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‘’'''''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2245108/1/Even_Angels_have_Scars Even Angels Have Scars]’’''''' is a fanfic [[Backstory]] written by Blue Frodo for the film version of the Incredible Nightcrawler from ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'', aka Kurt Wagner. It begins with a circus fortuneteller named Margali Szardos traveling with her two children and the rest of their troupe. They come upon an angry mob burning down a cottage that, from the sound of crying coming from inside, still has a baby inside of it. Ignoring the midwife and mob that try to stop her, Margali rushes inside and saves the baby. Said baby turns out to be blue, have only two fingers and a thumb on each hand, and also has a tail…
 
The story follows Nightcrawler as he grows older and shows how he became an acrobat, why he is so religious despite his appearance, and most notably how he got his scars by the time of X-2: X-Men United. While Kurt does experience minor prejudice as a child (the circus he grew up in protected him immensely), things really start getting progressively darker for blue-and-fuzzy when the [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|[[Our Angels Are Different|Aza]][[Our Demons Are Different|zel]], his father}} makes his debut. This story is also [[Doorstopper|hella long]], clocking in at 56 chapters and 140,459 words. However, most fans of the fic actually wish it were longer.
 
The sequel ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2480317/1/ Until Death Do Us Part]'' is also pretty good, but hasn't been updated since 2008.
 
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=== ’’Even Angels Have Scars’’ contains examples of: ===
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Amanda seems to have a crush on California skater Christian. Christian’s actually a nice guy, but he’s rebellious enough to count. This crush, however in unrequited {{spoiler|because Christian is [[StraightInvisible Gayto Gaydar|gay]]}}▼
 
▲* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Amanda seems to have a crush on California skater Christian. Christian’s actually a nice guy, but he’s rebellious enough to count. This crush, however in unrequited {{spoiler|because Christian is [[Straight Gay|gay]]}}
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Kurt’s love for Amanda. Amanda’s crush on Christian. Christian’s love for {{spoiler|Wolfgang}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Anti-Anti-Christ]]: Demonic Watcher Azazel wants son Kurt to be his [[The Dragon|Dragon]], take over the world ([[That Guy With theThe Glasses|OF COURSE!]]), bring humanity to its knees, and kick puppies. Kurt just wants to be a pious circus acrobat and goes to extraordinary lengths to stay one.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Apocalypse Maiden]]: Kurt, in a weird sort of way.}}
* [[Author Appeal]]: Back in Black.
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* [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler|Azazel’s entire plan is to force Kurt to do his bidding on earth.}}
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: While the sequel is still going, EAHS ends on a rather high note, and yes, Kurt earned it.
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: “Nightcrawler” was Kurt’s nickname as a baby because he would crawl out of his crib at night and play, leaving everyone wondering in the morning how his toys got out of his toy box. It later became his stage name, much to his six-year-old self’s [[All Thethe Tropes Wiki Drinking Game|chagrin]].
* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Angel]]: Azazel is rather heavily implied to be one of these. Actually, it’s pretty much directly stated.}}
* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Kurt is going to have his famous scars from the movie by the end of this. And by the end of the sequel, Kurt will either be with the [[X-Men]] or in Stryker’s hands depending on where Blue Frodo stops it.
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* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: There’s an aversion and a variation. The aversion is that Kurt likes his powers and the people at the circus have always treated him like family. When he does dream of becoming normal, it scares the hell out of him. The variation is when {{spoiler|he finds out about Azazel’s plans for him does whatever it takes to be able to just stay Kurt Wagner the acrobat and not become a sort of [[Anti Christ]]}}.
* [[Jerkass]]: Lola. Seriously, is the fact that Kurt’s “costume” doesn’t exactly come off any reason to run off and accuse him of being a rapist?
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: It’s a bit of a stretch to call Martuska one of these. She has her reasons for how she acts, she did help Kurt in the end, and in their second-to-last conversation she seemed to genuinely empathize with him. But for the most part she’s pretty unpleasant.
* [[Laughably Evil]]: {{spoiler|Even though he’s a bastard who manipulates everyone including his son, Azazel is incredibly fun to read in the chapters he’s in.}}
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: It does take place in a circus.
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* [[Shrug of God]]: Whether or not you want Mystique to be Kurt’s mother. Or if you want Kiwi to be his brother.
* [[Slice of Life]]: Kinda. Most of the story is Kurt’s life in the circus and his relationships with its various members.
* [[StraightInvisible Gayto Gaydar]]: The doctors that help Kurt. {{spoiler|Christian is also one of these. The entire reason he joined the circus was because he thought Wolfgang was gay and wanted to be with him. Alas, [[All Love Is Unrequited]]…}}
* [[Trauma Conga Line]]: Chapters 49/48-54/53. Things do start to get better for Kurt by the end of Chapter 54/53, though.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: See [[Rule of Cool]] above.
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