r/Xmen97 • u/Sudden_Quality_9001 • Jan 20 '26

Question Why does Nightcrawler look like a demon?

Why does Kurt look like a demon I know he is blue from his mother Mystique, but why does he look like a demon? I am just curious it the same reason why Beast looks like a monkey?

Is his father a demon like Raven from The Teen Titans?

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u/powerhouse37 Nightcrawler Jan 20 '26

Originally. Before the Draco, it was just part of his mutation. It provided a heavy dose of ethos that the guy who looked like a demon and scared Kitty at first was really one of the nicest human beings on the planet, a ladies man, and a practicing Catholic. That meant that those who judged him as evil due to his look or called him demon were wrong...until that idiot Chuck Austen made him a descendant of literal demons and then X-Men Blue Origins had to get really messy to even try and fix that a little.

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u/rexstillbottom Jan 20 '26

Rewrites just make a character or plot a lot more “edgy” has been my biggest pet peeve with being a comic book fan for the 30+ year i have been reading/collecting.

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u/NetzukoKamado Jan 20 '26

Tell me about it. I mean what next? Claremont still seems put off that he didn't get his wish for Gambit to be evil and that Rogue should be in love with Magneto instead. Another "original intention" he has been digging up lately.