Loose Canon: Nightcrawler

It's time to explore the best (THE BEST) character in the X-Men canon! Let's take a look at everyone's favorite acrobat-turned-super-hero-turned-priest-turned-super-hero... Kurt Wagner, a.k.a. Nightcrawler! YAY!

Twitter: @thelindsayellis

[Jjames]

"Becoming a priest is kind of like becoming a doctor… whatever, he's blue."

This kind of intelligent, unexpected humor is what keeps me watching.

[netherworlde]

Even as an atheist, I've always had a fascination with openly religious characters, particularly when their religion isn't their defining trait. Listening to someone talk about their beliefs in a personal, heartfelt way is just nice.

And yes, Alan Cumming is criminally underused.

[iwillworkharder]

I always liked Nightcrawler's religiosity in the comics; his character is so based around his desire for acceptance, that his faith in someone who would love him unconditionally made a lot of sense to who he was as a character. I'd never considered, though, the angle you brought up as a way for him to distance himself from his "demonic" image.

[AmandaTheJedi]

I appreciate that you realize the superior quality of X-MEN Evolution

[NinjaGidget]

"She sees his true self and thinks, 'Hooottt.'" I mean, didn't we all?

[demetriknighthawk]

I always thought his skin would feel like velvet.

[kanojo]

Seeing Lindsay (in her 30's apparently) talking about Nightcrawler in the nervous, giddy, helplessly joyful way a teenage girl might talk about her new crush... it's probably the sweetest thing I've seen in a while. I'm going to find myself smiling every time I see Nightcrawler now.

[butsmach]

lindsay seems so giddy talking about nightcrawler its infectious.

[taylormanes]

in my skiiiinnnn" has become a joke with me and my friend bc of this video

[elanorniennandilme]

6:47 I'm still laughing because Nightcrawler calls Kitty "Leibchen" (shirt) instead of "Liebchen" (sweetheart).

[MorganLaVigne]

Now we know why Cyclops was always the leader. He's the only adult who didn't perv on underage Kitty Pryde.

[sophia-helenemeesdetricht]

WOLVERINE: "I didn't know you were religious."
KURT: "Yep."
WOLVERINE (confused): "Didn't we bang once?"
KURT: "Yep."
WOLVERINE: ...
KURT: ...
WOLVERINE: "Okay."
KURT: "Yep."

[TheSoulHarvester]

Nightcrawler remains one of the only characters I've encountered with visible self-harm scars. Meant a lot to me as a teenager.

[TheEwqua]

6:08 Ok but like the way Magneto picks up his cape and starts walking so sassily made my day

[phyllostomus]

Nightcrawler has always been a very important character to me as a trans woman (and I've seen disabled people express similar sentiments) because he knows he can never "pass" as "normal". It would be really easy for him to brood and get depressed about that - and, I think, this is probably something he's struggled with - but instead he chooses to be happy and to be himself, rather than pretend to be some he's not to make others more comfortable. "It's better to be a whole me than a normal me", as he said.

[CatatonicDodd]

Yay! I'm not the only one who loves Alan Cummings' version of Kurt! Personally, he's my favorite Nightcrawler. ❤️

[Scandal]

Yes! Its my boy! I've loved Nightcrawler ever since my first X-Men comic my Mum got me when I was 4. Something about him is just so badass and charming while also being the nicest guy in the world. His character has been given more depth than almost every Marvel character ever. EDIT: And also he mayyyy have been the thing to make me realise that I'm gay. Idk, man. Dude's hot.

[dumpstercub]

Night crawler was the only thing that got me through 8th grade.religious ed. I love my blue teleporting bisexual Catholic son

[leow]

I quite liked Kodi Smit-McPhee as lil’ Nightcrawler in ‘Apocalypse’. He was absolutely adorable (as Nightcrawler should be), and no, he wasn’t as good as Alan Cumming, but Christ, who is? After watching ‘Apocalypse’, I got the impression that the scars weren’t self-inflicted, but done to him by someone else (possibly at the circus), possibly to make him look more otherworldly or demonic.

[Derekivery]

Who hates on Alan Cummings Nightcrawler. I thought everyone loved him and wanted him to come back to the role.