I didn't care if she lived or died before she became a hot Asian chick, and didn't care if she lived or died after she became a hot Asian chick, and I don't care now if she lives or dies. Frankly, one of Claremont's rare missteps. The character is only remembered because sex sells, period. There's no there, THERE. Many major and minor comic characters have insanely convoluted back stories... But if you are a fan do me a favor and try to explain Betsy's story to someone unfamiliar with the X-Men mythos and try not to sound like you are making it up on the spot to try and mess with them. She's to me another in a LONG line of unnecessary additions to X-Men comics that took the spotlight from much richer and deeper characters for too long.