Originally Posted by
salarta
The idea of Lorna confronting Havok is one of those things where I can see good reason for it, but if it happens, I think they need the time apart before Marvel could do it in any way that's good. Otherwise we'll just get it written in a way that still ends up being all about promoting Havok.
I think as it stands at this very second, all the current Omega classification list does is demonstrate where Hickman's biases lie. One character ends up on the list, but another character that has equal or more reason to be on the list under the very criteria he put forward somehow isn't. He either needs to radically rethink the whole concept or do away with it. All merely tweaking the criteria so Magneto's still valid but Lorna's not would do is reaffirm his biases and suggest they're worse than previously thought.
I knew it wouldn't really translate into Lorna getting a bigger push, because we saw for quite some time how people within Marvel first tried to ignore her as Magneto's daughter, then tried to write around her as if she didn't really "count." It's something of a miracle that they didn't just wholesale retcon her again and shove her back into crying behind a rock for Havok to save her from Sabretooth. The big issue now is Marvel needing to get Lorna's dynamics with her father right. Marvel has a tendency to treat her dynamics with other men in the same way as she's been treated around Havok, so it's essential to push for Marvel looking at their relationship sincerely on its own opportunities.
I don't think it's strange that they thought Blink would break out, but I do think it's telling how they were eager to promote Blink yet refused to do the same for Lorna. It shows how deeply entrenched negative attitudes toward Lorna are at Marvel when they see all the Gifted buzz about Lorna and all they can think is "I know, let's use her to promote Havok."
It's become pretty obvious that Marvel's been really, really trying to force Havok into popularity since 2017. And honestly, I wouldn't really care what they did with Havok if Marvel a) gave Lorna everything she's due, and b) hadn't repeatedly misused Lorna in their quest to promote Havok - especially in the past few years. If Marvel's going to push Havok into the spotlight, and they refuse to make things right for Lorna, then how badly they've treated Lorna is also going into the spotlight whether they like it or not.