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Omega Alpha
Yeah, seemed to me at the time, and even more in hindsight, that Illyana's reaction was just her being used as a Bendis' mouthpiece than anything else. He didn't want Scott & Emma together and never really came up with a good reason. I didn't see Magik being attracted to Scott in that run, and the reverse is also true.
And Illyana now would be around 21-22, I think. She's the same age as most of the other NM. The fact that she was drinking at Harry's with everyone might indicate she's at least 21 (though it's debatable whether Harry would give a damn, Scott as written by Rosenberg would probably do).
As I said in other threads, if you go by some people, then literally every teenage female Claremont wrote is a lesbian, even the characters Claremont himself wrote having been attracted or in relationships with males, so I wouldn't take anything too seriously. There's nothing about Illyana's character that indicates for sure romantic feelings or attraction to anyone. If I was writing I'd make her bi, since the only other character we have is Mystique, but any writer could make another choice and wouldn't be OOC, IMO.
And is eKaterina KittyxIllyana? Ugh, just no.
Also, Scott & Illyana have shown to be friends with her opening up about not knowing exactly how her powers work, in the Dormammu arc.