Summary

admonition : contains spoilers for tenner - Men Blue : rootage # 1Finally , after decades of speculation , Marvel has canonically confirmed that theX - MenheroNightcrawler is the biologic son of Mystiqueand her wife Destiny , twistingKurt ’s parturition narration into a tale of tragedy and potential buyback . The major retcon , expose inX - Men Blue : Origins#1 , give the tragical trueness that Destiny manipulated Mystique into having Nightcrawler , so he could be used as a " peter of portion " to stop the diabolic Azazel from ruling the universe .

Nightcrawler ’s infamous birth story , tell two 10 ago in 2003’sUncanny X - Men#428 , institute that Kurt Wagner wasfathered by Azazelvia Mystique , leading Raven to essay to murder her newborn Logos after he was born blue and mephistophelian .

X - Men Blue : Origins#1 - from author Si Spurrier and artists Marcus To and Wilton Santos - is a beautiful one - shot , masterfully retconning away Azazel ’s parentage , while introducing Destiny into Kurt ’s birthing story , weaving together a grievous story of dependable love , sacrifice , and toxic handling .

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Nightcrawler’s Birth Story Is Filled With Joy And Tragedy

Above all else , the most important affair thatX - Men Blue : Originsretcons is thatMystique and Destinyare Kurt ’s true biological parents , fulfill a design for the Italian sandwich that the fabled Chris Claremont gear up in motion decennium ago . However , the one - shot also establishes a series of other important , traditional knowledge - transfer truths , like the fact thatMystique always fuck her blue baby boy , and never attempted to murder him . It is revealed that after Kurt ’s birth , Destiny - love that Nightcrawler ’s grand center was the only thing stand in the way of an Age of Azazel - sent the child forth and told the sorceress Margali Szardos where to locate him .

Unsurprisingly , Raven was livid at Irene for manipulate her … convincing her to have an matter with Azazel , so he would think Kurt was his and carry her into having Kurt , so he could be sharpened into a " shaft of destiny " to defeat Azazel . Destiny ’s vision , and her decision , are always base on two things ; the " greater good " of mutantkind and the continued survival of her and Mystique . Thereveal of these deeply hidden secret truly shocks and horrifies Kurt , with him earn that he has indeed been used as a pecker by Destiny , fight back Azazel several time and stopping his various plans for world domination from come to fruition .

Mystique And Nightcrawler Have A Chance To Repair Their Fraught Relationship

Raven and Irene locomote to Xavier to have him pass over their retentivity of why they birthed Kurt , but Mystique need she remember he was her child , and even though Xavier warned this could cause devastating warps in her memory , she force him to go ahead . Now , Raven ’s memory have returned in full , and she recognise she never attempt to kill her treasured baby . Mystique has been a womanhood fill with rage and contempt since her debut , and there is a chance that part of that bass - seat madness came from knowing somewhere in her heart that thing were not correct , telling Kurt that " Half my heart was lost " after losing him as a child .

eventually , Mystique has the chance to repair her tense , regret - filled relationship with her son Kurt , ahero with a ostensibly endless provision of forgiveness and apprehension within his nerve . The same may not be true of Nightcrawler and Destiny ’s relationship , since it was her who made the alive determination to sacrifice him and desolate him to be a pawn . Regardless , even though there is a lot of work to be done , the reveal of the tragic mystery of Nightcrawler ’s parentage give him and his mothers an chance for healing , perhaps inspiring the iconicX - Mencharacters to be the family they always on the QT immobilize for .

X - Men Blue : Origins#1from Marvel Comics is available now in memory .

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