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Until, that is, ''ComicBook/HuntForWolverine: Mystery in Madripoor''. After having her life essence drained by the mysterious villain Sapphire Styx, Betsy used her considerable psychic abilities to reconstruct a body for herself based on her original body. And Kwannon's body, it turned out, was inhabited again by Kwannon, undoing the bodyswap after 29 years.
After the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] revamp delivered a SoftReboot of the X-Men titles, Betsy became the lead of ''ComicBook/Excalibur2019'' and its sequel ''ComicBook/KnightsOfX'', taking on the role of ComicBook/CaptainBritain, while Kwannon decided to take the name Psylocke and used it as the leader of the [[ComicBook/FallenAngels2019 Fallen Angels]] and the ComicBook/{{Hellions}}.
After the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] revamp delivered a SoftReboot of the X-Men titles, Betsy became the lead of ''ComicBook/Excalibur2019'' and its sequel ''ComicBook/KnightsOfX'', taking on the role of ComicBook/CaptainBritain, while Kwannon decided to take the name Psylocke and used it as the leader of the [[ComicBook/FallenAngels2019 Fallen Angels]] and the ComicBook/{{Hellions}}.
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Until, that is, ''ComicBook/HuntForWolverine: Mystery in Madripoor''. After having her life essence drained by the mysterious villain Sapphire Styx, Betsy used her considerable psychic abilities to reconstruct a body for herself based on her original body. And Kwannon's body, it turned out, was inhabited again by Kwannon, undoing the bodyswap [[FreakyFridayFlip bodyswap]] after 29 years.
After the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] revamp delivered a SoftReboot of the X-Men titles, Betsy became the lead of ''ComicBook/Excalibur2019'' and its sequel ''ComicBook/KnightsOfX'', taking on the role of ComicBook/CaptainBritain, while Kwannon decided to take the name Psylocke and used it as the leader of the[[ComicBook/FallenAngels2019 ''[[ComicBook/FallenAngels2019 Fallen Angels]] Angels]]'' and the ComicBook/{{Hellions}}.
''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}''.
After the [[ComicBook/XMenTheKrakoanAge Krakoan Age]] revamp delivered a SoftReboot of the X-Men titles, Betsy became the lead of ''ComicBook/Excalibur2019'' and its sequel ''ComicBook/KnightsOfX'', taking on the role of ComicBook/CaptainBritain, while Kwannon decided to take the name Psylocke and used it as the leader of the
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* AdaptationalVillainy: She might as well be the Marvel TropeCodifier for this, as with the exception of ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' and a handful of other games, no actual adaptation has portrayed Betsy as an actual hero or member of the X-Men like in the comics. The ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' has her be a villain in both ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', and ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' has her be an antagonist as well. In ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' she isn't portrayed as a villain but isn't treated as a hero either, at most having a EnemyMine with Archangel against Magneto.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: She might as well be the Marvel TropeCodifier for this, as with the exception of ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' and a handful of other games, no actual adaptation has portrayed Betsy as an actual hero or member of the X-Men like in the comics. The ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'' has her be a villain in both ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'' and ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', and ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' has her be an antagonist as well. In ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'' she isn't portrayed as a villain but isn't treated as a hero either, at most having a an EnemyMine with Archangel against Magneto.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Had tons of aggressive sexual tension with the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse version of Sabretooth (who was [[AdaptationalHeroism much nicer than the one in her universe]]) during ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}''. It eventually culminating in [[RelationshipUpgrade them sleeping together and becoming a couple briefly]], but he got PutOnABus soon after and she moved on.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: Had tons of aggressive sexual tension with the ComicBook/AgeOfApocalypse version of Sabretooth (who was [[AdaptationalHeroism much nicer than the one in her universe]]) during ''ComicBook/{{Exiles}}''. It eventually culminating culminated in [[RelationshipUpgrade them sleeping together and becoming a couple briefly]], but he got PutOnABus soon after and she moved on.
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* BreakoutCharacter: From initially being a supporting character in ComicBook/CaptainBritain's books to being far more popular than her brother ever was.
* BreakTheCutie: ''Uncanny X-Force'' Vol. 1 is a never ending TraumaCongaLine for her.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Sometimes with Captain Britain, such as when she's with ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} and ComicBook/{{Exiles}}. In their civilian life, they are also very close.
* BreakTheCutie: ''Uncanny X-Force'' Vol. 1 is a never ending TraumaCongaLine for her.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Sometimes with Captain Britain, such as when she's with ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} and ComicBook/{{Exiles}}. In their civilian life, they are also very close.
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* BreakoutCharacter: From Betsy was initially being just a supporting character in ComicBook/CaptainBritain's books, as a non-mutant psychic. But she eventually joined the ''X-Men'' books to being far more separately from her brother, becoming a heroine in her own right by adopting the {{Codename}} Psylocke, joining the ''X-Men'' and becoming established as a mutant and eventually became one of the most popular than and recognizable X-Men in the world, outshining her brother ever was.
*and the entire ''ComicBook/CaptainBritain'' series, to the point that when she came back to ''Captain Britain'', she actually took over the role and became the protagonist.
%%* BreakTheCutie: ''Uncanny X-Force'' Vol. 1 is a never ending TraumaCongaLine for her.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Sometimes works together with her twin brotheer Captain Britain, such as when she's with ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} and ComicBook/{{Exiles}}. In their civilian life, they are also very close.
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%%* BreakTheCutie: ''Uncanny X-Force'' Vol. 1 is a never ending TraumaCongaLine for her.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Sometimes works together with her twin brotheer Captain Britain, such as when she's with ComicBook/{{Excalibur}} and ComicBook/{{Exiles}}. In their civilian life, they are also very close.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Her buxom figure is one of the reasons she's a DudeMagnet and a successful supermodel. An issue of '''Uncanny X-Men'' even had Jubilee feeling [[ACupAngst insecure]] by just being near the well-endowed Betsy. She notably has been portrayed as being busty in 'both'' of her bodies, though her original one is [[DependingOnTheArtist usually]] portrayed as being smaller.
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Her eyes [[DependingOnTheArtist are occasionally drawn as purple]] to match with her hair.
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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Her eyes [[DependingOnTheArtist are occasionally drawn as purple]] to match with her purple dyed hair.
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* DyeHard: An InUniverse example, her purple hair is so iconic, few people even know she's actually a natural blonde, just like her brother. After the FreakyFridayFlip it seems to be her natural color. Some adaptations even have it as natural purple.
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* DyeHard: An InUniverse example, her purple hair is so iconic, few people even know she's actually a natural blonde, just like her brother. After the FreakyFridayFlip it seems to be her natural color.color, despite the fact Kwannon was a brunette. Some adaptations even have it as natural purple.
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* EyeScream: Early in Psylocke's superhero career, she filled in for her brother as Captain Britain. The tenure didn't go too well and during a fight with her brother's arch-enemy Slaymaster, he stabbed out both her eyes and then proceeded to beat her nearly to death. Mojo later gave her cybernetic eyes, which transmitted what she saw back to him, letting him turn the X-Men's adventures into TV shows, giving him godlike status in his home realm. She kept these eyes for the remainder of her time in her original body, keeping their function a secret.
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* EyeScream: Early in Psylocke's superhero career, she filled in for her brother as Captain Britain. The tenure didn't go too well and during a fight with her brother's arch-enemy ArchEnemy Slaymaster, he stabbed out both her eyes and then proceeded to beat her nearly to death. Mojo later gave her cybernetic eyes, which transmitted what she saw back to him, letting him turn the X-Men's adventures into TV shows, giving him godlike status in his home realm. She kept these eyes for the remainder of her time in her original body, keeping their function a secret.secret, but the eyes eventually became meaningless after she body-swapped into Kwannon. When she regrew her original body, it came with new organic eyes.
* HybridAllAlong: She grew up believing that her parents were normal humans, but only as adults did she and her siblings discover that their father was actually one of Merlin's agents, a dweller in Otherworld who came to Earth before they were born.
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* McNinja: She is a British ninja.
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* McNinja: She is During the time she habited Kwannon's body, she was a British ninja.{{Ninja}}. After she regained her own body, she dropped all ninja imagery and tools.
