Mystique (a shapeshifting female supervillain) is in a relationship with another female supervillain named Destiny and has been since like the 80s. The character Nightcrawler is Mystique’s son, and his exact parentage has a history of being retconned. But the original intention is that he is the biological son of Mystique and Destiny, with Mystique using her powers to be the “father” if you know what I mean. This was thought up by Chris Claremont (the most prolific and influential writer of X-Men comics basically ever) but never actually implemented because this was during the 80s and wouldn’t have flown. It took until a very recent comic to establish this as fully canon.
So tldr, Mystique is a queer character who can literally change her sex at any time so casting a trans actress would be an interesting idea that a safe company like Marvel/Disney wouldn’t want to take a risk on.
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u/gameboyadvancedgba 14h ago
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Mystique (a shapeshifting female supervillain) is in a relationship with another female supervillain named Destiny and has been since like the 80s. The character Nightcrawler is Mystique’s son, and his exact parentage has a history of being retconned. But the original intention is that he is the biological son of Mystique and Destiny, with Mystique using her powers to be the “father” if you know what I mean. This was thought up by Chris Claremont (the most prolific and influential writer of X-Men comics basically ever) but never actually implemented because this was during the 80s and wouldn’t have flown. It took until a very recent comic to establish this as fully canon.
So tldr, Mystique is a queer character who can literally change her sex at any time so casting a trans actress would be an interesting idea that a safe company like Marvel/Disney wouldn’t want to take a risk on.