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DOES THIS CHARACTER MEET SKELETAL BASICS? Yes.
NAME & AGE: Bobby Drake, 16-17 (likely closer to seventeen—he's mentioned as sixteen in the first issues of Uncanny X-Men V1, and there's been a lot of passage of time since then).
CANON & CANON POINT: Marvel Comics, All New X-Men #40
CANON INFORMATION: Bobby is the slightly alternate universe version of the main continuity Bobby Drake in the main Marvel universe (Marvel-616). His wiki page is here, which is understandably a bit scant in details. The grown-up Bobby Drake's wiki page is here and contains the details of his backstory. The significant information that you need to understand is that Bobby Drake was brought to current continuity from just the eighth issue of his existence, and he's been existing in the present since with the other original team of X-Men. None of his background information has had any contradictions up to that point. The other significant piece of information is that he has diverted a bit in All New X-Men #40 after a conversation with Jean Grey, where she confronted him about his obnoxious behavior toward women because he's a closeted gay teenager (and he had been posturing about his attraction to girls despite not actually being attracted to them). The older Bobby had hidden his sexuality for all his life and had many troubled relationships with women. Other than that, he has also diverted in having greater control over his powers at a younger age. Given these changes and the fact that the timestream is literally broken because the original five X-Men were brought to the future, Bobby is unable to return to his past, so this Bobby and the other Bobby, while maintaining similar origins, wouldn't be able to be played as the same person. (For instance, I could not choose to canon update this Bobby into that Bobby, although they were originally the same person and not just Marvel AUs of one another.)

PERSONALITY:

From the age of sixteen, being a mutant and being a member of the X-Men is all that Bobby Drake had for himself. After realizing that he had a mutant power, his mother and father recommended that he do everything he could to hide his powers, which ended up working against him: when he's on a date with a girl, a group of boys come and threaten to beat him up and take his girlfriend away to assault her (presumably both physically and sexually). Desperate to protect her from this assault, Bobby reveals his powers and stops the boys from taking her. And even though Bobby's saved her, his girlfriend rejects and dumps him on the spot, showing more distaste for his abilities than her potential fate. Bobby thinks to himself: "My parents were right! I should never have revealed my powers … regardless of the reason! (Uncanny X-Men V1 #44)"

Mutant powers and a mutant identity were both things that the world had come to fear rather early on, and Bobby had been taught to dislike his powers as a result. It's rather telling that his parents ask him to hide them and suppress them, even if this is a rather damaging approach to take. It's also telling that even though he uses his powers in a heroic fashion (as a hint: the Avengers do already exist), Bobby is rejected. He learns rather quickly the uglier sentiments behind being a natural-born mutant. After his town comes to lynch him for his powers, Charles Xavier and Scott Summers come to rescue him, and they alter the memories of everyone in that town, including those of Bobby's parents. Because of what happens, Bobby is forced to leave his parents and go join Xavier's school so that he can be trained as a mutant (Uncanny X-Men V1 #46). For Bobby, this is a very serious and life-defining decision that would eventually change everything for him. Stepping away from his birth family, Bobby chooses to join the X-Men, and they quickly become his new family. Later comics touch on the tenuous relationship that Bobby has with his family. His father is overbearing and has exceedingly high expectations for him, and the older Bobby becomes an accountant in order to seek his approval. The younger Bobby never faces any of this, as he's removed from the natural timeline where he would develop that strained relationship with his father.

Before diving further into Bobby and his identity, it's important to outline what the X-Men are, as it truly does define who Bobby is even with some of his personality traits. Charles Xavier had a dream, which was that mutants and humans could coexist peacefully. He truly believed it was possible, and he developed his school precisely for that purpose. In truth, Xavier was training them in their powers so that they could combat issues that mutants often faced. Xavier's original five students (Hank McCoy/the Beast, Jean Grey/Marvel Girl, Bobby Drake/Iceman, Scott Summers/Cyclops, and Warren Worthington III/Angel) took on secret identities and fought mutants coming into their powers and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, who were led by Xavier's long-time adversary Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto. Xavier's school was not just meant to train the X-Men in the control of their powers, but also so that they could fight and help lead the world to a peaceful result. Of the original five students, Bobby was the youngest, and it showed.