* PsychicLink: She and Kwannon become psychically linked due to their FreakyFridayFlip, with their personalities and skills even blending into the other, which is why Betsy became an InstantExpert in {{Ninja}} arts while in Kwannon's body. After their bodies split, they still share a telepathic link, as one can always find where the other's mind is and they can also utilise each other's psychic weapons.
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* RacialTransformation: Due to her FreakyFridayFlip with Kwannon. She turns from British Caucasian girl to Asian. Inverted with ''Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor'' where Betsy rebuilds her original body from the remains of the psychic vampire Sapphire Styx.
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* RacialTransformation: Due to her FreakyFridayFlip with Kwannon. She turns from a British Caucasian girl to Asian. Inverted {{Inverted|Trope}} with ''Hunt for Wolverine: Mystery in Madripoor'' where Betsy rebuilds her original body from the remains of the psychic vampire Sapphire Styx.Styx, and Kwannon's consciousness emerges in her old body.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion:
** She first got involved with the ''X-Men'' when she was captured by Mojo shortly after she was blinded, and {{Brainwashed}} into kidnapping mutants for him. The team saved her, and she ended up recovering at Xavier's manor and [[{{Transplant}} eventually joining the X-Men cast]].
** The first "version" of her RacialTransformation was the Mandarin's attempt to turn her into a BrainwashedAndCrazy ninja assassin via MagicPlasticSurgery to serve him, which she briefly did by becoming Lady Mandarin. This was later {{Retcon}}ned into being part of Matsu'o Tsurayaba's plan to [[FreakyFridayFlip switch her body]] with Kwannon to save her.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion:
** She first got involved with the ''X-Men'' when she was captured by Mojo shortly after she was blinded, and {{Brainwashed}} into kidnapping mutants for him. The team saved her, and she ended up recovering at Xavier's manor and [[{{Transplant}} eventually joining the X-Men cast]].
** The first "version" of her RacialTransformation was the Mandarin's attempt to turn her into a BrainwashedAndCrazy ninja assassin via MagicPlasticSurgery to serve him, which she briefly did by becoming Lady Mandarin. This was later {{Retcon}}ned into being part of Matsu'o Tsurayaba's plan to [[FreakyFridayFlip switch her body]] with Kwannon to save her.
* SexyBacklessOutfit: Most of her LeotardOfPower uniforms keep her back exposed, just for the {{Fanservice}}.
* ShadowWalker: For a period of time, after her life was saved by something weird and shadowy, Betsy gained the ability to hop through shadows.
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* SmugSuper: Tends to be extremely condescending.
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* SmugSuper: Tends to DependingOnTheWriter, she can be extremely condescending.
* SpectralWeaponCopy: Her most well-known power is her ability to generate psionic blades. Originally, when her powers were purely telepathic in nature and [[SoulCuttingBlade could not inflict physical damage]], but after her powers abruptly changed, she was able to generate a telekinetic katana that could [[AbsurdlySharpBlade slice through nearly anything]].
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* TraumaButton: Slaymaster. Understandable, given the man ''gouged out her eyes''.
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* TraumaButton: Slaymaster. Understandable, given the man ''gouged ''[[EyeScream gouged out her eyes''.eyes]]''.
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Kwannon is a former assassin from Japan, raised by [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} the Hand]]. She worked for the crime lord Nyoirin.
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Kwannon is a former assassin from Japan, raised by [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} the Hand]]. She eventually defected from them, and worked as an enforcer for the Japanese crime lord Nyoirin.
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After making a deal with Mister Sinister to augment her powers in order to defeat the threat known as Apoth, Kwannon became indebted to him... especially once he salvaged the DNA of her deceased daughter, whom the Hand had taken away from her. On his orders, and the request of the Quiet Council of Krakoa, Kwannon became the handler for and field leader of Sinister's new strikeforce, [[ComicBook/{{Hellions}} the Hellions]], a group of dangerous anti-social mutants whose innate capacity for harm has made them ill-fit to live peaceful lives on the mutant nation.
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After making a deal with Mister Sinister to augment her powers in order to defeat the threat known as Apoth, Kwannon became indebted to him... especially once he salvaged the DNA of her deceased daughter, whom the Hand had taken away from her. On his orders, and the request of the Quiet Council of Krakoa, Kwannon became the handler TheHandler for and field leader of Sinister's new strikeforce, [[ComicBook/{{Hellions}} the Hellions]], a group of dangerous anti-social mutants whose innate capacity for harm has made them ill-fit to live peaceful lives on the mutant nation.
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* AnimalMotifs: Like the original Psylocke, she's associated with butterflies, as in a flashback sequence her mentor advises her to "trust anger as a butterfly trusts its wings".
* AntiHero: A deadly assassin, but not outright evil.
* AntiHeroSubstitute: The original Psylocke slowly crept this way as the years went on, but this Psylocke is and was from the very start a deadly ninja assassin. And now that she's taken over for Betsy full time, she's become this.
* AscendedExtra: Kwannon has historically been a very minor character -- her total appearances (discounting her body being used by Betsy but not Kwannon herself appearing) amounted to less than 25 issues since 1989. This changed in 2019, where Kwannon becomes Psylocke II and is the main character of ''ComicBook/{{Fallen Angels|2019}}'' to fill the void left by Betsy returning to her old body and becoming Captain Britain.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: How does she manages to get Wild Child to behave? By beating the crap out of him. Now he follows her like a loyal dog.
* AntiHero: A deadly assassin, but not outright evil.
* AntiHeroSubstitute: The original Psylocke slowly crept this way as the years went on, but this Psylocke is and was from the very start a deadly ninja assassin. And now that she's taken over for Betsy full time, she's become this.
* AscendedExtra: Kwannon has historically been a very minor character -- her total appearances (discounting her body being used by Betsy but not Kwannon herself appearing) amounted to less than 25 issues since 1989. This changed in 2019, where Kwannon becomes Psylocke II and is the main character of ''ComicBook/{{Fallen Angels|2019}}'' to fill the void left by Betsy returning to her old body and becoming Captain Britain.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: How does she manages to get Wild Child to behave? By beating the crap out of him. Now he follows her like a loyal dog.
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* AffectionateNickname: Matsu'o referred to her as "Butterfly" while Kwannon called him "Matta".
* AndIMustScream: ''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019'' has her reveal that she was conscious during the time Betsy was controlling her body but unable to do anything about it.
-->'''Kwannon:''' I was burning. Screaming, but nobody could hear me.
* AnimalMotifs: Like the original Psylocke, she's associated with butterflies, as in aflashback {{flashback}} sequence her mentor advises her to "trust anger as a butterfly trusts its wings".
* AntiHero:A She's deadly assassin, but not outright evil.
evil. She even led two AntiHeroTeam during the Krakoa era.
* AntiHeroSubstitute: The original Psylocke slowly crept this way as the years went on, but this Psylocke is and was from the very start a deadlyninja {{Ninja}} assassin. And now that she's taken over for Betsy full time, full-time, she's become this.
* AscendedExtra: Kwannon has historically been a very minorcharacter -- her character, having been solely created to justify Betsy's RacialTransformation via a convoluted FreakyFridayFlip plot. Her total appearances (discounting her body being used by Betsy but not Kwannon herself appearing) amounted to less than 25 issues since 1989. This changed in 2019, where Kwannon becomes Psylocke II and is the main character of ''ComicBook/{{Fallen Angels|2019}}'' to fill the void left by Betsy returning to her old body and becoming Captain Britain.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Her name "Kwannon" is a rarely used Japanese variant of "Guan Yin", the name of a Chinese Buddhist goddess associated with mercy and compassion (the most common Japanese variant of her name is "Kannon"). Granted, it is at least a real name, but it still isn't something that a Japanese parent would name their child.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: How does she manages to get Wild Child tobehave? behave and accept her leadership during ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}''? By beating the crap out of him. Now After that, he follows started following her around like a loyal dog.dog for the rest of the run.
* AndIMustScream: ''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019'' has her reveal that she was conscious during the time Betsy was controlling her body but unable to do anything about it.
-->'''Kwannon:''' I was burning. Screaming, but nobody could hear me.
