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''This page is about the [[:Category: Phase 2|Phase 2]] incarnation of the character. For other uses, see [[Bobby Drake (disambiguation)]].''
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| name    = Bobby Drake
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| image  = Iceman Card.png|Bobby Drake
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| pb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039162/ Shawn Ashmore]
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| pb = [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3729721/ Dylan O'Brien]
 
| codename = Iceman
 
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| teams  = [[X-Men]], [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]] - staff
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| teams  = [[Generation X]]
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| birthdate = April 22, 1985
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| birthdate = June 28, 1998
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| journal =  [http://x-coldhands.livejournal.com/profile x_coldhands]
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| journal =  [https://xp-iceman.dreamwidth.org/profile xp_iceman]
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| player = Available for Applications
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| player = Available For Applications
 
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One of the longest-term residents of the mansion, Bobby has grown from an insecure teenager into an X-Man and teacher. He was married to [[Theresa Cassidy]] but prolonged times apart and the processing of growing and changing have meant they have legally separated and are in the process of divorcing.
 
  
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''Someday, though, Milesy. Someday we'll hang a sock on that door.''
  
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A wisecracker and practical joker, Bobby has managed to find his feet in the world had gone out to experience it on his own.
  
 
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== '''Details''' ==
 
== '''Details''' ==
  
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'''Character Journal:''' [http://x-coldhands.livejournal.com/profile x_coldhands]
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'''Character Journal:''' [https://xp-iceman.dreamwidth.org/profile xp_iceman]
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'''Real Name''': Robert "Bobby" Louis Drake
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'''Real Name''': Robert Louis Drake
  
 
'''Codename''': Iceman
 
'''Codename''': Iceman
  
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'''Aliases''': None Known
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'''Aliases''': Bobby
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'''First Appearance''': [https://xp-iceman.dreamwidth.org/548.html February 3, 2015]
  
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'''First Appearance''': [http://x-coldhands.livejournal.com/2003/05/09/ May 9th, 2003]
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'''Date of Birth''': June 28, 1998
  
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'''Date of Birth''': April 22, 1985
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'''Place of Birth''': Long Island, NY
  
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'''Place of Birth''': Boston, MA
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'''Citizenship''': American
  
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'''Citizenship''': Dual: United States (Natural Birth) and Irish
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'''Relatives''': William Robert Drake (father), Madeline Beatrice Bass-Drake (mother)
  
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'''Relatives''': William Robert Drake (Father), Madeline Beatrice Bass Drake (Mother), Ronald "Ronnie" Drake (Brother); former wife, [[Theresa Cassidy]]
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'''Education''': Graduate of Bayville Charter High
  
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'''Education''': Graduate of [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]], Degrees in Accounting and Education with teaching certification in Math
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'''Relationship Status''': Dating [[Miles Morales]]
  
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'''Relationship Status''': Separated from [[Theresa Cassidy]] as of [[January 2012]], divorce proceedings pending.
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'''Occupation''': None
  
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'''Occupation''': [[Elpis]] Employee, Former Math Teacher; as of [[April 2007]], Former Caretaker/Bookkeeper - [[Cassidy Keep]], Current Substitute Teacher
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'''Team Affiliation''': [[Generation X]]
  
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'''Team Affiliation''': [[X-Men]]
 
  
 
== '''Biography''' ==
 
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=== '''Childhood''' ===
 
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Robert Drake was a pretty run of the mill kid in most ways. He was only noticeable for being the All-American boy. Playing baseball, getting in the mischief around the neighborhood, building tree houses with his friends, but it all changed abruptly.
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Bobby was always an attention seeker, practically from birth, even though he was a single child. He loved cracking wise and making jokes, which his mother would often laugh at and just shake her head, while his father would frown and scold him disapprovingly. Likewise, once he was old enough to attend school he made every effort to make his classmates laugh, while his teachers tried (and failed) to keep him in line.
  
