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Hornet has always been popular in general even back in KR where she barely had a role. Even before this general was a thing people were discussing if Hornet would be appearing in Quest. In general her archetype and role just lends itself to always generate expectations around her plus having a killer design helps.

She was always point to be popular in X, if anything considering her screentime, her getting 2nd speaks a lot about the general hype people had about her.