Kurt--616 Kurt--is referencing actual continuity today, namely his death in
X-Force #26 and return in
Amazing X-Men #1. Melodramatic? Or rather straight-forward for an X-Man?
AoA Kurt is referencing--and possibly misconstruing--an offhand remark from Mystique during
X-Calibre #3 or
#4, where after Kurt complains about the cold, Mystique tut-tuts that, "after I went to all the trouble of finding you a father with fur in his genome." Later, while fighting the Shadow King, Mystique takes Sabretooth's form, and taunts him in a creepy way. (They were on a quest to find Destiny there, too!) Although both Sabretooth and Nightcrawler were on Magneto's X-Men, I don't recall ever seeing them interact, so I could be misconstruing it myself.
My question is, how much is okay to tell an alternate version of yourself? Some information wouldn't apply if their worlds were too divergent, but the Age of Apocalypse was like the 616 up to when Xavier died, right? Is it Kurt's place to say, or should he let him figure it out himself? I don't know if the AoA Kurt would have any helpful advice, since most of his would probably be if you see so-and-so, kill them on sight...
Also, Death's Head gets to rough up the Hood, minus said hood, which just makes him some nobody. But that figure is such a great jerk! The garbage can he gets stuffed into is from a lot of wrestling accessories from eBay, and is stretchable, but has an unpleasantly tacky feel.
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I feel the phrase “stretchable, but has an unpleasantly tacky feel” fits perfectly with not just the world of professional wrestling but also a lot of other fandom’s & questionable occupations held by equally questionable people 🤔🤷♂️
Good philosophical question regarding how much Kurt should tell his alt. Like you said, some things may apply & other things not so much. Definitely depends on the type of person said alt is. Oh and retcons being a thing, is also a factor.
Looking at it now, the Hood kind of reminds me of Dirk Anger. That might explain why he’s so enjoyable to dislike.
I feel like you should tell your alternate form everything. You gotta watch out for yourself (or at least another yourself) and what good is cross-dimensional travel if you can’t use it to get insider info?
Ok yeah, I had to look it up but Kurt’s father turned out to be who I thought it was.
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