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Bobby was on the mound for his hometown baseball team in late summer. A small amount of rain began to fall on the field, but the entire crowd was shocked as the rain began to turn to snow. While the local weatherman explained it as a sudden and freak cold front over the east coast, Bobby feared that it was due to something different. His entire body began to shake just before the snowstorm, causing him to think that he may have something to do with it. Those fears were confirmed a few months later, when his soda at school suddenly froze solid in his hand. Wearing gloves for fear that he may freeze something else by accident, it took Bobby months to comb the internet, searching for information about mutations until he found a technopath in his area who would be willing to help him.  Helping Bobby hack into underground mutant chat rooms, the pair eventually found out about [[Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters]].  Bobby applied a week later, using the time to put together folders for a fake boarding school as his cover story for his family.
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His powers first manifested when he was thirteen years old. Some of his fellow students were picking on him at school, which wasn’t unusual, however one day he’d had enough and started fighting back. It was in the winter months and there was snow around, and the bullies were pelting him with snowballs while holding him to the snow. When his powers kicked in the kids holding his arms down yelped in shock as Bobby’s body grew cold enough for them to feel through his clothes, one of them even getting frostbite on his fingers. Once he was free, Bobby leapt to his feet and starting throwing snowballs at his assailants with enough force to knock them down and backwards - it was only after they all fled that he realized he hadn’t actually picked up any snow.
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Bobby kept his powers secret after they manifested. He experimented with them in private when he could, trying to figure out just exactly what he could and couldn’t do, and what triggered them so he wouldn’t do it in public. Thanks to word getting out about his last fight he was mostly left alone by his classmates and he never had to use his powers in self defence again; however, he did use them to help with practical jokes and to annoy those who had picked on him in the past. While life at school had gotten better, his home life had not. His father was especially hard on him, and when his grades started to slip more and more as he got more popular by focusing more on joking and goofing off, his dad punished him for less and less. Tension between them grew to the point that they were fighting on a daily basis, which was extremely hard on his mother. When his father finally pushed him too far and Bobby used his powers on him, freezing his fists and decking him hard, his mother had no choice but to side with her husband and reluctantly started looking at boarding schools for her son.
  
 
=== '''Living At The X-Mansion''' ===
 
=== '''Living At The X-Mansion''' ===
  
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Bobby was very close with a small group of students in his class including [[John Allerdyce]] and [[Kitty Pryde]]. However, the group fell apart during the events of X2, as Bobby started a relationship with [[Marie D'Ancato]], making Kitty feel like a third wheel, and John lash out due to his own unresolved feelings towards Bobby.
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As hard as he had tried to keep his secret under wraps, word about his mutant abilities reached Xavier’s somehow and strings were pulled to get him into the school. There he learned how to control his powers and how to push them even further, gaining enough control to turn his whole body into not just snow but ice, and how to travel quickly via ice sliding. Bobby is still working on the finer control and full extent of his powers, and became a member of [[Generation X]] at the school to help with that.
  
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Bobby spent eight years at the school as both student and graduate/teacher. He steadily gained control over his powers over time, but the events of [[X2]] left his family situation a mess. Betrayed by his brother to the police, his parents frightened of him, Bobby took things very hard, becoming quiet and withdrawn. His relationship with [[Marie D'Ancato]] suffered as well, with the young couple breaking up only weeks after the invasion. This was partly spurred by Bobby's conflicting relationship with [[John Allerdyce]], who admitted romantic feelings for the other boy that were not returned. John's defection to the [[Brotherhood of Mutants]] almost destroyed the friendship entirely, with things being slowly mended via IM over many months. Things derailed further when, after [[X-Men Mission: Pyro| John's return]], Bobby was replaced by the shapeshifter [[Mystique]] for several months, who did her level best to emotionally torture John, as well as disrupting the school in general.
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Bobby lived a mostly quiet life at the school, participating in Gen X activities and classes and going to school with the other teens. He made friends easily with his fellow Gen X:ers, his easy going personality allowing him to fit in. He made especially good friends with his roommate, [[Miles Morales]], the two of them bonding over their lamentations of being single. In October they went to Homecoming together, cementing their epic bromance (and were easily the best couple at the dance). He even got to put his Gen X training to good use in December when a Gen X field trip was interrupted by a car accident, and they helped the victims.
  