* AnimalMotifs: Like the original Psylocke, she's associated with butterflies, as in a
* AntiHero:
* AntiHeroSubstitute: The original Psylocke slowly crept this way as the years went on, but this Psylocke is and was from the very start a deadly
* AscendedExtra: Kwannon has historically been a very minor
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Her name "Kwannon" is a rarely used Japanese variant of "Guan Yin", the name of a Chinese Buddhist goddess associated with mercy and compassion (the most common Japanese variant of her name is "Kannon"). Granted, it is at least a real name, but it still isn't something that a Japanese parent would name their child.
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: How does she manages to get Wild Child to
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** She very quickly develops a strong connection to John Greycrow when on the Hellions, as they both understand living with inner demons. By the time the team is disbanded, they enter a relationship.
* CameBackWrong: During the 2000's she briefly returned as part of the Red Queen's Sisterhood of Mutants, being portrayed in purely a villainous role as she sought to reclaim her stolen body by force. She failed.
* CameBackWrong: During the 2000's she briefly returned as part of the Red Queen's Sisterhood of Mutants, being portrayed in purely a villainous role as she sought to reclaim her stolen body by force. She failed.
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** She quickly gets along with Laura Kinney due to the two being {{Tyke Bomb}}s who were trained to be killers by bad people.
** She very quickly develops a strong connection to John Greycrow when on the Hellions, as they both understand living with inner demons. By the time the team is disbanded, they [[RelationshipUpgrade enter arelationship.
relationship]].
*CameBackWrong: BreakoutCharacter: For years Kwannon was a FlatCharacter who only existed to provide her body for Betsy, and her role was that of a minor antagonist during the storylines where she popped up. Once she got her body back, she became a proper AntiHero and a prominent character in the Krakoan era, and either led teams or provided a substantial role in ''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019'', ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}'', ''ComicBook/Marauders2019'' and ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers2023''.
* BrokenPedestal:
** She seemed to be genuinely in love Matsu'o before their duel, but all his actions trying to bring her BackFromTheDead only making things worse for her, almost enslaving her to others like Mandarin, Spiral, and Nyoirin which greatly soured her opinion of him. Their last interaction had her asking to redeem himself by giving her a MercyKill. During the Krakoa era, she hardly gave him much thought.
** She became disillusioned with the government of Krakoa after they decided to [[spoiler: conceal Mr. Sinister's crimes that she and the Hellions had unveiled because of his importance to mutant society]].
* ButterflyOfTransformation: She is [[AnimalMotifs connected to butterflies]] due to her association with transformation, due to her character being so connected to the FreakyFridayFlip with Betsy. In {{flashback}}s to her training under the Hand, butterflies imagery is also used to visually illustrate her change from a [[TykeBomb scared child to a trained killer]]. She also views her changes post-[[DeathIsCheap revival]] as a metaphorical rebirth.
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Fitting her [[AnimalMotifs butterfly motif]], she views her changes post-[[DeathIsCheap revival]] and return to her original body as a symbolic rebirth, not only because she literally came BackFromTheDead, but also due to being able to live her life free of the Hand.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Kwannon has a busty, hourglass figure which was often commented upon while Betsy was "using" her body. When Greycrow sees her NavelDeepNeckline kimono in the Hellfire Galla, he immediately gets DistractedByTheSexy.
* CameBackWrong:
** When Spiral swapped her into Betsy's body, her mind was still ravaged by her NearDeathExperience, which made her easy to manipulate by her former boss Nyoirin, and she ended up attacking the ''X-Men'' in this confused state, believing herself to be the real Betsy Braddock.
** During the 2000's she briefly returned as part of the Red Queen's Sisterhood of Mutants, being portrayed in purely a villainous role as she sought to reclaim her stolen body by force. Shefailed.failed.
* ColorMotif: She shares Betsy's connection with Purple, but also has black as a color motif to differentiate her from Betsy, as she usually has black hair, wears a black version of Psylocke's IconicOutfit, and wears black lipstick.
** She very quickly develops a strong connection to John Greycrow when on the Hellions, as they both understand living with inner demons. By the time the team is disbanded, they [[RelationshipUpgrade enter a
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* BrokenPedestal:
** She seemed to be genuinely in love Matsu'o before their duel, but all his actions trying to bring her BackFromTheDead only making things worse for her, almost enslaving her to others like Mandarin, Spiral, and Nyoirin which greatly soured her opinion of him. Their last interaction had her asking to redeem himself by giving her a MercyKill. During the Krakoa era, she hardly gave him much thought.
** She became disillusioned with the government of Krakoa after they decided to [[spoiler: conceal Mr. Sinister's crimes that she and the Hellions had unveiled because of his importance to mutant society]].
* ButterflyOfTransformation: She is [[AnimalMotifs connected to butterflies]] due to her association with transformation, due to her character being so connected to the FreakyFridayFlip with Betsy. In {{flashback}}s to her training under the Hand, butterflies imagery is also used to visually illustrate her change from a [[TykeBomb scared child to a trained killer]]. She also views her changes post-[[DeathIsCheap revival]] as a metaphorical rebirth.
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Fitting her [[AnimalMotifs butterfly motif]], she views her changes post-[[DeathIsCheap revival]] and return to her original body as a symbolic rebirth, not only because she literally came BackFromTheDead, but also due to being able to live her life free of the Hand.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Kwannon has a busty, hourglass figure which was often commented upon while Betsy was "using" her body. When Greycrow sees her NavelDeepNeckline kimono in the Hellfire Galla, he immediately gets DistractedByTheSexy.
* CameBackWrong:
** When Spiral swapped her into Betsy's body, her mind was still ravaged by her NearDeathExperience, which made her easy to manipulate by her former boss Nyoirin, and she ended up attacking the ''X-Men'' in this confused state, believing herself to be the real Betsy Braddock.
** During the 2000's she briefly returned as part of the Red Queen's Sisterhood of Mutants, being portrayed in purely a villainous role as she sought to reclaim her stolen body by force. She
* ColorMotif: She shares Betsy's connection with Purple, but also has black as a color motif to differentiate her from Betsy, as she usually has black hair, wears a black version of Psylocke's IconicOutfit, and wears black lipstick.
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* DealWithTheDevil: In ''Fallen Angels'' she comes to Mr. Sinister seeking help in dealing with the villain of the day.
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* ConsummateProfessional: She almost always has a stoic and professional attitude when she's in charge of an important role, such as being the field leader of the Hellions or as a Captain of Krakoa. {{Flashback}}s show she had this same no-nonsense professional attitude when she worked as a ProfessionalKiller.
* DarkActionGirl: She was introduced as an evil female assassin from The Hand, although one that was ForcedIntoEvil. When she was given a chance at redemption in Krakoa, she took it and never regretted it.
* DatingCatwoman: During the time she worked for the crime lord Nyorin, she had a romantic tryst with Matsu'o Tsurayaba, a rival crime lord and member of The Hand. They were eventually forced to fight each other due to their employers, and the fight ended with her falling down a cliff. She survived this, but it left her brain damaged, leading Matsu'o to try to resurrect her via a FreakyFridayFlip with Betsy's body.
* DealWithTheDevil:In ''Fallen Angels'' During ''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019'', she comes to made a deal with Mr. Sinister seeking to help in dealing her deal with the villain rogue A.I. that killed her daughter. Sinister then finds a way to recover her daughter's DNA, and uses it to {{Blackmail}} Kwannon into being his attack dog for most of the day.Krakoan Era.
* DarkActionGirl: She was introduced as an evil female assassin from The Hand, although one that was ForcedIntoEvil. When she was given a chance at redemption in Krakoa, she took it and never regretted it.
* DatingCatwoman: During the time she worked for the crime lord Nyorin, she had a romantic tryst with Matsu'o Tsurayaba, a rival crime lord and member of The Hand. They were eventually forced to fight each other due to their employers, and the fight ended with her falling down a cliff. She survived this, but it left her brain damaged, leading Matsu'o to try to resurrect her via a FreakyFridayFlip with Betsy's body.
* DealWithTheDevil:
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* DeathIsCheap: It took a long time, but eventually Kwannon got her turn in the mutant resurrection revolving door.
* DefectorFromDecadence: She got her start as a member of the cadre of ninja assassins called the Hand but has long since lost her ties to that group.
