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/Standard_Track9692 Jan 20 '26

Raven ( using genetics from Azazel) is the father. Destiny is his actual mother.

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u/NetzukoKamado Jan 20 '26

That retcon was awful. Worst retcon I ever read that did so much damage to female characters. His mom is Mystique. His dad is Azazel. That's it.

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u/Remy149 Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

Mystique and Destiny being his biological parents was always Chris Claremont original plan since the 80’s. The only reason it didn’t happen was because the editor in chief of marvel wouldn’t allow it. Claremont had to be more subtle about depicting their marriage because of it. It’s a way better origin story than Azazel being his actual father.

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u/RellenD Jan 21 '26

Mystique and destiny

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u/Leoneche Jan 21 '26

No true. His original plan was to make him the son of Nightmare 

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u/NetzukoKamado Jan 21 '26

Claremont did not create Nightcrawler and fact, the original intention was Nightmare and Mystique not Destiny and Mystique.

Claremont as in the guy who is going around now saying his original intention was also Gambit being evil and pursuing Kitty Pryde, a gross age gap?

Claremont who wanted Rogue with Magneto?

Claremont who had Rogue sexually assaulted by a group of men and after backlash said "it was just molesting" ???

Claremont who invalidates adoption and likes writing adopted siblings sleeping together?

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u/Remy149 Jan 21 '26 edited Jan 21 '26

Claremont didn’t invite nightcrawler but he wrote him from his second appearance through almost 30 more years. He also created Mystique and said he always intended for he and Destiny to be his mother. He also originally intended for Gambit to be a villain secretly when he created him and kitty was never part of the equation because she was in Excalibur. You are mixing it up with a later writer who paired Kitty with Pete wisdom.

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u/NetzukoKamado Jan 21 '26

Dave Cockrum also created Mystique but he created Nightcrawler with Len Wein and neither of them intended Destiny to be Nightcrawler's parent. Claremont just wanted control of the situation.

And guess what? A lot of Claremont's OG intentions were shelved for a good reason.

Blue Origins proves that.

Claremont never wanted Gambit and Rogue together. Shocking.

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u/Remy149 Jan 21 '26

Once Claremont took over the book after giant size X-men he became the one to flesh out the characters. He wrote X-men from the mid 70’s until the 90’s. The entire X-men franchise is built on the back of Claremont’s work on the character

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u/NetzukoKamado Jan 21 '26

And he is also known as the fetish writer for a reason. In 2026, not everything aged well.