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Who is....Ruth Aldine | Blindfold? A Reading Guide

Ruth Aldine in an X-Men affiliated mutant from Marvel comics first introduced in 2004. She was born with no eyes or open eye sockets and due to her mutant condition her father left her, her mother, and her older brother only a week after her birth. Spending her childhood tormented by her abusive older brother, Ruth would eventually find freedom and happiness only after her mother had died protecting her from her brother's attempt on her life. Now living with her aunt, Ruth would begin to teach herself to harness and control her extensive mutant powers, but her brother's execution would result in him stealing half of her powers and her being sent to the Xavier Institute, where she first received her codename, Blindfold.

Ruth is currently the girlfriend of Professor Xavier's son, David Haller, and does not have a corporeal form on Krakoa, instead living inside of David's head. David has however as of 3. May. 2023 blinked himself out of existence and Ruth's fate is unknown.

Ruth was born in North Carolina and it is implied that she is from the Appalachian region of the state!

Below the cut you'll find a mostly complete reading order for Ruth!

First Appearances

Ruth's first appearances are found in the lead-up to M-Day/Decimation and its immediate aftermath. It may be beneficial to read Astonishing X-Men (2004/Vol. 3) #1-6 for context before reading Ruth's first appearance if you would like a better understanding of the run.

Astonishing X-Men (2004) #7-8 New X-Men (2004) #23-24 X-Men (1991) #201-204 [A stories only] New X-Men (2004) #37-41 Astonishing X-Men (2004) #15-18

Divided We Stand, Manifest Destiny, and Utopia

In the wake of Messiah Complex Charles Xavier is presumed dead and X-Men are disbanded. There is no home for mutants, no trust and no purpose to live for. Scott Summers is at this time the leader of mutantkind...things are going about as well as you'd expect. This gets picked back up following Necrosha (explained below).

Young X-Men (2008) #1-6 X-Men: Manifest Destiny (2008) #3 [C Story] Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus

Necrosha

Necrosha is a crossover event that deals with mutants being resurrected for the dark purposes of Selene Gallio (an old enemy of the X-Men, first appearing in New Mutants (1983) #9) who intends to use these resurrected mutants in her quest to become a goddess.

X-Necrosha (2009) #1 X-Force (2008) #21-22 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #231-233

Utopia Continued

The following issues are a continuation of Utopia!

Nation X (2010) #2 [C Story] X-Men: Pixie Strikes Back (2010) #1-3 <- this a 4 issue story so I would personally recommend reading #4 as well ;) X-Men: To Serve and Protect #3 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #244

Age of X (sort of)

The mutants are almost extinct, tortured by a strike force led by Colonel Graydon Creed. The first signs of the Age of X appeared in X-Men: Legacy #244; the events were removed from the Earth-616 mainstream continuity, with no memories of the alternate lives. If you've taken a look at my David Haller Reading List you'll see this event explained as "David’s desire to be loved forces him to grapple with reality," and as a story that "places David in a role where he has to choose between a false universe where he is considered a beloved hero and reality where he must choose to be a hero despite the fear others feel about him." Ruth's appearances here are still pretty connected to the X-Men: Legacy (2008) plotline we've been following now for a bit.

New Mutants (2009) #22, 24, 27

Curse of the Mutants

In what can only be described as the "oh shit we've run out of ideas" last resort of any creative company putting out too many crossover events in a short period of time..... the X-Office put out Curse of the Mutants. The arc centers on a human bomb exploding in San Francisco's Union Square, covering dozens in vampire-converting blood. It then becomes the mission of the X-Men to track down Dracula's son Xarus, now "Lord of the Vampires", even if that means enlisting vampire-hunter Blade. Yeah.... I don't know either.

X-Men (2010) #11

Schism and Regenesis

Schism follows the break-up of the X-Men at a moment of peak anti-mutant sentiment. Regenesis is the period of regrowth and reorganization following Schism.

X-Men: Schism (2011) #5 <- May be helpful to read #1-4 as well! X-Men: Regenesis (2011) #1 X-Men: Legacy (2008) #259, 261, 263

Avengers vs. X-Men

When the Phoenix Force approaches Earth, Hope Summers is assumed its next host. The X-Men and the Avengers are divided on how to handle the situation. The X-Men believe that the Phoenix Force will herald the rebirth of the Mutant Species, while the Avengers believe that it will bring an end to all life on Earth. This leads to a war between Marvel's two powerful superhero factions.

Avengers vs. X-Men (2012) #3

Legion: Son of X

This is where Ruth's path first crosses with the professor's son, David Haller, in any real meaningful way. It does however mold her story around his and start the descent of her story into being focused around David rather than Ruth.

X-Men: Legacy (2013) #1-24

Ruth has a handful of blink and you'll miss it appearances between Son of X and This is Forever but they aren't..... really important at all and don't really do anything to tell Ruth's story.

This is Forever

The X-Men are all presumed dead, but this isn't the case.

Uncanny X-Men (2019) #11

Legion of X and Before the Fall

Ruth Aldine is back from the dead.... and is now living inside of David Haller's head rather than having a body, and oh did we mention that she now pretty much has no motivations that don't revolve around David and is only seen when she can promote David?..... As a David fan, I am exhausted.

Legion of X (2022) #1-10 X-Men: Before the Fall- Sons of X (2023) #1

Reading list is current up until 6. November. 2023!

