[SPOILER] Thoughts on Xantcha? (Planeswalker, 1998)

I find Xantcha to be a fascinating character from the 1998's Planeswalker ~ her experiences with gender, as well as her defiance of Phyrexia as a Phyrexian are extremely cool elements that I don't find often in mtg lore.

however, there are a few things about her character that kind of bother me; mostly that in the novel, she is over 3000 years old and chooses to date a 17-18 year old boy Ratepe. as you can imagine, this dynamic would definitely not fly in our society today.

I always push it to the side with a "it's not a dynamic we can ever experience on Earth, she's from another planet and Dominarian view of age might be different to ours as well" but it always leaves a weird taste in my mouth.

does anybody have any thoughts on this? or anything else about Xantcha? I love most things about her character outside of this so I'm happy to talk about whatever ^^