The Captain Britain thing aside, why doesn't she just use her tk and fly every now and then?
Betsy Braddock
Character » Betsy Braddock appears in 4596 issues.
British beauty Elizabeth Braddock is twin sister of Captain Britain a mutant, former fashion model, and Charter Pilot. She is a long-standing member of the X-Men, Leader of Excalibur, and Founder of the reformed Captain Britain Corps, multi-versal alternate versions of herself.
Why Doesn't She Fly??
" The Captain Britain thing aside, why doesn't she just use her tk and fly every now and then? "hmmm... that has to be an error on the part of the writers or something... if she does indeed have solid TK... she should be able to use for it Flight
I believe she did occasionally when she first got her telekinesis but before her brother Jamie altered her. She'd fly with Thunderbird who was the new X-Man at the time. But she didn't have much fine control. She could blast through a wall but not pick up a penny with her powers.
Dunno if Jamie changed it so she can't but she doesn't seem to do it anymore.
" Maybe she hasn't found the need to fly yet? "could have helped before vargas killed her. Or before Sabretooth left her in critical condition.
@PrinceIMC said:
" I believe she did occasionally when she first got her telekinesis but before her brother Jamie altered her. She'd fly with Thunderbird who was the new X-Man at the time. But she didn't have much fine control. She could blast through a wall but not pick up a penny with her powers. Dunno if Jamie changed it so she can't but she doesn't seem to do it anymore. "
She and Neal never went flying.
" @pixelized said:She did when Boom Boom found her after he'd beaten her to near death." @Closure said:She didn't have telekinesis when she fought Sabretooth." Maybe she hasn't found the need to fly yet? "could have helped before vargas killed her. Or before Sabretooth left her in critical condition.
And there's also this...
"
Sorry you're right, she was flying with Warren and Neal was following along in his car.
@PrinceIMC said:" I believe she did occasionally when she first got her telekinesis but before her brother Jamie altered her. She'd fly with Thunderbird who was the new X-Man at the time. But she didn't have much fine control. She could blast through a wall but not pick up a penny with her powers. Dunno if Jamie changed it so she can't but she doesn't seem to do it anymore. "She and Neal never went flying. "
I guess it depends on how the writers want to use her. Her TK is powerful enough to make her fly, it just depends if the creative team wants to tap into it for the story or not.
" @pixelized said:I like this scan all over again now. I forgot she was a pilot and had a love of flying... you'd think she'd do it more often." @Closure said:She didn't have telekinesis when she fought Sabretooth." Maybe she hasn't found the need to fly yet? "could have helped before vargas killed her. Or before Sabretooth left her in critical condition.
And there's also this...
"
"The Captain Britain thing aside, why doesn't she just use her tk and fly every now and then?"
Pretty sure oldschool 80's Psylocke, before The Hand swapped her brain into a new body levitated, at least I think she did
" @pixelized said:when she was just a telepath? only in the x-jet."The Captain Britain thing aside, why doesn't she just use her tk and fly every now and then?"Pretty sure oldschool 80's Psylocke, before The Hand swapped her brain into a new body levitated, at least I think she did "
" Yeah, she should. But she's changed powers so much it's ridiculous. I just wish you would get back to her good ol' butterfly telepathy lol.I miss Neal, I hope he comes back soon. Even if they constantly misspelled his name in early issues. Shaar, Sharra, Shaara.
Here's the rest of the scan though...
And it shows the scene PrinceIMC is talking about. "
Betsy has flown a few times. In the early days of Xtreme X-men before she died. CC had her flying during the HoM and during her New Excalibur tenure. I guess it could be argued she doesn't really need to fly. Maybe a ninja doesn't need to fly. They could just have her using her teke to enhance her leaping abilities and her strength levels. To contnue to give her that fighting edge.
And Betsy never had teke when she fought Sabretooth. The two times it did happen with teke were simulations. The only other time was when she fought AoA Sabes in New Exiles.
" Betsy has flown a few times. In the early days of Xtreme X-men before she died. CC had her flying during the HoM and during her New Excalibur tenure. I guess it could be argued she doesn't really need to fly. Maybe a ninja doesn't need to fly. They could just have her using her teke to enhance her leaping abilities and her strength levels. To contnue to give her that fighting edge. And Betsy never had teke when she fought Sabretooth. The two times it did happen with teke were simulations. The only other time was when she fought AoA Sabes in New Exiles. "As shown above, Betsy is a woman who loves to fly... and yet, she has the ability to do it herself and it's rarely shown.
" @pixelized: True, but aside from Chris Claremont no one really acknowledges Betsy's days as a pilot. Plus like I said she may love to fly but in a fight writers may find it impractical for someone who loves to fight and has all this ninja savvy to fly away. In her off time sure, show the girl flying from Utopia to Manhattan to go on a shopping spree or just to spend time in the air but other than that not so much. And as long as she has had the teke CC has in fact shown her flying an awful lot. During his return to the X-books during the Revolution period he had her flying, just as stated in that panel above she loves to fly. Pretty much through her entire tenure on New Exiles she was shown flying. He had her flying in HoM during his Uncanny run. And early Xtreme. She just got back to 616 and hasn't really done much let alone be shown flying. Maybe Yost will have her flying in the mini. "you've only mentioned one writer showing her love for flying, she's had a few dozen over the course of her existence. it doesn't make sense that a person with a passion for being in the air wouldn't do it whenever they got the chance. you'd think she'd incorporate it into her fighting style.