* DirtyBusiness: Is what she focuses on in the ''Fallen Angels'' title, alongside Teen Cable and X-23 -- they're soldiers in peace time and take it upon themselves to do the dirty work so others won't have to.
* DyingToBeReplaced: Played straight originally, as she was killed off so Psylocke could keep her sexy ninja body without any muss or fuss. Averted with her promotion to Psylocke II though, as Betsy has been allowed to keep her alive, albeit as the new Captain Britain.
* FightsLikeANormal: Though she has telepathic powers, Kwannon is not as skilled with them as Betsy and prefers to fight with her martial arts skills primarily. While she can form weapons like Betsy, her actual telepathy use is limited and she's explicitly said to be not as powerful in their use as Betsy was as Psylocke. She doesn't seem to have an issue using them ''outside'' of combat like any other psychic, however.
* FlatCharacter: Since she was originally only there to be the basis for Betsy's Japanese body swap, for the longest time we knew very little about her aside from her being a Hand assassin and having a lover. This has changed significantly with the Krakoan age.
* FreakyFridayFlip: She switched to Betsy's body while Betsy switched to hers, and then she died. She got better, eventually.
* GlassCannon: If she has the element of surprise on her side she's capable of killing a weakened Magneto clone, but she has no defensive powers and is as vulnerable physically as any ordinary human.
* DefectorFromDecadence: She got her start as a member of the cadre of ninja assassins called the Hand but has long since lost her ties to that group.
* DirtyBusiness: Is what she focuses on in the ''Fallen Angels'' title, alongside Teen Cable and X-23 -- they're soldiers in peace time and take it upon themselves to do the dirty work so others won't have to.
* DyingToBeReplaced: Played straight originally, as she was killed off so Psylocke could keep her sexy ninja body without any muss or fuss. Averted with her promotion to Psylocke II though, as Betsy has been allowed to keep her alive, albeit as the new Captain Britain.
* FightsLikeANormal: Though she has telepathic powers, Kwannon is not as skilled with them as Betsy and prefers to fight with her martial arts skills primarily. While she can form weapons like Betsy, her actual telepathy use is limited and she's explicitly said to be not as powerful in their use as Betsy was as Psylocke. She doesn't seem to have an issue using them ''outside'' of combat like any other psychic, however.
* FlatCharacter: Since she was originally only there to be the basis for Betsy's Japanese body swap, for the longest time we knew very little about her aside from her being a Hand assassin and having a lover. This has changed significantly with the Krakoan age.
* FreakyFridayFlip: She switched to Betsy's body while Betsy switched to hers, and then she died. She got better, eventually.
* GlassCannon: If she has the element of surprise on her side she's capable of killing a weakened Magneto clone, but she has no defensive powers and is as vulnerable physically as any ordinary human.
to:
* DeathIsCheap: It took a long time, She died or almost died several times, but eventually Kwannon got kept coming back a couple of times for a story arc where she tried to take her turn in body back from Betsy and failed. It wasn't until the mutant resurrection revolving door.
Krakoa era that she came BackFromTheDead in her own body and became more than a minor antagonist for Betsy.
* DefectorFromDecadence: She got her start as a member of the cadre ofninja {{Ninja}} assassins called the Hand but has long since lost cut her ties with the group even before she got involved with the ''X-Men'', due to the [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal ruthless way they treated her]].
* DependingOnTheArtist: After she gets her body back, she's usually drawn with black hair and a black uniform, but some writers still occasionally draw her with purple hair and the blue uniform thatgroup.
Betsy wore when she was occupying her body.
* DirtyBusiness:Is what During the Krakoa era, she focuses on in uses her former assassin skills to be a black ops operative for the ''Fallen Angels'' title, island, alongside others like Teen Cable and X-23 -- they're soldiers in peace time peacetime and take it upon themselves to do the dirty work so others won't have to.
* DualWielding: Her primary method of fighting is with a katana in each hand.
* DudeMagnet: When she was first introduced, the only two men in her life (her boss Nyoirin and her professional rival Matsu'o) were both in love with her and during the time Betsy used her body, she became the LustObject of ''many'' characters over the years, including Angel, Cyclops and Fantomex. After her resurrection, she got John Greycow pinning after her during the ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}''.
* DyingToBeReplaced: Played straight originally, as she was killed off soPsylocke Betsy could keep her sexy ninja body without any muss or fuss. Averted with her promotion to Psylocke II though, as Betsy has been allowed to keep her alive, albeit as the new Captain Britain.
* EmptyShell: Her duel with Matsu'o Tsurayaba ended with her falling off a cliff and getting into a coma. Matsu'o recovered her body and healed her, but her mind never recovered. This is what led him to seek the help of Spiral, who attempted to recover Kwannon via a FreakyFridayFlip using Betsy's body.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After she recovers her body, she adopts the title of Psylock and even keeps wearing a similar uniform, with the biggest physical difference between Kwannon and Betsy's Psylocke appearance is that Kwannon no longer dyes her hair purple, and instead keeps her natural black hair.
* AFatherToHisMen: She took her role as field leader of the Hellions very seriously and became very protective of them, despite all their bizarre quirks and personality flaws, to the point she stood up against the Quiet Council quen Orphan-Maker was [[BuriedAlive condemned to The Pit]].
* FemmeFatale: She was a kunoichi assassin who would use seduction to get the drop on her targets. For many years, Betsy's personality becoming HotterAndSexier was explained as it being influenced by this aspect of Kwannon. Ironically she doesn't act seductively after her resurrection in the Krakoa area, although her clothing choices tend to be very skimpy.
* FightsLikeANormal: Though shehas inherited Betsy's telepathic powers, Kwannon is not as skilled with them as Betsy was and prefers to primarily fight with her martial arts skills primarily.and use physical katanas instead of psychic blades. While she can form weapons like Betsy, her actual telepathy use is limited and she's explicitly said to be not as powerful in their use as Betsy was as Psylocke. She doesn't seem to have an issue using them ''outside'' of combat like any other psychic, however.
* FlatCharacter: Since she was originally only there to be the basis for Betsy's Japanese body swap, for the longest time we knew very little about her aside from her being aHand assassin {{Ninja}} ProfessionalKiller and having a Matsu'o Tsurayaba as her lover. This has changed significantly with the Krakoan age.
* ForcedIntoEvil:
** While she worked as an assassin for The Hand for many years, she did so because she was [[TykeBomb kidnapped by them as a little girl and raised in their ways]]. ''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019'' reveals she often tried to spare some of her more sympathetic targets when she could get away with it, and eventually she grew strong enough to [[DefectorFromDecadence defy them and defect]], though she still ended up working as a ProfessionalKiller because [[LivingWeapon violence was all she knew]].
** In the Krakoa era, she was forced to be Mr. Sinister accomplice during ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}'' due to him holding a copy of her daughter's DNA, and [[IHaveYourWife promising to resurrect her if she helps him lead the Hellions]].
* FreakyFridayFlip: She switched to Betsy's body while Betsy switched to hers, and then she died. [[DeathIsCheap She gotbetter, eventually.
better a few times]], but only came back as a minor antagonist who wanted to kill Betsy and get her body back. It wasn't until the Krakoa era that she was resurrected in her own body and made peace with Betsy.
* GlassCannon: If she has the element of surprise on her side she's capable of killing a weakened Magneto clone, but she has no defensive powers and is as vulnerable physically as any ordinary human. Her only defense is relying on using her agility to dodge attacks.
* DefectorFromDecadence: She got her start as a member of the cadre of
* DependingOnTheArtist: After she gets her body back, she's usually drawn with black hair and a black uniform, but some writers still occasionally draw her with purple hair and the blue uniform that
* DirtyBusiness:
* DualWielding: Her primary method of fighting is with a katana in each hand.
* DudeMagnet: When she was first introduced, the only two men in her life (her boss Nyoirin and her professional rival Matsu'o) were both in love with her and during the time Betsy used her body, she became the LustObject of ''many'' characters over the years, including Angel, Cyclops and Fantomex. After her resurrection, she got John Greycow pinning after her during the ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}''.
