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|character_name = Xavin▼
|image = [[Image:Xavincover.jpg|250px]]
|caption = '''Xavin''', displaying their abilities.<br> Art by [[Jo Chen]].
▲|character_name=Xavin
|real_name = Xavin
|species = [[Skrull]]
|homeworld = Tarnax VII
|publisher = [[Marvel Comics]]
|debut = ''[[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]]'', vol. 2 #7.<ref name="firstappearance">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #7. Marvel Comics.</ref>
|creators = [[Brian K. Vaughan]]<br> [[Adrian Alphona]]
|alliances = [[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]]
|powers = Superhuman strength and durability<br>Shapeshifting<br>Flight<br>Fire manipulation<br>Elasticity<br>Invisibility<br>Force field projection
|}}
'''Xavin''' is a [[fictional]] [[superhero]] appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. The character appears in the series ''[[Runaways (comics)|Runaways]]''. They are a [[Super-Skrull#Other Super-Skrulls|Super-Skrull]] in training, created by author [[Brian K. Vaughan]] & artist [[Adrian Alphona]], and debuted in ''Runaways'' vol. 2 #7.<ref name="firstappearance"/> Although Alphona was the series's artist at the time, artist [[Takeshi Miyazawa]] first drew the character on print. Xavin had first appeared to the Runaways, taking on the form of a black male, but changed into a black female just for the sake of [[Karolina Dean]], a lesbian whom they were to marry.<ref name="Vol2#8">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #8. Marvel Comics.</ref> Xavin is often seen as a male, simply to be "intimidating".<ref name="Vol2#25">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #25. Marvel Comics.</ref> Xavin, often called "Xav" for short, is known for her obtuse and warlike personality.<ref name="Vol2#29">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #29. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref name="si1">''Secret
Xavin was portrayed by Clarissa Thibeaux in the second and third seasons of the [[Hulu]] television series ''[[Runaways (TV series)|Runaways]]'' which is set in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]].
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When Xavin journeys to Earth to find [[Karolina Dean]], they reveal to Karolina that their parents had one more large secret. [[The Deans]] had been exiled from their planet Majesdane for criminal activities. They traveled to Earth where they encountered Xavin's father, Prince De'zean of the Skrulls, who was going to rule the planet.<ref name="Vol2#8"/> The Deans had stopped the destruction but gave the Skrulls the location of another, more valuable planet: Majesdane.<ref name="Vol2#8"/> In order to prove they weren't lying, they gave Prince De'zean's child their child's hand in marriage.<ref name="Vol2#8"/> The Deans had believed that Xavin would die in the new Skrull/Majesdanian war. Xavin later arrived on Earth in order to marry her and hopefully stop the fifteen-year war between their races.<ref name=" Vol2#8"/> Xavin encountered Karolina shortly after her romantic advances were rejected by [[Nico Minoru]].<ref name="firstappearance"/> Xavin, trying to convince Karolina to be their bride, fought and pursued her, in the form of a human male.<ref name="Vol2#8"/> Karolina revealed that she is not attracted to men and doesn't want to live a lie, but Xavin altered their form to that of a human woman and persuaded her to leave Earth with the new female version of Xavin.<ref name="Vol2#8"/>
During the wedding ceremony, a fight breaks out between the two races and Xavin and Karolina barely escape before Majesdane is destroyed.<ref name="Vol2#17">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #17. Marvel Comics.</ref> They return to Earth, where they help rescue [[Molly Hayes]] from the New [[Pride (comics)|Pride]].<ref name="Vol2#17"/> Xavin impersonates Nico and takes a bullet for her, distracting [[Geoffrey Wilder]] long enough for Nico to untie Molly and escape.<ref name="Vol2#18">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #18. Marvel Comics.</ref> Xavin survives the attack by shape-shifting their organs out of the way.<ref name="Vol2#18"/>
===Secret Invasion===
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=== As a fugitive ===
