[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.