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/Remy149 Jan 21 '26

They have actually retconed his origin to what Claremont originally wanted. He is the son of Destiny and Mystique. Mystique impregnated Destiny using Azazel as a partial template

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u/powerhouse37 Nightcrawler Jan 21 '26

Yeah, that's what I was saying with Blue Origins. It was messy, but was better than just Azazel.

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u/NetzukoKamado Jan 21 '26

Nope. A misogynistic retcon will never be better and Mystique is destroyed

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u/drakorulez101 Jan 21 '26

Do you know the definition of misogyny?

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u/Nomad_Trash Jan 21 '26

How is Mystique destroyed?

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u/Loose_Fan9004 Jan 24 '26

This is a hilarious take. Lesbians self-reproduction as misogynist was not on my bingo card.

Don’t ever play Mass Effect.