#niffleheim

All-New X-Men is a great example of an additive retcon for Bobby, revealing that he is gay. His outing is not a model for how to treat queer people, but Marvel sucks at that so it's kinda to be expected. It was nonetheless a quite profound turning point for him and he grew as an X-Man and as a person. 2019's House of X revealed that he was an Omega Mutant of Temperature Manipulation (negative) while also finally defining the term - 'a mutant whose dominant power is deemed to register or reach an undefinable upper limit...' Basically Gods or elemental incarnations for their specific gift, and Iceman was no different.

Iceman terraforming Mars with the other Omegas in Planet-Size X-Men, described as 'creating ice sheets miles wide' - all the ice on Planet Arakko was created by Iceman - the very environment.

Bobby was having a blast in Marauders, taking names and kicking ass on the high seas. In issue 21 most of the Marauders + Emma Frost were flushed into space by a scoundrel trying to rob and kill them. He would have succeeded if not for Iceman's quick thinking, creating a small planetary body to shelter in after being airlocked. Iceman himself could survive space but this feat unlocked confidence we hadn't seen before from him, and something else...

Bobby Drake was truly becoming Iceman and internalising what Omega means. Not having to fear death played a part too but he was considering 'undefinable upper limit' when opportunity struck.

One fine afternoon FIN FANG FOOM smelt their aged Krakoan whiskey and acted as gigantic dragons that win galactic combat tournaments often do. The whole crew was terrified and made haste to GTFO. Sure, customers were waiting on their product, but generally dragons do as they please.

Bobby Drake would have been one of them but Iceman just saw a challenge. 'This isn't even my final form' - probably.

Freezing his gums and his initial attack didn't work, with the dragon smashing Bobby into shards. Fortunately that's barely an inconvenience and Iceman was not giving up. Yeah, get iced, idiot!

Still, Ice Pokémon are weak to Fire. Melting him was as effective as smashing him to pieces, so Bobby finally got serious. 'Get big and beat them down' beats even the hottest flame.

Sure, buddy. After a walloping, Triple F fired off some face-saving utterances and turned tail. The rest of the Marauders were gobsmacked and kinda scared, except for Christian Frost who said 'that's my boy.' He still wasn't feeling challenged though, so he went on a little trip...

... to Niffleheim to bare knuckle box Ice Giants. I feel a little sorry for them bc they were just kicking it in their home when this lunatic showed up and kicked all their asses. 'SEND THE ONES THAT FIGHT THOR!'

'WE ARE THE ONES WHO FIGHT THOR.' Yeah he beat the shit out of all the Ice Monsters in the Ice Realm easily. The ones that give Thor and Odin grief. They've invaded Asgard and Earth multiple times, though they might give the latter a miss in future. Tbh he found it unchallenging, but at least they know who's the king of Ice. ICEMAN, THAT'S WHO.

'What did you do today?'

1st) Alfheim: Also known as 'Realm of the Light Elves'. Home of the light elves. MCU: “Thor” (mentioned).

2nd) Asgard (Realm Eternal): Also known as 'Realm of the Gods'. Home of the Aesir/Asgardians. MCU: “Thor”, “The Avengers”, “Thor - The Dark World”, “The Avengers - Age Of Ultron”, “Thor - Ragnarok”, “The Avengers - Infinity War”(mentioned), “The Avengers - Endgame” (mentioned).

- Nornheim: Asgardian province. Home of also the Norms and the rock trolls. MCU: “Thor” (mentioned), “Thor - The Dark World” (mentioned).

- Valhalla: A special region of Asgard. Home of those heroes who died a honoured dead. MCU: “Thor” (mentioned), “Thor - Ragnarok” (mentioned).

3rd) Jotunheim: Also known as 'Realm of The Giants'. Home of the Frost Giants/Jotuns. MCU: “Thor”, “Thor, The Dark World”, “The Avengers - Infinity War” (mentioned).

4th) Midgard: Earth.

5th) Muspelheim: Also known as 'Realm of Fire'. Home to the fire demons. MCU: “Thor - Ragnarok”.

6th) Nidavellir: Also known as Realm of the Dwarves. Home to the dwarves.MCU: “The Avengers - Infinity War”.

7th) Niffleheim/Nifleheim: Also known as 'Realm of the Dead'. Home of souls. MCU: “Thor - Ragnarok”.

- Hel/Helheim: A region of Nifflheim. Home of the (dishonoured) dead. MCU: “Thor, The Dark World” (mentioned), “The Avengers - Age Of Ultron” (mentioned), “Thor - Ragnarok” (according to the official web).

8th) Svartalfheim: Also known as 'the Dark Faries Realm'. Home of the Dark Elves. MCU: “Thor - The Dark World”.

9th) Vanaheim: Also known as 'Realm of the Old Gods'. Home of the Vanir, sister race to the Aesir. MCU: “Thor” (mentioned), “Thor - The Dark World”, “Thor - Ragnarok” (mentioned).

In the comics there’s also a tenth realm:

10th) Heven: Also known as 'Realm of the Angels'. Home of the angels. Odin cut it from the other Nine Realms and Yggdrasil, the Worlds Tree.