Julian Navarro

"That's probably a part of it, but it may be something that you don't understand yet. Don't worry about it too much, you'll figure it out when it's time." - **Julian** to Léa in Beyond Worlds: Azul

## Biographical Information

### Home

Manila, Philippines (formerly), Pasadena, California

## Relationships

### Family

Julius Navarro (father), unnamed mother (mentioned; deceased), Lianne Akamine (step-mother), Léa Navarro (younger step-sister)

### Friends

Hiro Hamada, Cameron Mendes, Red Ordonia, Kenji Katagiri, Tadashi Hamada, Big Hero 6

### Enemies

Robert Callaghan (BW), Martín Buenavista (BW & Azul, formerly), Lia (Azul)

## Production Information

### Actor

Cj Sanchez

**Julian "Ian" Navarro** is one of the three tritagonists of Beyond Worlds and a supporting character in Azul and its sequel. He's the son of **Julius Navarro** and the step-son of **Lianne Akamine**, which makes him Léa's step-brother. He's a fourth-year student in Caltech, and does martial arts as a hobby and interest, with him winning a few championship tournaments for his school. Julian wants to be a neuroscientist when he grows up, and he has the knack of reading people's emotions like an open book.

**Cj Sanchez** serves as the inspiration for Julian, even providing voice lines in the reels and animatics.

## **EARLY LIFE**

Born on January 10th, Julian was born to his parents, **Julius Navarro** and his unnamed wife. When Julian was only a toddler, a home invasion occurred when they were still living in the Philippines and a thief took his mother's life while she tried to defend her family from them. Julian's father remarries a few years later to a woman with her daughter as the same age as Julian. Because of how bitter Julian was about losing his mother, he was kind of mean to Léa and made her do the chores that was supposed to be his, calling her "CinderLéa". They warm up rather quickly and treat each other as actual siblings.

## **PERSONALITY**

Like his father, Julian can get rather protective of Léa, offering her rides to school and back home; combining it with efficiency as they go to the same school anyway. He is shown to be much like how Tadashi is to his younger brother; caring, uptight to a small margin, and sacrificial. He's shown to be selfless and very supportive of his step-sister to everything she does, as long as it doesn't get her in trouble.

Julian knows for a fact that he'd be the breadwinner of the family in just a few years, and he studies hard to get accepted into colleges. He's carried the burden of responsibility from a young age, knowing that he had to be a good role model for his younger step-sister. Having Léa in his life has made Julian gentle and understanding, though as the big step-brother, he can still be rough on occasion.

## **PHYSICAL APPEARANCE**

Julian has brown hair and has dark brown irises. His hair is parted to the right side of his head, his bangs brushing the same way. He's reported to be at least 5'7" or 5'8" in height, and he has a somehow slight muscular build due to his martial arts training. He usually wears semi-formal attire, usually consisting of button-up shirts and neckties over jackets, and slacks- sometimes jeans. Like Léa, he is also mentioned to be wearing glasses.

## **TRIVIAS**

* Julian and his father were the reason why Léa changed her name closer to theirs; because she found a complete family in them.
	+ At some point while developing the story, Julian's name is written with as "Julián" with an accented A, similar to Léa's accented E. This spelling variation of his name was dropped in the final cut because usually, accented letters don't appear when typing in computers or laptops. This means that Léa's name is copy and pasted multiple times throughout the story.
* It was initially planned that Julian and Léa would be half-siblings (same scenario in **Libitina: Unmasked** when **Taylor** and **Tanner Flynn**), although the role was passed to someone else entirely, and Red becomes Léa's half-sibling instead in the reboot.
	+ Julian and Oliver are named after Stephanie and Matthew Patrick's son, Oliver, whose full name is Oliver Julian "Ollie" Patrick, from the Game, Film, and Food Theorists.
* In *Chapter 14: Odontology* in the original Beyond Worlds, while Red and Julian are in the dentist's office, he mentions how much a root canal treatment hurts, which suggests that he might had that same treatment before.
* Though they are step-siblings, it was never hinted in the series that Julian and Léa like each other in a romantic way and would always see each other as actual siblings. This might stem from the fact that they've lived with each other in the same house for years- similar to how siblings in the real world works.
* The writers confirm that Julian would always stay single in any installment. The reason behind this is unknown, although some say that Julian serves as the "fan service of single people" for the readers.
	+ Keeping this fact in mind, some speculate that he might be asexual.
	+ This entire concept changes when he finally flirts back at Cameron who's shown to be obviously into Julian since the *Prologue* of Beyond Worlds: Azul.