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some people on tumblr are really like "of course i love female characters! which is why i ship this girlboss and malewife. men get pegged by powerful woman! i'm calling this m/f ship yuri. this canonically male character is a woman to me but not in a transfem way and i'm not exploring it further. yeah i love lesbians uhhh i'll headcanon background character #9 as a lesbian because she doesn't get in the way of my ship. lol ew why do you ship blorba and blorbette together when blorbette is canonically married to a man? no i don't actually have a favorite female character because all fictional women are poorly written!"

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died and came back exactly the same but something was so so so wrong with me before and now I have an excuse to really lean into it

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Being deeply into the X-Men skews what you consider a minor character. Like normal people will ask me who my favorite character is and I’ll have the minimum amount of self-awareness to be like “I can’t say Tarot, the student from Emma Frost’s evil team in the 80s who died” but then I look for a better answer and I say “Blink”

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Chamber and Husk of Generation X by Chris Bachalo

From Comics Interview #137

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big 2 comics publishers will be like "why arent comic books selling" like comics aren't at a major high in popularity yet to "buy" a comic book you need to call a specialised dying-out store weeks in advance of a comic book coming out to let them know you want to buy it and then when you pay 5 united states dollars for one issue it has the emotional depth of a kindergartner mashing two action figures together

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Chapters: 2/12 Fandom: X-Men (Comicverse) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: David Haller & Kurt Wagner, David Haller & Kevin MacTaggert, David Haller & Pietro Maximoff, David Haller & Wanda Maximoff, David Haller & Lorna Dane, Theresa Cassidy & David Haller, David Haller & Rogue, Kevin MacTaggert & Kurt Wagner, Pietro Maximoff & Kurt Wagner, Wanda Maximoff & Kurt Wagner, Kurt Wagner & Theresa Cassidy, Rogue & Kurt Wagner, Kevin MacTaggert & Pietro Maximoff, Kevin MacTaggert & Wanda Maximoff, Kevin MacTaggert & Lorna Dane, Lorna Dane & Kurt Wagner, Kevin MacTaggert & Theresa Cassidy, Kevin MacTaggert & Rogue, Pietro Maximoff & Wanda Maximoff, Lorna Dane & Pietro Maximoff, Theresa Cassidy & Pietro Maximoff, Pietro Maximoff & Rogue, Lorna Dane & Wanda Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff & Rogue, Theresa Cassidy & Wanda Maximoff, Theresa Cassidy & Lorna Dane, Lorna Dane & Rogue, Theresa Cassidy & Rogue, Lorna Dane & Pietro Maximoff & Wanda Maximoff, Lorna Dane & Erik Lehnsherr & Pietro Maximoff & Wanda Maximoff, Ruth Aldine/David Haller, Ruth Aldine & Pietro Maximoff, David Haller & Erik Lehnsherr, Sean Cassidy & Theresa Cassidy, Theresa Cassidy & Cain Marko, Kevin MacTaggert & Sean Cassidy, Kevin MacTaggert & Cain Marko, Kevin MacTaggert & Theresa Cassidy & Sean Cassidy, David Haller & Charles Xavier, Theresa Cassidy & Moira MacTaggert, David Haller & Moira MacTaggert, Kevin MacTaggert & Moira MacTaggert, Raven | Mystique & Kurt Wagner Characters: David Haller, Kurt Wagner, Rogue, Pietro Maximoff, Wanda Maximoff, Lorna Dane, Theresa Cassidy, Kevin MacTaggert, Ruth Aldine, Erik Lehnsherr, Sean Cassidy, Emma Frost, Cain Marko, Gabrielle Haller Additional Tags: this is NOT David/Ruth friendly, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Past Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Identity Issues, Politics, Elections, Mommy Issues, Daddy Issues, Night Terrors, we are exploring a LOT of trauma in this bad boy, Lots and lots of character development, Past Sexual Abuse, Implied/Referenced Character Death Series: Part 5 of X-Men: Revenant Summary:

While grappling with the losses of their lives and particularly those of the last few weeks- Revenant tries to inspire the formation of their new transitional government. Things don't necessarily go as smoothly as they'd hoped but when do they ever?

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Elijah Bradley and Steve Rogers in Young Avengers (2005)

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hero of the hopeless.

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I’ve written a DC fic based on the Dream of Aengus too! I looooove working with Irish material.

Tumblr is so lucky to get to witness the cutting edge of Celtic Studies research in real time (me and my friends being weird about medieval texts on the internet)

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Hello! So it’s X-Men fanfic but it’s a Táin AU (and also lesbians)

I’m putting Lorna Dane/Polaris in the role of Cú, and Theresa Cassidy/Siryn in the role of Laeg.

It’s not a 1:1 AU, because I have to adapt things to the X-Men but I’m very excited about it and will likely be posting my character bios for the AU here soon!

Tumblr is so lucky to get to witness the cutting edge of Celtic Studies research in real time (me and my friends being weird about medieval texts on the internet)

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Listen, all I’m saying that you know your job is hard when your boss thinks you’re brewing marijuana tea on the clock and just goes “you deserve it.”

It was loose leaf green tea.

I’m allergic to weed.

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Tumblr is so lucky to get to witness the cutting edge of Celtic Studies research in real time (me and my friends being weird about medieval texts on the internet)

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Hello Tumblr, how would you feel if I told you there's a text in which Cú Chulainn used to be Fer Diad's charioteer

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message to all leftists: understand that landlords are bad because they are extorting you in exchange for a basic necessity of survival, not because they are "lazy" or "don't have real jobs"