Warning: Spoilers for X-Men #3 ahead!A key member of the new X-Men The team has finally explained the meaning behind its new codename. Sometimes, the best names have two meanings. Usually, a hero’s code name is just one aspect of their personality, such as Cyclops with his one-eyed visor, or Wolverine with his claws. But when it comes to this X-Men hero, there’s a lot more at play in making her who she is—and why she’s so powerful. It’s all in the name.
Idie Okonkwo aka Patience is still relatively new to the X-Men, having once gone by the name Oya. She changed it to Temper when she joined Cyclops’ new X-Men team, and her name caused some misunderstandings. In the preview pages of X-Men #3 By Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman, Magneto is the surprising choice to unravel the meaning of her name for readers and fans.
Magneto reveals that her codename is not just a play on words that have to do with a Patience. While heat is involved, Her name has much more to do with the act of tempering, As with steel, making her one of the steeliest X-Men to date.
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At first glance, a Name like Temper recalls a more hulking power than the calculated manipulation of thermal energy that Idea is known for. Magneto, however, understands who she really is, and what her name means.
With this subtle shift, Temper’s name moves from a noun to a verb, calling her to action in the Marvel Universe as a powerful force, not just a bystander in the X-Men Franchise.
Magneto is the perfect person to describe her codename. tempera, In Magneto’s realm of metalworking, means to Strengthen a metal by using heat. With this subtle shift, Temper’s name moves from a noun to a verb, calling her to action in the Marvel Universe as a powerful force, not just a bystander in the X-Men Franchise. Already, the similarity can be seen between the two characters, and how they could complement each other as metal and metalworker. Just like Idie, Magneto is also tempered by recent events, retiring from his position as the X-Men’s antagonist to take over Professor Xavier’s role as team mentor.
Magneto pushes even further: they were both tempered by tragedy, and that’s what makes them the steel rods they are today. His very words work like his powers, bending Temper to his will, because if tragedy has made steel out of her, then Magneto will use that very steel. It’s a sharp distinction that not only shows the breadth of her thermal manipulation powers but her backstory—and all in one name.
While she’s not the only X-Men hero to complete a villainous arc, with just a few panels, Patience Now did One of the coolest names in X-Men history. Not only does she do the world with her powers, but she is the very thing that the world has tempered into something unbreakable. As with Magneto, tragedy only made her stronger. It is the sign of her refusal to be destroyed by tragedy that makes her such a vital character in X-Men.
X-Men #3 On sale August 28th from Marvel Comics!