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The deception was discovered in [[November 2003]], when, during [[X-Men Mission: Lowenstein| a mission to rescue the son of a senator]] from the [[FOH]], Bobby was found in a shed, having been physically and sexually abused. He was rescued and brought back to the school, but recovery was long in coming. He was helped by his friend (and later roommate) [[Angelo Espinosa]], who protected the older boy as much as he was able. An unfortunately encounter with the [[Psionics| empath]] [[Manuel de la Rocha]] in the kitchen set Bobby's recovery back and began a long-term enmity between Manuel and Angelo.
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=== '''2016-17''' ===
  
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Over time Bobby began to rebuild his life. The departures of both Marie and John from the school gave him the chance to focus on the future, rather than the past, and he was able to reconcile - to a degree - with his family, although his brother Ronny would never be fully comfortable with him and would eventually become interested in the FOH (a fact Bobby would discover Christmas of 2005). Given Bobby's experiences of the group, discovery of this was not taken well. The arrival of a new student with no memory of her past - [[Jane Doe]] - brought more change, but of a positive sort, as the two began tentatively dating. The relationship was strained by Bobby's frequent absences during this time, and eventually ended when Jane left the school to seek out her identity.
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Bobby and his roommate, [[Miles Morales|Miles]], continued to get on well in the beginning of the year. A bump in the road came up, however, when it was eventually revealed that Miles was in fact Spider-Man - at least one of the Spider Men, at any rate. The revelation that his roommate had been hiding this big secret from him hurt Bobby worse than he would've thought, and, while he was fairly quick to put it behind him (he was living with the guy, after all), it left him wondering just why it had hurt him so much in the first place.
  
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As a college student, Bobby remained at the school, teaching mathematics and training with the [[X-Men]], and later joining [[Nathan Dayspring | Nathan Dayspring's]] NGO [[Elpis]]. When John returned to the mansion it was revealed that the two had regained their friendship through a series of IMs and e-mails.  Although the relationship is still very awkward between the two of them is still tentative, they still work hard at rebuilding what they had.
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2017 was a quiet one for Bobby. He largely flew under the radar, hanging with his friends and living a decent life. He graduated from Bayville Charter and moved into the senior suites when Miles moved out of the mansion to live in the dorms with his friend Ganke, and managed to avoid the drama of mansion life, lucky for him.
  
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=== '''Time Passes''' ===
  
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While in college, Bobby started a whirlwind relationship with [[Theresa Cassidy]]. Although very hot and heavy at first, both were given a scare when Theresa thought she was pregnant.  This led to an awkward proposal and almost ended the relationship when it was found to be a false pregnancy.  The relationship between Theresa and Bobby, as well as his relationship between himself and his team leader [[Scott Summers]] was tested when Bobby was seduced by [[Jean Grey]]’s alter ego, Jane. Although Bobby kept the affair secret at first, the truth eventually came to light, causing the couple’s relationship to be pushed to the brink once again.
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2018 was less quiet. Bobby was, unfortunately, one of the victims [[Sins of the Father | of a curse sweeping through the mansion to use as leverage against someone else]]. He spent several days in the med lab, feeling as if he was burning from the inside out, before the curse was finally broken.  He later got to assist in helping fight actual fires [[Set Fire to the Rain | when a fire android attacked the city]], and then was trapped in an illusion when a [[The Danger Room Paradox | Danger Room experiment went wrong]]. He earned a quiet 2019 and 2020 after that. He left the mansion in 2022 to move in with Miles and finally go back to school.
  
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After Theresa returned from a visit with her uncle, “Black” [[Tom Cassidy]], many were shocked to find that the pair had reconciled, but the surprises were just beginning.  In August 2007, Bobby and Theresa took a trip to relieve stress in Las Vegas.  While there, the two decided to have a “fake” wedding to surprise the mansion.  Unfortunately, the plan went haywire, and they were actually married.
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== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
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While many thought that the relationship would never last, the pair has survived, having an “official” wedding at Cassidy Keep in August 2009.  Theresa still wears the ring Bobby bought her for the joke in Las Vegas as her wedding ring.
 
