Jean Grey / Phoenix Appreciation 2021

[Grinning Soul]

Good point, Jean ebing a other wasn't on my wishlist for the character. But the writers presented us with this new status so they have to deliver on it.
Jean is a mother and they are really fixated on that part, but just as a role instead of actions and interactions. We barely see her interacting with the "kids" without Scott being there too

With alex she sllowed him to be on the team that have as leader Sinister, that was a bizarre choice on her part.
Gaby is a small kid tht she is friends with, they have a bond. They never interacted this whole time, anoter bizarre choice.

I ask myself this too: it is purposeful to indicate that something is off or just bad writing?
Sometimes I'm thinking I'm too positive and naive to believe that they are writing as something is off and not how they think chaarcters should act.

Scott and logan are off too. logan was fine with child soldiers, something that he fought Scott and divided the x-men.
Now Scott said that the mutants kids should live without having to fight,, that is a inversion on what they believed. All without any explanation.

There is the fact that kids are all by theirselves with only new mutants looking after them. New mutants need more adults to help the kids get a education and solve their problems. it is clear Dani nor Wolfsbane are ready for taking care of kids.

[Being a mother] was on my wishlist for Jean, but I wasn't the one who determined that. They did.

You know? I understand there's limited panel time, so I wouldn't mind if Scott was around when Jean interacted with their kids. As long as she had actual interactions as well.

Scott, Nathan and Rachel went to investigate the new island/Krakoa/Arakko connections in two different issues. Jean could have been there. Scott interacted with Nathan several times in Cable (not counting X of Swords), Jean could have been there. But she barely has any dialogue with them.

The level of neglect of her character is such, that we still don't know how she feels about Madelyne not being resurrected or the Crucible...

We don't know how she voted when it comes to Alex either. She has two lines about the matter:

"He put three humans in the hospital, Scott. Two lost limbs. One's disfigured for life"
"Your objections are heard, Scott. I promise you. But the Quiet Council will decide how to proceed."

She certainly is upset about it and she's trying to play her role there. But once Scott leaves, we don't know what she says. She may have tried to defend Alex, she may have tried to propose a different solution, she may have agreed Sinister of all people should be taking care of those misfit mutants. We just don't know...

We could have had a single panel of her telling Scott, after the meeting: "I'm sorry. I tried, but I was outvoted. Tell me you have a plan. We can't leave Sinister unchecked". Or something like: "Isn't Krakoa about second chances? How can we defend this idea if we're not willing to actually do it? Sinister wants to do something good. Your brother needs it. Let us give it a try". Naïve? Yeah! But it would be something.

The thing is... we don't know how Jean actually feels about a lot of the stuff that should be personal to her.

And before anyone jumps in: yes, I know she's not the only character who is getting this treatment and I'm not asking for any book to be focused on her. But this is her appreciation thread and I'm talking about her in particular and I'm just asking for some couple of panels here and there, spread on different books so not to hog any of them. That's all.