Early on, Uncanny X-Men establishes Bobby with the following traits: he is more youthful, he doesn't always take things seriously, and he often cracks jokes about the things going on around him. He is an overcompensating practical joker who even plays pranks on his fellow X-Men during training sessions:

Professor, when are you gonna stop taking it easy with me just because I'm a couple years younger than the others?? How am I ever gonna graduate at this rate? … (in thoughts:) Well, if he's gonna treat me like a kid, I'll act like a kid! I'll need a carrot, and some buttons! At least I'll get a few laughs out of this! (Uncanny X-Men V1 #1)

Often these practical jokes, like making himself into a snowman in the middle of training, fail because he forgets that Xavier can read his mind and head him off before he's able to succeed, showing an inability to consider all of the facts in front of him. During all of his trainings, he tends to stop too early on, and it causes him trouble. He comes off as impatient and as someone who lacks foresight, and he never shows a great deal of wisdom. When training isn't on, Bobby is largely one to spend time alone, and he's often depicted eating ice cream alone or thinking up a new practical joke (as these are obvious signs of what the "kid" of the team does).

Even so, being an X-Man is extremely important to Bobby, and he's the most optimistic about his role in the team. Unlike the others, he doesn't outwardly show a great deal of angst about his status in the X-Men, and he appears to be committed to it. While Scott is having difficulty with his eye beams and his lack of control over them (largely because he's afraid he'll hurt Jean), Bobby says, "I don't know about ol' gloomy-face, but I'm glad I'm the Iceman! Yes siree! (Uncanny X-Men V1 #3)" Despite his active sense of humor and tendency to not think seriously, Bobby embraces his role on the team and believes in doing all that he can. Though he struggles in training, he is creative and quick thinking while on missions, creating chutes with ice and other things to get out of buildings in times of trouble. What is established even early on is that Bobby has the least angst about his role in the X-Men. It is who he is, even in spite of his circumstances of joining the team (leaving his family most of all). That said, it may be feigned to some degree, but there will be more on that later.

For two reasons, this lack of angst is especially important given Bobby's future. The first is that Bobby doesn't change from being the model X-Man, even quietly. While he grows up after this to eventually join other teams, he eventually comes back to the team, and he believes in Xavier's dream above all else (and he never believes in the more extreme versions of it). Although Bobby is never a leader or a revolutionary for their cause, he is consistent and loyal. (He does, however, doubt on multiple occasions his role within the team, though his younger self hasn't hit this bout of angst yet.) The second is that Bobby is eventually sent with the other original five X-Men to the future, and it is here that he largely remains the same, outwardly cheerful and joking individual that he had always been. Being the same is extremely defining to Bobby, and a number of "frozen this way" jokes can be made about it. (He'd likely appreciate it.) As such, he will likely never grow up to be the other Bobby who does those things, because he's forced to remain in the future where a lot has changed for mutants. Being a mutant is hard in Bobby's original present, but it's even more dangerous in the future after a string of rather widely publicized tragedies that were caused by mutants. That Bobby keeps his jokes going and his head high in spite of all that he learns should likely be just a little suspicious.

