How X-Men Blue: Origins\u2019 retcons change Nightcrawler and Mystique\u2019s relationship Marvel ComicsX-Men Blue: Origins turns the long-tortured relationship between Nightcrawler and his mother Mystique on its head, dramatically retconning decades of X-Men stories. The Krakoa era of the X-Men is imploding in grand fashion, but some harsh truths are coming to light. X-Men Blue: Origins is bringing the harshest of those, examining the origins of Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler has been on the run from Orchis in the months since the Hellfire Gala massacre. But he\u2019s also had to contend with his mother, Mystique, who has been wandering New York in a furious rage, seemingly unaware of her actions. The payoff to that happens in today\u2019s landmark issue, which challenges everything fans have long known about the X-Men\u2019s blue elf and his terrifying mother. Warning, spoilers for X-Men Blue: Origins to follow X-Men Blue: Origins establishes Nightcrawler as the son of two women Many fans had successfully figured out that X-Men Blue: Origins was going to retcon Nightcrawler\u2019s origin. Still, that doesn\u2019t make it any less shocking In Origins, we revisit some old lore. Mystique was posing as the wife of German nobleman Baron Christian Wagner. However, it\u2019s revealed that she finagled her wife, Destiny, a role on Wagner\u2019s staff so they could secretly be together. When Destiny implores Mystique to start a family together, Mystique uses her mutant power to shapeshift, rewriting her DNA to be male. Nightcrawler is the progeny of that relationship, though Destiny\u2019s actual reasons for wanting a family would be much darker. Nightcrawler\u2019s parents were originally Mystique and Azazel This retcon undoes a pretty significant piece of X-Men lore. The history of Nightcrawler\u2019s parentage was a long-known and somewhat underwhelming bit of storytelling. In the original storyline, Nightcrawler is the result of Mystique\u2019s affair with Azazel, a seemingly immortal mutant. Given Azazel\u2019s demonic appearance and teleportation powers, he just made sense as Nightcrawler\u2019s dad. Though the new origin removes Azazel from the familial picture, he\u2019s still factored into the story. A vision of Azazel conquering the world is what inspires Destiny to start a family with Mystique. X-Men Blue: Origins reveals Mystique never really abandoned Nightcrawler Seeing a vision of Azazel conquering Earth and killing the X-Men, Destiny manipulates Mystique into starting a family. Destiny has a vision that Azazel can be thwarted if he believes he has a child who can stop him. Perhaps darker than that, though, is how far Destiny\u2019s vision took her. She foresaw that Nightcrawler would need to suffer in his life in order to oppose Azazel, and intentionally left him to be captured. The reveal pushes things further, with Mystique eventually learning that Nightcrawler\u2019s disappearance was foreseen by Destiny. With no recourse, Mystique and Destiny ask Xavier to erase their memories, explaining the much more cynical, aggressive Mystique we see in stories who willingly abandoned her child. Mystique and Destiny are Marvel\u2019s ultimate ride-or-die couple X-Men Blue: Origins does reaffirm one thing fans have been in love with: the seemingly unbreakable relationship between Mystique and Destiny that has survived decades of turmoil. That may not be the case for much longer, though. While it seems inevitable the two will reconcile, the newly revealed truth about Destiny manipulating Mystique and Nightcrawler is sure to put a strain on that reunion. That\u2019s also not to say what Nightcrawler\u2019s future could be, as the Uncanny Spider-Man was recently captured by Silver Sable in a story set after this issue. For more X-Men and Marvel Comics news, stay tuned to Dexerto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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