Avert your eyes, Romy fans
Also if tho’art affronted by fictional indecency, hide thine eyes.
Isn’t Rogue so easy to identify? With her white bangs and Keebler Elf hood.
Who’s she smoochin’? Hmmmmmm. Elf ears. Angled shoulder pads. Long white glove. Two fingers, one thumb . . .
Yes. This appears to be Kurt Wagner (aka Nightcrawler) engaged in a rather serious kiss with Rogue (aka Rogue). Conceptual Marvel artwork from 2014.
Take note of how Kurt clasps our heroine by the back, hard enough to dent her uniform. Note her arm folded about his neck, her other hand gripping his curly hair. Note how their eyes are squeezed shut.
This isn’t a kiss of “Dear sister, brother, thank God you’re safe!”
It’s not even “How I’ve secretly longed for you!”
No! Not good enough!
This is: “I love you, with all my heart, body, and soul. And now that I know you love me too—no matter where we are or who we fight—I will never be lonely again.”
Let us recall: Kurt and Rogue are not related by blood. They did not grow up together. Kurt has a thing for sisters; he almost married his stepsister Amanda. Whom he grew up with. Kurt may need to see a therapist.
This Tumblr writer wants you to know she is not a perv. She does not condone incest. This Tumblr writer wants to step out of her Cave of Shame and tell you she ships Rogue/Kurt. This Tumblr writer wants to say that this category does not exist on AO3.
This makes her the world’s loneliest shipper.
Arright.
Bendis posted this in 2014, as conceptual art for an X-event that did not occur, and this image is a detail from bigger image of lots of our heroes smooching. Go check it out. God, I wish it happened.
