Jean-Phillipe Colbert
| Jean-Phillipe Colbert | |
|---|---|
 Portrayed by Aleksei Chadov | |
| Codename: | None |
| Affiliations: | Xavier Institute - guest |
| Birthdate: | March 15, 1988 |
| Journal: | x_bevatron |
| Player: | Twiller |
Jean-Phillipe Colbert, cousin to Marie-Ange Colbert, was fascinated by her mutant power, to the point where he caused friction between the two by constantly pestering her about it. He came to the mansion posing as a newly-manifested mutant, but eventually confessed to being a spy for Magneto. His change of heart has earned him a chance at redemption at the school.
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Details
Character Journal: x_bevatron
Real Name: Jean-Phillipe Colbert
Codename:
Aliases: Bevatron
First Appearance: December 2, 2007
Date of Birth: March 15, 1988
Place of Birth: Lyons, France
Citizenship: French
Relatives: Marie-Ange Colbert (cousin)
Education: French equivalent of a high school diploma
Relationship Status: Single
Occupation: student, former warehouse laborer
Team Affiliation: None
Biography
Before Coming To the Mansion
Jean-Phillipe was raised in a lower-middle class family where both parents worked. As a result, he was often left to his own devices as a child, and developed a sense of self-sufficiency and being a loner. He picked up a dead-end warehouse labor job in high school because his parents couldn't spare him much pocket money.
Jean-Phillipe was something of a mutaphile, or "mutant groupie", even before he manifested. He was fascinated by his cousin Marie-Ange's mutant imaging power, and pestered her to the point where she expressed frustration about it. He also frequented mutant-friendly messageboards, and was a regular commenter (using the alias "Bevatron") on several pro-mutant blogs. He attended several mutant rallies in France, and owned some mutant-positive music, including mixes by the well-known European mutant DJ, Manuel de la Rocha.
At Xavier's
Jean-Phillipe showed up at the mansion by cab, arriving with powers control issues, much to the chagrin of his cousin. He maintained a prickly demeanor and sarcastic wit on the journal system, though he did start a few friendships, such as with Yvette Petrovic. He also had a brief romantic liason with Mark Sheppard after they hit it off one evening at Silver, embarrassing Marie-Ange even more when she realized who her coworker's new "friend" was. Jean-Phillipe's relationship with Mark was short-lived, though, as Mark was looking for something more committed and long-term than Jean-Phillipe. After the parting of the ways, Jean-Phillipe kept a fairly low profile at the mansion, working on his powers with Scott Summers, smoking like a chimney on the porch, and being snarky on the journals.
Day Zero and a Revelation
The morning of Day Zero found Jean-Phillipe in New York City after spending the evening with a paramour. He made his way to the brownstone to meet up with Marie-Ange, who was abducted by Caliban as they attempted to make their way to Silver to join Mark there. Jean-Phillipe managed to escape the mob of Caliban's thralls, and reach Silver. With Pete Wisdom's aid, he made his way back to Caliban's lair in an attempt to rescue his cousin, who had gone catatonic and unresponsive to anything he said. Finally, in an attempt to snap her out of whatever had been done to her, Jean-Phillipe dropped the bombshell that he'd been sitting on all this time: he was working for Magneto as a spy against the X-Men, in much the same way Pietro Maximoff had acted as the X-Men's double agent inside the Brotherhood.
For a time, only Mark and Marie-Ange were aware of the details of Jean-Phillipe's betrayal, and he lay low at the mansion since Day Zero, prompting the small number of friends he had to check on him. Things changed with an attack on several mansion residents by Sabretooth and prompting the two suspicious X-Forcers to question his possible involvement. He satisfied them that he hadn't been, but aware of his tenuous position, he finally approached Charles Xavier and confessed, submitting himself to a full telepathic scan to prove his change of heart. Charles granted Jean-Phillipe asylum, much to the displeasure of Scott and Jean-Phillipe's status as a former Brotherhood member became known to the X-Men.
On suggestion of a new friend and fellow gay mutant, Jean-Paul Beaubier and his cousin, Jean-Phillipe took a sabbatical to Attilan, to seek the advice of Pietro on dealing with his status as former enemy to the mansion. It helped, and Jean-Phillipe returned to take up an offer to act as Jean-Paul's French class TA and to a new roommate in the form of Laurie Collins, who didn't give him a lot of choice about the matter and pretty much just moved in. Over the next six months, he attempted to become part of mansion life, taking over the bus run from Amanda Sefton when she gave it up due to her job and accepting a role as RA along with Julio Richter with the influx of new male students into the school.
In July 2009 that new-found responsibility backfired slightly on him, when he was effected by the same powers swap virus as several other mansion residents/ It proved to be temporary, but in the meantime, he found he missed his electrokinetic powers.
As of November 2009, Jean-Phillipe has settled into his role at the mansion, teaching French with Jean-Paul's departure and sharing a suite with Laurie.
Jean-Phillipe Colbert...X-Man?
After the events of Lakshmibai Raj and A Betrayal of Heart, and the news that several Brotherhood members had escaped from prison during X-Men Mission: Jailbreak, a conversation with Yvette Petrovic led to a rather startling suggestion - that Jean-Phillipe join the X-Men as a trainee. Yvette was only the first to suggest the course of action, as the following day Jean-Phillipe wound up having an eerily similar conversation with Laurie Collins. Between his responsibilities as a trainee, coursework as a college student, and duties as a resident advisor, Jean-Phillipe even found time to end his 'dry spell', having dinner and sex with Warren while the graduate wing was under the effects of Laurie's powers.
All in all, it is rather a pleasant time to be French, gay, X-gene positive, and proud of all those things.
Physical Characteristics
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Other Features: Jean-Phillipe has a tongue stud. He also has a series of burn scars on his forearms and spine stemming from a traumatic powers manifestation
Powers
Jean-Phillipe is electrogenetic, currently uncontrolled. He possesses organs extremely similar to those of an electric eel, but adapted to a human body. These organs are made of electrocytes lined up in series. The electrocytes are lined up so the current flows through them and produces an electrical charge. When he is able to consciously activate his powers, his brain sends a signal through the nervous system to the electric cells. This opens the ion channel, allowing positively-charged sodium to flow through, reversing the charges momentarily. By doing that it creates electricity, which Jean-Phillipe customarily directs through his arms and hands.
In terms of voltage capacity, Jean-Phillipe can deliver a maximum of several hundred volts alternating current, which is enough to kill through cardiac arrest. He can also seriously disrupt any equipment relying on electricity.
It was revealed during Day Zero (though only to Mark and Marie-Ange so far) that Jean-Phillipe's power control issues were a ruse to cover his spying on the X-Men.
Equipment
Trivia
Plots
2008
2009
2010
X-Men Mission: Who You Gonna Call?
2011
Mortimer Toynbee's Electric Funkedelic Boogaloo
Meta
Player: Twiller
E-mail: 
AIM: tknophobia
Player Icon Base: Aleksei Chadov
Meta Trivia
Jean-Phillipe was intended to be a character only for the purposes of the traitor plot, but Twiller got so attached, he decided to keep the character.
