with multiple threads with the same character(s) being in the same verse, and if there needs to be a different verse for whatever reason, I will tag it as such. I'll default to my main-verse unless there's something that makes that unfeasible. I love AUs but unless there's a reason, each character will probably be in their own verse.
✖ Caged Animal During one of Xander's late-night thrill-seeking endeavours, he ended up on the wrong side of a werewolf, who left him bloodied in a ditch. Too bad for the wolf, he was too stubborn to die. He's been a wolf himself for a few years now, and he's been able to keep it from most of the rest of the X team, but it presents a whole new set of problems for him.
✖ Space Scoundrel A Bounty Hunter and all-around rebel, he does odd jobs for the Rebellion(or the Resistance, as this is just a catch-all SW verse), especially if it means ruining the days of a few Imperial pilots or Stormtroopers, and it's a bonus if it involves stunt flying or dangerous situations. He's force sensitive, which mainly comes out in being able to make himself unnoticed, all but invisible if he wants to be, and his favorite trick is the "these aren't the droids" thing...but with himself. It's how he gets out scot-free so often.
✖ Bang Zoom Pow! Catch-all Marvel/DC verse. Xander is human, but he does have enhanced abilities (Think like Captain America). He ages, but slower. Aging and healing are about 1/2 as slow as Cap's. Has high level perception that can be considered low-level telepathy, as he notices things not just on sight, but on reading the vibrations in the air, the vibes in the room/space from the people. Xander's a rogue who doesn't really fight for anyone, but will step in if someone innocent's about to get hurt. He prefers to stay out of the limelight, but SHIELD is aware of him, and have contracted him from time to time to assist in jobs.
✖ One Hell of a Trick Catch-all magical universe. In this verse, Xander’s human, but he knows of the existence of magic, and makes friends with some magical people for various reasons–but the fact that their powers/abilities are useful to him’s definitely a big bonus.
✖ The Thin Red Yarn: Sentinel AU. Xander is an unknown Guide, he had to learn how to block the world out by himself, and he’d gone almost forty years without finding his Sentinel. Now that he has, they face the world together, bonded closer than he ever thought possible. (Currently semi-exclusive with aforceofchange)
✖ Justice Sparks in his Veins: Witch Hunter AU. Xander is the distant descendant of Kaulder, the ‘last’ Witch Hunter, and bears a nearly identical face. He is not tied to the Council as Kaulder was, and has a slightly different outlook on magic than they. He thinks it should be harnessed to make the world a better place, not kept from humans for selfish needs. He inherited his ancestor’s immortality after a brush with magic, and was saved by a mysterious witch. Now, he does his best to keep the world safe and deals with the doppelganger whispers. (PM me to plot!)
✖ The Good Old Days: catch-all young verse. Usually Xander is around age 19 and just beginning to break out in the extreme sports and tricks scene.
✖ Gadgets to get the badguysPerson of Interest verse. Xander, as a former NSA asset and continual badass Robin Hood-type, Xander ends up running into Harold, John and the crew in New York more than once. He's a secondary asset to The Machine and its cause.
about.
Name: Xander Cage Codename: Triple X (xXx) Nicknames: X, Triple X Age: 39. Birthdate: July 18th, 1977 Species: Human Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual Profession: Extreme athlete, Good Samaritan, Former NSA agent, current Rogue.
PHYSICAL ASPECTS
Hair: Bald Eyes: Brown Height: 6'0" / 1.82m Weight: 248lbs / 112.5kg
SKILLS
Abilities: Peak physical form, extremely strong, agile, high-level endurance, quick reflexes. Expert in MMA, hand-to-hand combat, self-defense, military combat, kickboxing, skilled with many forms of weaponry, expert marksman, knowledge of bomb-making and dismantling. Extreme Sports, snowboarding, skiing(slalom/extreme), skateboarding, base jumping, parasailing, parkour, stunt driver, expert driver with many models of vehicle. Acute perception, preternatural eye for detail, expert-level deduction. Fluent in Spanish, conversationally fluent in Mandarin, knows basics in Russian.
Hobbies:Thrill-seeking, looking for adventure, saving the day at the last possible second.
TRAITS
Positive: Determined, Stands his ground, Intelligent, Leadership, Good listener,
Negative: Machismo, boastful, aggressive, domineering, quick-tempered, stubborn, vulgar.
