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Rogue's Background

Rogue's reality is somewhat of a mix between Earth-616 and Earth-11052. The X-Men are teenagers but have faced many of the same problems the mainstream X-Men have. Rogue is jealous of Jean's popularity, but deep down she knows she has a secret crush on Jean. But she was in a relationship with Gambit, who was nineteen. She did like Gambit, but she liked Jean more. Rogue struggled with her bisexuality, but Professor X helped her through it. She became depressed when Professor X was put into a coma by Magneto. During that time, Jean's powers went berserk and the only way to minimize the damage was for Rogue to absorb her powers. She got close enough and gave Jean mouth to mouth, but the contact lasted to long and their powers were switched permanently. Rogue was somehow given immunity to Jean's new powers, and they formed a close friendship after what Rogue did to save her.