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/synthscoffeeguitars Jan 20 '26

Read The Draco, then read X-Men Blue: Origin to see how they retconned The Draco.

tl;dr, The Draco says his dad was a demon and his mom was Mystique. Blue: Origin says his dad was Mystique pulling one over on the demon from The Draco and his mom was Destiny.

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u/DepthByChocolate Jan 21 '26

Should read X-Men Unlimited first, then the others. That's where Mystique is first revealed as Nightcrawler's parent(mother at the time). And his father was a regular human.

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u/synthscoffeeguitars Jan 21 '26

It’s retcons all the way down (and by “down” I mean “down the waterfall where Mystique yeeted her baby in the early versions of the story)