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I want to agree with you 100% on this, but The Exterminated is where I begin to have issues and the end of Extermination solidified it. I agree that there is no animosity from Jean towards Rachel, but it's seemingly more apathy which I feel is more hurtful. I ignore Pyrite because it was Guggenheim and he ruined those characters. I also agree Red was "fine". They should have done more in the anuual to give readers the talk the two of them needed to have, but they glossed it over. So was happy but underwhelmed. Then Extermination 1 happens, and while I get Jean is upset about Nathan's death, she keeps her distance and says nothing to Rachel who is actively grieving. Not what I expected at all, from either Jean in that scenario. Then The Exterminated comes out and while I completely understand the focus (but let's be real Hope has never been this upset by Cable dying the may other times so it was contrived by the writers) being Jean and Hope, the last panels where Jean talks about how Hope and Jean are Cable's family and family is important was a sting Because Rachel isn't brought up as also being important to Nathan, which she was. So I was like, hmmmm. Then Extermination 5 happens and we all know the scene. The apathy that the writer gives Jean towards Rachel's situation follows a newee pattern.
I'm not mad at Jean, I'm disappointed that the writer's have stoked this divide in readers and fans over poor writing and execution of storytelling.