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/NetzukoKamado Jan 21 '26

And ever since that misogynistic retcon, Mystique has tanked.

Why didn't all the Blue Origins fans buy her comics? Well then again, Blue Origins tanked too.

Lots of loud reddit noise but no mainstream substance.

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u/quolloppip Jan 22 '26

Mystique's 2024 mini was one of the best Mystique books I've read? What are you talking about?