I didn't say she was written as non-competent recently. I said that she was originally just a joke, and then there was a poorly executed attempt to replace that defining trait with generic "competence," never giving us a good story to show the transition. And since then, depending on the writer, she's been either "competent," or else written as a shallow joke again. I'd say Jean's far ahead of Janet, having gotten some good stories exploring her past and who she [i]is[/i]. Can't really speak for Sue, I'm not enough of a FF fan to know what I'm talking about. I'm just saying... look, Gail Simone's first reaction upon hearing Wasp was dead was essentially to laugh and go "good". When a major female hero's death gets that reaction from Gail, it says something.