Suspicious or not, the humor and boldness of Bobby's disposition is a genuine mainstay of who he is even as he deals with being time-displaced with his teammates. When Bobby and the others are asked to come to the future, he doesn't focus on the important details from the very beginning, insisting that Scott, who is said to be responsible for a potential mutant genocide, is too boring for such a thing: "Scott Summers? … This Scott Summers? … This Scott right here is going to bring about the mutant apocalypse? … It's impossible to believe. … I mean, look at him. He's waaaay too boring to bring on an apocalypse. (All New X-Men #2)" In the face of a now grown-up and blue Hank McCoy, this is Bobby's reaction. This reaction is truly defining for him, as he both focuses on the facts and tends to be strangely willing to throw them away for some sly (or tactless) remark. It's not that Bobby doesn't take stuff seriously; it's more that Bobby doesn't pretend to take things seriously, and he has a serious foot-in-mouth syndrome. Once they're in the future and reorienting themselves, the X-Men try to figure out what to do next. But Bobby? Bobby's focusing on the smaller details … because of course he is: "But on the bright side. TV sets are much nicer in the future. Not as nice as I thought they'd be, but still. (All New X-Men #2)" While these kinds of asides are not uncommon in comic books, they are a near constant with Bobby. He makes these remarks all of the time, as if he's unable to take a situation seriously and put his nose to the grindstone.

In truth, Bobby's inability to seemingly grasp the full seriousness of a situation and deal with things appropriately is his nervous way of handling them. He talks relentlessly when he should shut his mouth. He babbles when he doesn't know what to say. He makes a joke because he doesn't know what else to do. Being serious isn't beyond him—after all, in that very same issue, he's the one who insists that if the elder, potentially-causing-genocides Scott Summers is looking for mutants, that they should look for mutants, too (All New X-Men #2). This had been their goal as X-Men, and Bobby isn't fazed by the idea of returning to it, even in the future. The problem is that he often interjects with extremely unnecessary commentary. For example:

Kitty: They're probably hiding on Utopia somewhere.

Storm: It's the first place we'd look. He's at the last place we'd look.

Bobby: Or maybe the last place we'd look is the first place he thinks we'd look.

Everyone looks at him with an expression that shows that they're both annoyed and unimpressed by what he has to offer.

Bobby: Shutting up now. (All New X-Men #10)

This reaction shows that Bobby fully understands that what he has to offer isn't necessarily the best, but he doesn't ... remain quiet most of the time. Before long, he is usually back to offering his same inane remarks as always. He often doesn't think before he speaks, or when he thinks about what he has to say, it's not necessarily the most productive addition to a conversation. Still, he's … somewhat aware that it's a problem and not productive, and he can be told when he's being obnoxious, but that doesn't mean he curbs it completely. He says a lot and it comes off as unnecessary nervous posturing, and it's not exactly sincere (All New X-Men #18).

The running commentary that Bobby usually has to offer basically makes him one thing: he is extremely annoying. Instead of going from a two to a five when something is happening on the reacting scale, he goes from a five to a fifty, never shutting his mouth and taking things too far. He never stops talking, and he often doesn't show that he thinks about who he's speaking to at the time. When Wolverine takes them out to the field, he says the following: "Is that what you do? Pick up scents? Is your mutant name Hound Dog? (All New X-Men #13)" These statements are a near constant thing, and he's aware that he otherwise has little to offer to the team. Soon after this statement, he barely manages to form an ice shield in time and looks to their professor and points out that he can do things (All New X-Men #13). To a degree, this could point to his insecurities (of which he has many being a teenage boy who chooses to overcompensate), but more than that, Bobby is … young. That youth ends up leading him toward not tempering himself than he should, even though the others around him have learned to do precisely that. Bobby has fully embraced the role as the team's "youngest child," and it leads to him engaging in some agitating behavior. He always says what he's thinking, at any rate, even when it's an uncomfortable statement.

Part of what drives Bobby beyond his youth is the fact that he is extremely emotional and transparent about what he feels at any given moment. Any look at Bobby at any given moment, and it's apparent that he is either happy, sad, distressed, shocked, or anything in-between. He is an open-book, and he doesn't know how to hide it (seemingly, at any rate). While the others are quietly sulking about the fact that Warren decides to leave the team, Bobby speaks out:

Bobby: Am I the only one upset that Warren totally bailed on us?

Kitty: No

Scott: No.

Hank: He will come back to us..

Bobby: How do you know that, Hank?