Weeks later, Xavin better adjusted, refraining from insulting Victor and becoming close to Molly (the only teammate other than Karolina to always refer to Xavin as female). However, Xavin is still more-or-less an outcast to the other members. Like the other Runaways, Xavin is an orphan (they told the group when they first appeared that their parents were dead because of the aliens' war). They also call themself a runaway when they reveal their identity to Geoffry Wilder.<ref name="Vol2#18"/> Xavin joins the group but has trouble adjusting to their new surroundings and getting along with their new teammates, particularly Victor, whom they often offend with condescending remarks about robots. Although they are aggressive and headstrong, Xavin is motivated to protect their new home by their love for Karolina.<ref name="Vol2#19">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #19. Marvel Comics.</ref>
===Departure===
In ''Runaways''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[Dead Wrong (comics)|Dead Wrong]]" story arc, a group of surviving Majesdanians arrive to arrest Karolina.<ref name="Vol3#2">''Runaways'': Volume 3, #2. Marvel Comics.</ref> After they repeatedly attack the Runaways, Xavin realizes that the aliens won't stop until they get Karolina. Karolina apparently leaves the group with the Majesdanians, but the Runaways, except Nico, are later shocked to find ''the real'' Karolina knocked out. Xavin shape-shifted into Karolina's form and took her place, to take all the punishment for their species' war. Kissing Karolina, Xavin whispers their love and departs the group.<ref name="Vol3#6">''Runaways'': Volume 3, #6. Marvel Comics.</ref> Their fate is unknown.▼
▲In ''Runaways''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[Dead Wrong (comics)|Dead Wrong]]" story arc, a group of surviving Majesdanians arrive to arrest Karolina.<ref name="Vol3#2">''Runaways'': Volume 3, #2</ref> After they repeatedly attack the Runaways, Xavin realizes that the aliens won't stop until they get Karolina. Karolina apparently leaves the group with the Majesdanians, but the Runaways, except Nico, are later shocked to find ''the real'' Karolina knocked out. Xavin shape-shifted into Karolina's form and took her place, to take all the punishment for their species' war. Kissing Karolina, Xavin whispers their love and departs the group.<ref name="Vol3#6">''Runaways'': Volume 3, #6</ref> Their fate is unknown.
==Powers and abilities==
Xavin, being a [[Skrull]], has the [[Skrull]] natural ability to [[shape-shift]].<ref name="Vol2#8"/> Xavin was a [[Super-Skrull]] in training, meaning they can manifest the powers of the [[Fantastic Four]]: [[Mr. Fantastic]]'s ability to stretch and contort his body into any shape imaginable, [[Invisible Woman]]'s power to render herself invisible and the ability to create force fields, [[Human Torch|the Human Torch]]'s fire-control and flight and [[Thing (comics)|the Thing]]'s superhuman strength and resistant rock-like hide.<ref name="si1"/> The Super-Skrull K'lrt is one of Xavin's idols.<ref name="cw1">''Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways''. Marvel Comics.</ref> As stated by Xavin, they are still a Super Skrull in training, so they can only use their Fantastic Four abilities one at a time; at one point, when Xavin was bombarded with high frequency sounds, they lost control of their powers and burnt up the [[Griffith Observatory]].<ref name="Vol2#19">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #19. Marvel Comics.</ref> Finally, in vol. 3, #2, they used all their powers at once in anger.<ref name="Vol3#2">''Runaways'': Volume 3, #2. Marvel Comics.</ref>
===Personality===
Xavin is known for their war-like, rash attitude,<ref name="Vol2#20">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #20. Marvel Comics.</ref> something that irritates the other Runaways,<ref name="si1"/> particularly Victor, who they had a strong animosity towards because being an android, Victor would have been hardwired to cook and clean on their planet.<ref name="Vol2#8"/> Although Xavin often demonstrates a strong, General-type behaviour, there are periods when they accidentally show they barely have any more experience than the other runaways; for example, they once stretched themself from one building to another just to get to the other side, instead of simply creating a force-field bridge, only realizing the alternative after it was pointed out to them by Molly.<ref name="Vol2#25"/><ref name="comicvine">[http://www.comicvine.com/xavin/29-1944/ Xavin]</ref>