* DyingToBeReplaced: Played straight originally, as she was killed off so
* EmptyShell: Her duel with Matsu'o Tsurayaba ended with her falling off a cliff and getting into a coma. Matsu'o recovered her body and healed her, but her mind never recovered. This is what led him to seek the help of Spiral, who attempted to recover Kwannon via a FreakyFridayFlip using Betsy's body.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: After she recovers her body, she adopts the title of Psylock and even keeps wearing a similar uniform, with the biggest physical difference between Kwannon and Betsy's Psylocke appearance is that Kwannon no longer dyes her hair purple, and instead keeps her natural black hair.
* AFatherToHisMen: She took her role as field leader of the Hellions very seriously and became very protective of them, despite all their bizarre quirks and personality flaws, to the point she stood up against the Quiet Council quen Orphan-Maker was [[BuriedAlive condemned to The Pit]].
* FemmeFatale: She was a kunoichi assassin who would use seduction to get the drop on her targets. For many years, Betsy's personality becoming HotterAndSexier was explained as it being influenced by this aspect of Kwannon. Ironically she doesn't act seductively after her resurrection in the Krakoa area, although her clothing choices tend to be very skimpy.
* FightsLikeANormal: Though she
* FlatCharacter: Since she was originally only there to be the basis for Betsy's Japanese body swap, for the longest time we knew very little about her aside from her being a
* ForcedIntoEvil:
** While she worked as an assassin for The Hand for many years, she did so because she was [[TykeBomb kidnapped by them as a little girl and raised in their ways]]. ''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019'' reveals she often tried to spare some of her more sympathetic targets when she could get away with it, and eventually she grew strong enough to [[DefectorFromDecadence defy them and defect]], though she still ended up working as a ProfessionalKiller because [[LivingWeapon violence was all she knew]].
** In the Krakoa era, she was forced to be Mr. Sinister accomplice during ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}'' due to him holding a copy of her daughter's DNA, and [[IHaveYourWife promising to resurrect her if she helps him lead the Hellions]].
* FreakyFridayFlip: She switched to Betsy's body while Betsy switched to hers, and then she died. [[DeathIsCheap She got
* GlassCannon: If she has the element of surprise on her side she's capable of killing a weakened Magneto clone, but she has no defensive powers and is as vulnerable physically as any ordinary human. Her only defense is relying on using her agility to dodge attacks.
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* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She's been on the Hand, the X-Men, the Sisterhood of Mutants, the Fallen Angels and the Hellions.
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* HeadTurningBeauty: Kwannon is often noted as being a very attractive woman, to the point Betsy admits she sometimes felt more confident in Kwannon's body than she does in her own.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She's been on the Hand, the X-Men, the Sisterhood of Mutants, the FallenAngels Angels, and the Hellions.Hellions.
* IHaveYourWife: Mr. Sinister acquires a copy of her dead daughter's DNA during the Krakoa Era, and {{Blackmail}}s her into becoming his lackey by holding it hostage and dangling the promise she can one day get resurrected.
* InformedAttractiveness: The story and characters act like she's considerably more attractive, taller, and curvier than Betsy is, but officially they share the same measurements and are often drawn with the [[MostCommonSuperpower the same body type]].
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Her preferred weapon of choice is a pair of extremely sharp katanas, which she [[DualWielding uses with deadly skill]], and actually feels more comfortable using them than her [[SoulCuttingBlade psi-energy blades]]. Whenever she does manifest her psychic blade, it does take the form of a katana, due to her being a Japanese {{Ninja}}.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: She's been on the Hand, the X-Men, the Sisterhood of Mutants, the Fallen
* IHaveYourWife: Mr. Sinister acquires a copy of her dead daughter's DNA during the Krakoa Era, and {{Blackmail}}s her into becoming his lackey by holding it hostage and dangling the promise she can one day get resurrected.
* InformedAttractiveness: The story and characters act like she's considerably more attractive, taller, and curvier than Betsy is, but officially they share the same measurements and are often drawn with the [[MostCommonSuperpower the same body type]].
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Her preferred weapon of choice is a pair of extremely sharp katanas, which she [[DualWielding uses with deadly skill]], and actually feels more comfortable using them than her [[SoulCuttingBlade psi-energy blades]]. Whenever she does manifest her psychic blade, it does take the form of a katana, due to her being a Japanese {{Ninja}}.
* KimonoFanservice: Due to her Japanese heritage, she's prone to wearing kimonos in her downtime, and they're often very low cut. Her Hellfire Galla outfit is even a customized kimono with a NavelDeepNeckline.
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* LongLostRelative: In ''Fallen Angels'', it's revealed that she got pregnant when she was a trainee and the resulting daughter was taken by the Hand.
* LivingWeapon: Her own mentor tells her that violence is all she will ever be. It's safe to say she qualifies.
* MeaningfulName: Her first codename of Revanche. While it sounds simply like a derivative of the ever-boring revenge motivation, it's actually a political term for a policy designed to recover lost territory or status. While somewhat arcane, this is an appropriate appellation for a woman who seeks to reclaim her stolen body.
* MercyKill: After contracting the Legacy virus in the 90's, she sought out her old lover Matsu'o and requested he give her this as his atonement for his transgressions against both her and Psylocke. Though grief-stricken, Matsu'o gave Kwannon the mercy she sought, and he and Psylocke put aside their enmity to bury her together.
* LivingWeapon: Her own mentor tells her that violence is all she will ever be. It's safe to say she qualifies.
* MeaningfulName: Her first codename of Revanche. While it sounds simply like a derivative of the ever-boring revenge motivation, it's actually a political term for a policy designed to recover lost territory or status. While somewhat arcane, this is an appropriate appellation for a woman who seeks to reclaim her stolen body.
* MercyKill: After contracting the Legacy virus in the 90's, she sought out her old lover Matsu'o and requested he give her this as his atonement for his transgressions against both her and Psylocke. Though grief-stricken, Matsu'o gave Kwannon the mercy she sought, and he and Psylocke put aside their enmity to bury her together.
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* LeotardOfPower: As Psylocke II, she starts using a black version of Betsy's leotard as her hero uniform.
* LivingWeapon: She was trained by the Hand from birth to be an unquestionably loyal assassin, with her own mentor telling her that violence is all she will ever be. She proved them right when she defected from the hand but still ended up working as a ProfessionalKiller for another crime lord, because violence was all she knew. Trying to get over this is one of her personal struggles during the Krakoa era.
* LongLostRelative: In''Fallen Angels'', ''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019'', it's revealed that she got pregnant when she was a trainee and the resulting daughter was taken by the Hand.
* LivingWeapon: Her own mentor tellsHand. She never met her and said daughter ended up dying due to the scheme of a rogue A.I. that violence is all she will ever be. It's safe had beef with Kwannon. But Mr. Sinister managed to say she qualifies.
get a copy of her mind and kept dangling the idea of resurrecting her for Kwannon for the entirety of the ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}'' run.
* MeaningfulName: Her firstcodename {{Codename}} of Revanche. While it sounds simply like a derivative of the ever-boring revenge {{Revenge}} motivation, it's actually a political term for a policy designed to recover lost territory or status. While somewhat arcane, this is an appropriate appellation for a woman who seeks to reclaim her stolen body.
* MercyKill: After contracting the Legacy virus in the 90's, she sought out her old lover Matsu'o and requested he give her this as his atonement for his transgressions against both her and Psylocke. Though grief-stricken, Matsu'o gave Kwannon the mercy she sought, and he and Psylocke put aside their enmity to bury her together. But naturally, she wasn't really dead and her consciousness remained inactive inside her body for years.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Her training under The Hand was extremely brutal, and they acted ruthlessly when she fell in love and had a child with a man when she was under their employ, killing her lover and taking away her child from her. This naturally led to her turning against them when she got strong enough to do so, and she [[RageAgainstTheMentor personally killed her own mentor]].
* LivingWeapon: She was trained by the Hand from birth to be an unquestionably loyal assassin, with her own mentor telling her that violence is all she will ever be. She proved them right when she defected from the hand but still ended up working as a ProfessionalKiller for another crime lord, because violence was all she knew. Trying to get over this is one of her personal struggles during the Krakoa era.
