I'm not misreading anything; I am going by what has been stated. On the other hand, you seem to be reading and misreading a lot into what has been explicitly expressed. Honestly - and I say this respectfully - I wish you would stop acting as if your assumptions are fact or truth; they're not. Again, this is how I feel when you write things like "This is that" as if your opinion were fact:
I wouldn't have any problem if you simply stated your opinion, but you act as if you know some hidden truth none of us are privy to.
Right? If only we had telepathy, lol.
A little confused by what you mean by what I've bolded above.
1. I totally get spotlighting her "current norm," but I am more concerned with establishing what she is capable of, as stated by those in charge of her and the rest of the mutants.
2. It's a cute "nitpick"; it shows me you like her fiery side. I do too.
3. Frankly, I don't much mind it at all, either. We all know it's not forever; the majority of costumes in comic books, especially when it comes to the X-Men, never are.
4. Well, that depends on how they build upon a "clones or mental manipulation" development. I wouldn't necessarily see it as a retcon if they handled it logically and made us realize they had planned it from the very beginning. There is plenty of room in the already established parts of the story to do this.