I have fully come to realize and accept the fact that a good chunk of my adult life up to this point has been trying to make up for lost time and do/experience things that, for one reason or another, I didn't get to back when I was an actual kid, the best that I can. Including, seeing as how both my artistic talent and confidence have grown since, drawing fanart for my favorite shows from back then. So, not too long ago, a friend reminded me of one of my favorite childhood cartoons…and, more pointedly, one of my favorite characters from said cartoon. And I of course had to include my other favorite character--not just because X-Men: Evolution's version of Nightcrawler was one of my biggest childhood crushes (though yeah, I'm not going to pretend that that wasn't a factor), but because he's Rogue's adopted brother. It just felt right.