==Reception==
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==Gender identity==
Due to Xavin often changing through their three main forms, (human female, human male, and true Skrull form) both characters within the series and fans<ref>[http://runaways.mergingminds.org/showarticle.asp?section=10&fldAuto=442 Runaways/Young Avengers #3] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221073928/http://runaways.mergingminds.org/showarticle.asp?section=10&fldAuto=442 |date=February 21, 2009 }}</ref> question the nature of their gender. As a Skrull, a race of shapeshifters, Xavin stated "for us, just changing our gender is no different than changing our hair color",<ref name="Vol2#8"/> implying that Skrulls have fluid gender identities. When asked by Molly about why they don't stay in female form all the time, Xavin replied that it was simply their nature to do so and doesn't see a problem in it,<ref name="Vol2#22">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #22. Marvel Comics.</ref> though it causes Xavin to start questioning their own nature. Although Karolina does truly love Xavin, even so much as to deny Xavin disguised as Nico due to loyalty,<ref name="Vol2#23">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #23. Marvel Comics.</ref> she does become depressed when Nico questions Xavin's true gender. In ''[[Civil War: Young Avengers/Runaways]]'', Xavin is mostly male, but female briefly.<ref name="cw1"/> In vol. 3, #1, Xavin is only male, but in vol. 3 #2, Xavin is only female.<ref name="Vol3#2"/><ref name="Vol3#1">''Runaways'': Volume 3, #1. Marvel Comics.</ref> Karolina is fixed on the idea that Xavin is female, and that Xavin isn't pretending to be a woman, just learning to be human.<ref name="Vol2#25"/> During an argument with Karolina, Xavin loses control and changes form into their female form, and Karolina takes that to mean Xavin's true form is a female.<ref name="Vol2#29"/> However, on his blog, the artist [[Humberto Ramos]] notes that he was instructed to draw Xavin taking different genders depending on the situation, even when not plot-necessary.<ref>[http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/5459.htm/ Xavin's true gender on Humberto Ramos' blog] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080922195302/http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/5459.htm/ |date=September 22, 2008 }}</ref>
== Relationships with other Runaways ==
Due to their war-like, yet rash attitude,<ref name="Vol2#20"/> Xavin often irritates the other Runaways.<ref name="si1"/> They often believed that Victor was supposed to be hardwired to know everything, being a [[cyborg]]. In their first appearance, they called Victor a "toy".<ref name="Vol2#8"/> Xavin met Karolina after Karolina suffered rejection from Nico, her crush for some time.<ref name="firstappearance"/> When Xavin expressed no concern of changing physical appearance from male to female to please her, Karolina began a relationship. Xavin once took the form of Nico in order to please Karolina, but Karolina rejected them as Nico because they had earned her loyalty and reassured Xavin that she loves them as they are.<ref name="Vol2#23"/> At times, they still suspect Karolina has lingering feelings over Nico.<ref name="Vol2#30">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #30. Marvel Comics.</ref> Later on, during an argument, Xavin subconsciously reverted to female human form, which both surprised and pleased Karolina, who had earlier expressed some lingering doubts about Xavin's true gender.<ref name="Vol2#30"/>
Besides Victor, Xavin strongly infuriates Nico and often questions Nico's leadership decisions.<ref name="Vol2#20"/> Xavin grew to respect Nico's leadership telling her how much they've learned much from her.<ref name="Vol2#21">''Runaways'': Volume 2, #21. Marvel Comics.</ref><ref name="Vol3#6"/>
== In other media ==
Xavin appears in the second season of ''[[Runaways (TV series)|Runaways]]''
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