Hank: Because he's our friend, Bobby, and you have to have faith.

Bobby: Did anyone know that Scott, here, has a brother?

Scott: What does that have to do with anything?

Bobby: I'm saying: Maybe we don't know each other as well as we thought. (All New X-Men #13)

He shows that he cares about the team, and he expresses it openly. He shows that he's uncomfortable without deciding to hide it like the others do. In another instance, Bobby's discomfort with seeing his older self date his professor is especially obvious (All New X-Men #15). While Bobby says his discomfort is because of Kitty, it is likely because of his own struggles with his sexuality (which will be covered in depth later). He doesn't know how to cope with it, so he seeks out Scott so he can get away from it all. This action shows that Bobby has a hard time sitting and stomping down how he is feeling inside. Even when he has the opportunity to avoid the problem in front of him, he doesn't do it through conventional means. He involves someone else. In that way, along with being emotional, he is somewhat reliant on his teammates. Later, when Scott chooses to leave the team after a space adventure, Bobby is one of the most openly upset about Scott's decision to leave (Guardians of the Galaxy #13). He openly tells Scott that he's still bothered that he left some time later when they meet up again on Space Adventure 2.0.

But it's not just emotion and a lack of focusing on anything serious that keeps Bobby from really looking at the bigger picture and keeping his eyes forward like he should, it's also the fact that he's a little self-absorbed. Don't get it wrong: Bobby is a hero, and during his training sessions, he goes out of his ways to help save those around him both in the past and future. He does want to help people, and when his teammates are in danger, he is at his best because he wants to help them. That doesn't mean he's … not self-absorbed, however. When faced with another team of time-displaced team of X-Men who suspiciously insist that the original five must return to their past, he doesn't dwell on it overly much. Hank is researching the future to the best of his ability, but Bobby isn't. No, he's watching the Food Network, and when he comes to pester Hank, he says: "Baby Shogo really seemed to be liking The Food Network. You know, when we get back to our own time, that's one idea I'm absolutely gonna steal. Whole TV channels devoted to foods. Shows about cupcakes. I'll be a … you're not listening to a word I say, are you? (Wolverine and the X-Men #36)." Bobby expects an audience, and is surprised to some degree when he doesn't get it from Hank. After Hank's suspicions are proved correct and they're brought into the future to see what's really happening there, Bobby launches into the following monologue:

Listen, not-Iron Man, maybe you didn't catch the part where evil X-Men (or whatever they are) have come to our time and are wreaking havoc. You won't tell us why? Fine. But it seems to me that you guys should have been able to stop this from happening or need to take some responsibility for this happening! Or at least tell me why I'm a wizard now or whatever that is!! And if you are me, which I think you are, then what is that giant Ice Hulk doing running around with the questionable/evil X-Men? (All New X-Men #17)

While it is absolutely reasonable for Bobby to be freaked out about a future where he might become a wizard Iceman who insists on being called Ser Robert or an Ice Hulk, he still doesn't miss his opportunity in his rant to make it all about him. In fact, he returns to himself several times even while the conversation has moved on. He has a tendency to hyperfocus, especially when the subject involves him.

Though Bobby is largely a static character, the progression of time forces one thing upon him: he is forced to grow up some after meeting himself as an adult. That doesn't mean that he necessarily begins to take things more seriously, but it does mean that after being in the future for a while, he finds himself less controlled by his silly actions and more aware of the problems around him. After meeting a new mutant, he says the following:

I'm sorry. I know I sound like a mental patient. I'm usually not this high-strung. I'm usually just a little high-strung. I just spent most of the week dealing with the fact that I grow up to be some sort of ice wizard or I grow up to be some kind of ice hulk. And I'm not exactly sure how either one of those could possibly happen! Or if just me knowing that I could end up as either one of those things makes it so I won't. I know we came here to the present to see the legacy of the X-Men and we're staying here to solidify it but … Everybody is trying to keep this "You don't want to know too much about your future" business going. But we already know too much about our future! So I'm not exactly sure what difference it would make if we knew the rest of it. But I can't get that image of ice hulk out of my— [Bobby realizes he's talking to no one.] I actually thought I was having a conversh-hatiozzzz… (All New X-Men #18)

