Psylocke (born Elizabeth Braddock) is a telepathic and telekinetic mutant capable of generating psionic blades.
Biography
Original Timeline
X-Men: The Last Stand
When the mutant "cure" was created, Psylocke and the other Omegas protested against it and later joined the Brotherhood of Mutants in an attempt to destroy it.
The Omegas later participated in the battle of Alcatraz Island. During the fight, Psylocke helped capture Warren Worthington II and attempted to kill him by throwing him off of a balcony. However, his son saved him before he could hit the ground. When Phoenix began to destroy Worthington Labs with her disintegration wave, Psylocke and the rest of her teammates were disintegrated while trying to escape.
Revised Timeline
X-Men: Apocalypse
To Be Added...
Non-Canon
X2: X-Men United
Before his death, William Stryker had been keeping files on Braddock, along with many other mutants. During the battle at Alkali Lake, when a brainwashed Professor X used Dark Cerebro against the mutants all over the world, Betsy Braddock was in a fashion show in Vatican City when Dark Cerebro's power put her in a coma. When the machine was destroyed, Braddock woke up from her coma, using her telepathy to discover what had happened.
Powers
Original Timeline
- Shadow Teleportation Psylocke demonstrated an ability to teleport through shadows.
Revised Timeline
- Telepathy: Psylocke possesses telepathic abilities to some degree, but prefers not to use them for reasons unknown.
- Telekinesis: Elizabeth has telekinetic abilities with an upper strength limit comparable to that of Jean Grey.
- Telekinetic Weaponry: Psylocke is able to manifest a variety of weapons from pure magenta psionic energy, which can physically affect the environment.
- Telekinetic Katana: She can create a psionic katana, very similar to her actual physical katana she also uses. She has been shown being able to slice a car in half with it.
- Telekinetic Whip: She can conjure a psionic whip and use it to attack her enemies. As shown in her battle with Beast.
- Telekinetic Weaponry: Psylocke is able to manifest a variety of weapons from pure magenta psionic energy, which can physically affect the environment.
- Expert Swordswoman: Psylocke's mind was transferred to a Japanese's body where she learned sword martial arts. She wields a katana along, with her psionic energy blade.
Trivia
- Psylocke was originally going to be in The Wolverine, and Priyanka Chopra was considered for the role, but she was eventually written out of the script.
- Interestingly whilst Psylocke is British White, most fans remember her as Asian due to her body swap with Kwannon. However in the UK, Asian refers to South Asians as opposed to USA where it is used for East Asians. This may be the reason why Indian actress Priyanka Chopra was considered for the role.
- Despite the fact that Priyanka Chopra did not portray Psylocke. In the TV show, Wolverine and the X-Men (which is loosely based off the films), Psylocke appears to as British Asian (South Asian) as opposed to British White or Japanese like the comics.
- Although Mei Melançon said that she would be able to use psi-blades in the film, she does not use them in the film or deleted scenes.
- Psylocke's appearance in X2: X-Men United was not seen but she was only mentioned in the novelization.
- In the novelization of X-Men: The Last Stand, Psylocke survives disintegration.
- In the comics, Psylocke is British Caucasian. However she is portrayed as Asian in other version due to her infamous body swap with a Japanese Mutant named Kwannon aka Revanche.
- In the comics, after Revanche's death from the Legacy Virus, Psylocke remained trapped until her death and resurrection where her brother James Braddock recreated her original body.
External links
Psylocke on the Marvel Wiki
Psylocke on Wikipedia