Hello, hello! Erin here, bringing you my two boys, Northstar and Pyro at trykeepingup and arsonforanarchy respectively.
John was a full-fledged, proud member of the Broho back in the day, and very enthusiastic about the sorts of destruction he caused at that point in his life. He still has strong loyalties to Magneto, despite the fact that the guy isn't around anymore, and to several other members of the Broho who are still around and kicking. While it's likely everyone in the group knew him on some level, not everyone who ran with Mags knew his real name, or even saw him outside of his suit. It's likely that there are several characters who managed to avoid getting caught who were in the group who know who he is, and I'd be glad to help establish if your characters would be among those. Also, if there are Brotherhood characters running around now who were nabbed by the authorities/publicly outed, John will be avoiding them like the plague. Considering he's still somewhat "active", he'd rather not get caught just for associating with any "knowns". Currently, John is working at Chow's Diner, mostly on the late afternoon/night shift. The boy would love some guy friends (potentially a future Avalanche, Juggernaut, Blob, or Toad would be fun), but for the moment he's happy to have his harem of girl buds. Anyone who knew him in the Broho days would likely notice that he's sort of settled down a little bit with the Chow family. Characters in general will likely hear news stories of John's handywork in the form of impressive acts of arson, and often fatal attacks against well-known, in-the-spotlight mutant haters.
JP is the bartender at the jazz club, Blackbird. He's sort of a cheeky asshole sometimes, but he's not a bad guy, and is actually pretty willing to help others who need genuine assistance. He's got mixed feelings about the whole "costumed heroes" thing, but mostly because he wishes people were brave enough to do the same things without suits and masks. He does, however, play favorites, and it's likely that there will be a few heroes that he's actually rooting for. Back in the day he was a photographer, when X-Man and Mags were still running around, so if anyone had heroes hopping to the rescue at that point and would like to have a bit of a "I used to take your photograph all the time" type thing going on, it would at least be fun. The boy also needs friends in general, m'thinks. JP doesn't have too much going on right now other than work and attempting to quit smoking, but in the future he'll likely be willing to assist some heroes in some way or another. He might even suit up himself eventually.
I'd love all breeds of plot for either of my boys, and you guys can find me pretty easily on aim at Carpe Steakum. Can't wait to start playing!