That self-absorption and willingness to focus largely on only himself and expect an audience is still there, but another aspect of Bobby is changing: he is willing to openly address the seriousness of his situation. He isn't running from it outside of his emotional displays and cutting himself off in any way, and he seems to have a genuine interest in dealing with it head on. At least, he does to a degree. Bobby can sometimes be a mess of contradictions, both wanting to be the tactless annoying guy, but also not knowing how to deal with the more serious circumstances.

It's important to note that while Bobby doesn't seem to take his situation seriously, he fully grasps what is going on. When the original five X-Men had the opportunity to go back to the past, he voted against it. When they're almost forced to return, Bobby joins Scott in saying that no one else can decide their fates for them (X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1). As situations show time and time again that they should go back, Bobby stands by this. They chose to remain in the future because they wanted to help it. He may not be the best at looking into things, and he may be frustrated with the situation (the fact that they insist on keeping information from him and the others over and over is a frequent frustration), but that doesn't mean he doesn't want to be there. He is an X-Man, and that is a large part of his identity. He is a superhero, and he does want to help people. Bobby has a strong moral core. For all the thoughtless things he does, they're just that: thoughtless. He's never purposely cruel, which makes sense given the good he both wants to do in the world and for his kind.

That Bobby begins to truly articulate that at such a young age is extremely important. Being a mutant is difficult, and it is easy to doubt whether Bobby takes that role seriously in his life. But he does take it seriously. Though he struggles with the other versions of himself, he pays attention and he grows from them. His older self never had himself as an example, which led to many years in which he never embraced his full potential. However, Bobby came to meet himself and hear that he had greater potential in his power, and it sunk in … eventually (X-Men: Battle of the Atom #2). After being thrown to an alternate dimension, Bobby finds himself in a bind and says to himself: "Oh, hey, I know. I've seen my future self all grown up. I've seen me do things with my powers I haven't tried yet or even thought to do. Time for me to be the new me. (All New X-Men #33)" Bobby consciously makes the choice to be different from how he'll be in the future. He does what the older Bobby takes until he's almost thirty to accomplish: he taps into a greater extent of his power and creates ice clones and sends them toward his enemies. Power ups are inevitable within media such as this, but that Bobby Drake makes this conscious choice is a really, really big deal. For example, the older Bobby makes a similar decision just two years earlier in his publication history (and he's been around since 1963). For once in his life and rather early on, Bobby is willing to tap into his unseen potential, and he's willing to be different. At least, he's willing to be different and "new" to a degree. He isn't repressing his potential, and he's looking at himself and seeing something more. He's a touch more confident than he might be otherwise.

Perhaps the biggest change from his "normal" path through life is that Bobby has been forced to confront his issues with his sexuality head on. As has been stated, Bobby tends to take a more annoying, agitating approach to many things, and his choice to repress his sexuality is no different. It's hard to say that Bobby is just annoying and thoughtless. He does annoying things because it's an impulse, but it's also part of his posturing. (Him choosing to become a snowman to get attention very early on is another example of this: he makes a conscious decision to do the sillier thing in the face of serious training.) Well, Bobby made another conscious decision, too: he chose to repress his sexuality. Keep in mind that he once chose to repress and hide his mutant abilities, so it's really no surprise that he might choose to do this with his sexuality as well (especially in a world that is far, far, far less accepting of the idea). But Bobby goes a step further and is rather demonstrative about how heterosexual he supposedly is: he likes to talk about how much he's into girls, but it's exceedingly obnoxious and sometimes seems out of place. When they show up to save a mutant who has just come into her powers, he claims dibs on her (X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1). When Warren looks like he's about to break up with Laura, he asks if he can ask her out (The Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy #2). These actions are seen as obnoxious and annoying by his peers, and he's often called out for it. Still, being brought into the future finds Bobby not willing to act on his falsified sexuality, and one time he's even too covered in condensation to take a girl's phone number (All New X-Men #15). It's not surprising that Bobby overcompensates in a lot of ways. He's loud, annoying, and never keeps his mouth shut, so if he's going to pretend to be interested in women, he's going to go all out with it. To a degree, this overcompensation doesn't explain all of his obnoxious behavior, but it explains how things roll off of him. Bobby is, in some ways, the master of remaining the same for a reason, and that's because he's putting on an act while also being that inconsiderate and annoying.

