This maxi had its ups and downs. I desperately hope that this Beast/Laura friendship is forgotten after HoXPoX because I still don't get it.
I feel like this needed a few more issues, I can't tell if that's due to tamaki rushing to finish and go to archie's or wanting the x line canceled ?
I guess you can sort of loosely say it exists due to her friendship with the young O5 with their adult selves having gotten those memories kinda like how it was for Cyclops and the Champions, though that’s probably putting more thought into it than Marvel did. Does this series at this point even take place after Extermination?
iirc Laura's timeline to Age of X-Man is:
All-New Wolverine #36 --> Adamantium Agenda #1-4 --> X-Men Red #1-11 --> X-23 #1-5 --> Extermination #1-5 --> X-23 #6-12 --> Uncanny X-Men: Disassembled
I guess the connection between the two makes sense, but he's taking up a space that Prodigy could be in.