Jean Grey / Phoenix Appreciation 2022

[Grinning Soul]

Frankly, I think she is just taken aback by reaching a new level of trust and platonic intimacy with Logan, with whom she has already experienced profound levels of trust and intimacy, spanning life, death, the end of time, and alternate universes. I also think she's taken aback by the fact that he is willing to allow her so deeply into his mind. She knows how private and defensive he generally is.

This is how I see those "lapses".

What probably happened: the writer disregarded her history (out of ignorance or not remembering it well) and made her say/react in a way that doesn't make much sense given she is suppose to remember having done or lived through some stuff.

How it goes in my mind: Jean sometimes has a child-like emotional reaction to things that are happening and it feels new to her even though it's not. That's why I said it's endearing, really. I wasn't being sarcastic. I find it funny and cute.