Blindfold (comics)
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Blindfold (Beatrice Stridsberg) is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Universe, one of the student body in the Xavier Institute. She first appeared in Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #7 and was created by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday.
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[edit] Fictional character biography
Blinfold is a student at the Xavier Institute. She was first mentioned by Hisako Ichiki and Wing before their confrontation with Ord. Hisako and Wing both said she had a big mouth because she had read Wing's mind and informed Hisako of his dreams of one day becoming and X-Man. Wing was upset and Hisako said don't worry, she wanted to be an X-Man too and that Blindfold is just lonely. In her first actual appearance, the Stepford Cuckoos led her to Emma Frost and the rest of the X-Men to warn them of the coming of the Danger Room entity.
When M-Day hit, she was one of 27 students to maintain her powers. She was excused along with Wallflower, Ernst and Nezhno from Emma Frost's Battle Royal which determined who will train to be an X-Man.
[edit] Torn
When Emma Frost was suffering from a bad case of survivors guilt. Blindfold was found by Hisako "crying" in a restroom. While trying to comfort Blindfold, Blindfold tries to convince Hisako that they are going "to lose another one." Wolverine, believing he is a defenseless child due to the manipulations of Cassandra Nova, barged into the restroom asking for help as a feral Beast followed him in. Hisako leaves Blindfold and hides with Wolverine, unfortunatly Beast targets Blindfold and goes to attack her. Hisako powers up and scares the feral X-Man away but passes out from exhaustion. Blindfold then takes her to the infimary because she believes someone was awake only to find the unconscious bodies of Colossus and Cyclops. Eventually Shadowcat makes her way back to the Institute and asks the girls to tell her everything they know. When Kitty leaves to find out who exactly is attacking, Cyclops manages to contact Blindfold and instruct her to give Beast a special box containing a ball of string. He also asks her to keep his mind safe from any sort of psychic attacks as he helps Emma. During the middle of the battle, Ord and the Danger Room entity interrupt and a battle begins between the X-Men, Hisako, Ord and Danger. Suddenly S.W.O.R.D. beamed the team, Danger, Ord, and Hisako into a spaceship headed for the Breakworld. Blindfold was last seen watching them along with a few other students and commented that not all of them will come back.
[edit] The Quest For Magik
Blindfold is stated to appear in New X-Men #37 in an arc entitled The Quest For Magik which has something to do with House of M and Illyana Rasputin. According to a recent interview with Chris Yost, he said she will have a major role in the plot. [1]
[edit] Powers and abilities
Blindfold is a telepath, but the full extent of her abilities is unknown. She has been shown in Astonishing X-Men to both lack control and also to sometimes sense events when other telepaths apparently did not. Therefore, besides Telepathy, she may also be a clairvoyant or precognitive, and able to see nearby present or future events. Her blindness is part of her mutation in the sense that she has no eyes, but rather has skin where eyes would normally be. Because of this she cannot cry.
Her powers and situation as a blind person who is able to "see" thanks to her powers mirrors the situation of Destiny, the deceased lover of Mystique, and Madame Web, a Spider-Man character.
[edit] Bibliography
- Astonishing X-Men vol. 3 #4, 7-8, 15-18
- New X-Men vol. 2 #23
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