* LongLostRelative: In
* LivingWeapon: Her own mentor tells
* MeaningfulName: Her first
* MercyKill: After contracting the Legacy virus in the 90's, she sought out her old lover Matsu'o and requested he give her this as his atonement for his transgressions against both her and Psylocke. Though grief-stricken, Matsu'o gave Kwannon the mercy she sought, and he and Psylocke put aside their enmity to bury her together. But naturally, she wasn't really dead and her consciousness remained inactive inside her body for years.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Her training under The Hand was extremely brutal, and they acted ruthlessly when she fell in love and had a child with a man when she was under their employ, killing her lover and taking away her child from her. This naturally led to her turning against them when she got strong enough to do so, and she [[RageAgainstTheMentor personally killed her own mentor]].
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* MsFanservice: Definitely. She was the body of Psylocke, the poster girl for BoobsAndButtPose, and when she returned, she was given a modified version of the bathing suit to make up for Betsy going TamerAndChaster. Then, in ''Fallen Angels'', she ''becomes'' Psylocke and wears a completely faithful recreation of the ninja bathing suit while doing the BoobsAndButtPose. Emma Frost describes her as "Miss Braddock's sexy side".
* OnlyOneName: Kwannon is the only name we know, as her surname is never revealed. From her backstory, it can be inferred that she doesn't have one.[[note]]the only members of the Hand with surnames that we've seen joined the organisation willingly and weren't born into it, while other members go by one name.[[/note]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her daughter died after she was taken away from Kwannon. Kwannon later gets a chance to get her back, after Mr. Sinister makes a copy of her mind... which [[spoiler:Havok, under the control of Empath, destroys.]]
* PsychicLink: Post-resurrection, she and Betsy share one. One can always find where the other's mind is and they can also utilise each other's psychic weapons.
* RageAgainstTheMentor: ''Fallen Angels'' reveals that she murdered her mentor, presumably for the abuse that comes along with being trained to be a living weapon.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:In ComicBook/UncannyAvengers2023, with Monet as her partner, Kwannon has been killing Orchis mooks all over in revenge for what they have been doing to mutants, particularly the events of the 3rd Hellfire Gala. Even when Captain America recruits them, they join on the grounds that they are not to be held back.]]
* OnlyOneName: Kwannon is the only name we know, as her surname is never revealed. From her backstory, it can be inferred that she doesn't have one.[[note]]the only members of the Hand with surnames that we've seen joined the organisation willingly and weren't born into it, while other members go by one name.[[/note]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Her daughter died after she was taken away from Kwannon. Kwannon later gets a chance to get her back, after Mr. Sinister makes a copy of her mind... which [[spoiler:Havok, under the control of Empath, destroys.]]
* PsychicLink: Post-resurrection, she and Betsy share one. One can always find where the other's mind is and they can also utilise each other's psychic weapons.
* RageAgainstTheMentor: ''Fallen Angels'' reveals that she murdered her mentor, presumably for the abuse that comes along with being trained to be a living weapon.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:In ComicBook/UncannyAvengers2023, with Monet as her partner, Kwannon has been killing Orchis mooks all over in revenge for what they have been doing to mutants, particularly the events of the 3rd Hellfire Gala. Even when Captain America recruits them, they join on the grounds that they are not to be held back.]]
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* MsFanservice: Definitely. She was the body of Psylocke, the poster girl for BoobsAndButtPose, and when she returned, she was given a modified version of the bathing suit to make up for Betsy going TamerAndChaster. Then, in ''Fallen Angels'', ''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019'', she ''becomes'' Psylocke and wears a completely faithful recreation of the ninja bathing suit while doing the BoobsAndButtPose. Emma Frost describes her as "Miss Braddock's sexy side".
* {{Ninja}}: She's a Japanese woman who was trained from birth to be a kunoichi assassin for the Hand, becoming an expert in stealth, martial arts, and sword fighting.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: During the Krakoa era. she had her doubts about staying there with the ''X-Men'', not only feeling awkward due to people still seeing Betsy in her, but due to being raised to be a LivingWeapon and finding herself unworthy of living in a peaceful paradise like Krakoa. There were a few times where she almost left the island, but she always ended up staying, if only to protect her fellow mutants.
* NumberTwo: PlayedWith in ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}'', where she was technically second-in-command for Mr. Sinister, but acted as the de-facto leader, as she was the field leader and the one who the team truly followed and was loyal to.
* OnlyOneName: Kwannon is the only name we know, as her surname is never revealed. From her backstory, it can be inferred that it wasn't her birth name, but simply the name her Hand mentor gave her, meaning she doesn'thave one.even ''have'' a surname, and may not even remember her real name. [[note]]the only members of the Hand with surnames that we've seen joined the organisation organization willingly and weren't born into it, while other members go by one name.[[/note]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring:Her She had a daughter died after she during her days training under the Hand, which was taken away from Kwannon.her shortly after being born, and she died years later, due to a scheme by a rogue A.I. trying to catch Kwannon's attention. Kwannon later gets a chance to get her back, after Mr. Sinister makes a copy of her mind... which [[spoiler:Havok, DNA and {{Blackmail}}s her into being his lackey for a long time, [[spoiler:until said copy gets destroyed by Havok, who went berserk under the control of Empath, destroys.Empath.]]
* ProfessionalKiller: She was [[TykeBomb kidnapped as a child and raised]] to be a {{Ninja}} assassin who worked for The Hand, but while she eventually defected due to their awful and ruthless treatment, she still ended working as an assassin for hire because that was the only thing she knew how to do, which is how she ended up working as an enforcer for the Japanese crime lord Nyoirin during her first appearance.
* PsychicLink:Post-resurrection, she She and Betsy become psychically linked due to their FreakyFridayFlip, with their personalities and skills even blending into the other, which is why Betsy became an InstantExpert in {{Ninja}} arts while in Kwannon's body. After their bodies split, they still share one. One a telepathic link, as one can always find where the other's mind is and they can also utilise each other's psychic weapons.
* PsychicPowers: She was born a mutant with low-level telepathic powers that let her read the minds and emotions of people, which she employed during her life as an assassin for The Hand. Her psychic powers greatly grew after she [[PsychicLink became mentally connected with Betsy Braddock]], and she even ended up gaining the ability to use her [[ShapingYourAttacks psionic blades]].
* RageAgainstTheMentor:''Fallen Angels'' ''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019'' reveals that she murdered her mentor, mentor in The Hand, presumably for the abuse that comes along with being trained to be a living weapon.
LivingWeapon.
*RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:In ComicBook/UncannyAvengers2023, RavenHairIvorySkin: She's a Japanese woman with long black hair and contrasting pale skin.
* ReformedButNotTamed: She's a former assassin for The Hand and an old enemy of the ''X-Men'' who reformed during the Krakoa Era, but while she's firmly on the side of good, she's still an AntiHero who has the mind of a killer and [[GoodIsNotNice doesn't care much for playing nice]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:
** {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}''. After [[spoiler: the copy of her daughter's consciousness is destroyed by a berserk Havok in a plan orchestrated by Empath and Emma Frost, Emma ''assumes'' Kwannon might go on a revenge spree and warns Scott about it. But Kwannon, while heartbroken, doesn't hold it against anyone but herself and Mr. Sinister, and even personally comforts Alex about what happened.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers2023'', with Monet as her partner, Kwannon has been killing Orchis mooks all over in revenge for what they have been doing to mutants, particularly the events of the 3rd Hellfire Gala. Even when Captain America recruits them, they join on the grounds that they are not to be held back.]]]]
* SetSwordsToStun: She mainly uses her psionic when she doesn't intend to kill or maim her targets, as the blades can [[SoulCuttingBlade slice through anything but living beings]].
* ShapingYourAttacks: After she recovered her body, she inherited Betsy's ability to [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation spontaneously create blades]] made out of her PsychicPowers.
* SheFu: She's a skilled female {{Ninja}} assassin who uses a lot of acrobatic moves when performing her martial arts.
* {{Ninja}}: She's a Japanese woman who was trained from birth to be a kunoichi assassin for the Hand, becoming an expert in stealth, martial arts, and sword fighting.
* NoPlaceForMeThere: During the Krakoa era. she had her doubts about staying there with the ''X-Men'', not only feeling awkward due to people still seeing Betsy in her, but due to being raised to be a LivingWeapon and finding herself unworthy of living in a peaceful paradise like Krakoa. There were a few times where she almost left the island, but she always ended up staying, if only to protect her fellow mutants.
