Part of me is tempted to @ everyone who insisted that “assassin school for assassins” line was Vex being sarcastic or lying, to explain away that ridiculous moment.
Turns out, nope, she was telling the truth. That is canon in the comics. That is genuinely what Col/ville thinks her backstory is. No bear, no love for her mom or brother, but plenty of snark, and also she was a trained assassin for some reason.
because i’m a monster and can’t ever let anything go, ever:
col/ville pretty much already said, months ago, that it was intended to be taken at face value, and that his motivation in adding it to the canon was because it was a thing he likes writing. it was a Ma/tt Col/ville Thing.
vex’s canon backstory was dropped because it wasn’t something that he, personally, enjoyed writing. col/ville felt entitled to re-write a character because he saw her canon personality as something that needed to be fixed.
also, from a comment just below this one, since i’ve seen his quip-heavy writing style compared to whe/don before:
yeah.
You can’t make up how far this man is up his own ass. You really can’t.
Overdressed & Underappreciated 