LIKES
Colors: Red, black, orange, silver. Smells: Fire, nature, air, insence Drinks: Club Soda and Cranberry Juice
OTHER DETAILS
Smokes: No Drugs: No DriverLicense: Yes Ever Been Arrested?:Yep.
BIOGRAPHY
Everyone knows the name Xander Cage, he made those guys on Jackass look like, well...Jackasses. Xander Cage (or simply referred to as X by his friends.) is a rebellious thrill-seeker with a notorious reputation. After destroying a senate's corvette he was employed by the NSA as an undercover agent with the mission of infiltrating a terrorist organization referred to as Anarchy 99 he reluctantly accepted his assignment to avoid imprisonment for his crimes.
He was supposedly killed off after his initial assignment and was replaced, although he was later found alive and well, having lived in a self-imposed exile in Dominican Republic.
Being re-recruited for the xXx program, he ended up becoming persona non grata amongst all the United States security organizations, particularly the NSA and the CIA. He's in hiding, now, doing what he can to get by and continue helping people out, with a little thrill-seeking whenever he can get it.
Howard just grinned and shrugged, tongue against his cheek, completely unrepentant. “If you want to get technical, pal, Nick used to work for me.” Catching the phone, he tucked it away into his jacket pocket and nodded – yeah, that’s what he thought. “I’m older than I look,” he admitted, not something he usually shared, but this was gambling: you had to show a few cards. “And the skills you have, the reallyinteresting ones, I’m in a similar boat.” Pulling out a manilla folder, Howard tossed it onto the table between them. “It’s all in there. I don’t know how good your history teachers were, so long story short: HYDRA’s our target, they’re Nazis, and I’m sick of all this cloak and dagger bullshit.”
This is when Xander’s brain started really kicking into high gear. Showing his hand–even part of it like that–was risky on Edward’s part, but now he knew the guy was either immortal or like one of those Captain America type super-soldiers. It was the ‘similar boat’ comment that got his brows furrowing for just the shortest hair of a second as things started to click into place. The amount of people this “Edward Rossi” could actually be just significantly dwindled, and Xander prided himself on knowing about as many big players in the hero and villains biz as he could. His face looked familiar, but he couldn’t quite place it. He took the folder and started leafing through it. “I know they’re Nazis,” not offended, just showing some of his cards. “Sounds like a plan,” he said over the set of papers, “you got someone you wanna punch first?” there was a wry grin on his face. This was gonna be fun.
“Xander,” Howard repeated with a nod. “Me and Nick, we’re old pals.” Digging his phone out of his suit jacket, he tossed it to him. “His number’s there. You can call him if you want. He’ll probably tell you I’m trouble and not to agree to anything I say.” Howard grinned and sat back in the chair he had taken over. “Which is safe advice. But nobody ever did anything worthwhile by playing it safe.”
An eyebrow raised, “Old pals,” so Nick hadn’t sent him. This was interesting, but it definitely lent to the idea Xander had about this guy–that he worked with people if he felt like it, but he wasn’t beholden to anyone specific. Catching the phone, he held it for a moment, tossed it back. He didn’t trust the guy, but he didn’t not trust him enough to call Nick Fury and have to listen to him complain for fifteen minutes. His grin matched Edward’s, “Safe isn’t in my vocabulary.” Leaning forward, he kept his voice a little low, “So nazi punching. I’m in.”
“I was hoping you’d say that, Mr. Cage. And as we’ll be working together, I think a little transparency might be in order.” Keywords being a little. There was a lot about Howard he wouldn’t and couldn’t share, but some of it he could. “This won’t be strictly on the books, or legal, but it’ll be fun.”
“Xander,” he corrected. The only people who called him “mr. Cage” were suits, and the vibe he got from Edward was that he worked with the suits, not for them. “If Fury sent you,” which he wasn’t sure he entirely believed yet, “You had me at fun. I don’t care about books or legalities.” He was one of the simplest complex men. Give him something fun, and that was enough for Xander. That was all that mattered.
“Agent Edward Rossi. Nick sent me.” Or, rather, he’d sent himself while Nick sighed about it and they both pretended that Howard had listened to his concerns. All the best relationships were built on compromise, after all. “How do you feel about punching Nazis?”
There was only one “Nick” he knew of who would send an Agent like this. Fury wanted something done again, and apparently he was recruiting from the vigilante population again. Must’ve been desperate. This Edward guy looked a bit small for the usual agent fare. “Nazis?” Xander gave a small shrug, punctuated with a smirk, “Think I could enjoy that.”