* NumberTwo: PlayedWith in ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}'', where she was technically second-in-command for Mr. Sinister, but acted as the de-facto leader, as she was the field leader and the one who the team truly followed and was loyal to.
* OnlyOneName: Kwannon is the only name we know, as her surname is never revealed. From her backstory, it can be inferred that it wasn't her birth name, but simply the name her Hand mentor gave her, meaning she doesn't
* OutlivingOnesOffspring:
* ProfessionalKiller: She was [[TykeBomb kidnapped as a child and raised]] to be a {{Ninja}} assassin who worked for The Hand, but while she eventually defected due to their awful and ruthless treatment, she still ended working as an assassin for hire because that was the only thing she knew how to do, which is how she ended up working as an enforcer for the Japanese crime lord Nyoirin during her first appearance.
* PsychicLink:
* PsychicPowers: She was born a mutant with low-level telepathic powers that let her read the minds and emotions of people, which she employed during her life as an assassin for The Hand. Her psychic powers greatly grew after she [[PsychicLink became mentally connected with Betsy Braddock]], and she even ended up gaining the ability to use her [[ShapingYourAttacks psionic blades]].
* RageAgainstTheMentor:
*
* ReformedButNotTamed: She's a former assassin for The Hand and an old enemy of the ''X-Men'' who reformed during the Krakoa Era, but while she's firmly on the side of good, she's still an AntiHero who has the mind of a killer and [[GoodIsNotNice doesn't care much for playing nice]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:
** {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}''. After [[spoiler: the copy of her daughter's consciousness is destroyed by a berserk Havok in a plan orchestrated by Empath and Emma Frost, Emma ''assumes'' Kwannon might go on a revenge spree and warns Scott about it. But Kwannon, while heartbroken, doesn't hold it against anyone but herself and Mr. Sinister, and even personally comforts Alex about what happened.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''ComicBook/UncannyAvengers2023'', with Monet as her partner, Kwannon has been killing Orchis mooks all over in revenge for what they have been doing to mutants, particularly the events of the 3rd Hellfire Gala. Even when Captain America recruits them, they join on the grounds that they are not to be held back.
* SetSwordsToStun: She mainly uses her psionic when she doesn't intend to kill or maim her targets, as the blades can [[SoulCuttingBlade slice through anything but living beings]].
* ShapingYourAttacks: After she recovered her body, she inherited Betsy's ability to [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation spontaneously create blades]] made out of her PsychicPowers.
* SheFu: She's a skilled female {{Ninja}} assassin who uses a lot of acrobatic moves when performing her martial arts.
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* StatuesqueStunner: She's ''5'11"/180cm''. It especially stands out as she's Japanese, who on average are around 7 to 10 inches shorter.
* TheStoic: Kwannon is very professional most of the time, completing her work with efficiency. She very rarely goes off-script or lets things get personal, and is a much more stoic than Betsy was on her worst days... except when things ''involve'' Betsy. [[NotSoStoic Then she makes no secret about how personal she can be.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Kwannon fills the role Betsy used to fill as a sexy femme fatale ninja (complete with a modified version of the bathing suit), both as Revanche (after her return) and Psylocke. It goes even further, where Kwannon [[LegacyCharacter outright becomes the new Psylocke]] in 2019.
* TheStoic: Kwannon is very professional most of the time, completing her work with efficiency. She very rarely goes off-script or lets things get personal, and is a much more stoic than Betsy was on her worst days... except when things ''involve'' Betsy. [[NotSoStoic Then she makes no secret about how personal she can be.]]
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Kwannon fills the role Betsy used to fill as a sexy femme fatale ninja (complete with a modified version of the bathing suit), both as Revanche (after her return) and Psylocke. It goes even further, where Kwannon [[LegacyCharacter outright becomes the new Psylocke]] in 2019.
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* SoulCuttingBlade: Her psionic blades function the same as Betsy's, being able to damage the target's psyche, but not their actual body.
* SpectralWeaponCopy: After she got her body back, she inherited Betsy's ability to generate psionic blades that [[SoulCuttingBlade damage the mind but not the flesh]].
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: After regaining her body, she inherited Betsy PsychicPowers and the ability to channel psionic energy into blades, though she's not as skilled with it as Betsy was and still prefers to use [[FightsLikeANormal actual blades]].
* StatuesqueStunner: She's''5'11"/180cm''. ''5'11"/180cm'' and consideredly to be extremely attractive. It especially stands out as she's Japanese, who on average are around 7 to 10 inches shorter.
shorter. An issue of ''Excalibur'' even has Betsy going through her clothes after the FreakyFridayFlip, and noting none of the clothes she wore in Kwannon's body fit her now.
* TheStoic: Kwannon is very professional most of the time, completing her work with efficiency. She very rarely goes off-script or lets things get personal, and isa much more stoic than Betsy was on her worst days... except when things ''involve'' Betsy. [[NotSoStoic Then she makes no secret about how personal she can be.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She keeps wearing the revealing "ninja bathing suit" costume after she takes over the Psylocke mantle.
* StrongButUnskilled: She has a lot of potential when it comes to her PsychicPowers, but is nowhere near as skilled as Betsy in using them. Both Tarn and Mr. Sinister take note of this during ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}''
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Kwannon fills the role Betsy used to fill as a sexy femme fatale ninja (complete with a modified version of the bathing suit), both as Revanche (after her return) and Psylocke. It goes even further, where Kwannon [[LegacyCharacter outright becomes the new Psylocke]] in2019.the Krakoa era.
* SpectralWeaponCopy: After she got her body back, she inherited Betsy's ability to generate psionic blades that [[SoulCuttingBlade damage the mind but not the flesh]].
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: After regaining her body, she inherited Betsy PsychicPowers and the ability to channel psionic energy into blades, though she's not as skilled with it as Betsy was and still prefers to use [[FightsLikeANormal actual blades]].
* StatuesqueStunner: She's
* TheStoic: Kwannon is very professional most of the time, completing her work with efficiency. She very rarely goes off-script or lets things get personal, and is
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She keeps wearing the revealing "ninja bathing suit" costume after she takes over the Psylocke mantle.
* StrongButUnskilled: She has a lot of potential when it comes to her PsychicPowers, but is nowhere near as skilled as Betsy in using them. Both Tarn and Mr. Sinister take note of this during ''ComicBook/{{Hellions}}''
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Kwannon fills the role Betsy used to fill as a sexy femme fatale ninja (complete with a modified version of the bathing suit), both as Revanche (after her return) and Psylocke. It goes even further, where Kwannon [[LegacyCharacter outright becomes the new Psylocke]] in
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* WaifFu: She's often shown to hit much harder harder than her slim build would suggest.
* WeakButSkilled: She's not a physical or telepathic powerhouse, but she is an extremely skilled and experienced {{Ninja}} assassin, making her one of the deadliest combatants among the X-Men.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: When she first returned as Revanche in Betsy's body, she was afflicted with the Legacy Virus, and as such only had a limited time to live, and she asked
* WeakButSkilled: She's not a physical or telepathic powerhouse, but she is an extremely skilled and experienced {{Ninja}} assassin, making her one of the deadliest combatants among the X-Men.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: When she first returned as Revanche in Betsy's body, she was afflicted with the Legacy Virus, and as such only had a limited time to live, and she asked
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* BestKnownForTheFanservice: Betsy's years replacing Jean as the team's telepath and generally most of her character history and development are vastly overshadowed by her just being a curvaceous ninja in a tight leotard who has numerous sexy poses. Most comic fans will recognise her immediately, but far fewer fans can tell you whom she is actually is or where she came from.
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** The first time was when she was captured by the Hand, body-swapped/merged with Kwannon, and programmed to serve as Lady Mandarin. That time the brainwashing was broken by her using her psychic knife on Wolverine, who at the time was in the grip of a hallucinatory psychotic break; the resultant double dose of bonus crazy was enough to override her {{brainwashing}}.
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** The first time she took up the alias of Psylocke was when she was abducted by Mojo and Spiral and turned into a minion by them. The New Mutants managed to save her.