Just the same, all of this behavior comes to a head, and Bobby is forced to come out and face up to his behavior by his friend Jean (All New X-Men #40). While Jean's choice of going into his head is absolutely not okay, this scene makes one thing demonstrably clear: Bobby has been overcompensating for a while. It's likely that Jean has been aware of it, and Bobby's behavior eventually forced her hand because she was worried about him. What is also clear in this scene is that Bobby has thought about the circumstances of his older self. He has taken on his older self's lessons, but he has also examined him from a distance. His discomfort with his older self dating his professor has a new layer to it: he is likely uncomfortable because it doesn't seem right to him. He knows that he's gay, and he knows that he's made the choice to "set it aside." However, he is now in the future, and things have changed. He isn't hiding a part of himself because that's originally what he was told to do, and he has a choice to be more of himself than ever before. He ultimately chooses to keep it to himself, but there is an indication of him dealing with this issue instead of repressing it and pretending that everything is just fine for the next fifteen years of his life. In addition, it's clear that Bobby is conscious of the obnoxious choices he makes to hide his sexuality, and that he's messed up there. He doesn't deny that he's a posturing, overcompensating idiot, so he's at least somewhat more self-aware than he had been at the beginning of the conversation (or at least willing to vocalize that self-awarenesss).

In a lot of ways, Bobby is honestly like an open book, but being sent to the future and being stuck there has forced him to confront aspects of himself that he likely would have set aside for a very long time. His older self never assesses or comes to terms with his sexuality, while the younger Bobby is finally on the path to doing that. The younger Bobby is also willing to engage his power set and see what he can do that he hasn't done before. Still, many aspects of Bobby remain the same: he is annoying, obnoxious, and silly. He cracks jokes and fails to look at the bigger picture, and he has clear moments of being inconsiderate (the biggest of these is that he doesn't get to know people's names and calls them by something else instead without realizing that it's rude). He is emotional, to be certain, but he has a path in his life and he's rather determined to keep on it. He is an X-Man, after all, and he really has no need to be anything else.

COURT ALLIANCE & REASONING:

Seelie: Though Bobby has been growing up and facing aspects of himself, Bobby is decidedly someone who doesn't think outside of the box unless he's forced, and he also doesn't change his habits on a regular basis. Along with that, he is extremely honor-bound to the X-Men. Though the others are willing to step away and explore new options, there is no sign that this Bobby would be willing to do this at his age. He is hurt, openly so, when his other teammates decide to explore other paths. He is bound to Xavier's dream and trying to do his best as an X-Man, even in times that seem tumultuous. After all, he's the one who suggests they get right back on the horse of finding mutants in the future. Along with that, it's obvious that he loves his teammates and would do anything for them. Bobby is not always the best at expressing it because he's inside of his head and self-absorbed, but he is always at their side in the face of anything and is unwilling to abandon them. He is a dedicated hero and friend no matter what.

Other than that, Bobby is also just the opposite of most of the Unseelie values. He is embracing exploring his powers and becoming a "new" Bobby, to be certain, but this isn't exactly a full revamp in his personality or anything else. And while, yes, he does choose to stay in the future, it's while wishing to remain an X-Man and do what he can to help people. He just sees it as a means to do what he's already dedicated his life to. Power all in all isn't something he's excited to explore—he's just aware that he can. And lying? Though he lies and overcompensates to seem more okay with things and he hides his true sexuality, Bobby is usually pretty much an open book to anyone. He says exactly what he's thinking, and he's much terrible at deception.

