I also tend to prefer women who are more . . . cute, and petite, I guess.

Huh. I'm not sure I would have guessed that.

I think I was more bugged by the movie-Jean personality than anything else, anyway.

Yeah, that's what I figured.

one of the fascinating things about Kitty--which he's been exploiting in his comics--is that while she definitely kicks ass, it's not her first, natural impulse. She's a nerdy little genius, and she's going to grow up to be a politician with all kinds of peacemaker leanings.

Oh that does sound really intriguing. (Has the potential to be written v. poorly, but then doesn't everything?)