TOPAZ did indeed start off as a Blonde, however, even in her original appearances in the WEREWOLF BY NIGHT series, she had self-esteem issues having been a slave to her “master” Taboo, then having portions of her soul stolen from her and then later made a soulless slave, imprisoned in hell.

When she was inadvertently freed from this prison by Franklin Richards & Doctor Strange, and then had a portion of her soul returned to her, she was STILL “gun-shy” of many aspects of life.

The other-worldly Sorcerer; Urthona, then taunted her with the missing portion of her soul and she caused what could have been greatest defeat of Doctor Strange’s career (had he not pulled it out of the fire – with the help of Rintrah, Wong, and unseen…Agamotto).

FINALLY, when she was reunited with her complete soul she truly became a strong individual and powerful in her own right.

When she changed her outward appearance, the explanation was that since she was a little girl in INDIA that was stolen to be a slave by Taboo… it was the BLONDE form that was an enchantment of sorts.
A “glamour” spell.

And she now wanted to return herself to her roots and resumed what was supposedly her TRUE form.

Convoluted?
Yes, sir.

But, that’s why I loves me the comics.

If done WELL… a writer can pull off almost anything.
This does seem odd and was REALLY just perpetrated so that Mike Deodato Jr. could draw his hot Brazilian wife, but in THAT… there is something for us all as well.

;-)

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P-TOR