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In 2007, a most unexpected Christmas gift from [[Sean Cassidy]] presented Bobby and his young wife with a dilemma. As Sean was returning to Interpol, he handed over [[Cassidy Keep]] to his daughter and her husband. With Terry still completing college, it was decided that Bobby would quit his place on the team and with Elpis and go live at the Keep, making sure things ran smoothly, with Terry visiting periodically. These plans were delayed, however, when Elpis' office in Tell Aviv was [[Kaiten| bombed]], requiring Bobby to stay on and help with things. When Elpis was sufficiently back on its feet, he left, although not without one last fight with Terry. The pair made up, however, and Terry joined Bobby at the Keep when classes.  They had their 'real' wedding in August while living in the middle of a full renovation/restoration of the Keep.
 
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In [[November 2007]], Bobby decided to go back to school and earn his teaching degree. However, mindful of his responsibilities to the Keep, he chose to do that degree by correspondence at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He and Terry continued their relationship long-distance, with her contacting him and visiting him regularly, until she finished her degree at PACE and returned to Ireland to pursue her career with Interpol, with her father's assistance.
 
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While at Cassidy Keep, Bobby is surprised when he opens the door and finds a carbon copy of himself staring him in the face.  His brother, Ronnie, has manifested the power, but because of his guilt in being a mutant as a former FOH member and how he treated Bobby, he has shifted into the form that he feels the most guilt towards, and cannot figure out how to turn back.  After contacting [[Professor Charles Xavier|Xavier]], Bobby brings his brother to the Mansion, where he and the Professor come to the conclusion to send Ronnie to [[Muir Island]] to work on his abilities.
 
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But Bobby's story wasn't done there.  Discovering the sudden leave of several key members of the mansion, Bobby makes the difficult decision to stay, and resume his post as a teacher at the school.  He also has committed to return to the X-Man team.
 
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[[Image: Xm bobby.jpg|right]]After taking over his post as teacher at the school once again, Bobby threw himself into work as a member of the X-Men, although his initial attempts weren't the most successful.  Bobby was part of the [[X-Men Mission: Jailbreak|manhunt for super powered villains]] who escaped during their transfer from [[The Vault|the Vault]].  While his team was able to recapture [[The Corruptor|the Corrupter]] and [[The Nasty Boys|Ruckus]], Iceman ignored the orders of his team, letting his vendetta against the Brotherhood get the better of him.  These headstrong actions allowed for two Brotherhood members, [[Brotherhood of Mutants|Katu and Bloodhawk]] to escape.
 
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While 2009 ended roughly for Drake, he had much more success in his leathers during 2010.  He was part of the team working to stop the [[Lakshmibai Raj|invading Indian navy]] of [[Shiar|D. Kenneth Neramani]].  He and several other of his team members were on hand at [[A Betrayal of Heart|graduation]] to stop the plans of [[The Purifiers]] and the [[Reavers (villains)|Reavers]] as they invaded.  During [[Butterflies and Hurricanes|an investigation]] of [[Haven]] in [[District X]], Drake found a missing mutant in the woman's basement being used for her own personal gain.  These events shook him deeply, but his work was at least partially responsible for the eventual arrest of Haven.  Around Halloween of the same year, Bobby was called on again to investigate the [[X-Men Mission: Who You Gonna Call?|disappearance of a separate team]] as they investigated the mysterious [[M-Squad]].  While things got a little messy for Bobby and his teammates, they eventually were able to escape with both their lives and their teammates intact.  He capped off his year by helping [[Julian Keller]] and his family [[There Will Be Peace|by rescuing the youngest member]] from a group of mercenaries hired by the [[Lords of War]].
 
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While his life as a team member began to take off again, his life as a husband hit a bit of a snag.  Being able to talk to Terry less and less, he began confiding in his friends more, most notably [[Amanda Sefton]].  This lead to the pair almost kissing, and Bobby realizing he needed to have a long talk with his wife.  The results of the conversation, and how the marriage will recover remains to be seen.
 
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The next year was rather 'more of the same', with Bobby continuing to teach and playing the occasional prank on Hank. A [[X-Men Mission: The Grotesque and the Sublime|mission in Madripoor]] nearly ended in disaster for the team, with an ambush by [[Weapon X|Lady Deathstrike and her team]]. During the fight, Bobby tried his best to protect his young teammate, Firestar, with nearly fatal consequences to himself.
 