But really, above all else, being an X-Man is an orderly kind of living, and he's living by Xavier's honorable and peaceful code to lead to a better future for both humans and mutants. He believes in that code above all else, and he stands by that duty. This is not necessarily a passionate choice: it is what it is.

ABILITIES:

Mutant: Bobby was born with the X-Gene, which means that he has been born with the ability to have a mutation, and he exhibited this mutation around the age of sixteen when he was put into a period of great duress. Puberty and stress are the greatest factors for someone to come into their mutant abilities. Power level wise, he has the potential to reach the abilities of an omega-level mutant (which means he can cause widespread changes and destruction), but he is nowhere near being able to achieve any of that at this age. He couldn't try if he wanted to, basically.

Bobby's mutant power is cryokinesis, which means that he has the following abilities:

Thermokinesis: Bobby is always cold to some degree, and heat greatly affects him. For him, his thermokinesis works in one way: he is able to make himself and the people around him cold at all times. Multiple instances in canon have shown that cold weather suits him and he rather prefers it (frostbite is obviously not an issue for him) while hot weather (like an Atlanta summer) is miserable for him. If he sweats too much, he is unable to maintain control over the temperature around him in part because he's also becoming dehydrated at the same time. He can cool down a room if he focuses, but again, the circumstances have to be just right. He is rather imprecise with his control.

Cryokinesis: Along with being able to make things colder, Bobby is also able to manipulate the water to make it colder He manipulates the water into a lot of different shapes: snowballs, normal balls, or anything else. He most frequently creates ice walls to ward off attacks, but he also sends a lot of stuff flying. This also enables him to create ice slides that allow him to travel short distances very quickly (so long as, again, it's not too hot, as he's unable to maintain the strength of the ice for overly long). He can also do things like ice chutes to help people slide down from high points, though they can be rather inelegant.

Thermal vision: Because of his sensitivity to who's in a room, he is able to sense when someone is in a room because he can sense the variation in temperature. It's not so much "vision" as a "sense" in that way.

Ice clones: After going to the Ultimate Universe, Bobby ends up left alone without any help. There, he realizes that a version of his older self was able to create ice clones that he could then control and send around to do a lot of things. This Bobby has moderate to no control over his clones and can't maintain them for a long time, but he manages to defeat the Mole Man and get out of his cave. These clones are basically an extension of his consciousness (but if he does not absorb them back, it can prove to be trouble, as shown by his older self having an independently operating monstrous ice clone).

Ice-form: Bobby is able to manipulate the ice around him so that he takes an ice form. In Black Vortex, he gained a level up and after reverting back from his weirdly elven power-up, Bobby ended up being able to manipulate his body into becoming entirely ice. So, he is able to make himself into a completely ice form, looking like an icicle as a result. In this form, Bobby can take a bit more damage and presumably reform more easily than he could if he was not made of ice, as he has no head to shoot off or stomach to slice into.

That said, his ability to change to ice is a completely genetic shift that happened through unnatural means, so it has to do with his biology.

X-Men training: Outside of his abilities, Xavier, Scott, and Kitty Pryde have all trained Bobby in the art of fighting. He knows some hand to hand combat, and he has been given skills in creative thinking. There are a lot of bad dialogue moments about how the X-Men were meant to be warriors, but basically, that's true. They were trained to be fighters, and as such, Bobby is trained in battlefield strategy. He isn't always the quickest thinker, but when pushed, he can be creative and come up with solutions on the fly, as that's what he's been trained to do.

INVENTORY:

X-Men uniform (a special uniform created by Illyana Rasputin that can withstand the special conditions of Bobby's abilities)
Soda (Bobby is drinking a soda at the end of All New X-Men #40, so why not.