This is, by far THE worst characterization of X-23 I have ever seen in my entire life. It was horrible. Even in Avengers Academy X-23 still felt like X-23 because of her mannerisms and dedication towards her friends, yeah the series was bad but overall I could at least respect that. Bendis demonstrated pretty simply that he has never read a comic book with Laura in it his entire life. X-23 has always had a formal form of speaking and a cold, calculating look/personality, even towards her close friends. She had always shown concern but she still retained her restricted character. Here? she basically speaks like a regular teenager who, if not for the dire circumstances would ask to go to the mall, hell I was even afraid that she'd say something like OMG. I don't even mind the romance thing anymore, if it had been well executed I might have given it credit, who knows, but bendis is very doesn't treat characters with respect. X-23 doesn't EVER say something like wow or That's so Weird, she'd instead say This is very peculiar because that's how she has been raised, as a basic robot who eventually corrected her mistakes and became human. Even if she spends most of her time around other teenage girls i doubt she'd pick up on the lingo, Scratch that, I don't doubt, i'm SURE she wouldn't, not at least if 10 years don't pass.
Terrible, simply terrible.
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