Editing Rogue (Marvel Comics) (section)

===Early life===
Her parents, Owen and Priscilla, were married early in their relationship and lived in a back-to-nature [[hippie]] commune in Caldecott County, [[Mississippi]].<ref name="GoingRogue">''Rogue'' (vol. 3) #1–6 (September 2004 – February 2005). Marvel Comics</ref> Born as Anna Marie, she enjoyed the attentions of her Aunt Carrie, on her mother's side. Anna Marie was raised speaking [[Colloquialism|colloquial]] [[American English|English]] and [[French language in the United States|French]], common to the Mississippi [[bayou]] area.<ref>''X-Men/Alpha Flight'' #1 (December 1985). Marvel Comics</ref> The commune's failed attempt to use [[Native American mythologies|Native American]] mysticism to reach the "Far Banks" results in Priscilla's disappearance. Carrie takes over Anna's care, and in her grief at the loss of her sister, becomes a strict and authoritarian guardian. Anna Marie was a rebellious child<ref name="GoingRogue"/> and, at some point, the exact event or reasons still unclear, she ran away from home as a young teenager.

At some point, Rogue grows close to a boy named Cody Robbins. During their flirtation, Cody impulsively kisses her, at which point her latent mutant power to absorb the life energy and psyche of others with skin-to-skin contact emerges. Rogue is traumatized by the experience, and Cody is left in a permanent coma.<ref name="unlimited4">''X-Men Unlimited'' #4</ref><ref name="Sims">{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=Chris |date=2020-05-04 |title=Rogue's Entire Backstory Explained - Looper |url=https://www.looper.com/206883/rogues-entire-backstory-explained/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Looper.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Hence, Rogue wears body-concealing clothing that eliminates the possibility of accidental skin contact. She wishes she "did not have to cover up so much around folks" to protect them from her, and starts to think of her powers as a "curse".<ref>{{Cite web |last=shubham |date=2021-05-13 |title=Best Female Marvel Characters (The Handpicked List) |url=https://womenintheworld.org/female-marvel-characters/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |website=Women In The World |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706014629/https://womenintheworld.org/female-marvel-characters/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Not long after, she is approached by [[Mystique (comics)|Mystique]], who seeks her out on the advice of her precognitive partner [[Destiny (Irene Adler)|Destiny]].<ref name="Sims"/> Mystique ultimately takes Rogue in and raises her as a daughter.<ref name="unlimited4"/> Her role as a mother figure allows Mystique to gradually twist Rogue's loneliness, envy, bitterness, and despair into anger and hatred, before recruiting her into the [[Brotherhood of Mutants]].{{Volume needed|c=y|date=April 2009}}