Are Nightcrawlers parents really Mystique and Destiny?
No, his father is Azazel and his mother is Mystique. Years ago, Chris Claremont apparently toyed with the idea of making Destiny the mother…impregnated by an amnesiac Mystique in the form of a man. This idea was quickly nixed by someone higher up at Marvel because of the implications of homosexuality; and while we know that Claremont always considered the two women to be a couple, it’s only recently that it was explicitly revealed. However, the Mystique-and-Destiny-as-Nightcrawler’s-parents story is NOT canon.
