Rictor

Other Personality Notes:

Emotional State:

“Rictor--you’ve been hiding behind the tough-guy act for so long that you’ve buried our insecurities and doubts so deep they’re like a festering cancer now.”- Danielle Moonstar

~Rictor is an insanely complex guy if you take an actual look at him. He usually hides his true self with a macho attitude or random outbursts. He’s all about the avoidance of issues, and does his best to deter the point of focus from him. He loves helping people he cares for with their problems, but doesn’t show the same enthusiasm for his own issues. He lacks self confidence, but has a bit of an ego in order to cover it up.

~When things get bad for Julio, he usually wants to leave it all behind by either running away, or trying to kill himself. When Rahne dumped him after X-tinction Agenda, he took off, though it was to find her, he did not return for awhile. Other incidents include when The Right had him for the second time, and all he wanted to do was die. He considered it a better fate than having to deal with them, and he nearly killed himself and Tabitha to get away. She convinced him not to, but the issue was never brought up afterwards. Recently, in X-factor (volume 3), Rictor was perched up on a building ledge ready to jump off and die because not having his abilities anymore was too much for him to take. Again, he was talked out of it; this time by Rahne and a dupe of Madrox.

~Issue 13 of X-factor(Volume 3) is when all the members go for a therapy session, and it’s revealed that since his power loss, Rictor has good and bad days. Good days for him are only when he’s too busy to notice, while bad days are musings as to why it had to happen to him. Julio owns up to this, indicating that he still holds clear devastations of his power loss, despite the time that has gone by. During this issue, he avoids questions and snaps when Doc Samson calls him “Julio”, saying that they’re not friends. Samson tries to get some responses from him, but Julio is all about ignoring his issues, and he tries to take off.

~In newer issues of X-factor, Rictor has been displaying some odd behaviour. Though he is known for having a large dislike for guns, he has been shown using them despite his fear.  Has he lost it? Probably.

Quirks:
~Julio has the tendency to completely spaz over the littlest things if he’s feeling left out, unimportant, or just mad.
~When Ric cares about someone, he‘s very loyal to them. He’ll follow them to the ends of the earth, and sacrifice everything for them. He’s a hopeless romantic, whether he admits it or not.
~ Is a bad cook
~He's a little paranoid. Gee, who'd he get that from?
~He’s secretly a giant dork, but actually has no idea. He just thinks he’s suave.
~He loves it when people live through misfortune, or authority types are being bossed around.
~Julio is a pretty big asshole when he wants to be, and he’s got quite a mouth.
~Julio shows a great dislike, and even fear towards guns.

Family:
Rictor’s family is a big one, and due to that, most of his family members remain unnamed. His family ran a gun business, “selling death”, of which was passed down to younger generations. His father, and his uncle were both killed due to incidents within the business, and he sent a lot more relatives off to jail. Rictor made it his mission when he left X-force to right all the wrongs his family had done, and with ‘Star helping him, the two were quite successful. Though it is unrevealed what the exact fate of that was.

Julio’s family is a weak spot for him, and his father’s death still haunts him to this day. He has mentioned that he doesn’t think he’s better than his family, only that he’s trying to be. In a recent issue of X-factor, he talks to one of the men X-factor helps, and mentions that the man is father of the year because he "hasn't been killed" or "sold anyone out." Clearly, Julio still feels quite deeply about what happened with his own father, even after many, many years.

End/Disclaimer:
All information taken from X-factor (volumes one and three), X-terminators LS, The New Mutants, X-force, New X-men and Gambit and the X-ternals. Everything and everyone seen and mentioned here is owned by Marvel Comics. Rictor was created by Louise and Walter Simonson. Bio put together by Betterthanlegos