Welcome back to Up Your Nerd Cred! This week, CiCi and AM dive into one of the most chaotic family trees in comics: Mystique’s. From abandoned children to adopted daughters, from retconned baby daddies to Destiny’s prophecies, Raven Darkhölme has a parenting record that’s… well, let’s just say complicated.

We’ll talk about:

• Mystique and Destiny’s relationship, and why Claremont’s original Nightcrawler plan got shut down

• Rogue’s adoption and whether Mystique gave her stability or more chaos

• Graydon Creed’s self-hating political crusade against mutants

• The ever-expanding (and sometimes retconned) list of Mystique’s kids, including Charles Xavier II and Raze

• Why Mystique might not be the worst mom in comics… but she’s definitely on the shortlist

Plus: AM’s thoughts on Wednesday Season 2, CiCi’s window repair saga, and why queer-coded villains are finally getting their dues.

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