Villains Being Awesome: Momstique

[auggie18]

So, I'm pretty sure I already did a post about Mystique being a mom, but it's worth a second look. Mystique's one consistent good feature is her love for Rogue, though good might be stretching it a bit. It does frequently border on the obsessive and creepy. And stabby. And murder-y.




Chris Claremont made her a bit more sympathetic in X-Men Forever, though still a bit underhanded. She arranged for the two of them to switch powers, allowing Rogue to touch people and Nightcrawler to go out in public without getting hounded.




God, I love the two of them being brother-sisterish at each other.





'course, they did have some moments in the 616.








Aw, creepy hug. Someone's gonna get murdered.







Awesome might be stretching it a bit, but I do like it when Mystique has a more maternal side. Even if it is a bit murder-y.
 

Comments

[obsidianwolf]

And to be fair to Mystique the power switch wasn't the intent IIRC she just wanted a situation that would force Rogue to absorb Kurt's inherited immunity. The power swap was a result of the fact that Rogue's powers were still scrambled from Fabian Cortez's fight with the X-men.

IIRC they even worried that Kurt might not still have his immunity because of the total power swap.

Then forever ended on that really irritating cliff hangar involving Kurt and his fate after touching Thor.

[darkblade]

Seems kinda fitting that a story made up of loose plot treads would leave some more in it's wake.