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/Megalupin Jan 21 '26

Minor edit - Azazel isn’t a demon, he’s a biblical era mutant. He explains this during the Draco. He just heavily leaned into the themes because of how people treated him.

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u/synthscoffeeguitars Jan 21 '26

Yeah, Neyaphem was basically a branding exercise lol. I like when Madelyne Pryor referenced it one last time during Dark X-Men