Context is king.
X-23's most basic surface level characteristic that any idiot should grasp: Stoicism.
I don't demand that her every minor appearance be a nuance in-depth examination of her character, but is it to much to ask she be written in Archetype?! This is storytelling 101! If you want people to stay invested in a character, you need to, at the bare minimum, write them such a way that they can plausibly be believed to be the same character!
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From RB Silva's Instagram Stories, presumably from a upcoming Swords of X issue.
Who is that I wonder? Marvel’s new “it couple,” Jean and Logan?
Oh no!!
That’s not Alex and Lorna is it??!!??!!??