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The next [[X-Men Mission: Roller Derby Queen|mission]] proved to be a complete 180 in terms of pace, with Bobby's secret past as the 1997 Massachusetts Under 14 Year Old Roller Dancing Champion actually coming in handy when the X-Women were required to go undercover as a roller derby team during an investigation into [[Kick]] distribution and mutant smuggling. With their freedom at stake in a bet with [[Arcade]], it was Bobby's coaching and tactics that allowed the X-Men to win their matches.
 
  
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Since that time, Bobby dropped out of sight for a while, possibly trying to screw up the courage needed to finally address the state of his relationship. It proved unsuccessful, and when he was offered the chance to go to the [[West Coast Annex]] to perform a costs analysis of the operation there, he jumped at it. Terry was particularly displeased by yet another long-distance situation, and the two finally decided a legal separation was the best course of action for both of them.
 
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== '''Physical Characteristics''' ==
 
  
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'''Height''': 5'10”
  
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'''Height''': 6' 1"
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'''Weight''': 150 lbs.
  
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'''Eyes''': Brown
  
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'''Hair''': Brown
  
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'''Hair''': Dusty Blonde
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'''Other Features''':  In 2006, Bobby discovered his 'ice form' during a training session in which his body becomes fully composed of ice.
 
  
 
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=== '''Cyrokenesis''' ===
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Iceman is able to lower his external and internal body temperature without harm to himself, thereby radiating intense cold from his body. Iceman is able to reach -105 degrees Fahrenheit within a few seconds, and is immune to sub-zero temperatures around him. In addition, Iceman can freeze any moisture in the air around him into unusually hard ice, and thereby form simple objects such as slides, ladders, shields, and bats. Iceman can augment his ice form with extraneous moisture to enhance his strength and durability, and can reshape his body's ice form at will by using any available moisture from his surrounding environment. Similarly, Iceman can rebuild his ice form if any part of it is broken or if it is shattered completely without suffering any permanent damage.  
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Bobby is able to freeze moisture in the air and use it to form solid ice that is much more dense and durable than normal.  He has used this ability to create projectiles, walls, and slides, just to name a few. He can also use this ability to lower the temperature of the air around him in an area as large as a small apartment. Bobby can only create as many objects as he can mental focus on, and if he loses focus, the object will simply crash to the ground.
 
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Bobby can control his body temperature and lower it. He has reached a low limit of approximately -105 Degrees F, although he has not pushed past this point.  This ability can make him invisible on infrared scanners, as well as makes him immune to sub-zero temperatures and Hypothermia.
 
  
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Bobby can change his entire body to an organic ice compound.  This compound increases his strength to nearly twice its normal levels and his endurance to nearly three times his human levels.  It also affects his durability as if a piece of his body is lost while in his ice-form, he can reattach it using his Cyrokenesis abilities.  However this form does have its drawbacks as it decreases his agility, making his joints more mechanical.  If Bobby is every rendered unconscious while in his Ice-Form, he will revert immediately back to his normal form.
 
  
 
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Bobby is known for making ice cream of unusual flavors.
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Bobby is a huge New York Islanders fan, and his most prized possession is an old Mike Bossy jersey that his father gave him.
  
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[https://xp-communication.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+bobby+drake xp_communication posts]
  
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[[X2]]
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[https://xp-journal.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+bobby+drake xp_journal posts]
  
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[[X-Men Mission: Lowenstein]]
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[https://xp-logs.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+bobby+drake xp_logs posts]
  
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[https://xp-generation-x.dreamwidth.org/tag/c:+bobby+drake xp_generation_x posts]
  
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[[British Invasion]]
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[[Love Potion Number Nine]]
 
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[[X-Men Mission: Hole in the World]]
 
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[[X-Men Mission: Mutant Michelangelo]]
 
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[[X-Men Mission: Nimrod]]
 
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[[Just One Drug]]
 
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[[Upgrade]]
 
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[[Mutants and Molotovs]]
 
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[[Not So Plain Jane]]
 
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[[X-Men Mission: The Perfect Nanny]]
 
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[[The Rictor Effect]]
 
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[[Buzkashi]]
 