" @pixelized: Well when that one writer is the main reason for her flying in the first place and the majority of her time as a flier she was being written by him of course that will be the only instance. In all of her time as a teke flier she has been written by CC and that has all been post 2001. She is just now being written by different writers while she has her teke and she hasn't done much to fly. They are keen to focus on her returned telepathy. Nut like I said perhaps Yost will show her flying in her mini. As for the fighting style she uses it more to enhance her striking abilities and she doens't necessarliy fly more of leaping. "that's the reason for the thread. I want the girl that had a pilot's license before she was able to drive to use her tk to fly more often.
I think it wouldn t make any sense for betsy to fly... maybe she could incorporate her tk into her fighting moves like phoebe in charmed. She can do more back flipmoves and higher jump kicks... stuff like that?
" I think it wouldn t make any sense for betsy to fly... maybe she could incorporate her tk into her fighting moves like phoebe in charmed. She can do more back flipmoves and higher jump kicks... stuff like that? "it wouldn't make sense for the the girl that loves to fly, to actually fly??? kay.
To be honest, if someone has teke then the chances are the first thing they'd try to do is fly... I think that's just human nature. But a lot of Betsy's personality has been messed around to the point that a lot of writers have forgotten about her love of fast cars & planes.
But personally... I'd forgotten she was still a telekinetic. For some reasons my muddled brain thought she'd gone back to being just a telepath. So yeah, if she has the powers then she should use them to her fullest extent. But even when she was 'just' a telepath, she would resort to phsyical attacks more than telepathic ones.
" To be honest, if someone has teke then the chances are the first thing they'd try to do is fly... I think that's just human nature. But a lot of Betsy's personality has been messed around to the point that a lot of writers have forgotten about her love of fast cars & planes. But personally... I'd forgotten she was still a telekinetic. For some reasons my muddled brain thought she'd gone back to being just a telepath. So yeah, if she has the powers then she should use them to her fullest extent. But even when she was 'just' a telepath, she would resort to phsyical attacks more than telepathic ones. "That reminds me of this scene from Dark Reign: The List - X-Men.
Granted it has been some time since she was able to use TP, but it was like her left arm for years prior to becoming a TK-er.
" @xerox-kitty said:" To be honest, if someone has teke then the chances are the first thing they'd try to do is fly... I think that's just human nature. But a lot of Betsy's personality has been messed around to the point that a lot of writers have forgotten about her love of fast cars & planes. But personally... I'd forgotten she was still a telekinetic. For some reasons my muddled brain thought she'd gone back to being just a telepath. So yeah, if she has the powers then she should use them to her fullest extent. But even when she was 'just' a telepath, she would resort to phsyical attacks more than telepathic ones. "That reminds me of this scene from Dark Reign: The List - X-Men.
Granted it has been some time since she was able to use TP, but it was like her left arm for years prior to becoming a TK-er. "
Urgh... massive FractionFail.
1) Psylocke, a powerful psychic, has trouble in helping Bobby in amplifying his abilities?
2) Bobby needs help to stop a fish rampaging through the sea?
did she ever get her tk back because i dont really know anything about psylock and i know she once lost her tk did she regain it???
But the ninja was a later addition. This is a girl who loved to go fast. Pushing cars and planes to their speed limit. And even as a ninja, flight would be a silent and sensible addition to assassin's skills.
i know that in sword of the braddocks she uses her tk to levitate when facing a holographic slaymaster
This has reminded me of psylockes teleportation days... well i suppose if she could teleport she could fly once and a while.
" This has reminded me of psylockes teleportation days... well i suppose if she could teleport she could fly once and a while. "I'm so glad she doesn't have the Darkforce powers anymore. It was good for a short while when she had a good artist (Joe Mad), but glad it's not permanent (along with the silly SoS style eye-tattoo).
When is her cos. going to be changed psylock is
beautiful and her beauty is being wasted on the
whole ninja thing
i hate it
Well at least someone understands that,that co. is not working for her
they should make her more
girly and
explore her true beauty
and i love the butterfly wings
when she uses her tele.
:D
Amazing!!!!
I don't know about making her more girly... I think she's girly enough. Don't want her to lose her edge, after all.
But I've always liked ninja Psy better. British Psylocke is really pretty, but she just never caught my attention. The butterfly wings are amazing. And I can't remember exactly, but aren't butterflies symbolic somehow in Asian culture? Specifically Chinese, I think.
I agree she needs a costume change. But I still want her to be sexy for the outfit. I want her katana to be really a katana just like the time when she first came out during the Jim Lee era and not just a psyhic katana. In fact, it can be some magical artifact that she can carry like the cursed Sword of Mariwasa.
Tongs is so 90s and needs to be left from that era. She is the only X-Men character that I know of that has the same costume for years now. She had three changes (Extreme X-Men, House of M and Exiles) but she really goes back to her bathing suit.
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