Hi, all! This is just a PSA about
your friendly new neighborhood transgenic,
always_okay.
It's Alec! Can I call him Alec?No. He won't know what you're talking about. X5-494 is pre-canon, even pre-"Berrisford Agenda" flashbacks. He hasn't been outside of Manticore yet, ever. Play gentle with him. Kinda.
It's Jensen Ackles! Can I mistake him for Dean Winchester?Kindasortanotreally. There's a resemblance, yeah, but they're not identical. If your character knows Ben/X5-493 (
x5_493_ben), however, they are both genetically and physically identical. Other Jensen-flavored roles (Jason Teague, others?), come talk to me? I'm on AIM as
acroBAMF, or you can shoot me an email at fangirlitis[at]gmail.com. Or you can leave a comment! I like the notifications. *eyedarts*
It's an X5! What's that mean?It means he's better than you. Well, obviously there'll be exceptions, but the X5 generation is, as Logan Cale likes to remind us, a genetically engineered killing machine with all the efficiency and amplified hunting power of a cat.
More on that. If your pup can smell on a better-than-human level, 494 will not smell right. He has a core body temperature of 101.8 degrees, so he is also literally hotter than you. Probably. He certainly won't fail to make that joke if the opening presents itself.
Humor aside, you can expect him to be an expert in all manner of fighting techniques, subterfuge tactics, languages, machines, weapons and computers, and a whole host of other things that make for a good soldier. It's just that whole socializing and blending in thing he hasn't had a lot of experience with yet. Wish him luck.