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[[Believing Is Seeing]]
 
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[[Voices Carry]]
 
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[[X-Men Mission: Leverage]]
 
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[[Kaiten]]
 
  
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[[Homecoming]]
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[[December 2015|Roadside Assistance]] - ''event''
  
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[[X-Men Mission: Jailbreak]]
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[[Something Slender This Way Comes]]
  
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[[Santayana Effect]]
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[[Endangered Species]]
  
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[[Lakshmibai Raj]]
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===2017===
  
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[[A Betrayal of Heart]]
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[[With Extreme Prejudice]]
  
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[[Butterflies and Hurricanes]]
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[[Green-Eyed Monster]]
  
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[[X-Men Mission: Who You Gonna Call?]]
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[[There Will Be Peace]]
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[[Sins of the Father]]
  
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===2011===
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[[Set Fire to the Rain]]
  
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[[X-Men Mission: The Grotesque and the Sublime]]
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[[The Danger Room Paradox]]
  
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[[X-Men Mission: Roller Derby Queen]]
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[[Christian's Angels]]
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[[A Fistful of Nanites]]
  
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[[Sons of Liberty (plot)]]
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[[Potomac Calls to Chesapeake]]
  
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[[Monster Mash]]
  
 
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'''Player Icon Base''':  [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039162/ Shawn Ashmore]
 
  
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'''Meta Trivia''': Bobby's first player was also one of the co-creators of the game, Queer as John, making his journal one of the oldest in the game. [[Jess]] picked Bobby up in 2003, and played him until 2007. [[Craig]] adopted Bobby in [[October 2009]] and played him until [[January 2012]].
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'''E-mail''':
  
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'''Player Icon Base''':  [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3729721/ Dylan O'Brien]
  
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'''Meta Trivia'''
  
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Bobby was first introduced to [[:Category: Phase 1|Phase 1]] X-Project. That version was replaced by Jeff's version, who played him until 2022.
  
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[[Category: Unplayed Characters - Phase 1]]
 

Latest revision as of 14:11, 23 October 2023

This character is currently unplayed, but is open for applications. If you are interested in applying for this character, you can contact the mods at x_moderators @ googlegroups . com and you can find the application form here.


This page is about the Phase 2 incarnation of the character. For other uses, see Bobby Drake (disambiguation).

PHASE 2
Bobby Drake
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Portrayed by Dylan O'Brien
Codename: Iceman
Affiliations: Generation X
Birthdate: June 28, 1998
Journal: xp_iceman
Player: Available For Applications


Someday, though, Milesy. Someday we'll hang a sock on that door.

A wisecracker and practical joker, Bobby has managed to find his feet in the world had gone out to experience it on his own.


Details

Character Journal: xp_iceman


Real Name: Robert Louis Drake

Codename: Iceman

Aliases: Bobby

First Appearance: February 3, 2015

Date of Birth: June 28, 1998

Place of Birth: Long Island, NY

Citizenship: American

Relatives: William Robert Drake (father), Madeline Beatrice Bass-Drake (mother)

Education: Graduate of Bayville Charter High

Relationship Status: Dating Miles Morales

Occupation: None

Team Affiliation: Generation X


Biography

Childhood

Bobby was always an attention seeker, practically from birth, even though he was a single child. He loved cracking wise and making jokes, which his mother would often laugh at and just shake her head, while his father would frown and scold him disapprovingly. Likewise, once he was old enough to attend school he made every effort to make his classmates laugh, while his teachers tried (and failed) to keep him in line.

His powers first manifested when he was thirteen years old. Some of his fellow students were picking on him at school, which wasn’t unusual, however one day he’d had enough and started fighting back. It was in the winter months and there was snow around, and the bullies were pelting him with snowballs while holding him to the snow. When his powers kicked in the kids holding his arms down yelped in shock as Bobby’s body grew cold enough for them to feel through his clothes, one of them even getting frostbite on his fingers. Once he was free, Bobby leapt to his feet and starting throwing snowballs at his assailants with enough force to knock them down and backwards - it was only after they all fled that he realized he hadn’t actually picked up any snow.

