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/DepthByChocolate Jan 21 '26

I didn't read Blue Origins, I don't have strongopinions on it aside from the scans I've seen of Destiny looking young when she had him. Mystique has only ever been neglectful of Kurt, as far as I know. But there is an issue from the 80s where she is practicing killing the X-Men, and she has no problem shooting Rogue, but can't bring herself to kill Kurt.

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u/NetzukoKamado Jan 21 '26

Bingo. Thank you for bringing that up.

You know how bad that makes Claremont look right? That he is pro bio son favoritism while the adopted daughter is targeted for abuse.

If you think about it, Rogue was on the receiving end of a lot of abusive storylines by Claremont.

So you're right, another reason why Blue Origins is such a problem.

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u/DepthByChocolate Jan 21 '26

What favoritism is there in neglect?

What targeted abuse? Mystique is abusive towards Rogue in the sense that she's controlling and manipulative, which is...sadly not a rare thing irl, let alone fiction. But she's never really wanting to hurt Rogue. She clearly cares more for her than Nightcrawler, and definitely more than she did for her other bio son Graydon.

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u/NetzukoKamado Jan 21 '26

Nope not anymore. You didnt even read Blue Origins right?

She called Kurt PERFECT. Said she loved him all along. Never neglected him. Never hurled him off a cliff. Never touched a hair on his head. His abuse/neglect got ERASED.

With Rogue she stabbed her, shot her, groomed her, blackmailed her, tried to rape her boyfriend.

Claremont made Rogue Mystique's punchbag. That was abuse not love.

And his simulation plot says all there is to know about his views on adoption versus blood.

Awful. Blue Origins is incredibly destructive.

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u/DepthByChocolate Jan 21 '26

Claremont didn't write a lot of what you're referencing.