Post 4 of 7 Aurora: Jeanne-Marie Beaubier

Post 4 of 7 Aurora: Jeanne-Marie Beaubier Aurora helps capture Nightcrawler in X-Men #120, then worries about whether he has been hurt. That is a useful first glimpse of Jeanne-Marie Beaubier. She can carry out the assignment and still feel uneasy about hunting another mutant. Her concern arrives after the attack, when the immediate job is already done. The issue introduces her as a teacher in Quebec and identifies Northstar as her brother. Together they bring a blinding burst of light into the encounter with Nightcrawler. Their flight and speed make the ambush quick, with Northstar delivering the knockout punch. Aurora’s response gives that efficient maneuver an awkward aftermath. In #121, her own speed becomes the basis of a different encounter. Nightcrawler keeps teleporting after her as she flies away. They move through space in different ways: he can disappear and reappear, while she can accelerate out of his reach. Neither can count on an ordinary chase: Aurora can cover the distance, but Kurt can skip it. Those scenes give Aurora an individual presence within the sibling partnership. She has an active role in the capture, a reservation about its cost and enough confidence to evade pursuit on her own. Across two issues, the question around her is already clear: how comfortably can she keep doing a job that puts people like her on the receiving end?