Bobby kept his powers secret after they manifested. He experimented with them in private when he could, trying to figure out just exactly what he could and couldn’t do, and what triggered them so he wouldn’t do it in public. Thanks to word getting out about his last fight he was mostly left alone by his classmates and he never had to use his powers in self defence again; however, he did use them to help with practical jokes and to annoy those who had picked on him in the past. While life at school had gotten better, his home life had not. His father was especially hard on him, and when his grades started to slip more and more as he got more popular by focusing more on joking and goofing off, his dad punished him for less and less. Tension between them grew to the point that they were fighting on a daily basis, which was extremely hard on his mother. When his father finally pushed him too far and Bobby used his powers on him, freezing his fists and decking him hard, his mother had no choice but to side with her husband and reluctantly started looking at boarding schools for her son.

Living At The X-Mansion

As hard as he had tried to keep his secret under wraps, word about his mutant abilities reached Xavier’s somehow and strings were pulled to get him into the school. There he learned how to control his powers and how to push them even further, gaining enough control to turn his whole body into not just snow but ice, and how to travel quickly via ice sliding. Bobby is still working on the finer control and full extent of his powers, and became a member of Generation X at the school to help with that.

Bobby lived a mostly quiet life at the school, participating in Gen X activities and classes and going to school with the other teens. He made friends easily with his fellow Gen X:ers, his easy going personality allowing him to fit in. He made especially good friends with his roommate, Miles Morales, the two of them bonding over their lamentations of being single. In October they went to Homecoming together, cementing their epic bromance (and were easily the best couple at the dance). He even got to put his Gen X training to good use in December when a Gen X field trip was interrupted by a car accident, and they helped the victims.

2016-17

Bobby and his roommate, Miles, continued to get on well in the beginning of the year. A bump in the road came up, however, when it was eventually revealed that Miles was in fact Spider-Man - at least one of the Spider Men, at any rate. The revelation that his roommate had been hiding this big secret from him hurt Bobby worse than he would've thought, and, while he was fairly quick to put it behind him (he was living with the guy, after all), it left him wondering just why it had hurt him so much in the first place.

2017 was a quiet one for Bobby. He largely flew under the radar, hanging with his friends and living a decent life. He graduated from Bayville Charter and moved into the senior suites when Miles moved out of the mansion to live in the dorms with his friend Ganke, and managed to avoid the drama of mansion life, lucky for him.

Time Passes

2018 was less quiet. Bobby was, unfortunately, one of the victims of a curse sweeping through the mansion to use as leverage against someone else. He spent several days in the med lab, feeling as if he was burning from the inside out, before the curse was finally broken. He later got to assist in helping fight actual fires when a fire android attacked the city, and then was trapped in an illusion when a Danger Room experiment went wrong. He earned a quiet 2019 and 2020 after that. He left the mansion in 2022 to move in with Miles and finally go back to school.

Physical Characteristics

Height: 5'10”

Weight: 150 lbs.

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Brown

Other Features: None


Powers

Iceman is able to lower his external and internal body temperature without harm to himself, thereby radiating intense cold from his body. Iceman is able to reach -105 degrees Fahrenheit within a few seconds, and is immune to sub-zero temperatures around him. In addition, Iceman can freeze any moisture in the air around him into unusually hard ice, and thereby form simple objects such as slides, ladders, shields, and bats. Iceman can augment his ice form with extraneous moisture to enhance his strength and durability, and can reshape his body's ice form at will by using any available moisture from his surrounding environment. Similarly, Iceman can rebuild his ice form if any part of it is broken or if it is shattered completely without suffering any permanent damage.


Equipment

Trivia

Bobby is a huge New York Islanders fan, and his most prized possession is an old Mike Bossy jersey that his father gave him.


External Links

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Plots

2015

Roadside Assistance - event

2016

Something Slender This Way Comes

Endangered Species

2017

With Extreme Prejudice

Green-Eyed Monster

2018

Sins of the Father

Set Fire to the Rain

The Danger Room Paradox

2021

A Fistful of Nanites

Potomac Calls to Chesapeake

Monster Mash

Meta

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Meta Trivia

Bobby was first introduced to Phase 1 X-Project. That version was replaced by Jeff's version, who played him until 2022.

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