** Happened again when she was captured by the Hand, body-swapped/merged with Kwannon, and programmed to serve as Lady Mandarin. That time the brainwashing was broken by her using her psychic knife on Wolverine, who at the time was in the grip of a hallucinatory psychotic break; the resultant double dose of bonus crazy was enough to override her {{brainwashing}}.
** Happened again when she was captured by the Hand, body-swapped/merged with Kwannon, and programmed to serve as Lady Mandarin. That time the brainwashing was broken by her using her psychic knife on Wolverine, who at the time was in the grip of a hallucinatory psychotic break; the resultant double dose of bonus crazy was enough to override her {{brainwashing}}.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Originally, she was the farthest thing from an ActionHero one could get, preferring to use {{Jedi Mind Trick}}s and sneaky telepathic tactics as opposed to outright conflict. After the FreakyFriday that gave her martial arts skills, she went from SquishyWizard to BareFistedMonk, putting herself InHarmsWay more often than not, and sometimes (DependingOnTheWriter) suffering [[TheWorfEffect humiliating defeats]] as a result of it.
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* CharacterCatchphrase: During the Claremont days, any mention of her psychic knife would almost inevitably involve her declaring it "the focused totality of my psychic powers!" Not so much these days, probably because everyone knows by now.
* CharacterDevelopment: Originally, she was the farthest thing from an ActionHero one could get, preferring to use {{Jedi Mind Trick}}s and sneaky telepathic tactics as opposed to outright conflict. After theFreakyFriday FreakyFridayFlip that gave her martial arts skills, she went from SquishyWizard to BareFistedMonk, putting herself InHarmsWay more often than not, and sometimes (DependingOnTheWriter) suffering [[TheWorfEffect humiliating defeats]] as a result of it.
* CharacterDevelopment: Originally, she was the farthest thing from an ActionHero one could get, preferring to use {{Jedi Mind Trick}}s and sneaky telepathic tactics as opposed to outright conflict. After the
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* DrivenToSuicide: In the Uncanny X-Force time travel arc. The discovery that in the future she is a totalitarian dictator leads her to attempt seppuku; luckily, she survives.
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* DrivenToSuicide: In the Uncanny X-Force ''Uncanny X-Force'' time travel arc. The discovery that in the future she is a totalitarian dictator leads her to attempt seppuku; luckily, she survives.
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* FlyingBrick: Granted by Captain Britain/Lady Briton costume.
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* FlyingBrick: Granted by the Captain Britain/Lady Briton costume.
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* HasAType: Had the hots for Cyclops, kissed Havok (His brother), slept with clones of Cable (His son) multiple times and is dating Rachel Summers (His daughter). If it has Summers blood, she wants it.
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* HasAType: Had the hots for Cyclops, kissed Havok (His (his brother), slept with clones of Cable (His (his son) multiple times and is dating Rachel Summers (His (his daughter). If it has Summers blood, she wants it.it.
* InconvenientSummons: Roma straight-up drafted her for the Exiles without giving her a heads up, while she was in the middle of fighting an evil Charles Xavier, making it look like Betsy had died to her friends.
* InconvenientSummons: Roma straight-up drafted her for the Exiles without giving her a heads up, while she was in the middle of fighting an evil Charles Xavier, making it look like Betsy had died to her friends.
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* RaceLift: In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', Betsy is depicted as an Asian-American (Creator/OliviaMunn) woman and her being a white woman who swapped bodies with a Japanese woman is AdaptedOut.
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* RaceLift: In ''Film/XMenApocalypse'', Betsy is depicted as an Asian-American (Creator/OliviaMunn) woman and every X-Men adaptation so far, her being a white woman who swapped bodies with a Japanese woman is AdaptedOut.AdaptedOut. If she's lucky, she'll still be British.
* ShipTease: During Claremont's second run on ''Uncanny'', she and Rachel were super-flirty with one another, but after he left this faded into the aether (that Betsy wound up dimension hopping and Ray in space did make it kind of difficult for anything to happen), but it resumed come 2019.
* SoulCuttingBlade: Her psychic blade is able to attack the very mind of her opponents, causing all sorts of nasty effects, such as disrupting their neurons, inciting their pain receptors, stunning them, or even allowing her to [[TouchTelepathy read their minds]]. At maximum intensity, she can use them to kill but it's seldom used this way.
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* SoulCuttingBlade: Her psychic blade is able to attack the very mind of her opponents, causing all sorts of nasty effects, such as disrupting their neurons, inciting their pain receptors, stunning them, or even allowing her to [[TouchTelepathy read their minds]]. At maximum intensity, she can use them to kill but it's seldom used this way.
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->''This was never neat between us, Betsy Braddock. It isn't to be ''solved''. It merely ''is''.''
-->-- Kwannon to Betsy, '''''ComicBook/Excalibur2019''''' #19
-->-- Kwannon to Betsy, '''''ComicBook/Excalibur2019''''' #19
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->''It's a fresh start. No one can promise it won't hurt like ''hell''... but I've certainly had enough of my own. This one is ''yours''.''
-->-- '''''ComicBook/Excalibur2019''''' #20
-->-- '''''ComicBook/Excalibur2019''''' #20
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->''Kwannon was the Goddess of Mercy. In Japan, you can find a statue of her holding a child. Mercy is my name. But it is not my way.''
-->-- '''''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019''''' #1
-->-- '''''ComicBook/FallenAngels2019''''' #1
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** Of course, that writer from shortly before her death to ''many'' years after her resurrection is the ActionHeroine-loving-to-AuthorAppeal-levels Creator/ChrisClaremont for quite some time. Since her last resurrection, Psylocke has grown quite a bit in power, so much so that she was described as coming into the Omega Class mutant bracket, namely, the most powerful type of mutant around, the ones whose powers have nigh-infinite potential. Her powers (which now are both telepathic and telekinetic) are now in a league with the likes of Phoenix or Cable, and she's been using them to kick ass, take names, and make a lot of bad guys feel the wrath of her psychic blade. Against opponents who should rightfully be well out of her SuperWeight class, she will, as per one of Claremont's favorite {{Author Catchphrase}}s of late, "find a way to win." ''Today'' she is definitely more badass than where she ''started,'' even if it wasn't a consistent, steady climb.
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** Of course, that writer from shortly before her death to ''many'' years after her resurrection is the ActionHeroine-loving-to-AuthorAppeal-levels Creator/ChrisClaremont for quite some time. Since her last resurrection, Psylocke has grown quite a bit in power, so much so that she was described as coming into the Omega Class mutant bracket, namely, the most powerful type of mutant around, the ones whose powers have nigh-infinite potential. Her powers (which now are both telepathic and telekinetic) are now in a league with the likes of Phoenix or Cable, and she's been using them to kick ass, take names, and make a lot of bad guys feel the wrath of her psychic blade. Against opponents who should rightfully be well out of her SuperWeight JustForFun/SuperWeight class, she will, as per one of Claremont's favorite {{Author Catchphrase}}s of late, "find a way to win." ''Today'' she is definitely more badass than where she ''started,'' even if it wasn't a consistent, steady climb.
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* HasAType: Had the hots for Cyclops, kissed Havok, slept with clones of Cable multiple times and is dating Rachel Summers. If it has Summers blood, she wants it.
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* HasAType: Had the hots for Cyclops, kissed Havok, Havok (His brother), slept with clones of Cable (His son) multiple times and is dating Rachel Summers.Summers (His daughter). If it has Summers blood, she wants it.
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* HasAType: Had the hots for Cyclops, kissed Havok, slept with clones of Cable multiple times and is dating Rachel Summers. You figure it out.
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* HasAType: Had the hots for Cyclops, kissed Havok, slept with clones of Cable multiple times and is dating Rachel Summers. You figure If it out. has Summers blood, she wants it.
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* FlatCharacter: Since she was originally only there to be the basis for Betsy's Japanese body swap, for the longest time we knew very little about her aside from her being a Hand assassin and having a lover.
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* FlatCharacter: Since she was originally only there to be the basis for Betsy's Japanese body swap, for the longest time we knew very little about her aside from her being a Hand assassin and having a lover. This has changed significantly with the Krakoan age.
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* HasAType: Had the hots for Cyclops, kissed Havok, slept with clones of Cable multiple times and is dating Rachel Summers. You figure it out.
