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Originally Posted by Boy Blunder

You know, Azazel as Kurt's dad, on it's own, doesn't bother me at all. Hell, it led to a fun-as-hell opening story in Amazing X-Men. But all the other crap that came with that story is best left in the dumpster.

And hey! I'm quite partial to Ernst and Glob Herman! On the other hand, I really don't like most of the Morrison run.

I think even the concept is abrasive to me, since it turns Kurt half demon. It defeats the entire point of his mutation which makes him appear demonic, but it only being skin-deep. With his father being Azazel, it also slightly cheapens his whole relationship with religion as just being "because his dad's the devil."

This may be the one retcon that I disagree with the strongest. Mainly because it actively tries to belittle Raven and Irene's relationship, since editorial HATED the fact that Claremont had that idea in mind (the two being Kurt's parents). Also, it was against the Comics Code to depict same-sex relationships, until Marvel scrapped it in the early 00's, and by that time Azazel had just been created, so the two ladies were doomed from the start..

Sorry, you've awoken the Destiny fan in me, Blunder. She was a fantastic character, and it sucks that she had to die. It's also made even worse in that her presence is erased in almost every media adaptation of the X-Men. I believe the only thing she's appeared in has been X-Men: Evolution, and even then only briefly as Rogue's adoptive mother.

(I also agree with you about Morrison's run, but don't tell anyone, because most people love it...)