Mary Magdalene in John's Gospel

Lazarus's sister Mary is very similar to Mary Magdalene if they're reading through the gospel. Both times it's a woman named Mary at a tomb with a stone and both of them see someone that they love dearly rise from the dead. In Tertullian's like turn of the third century copy of John, Mary is the Christological Confessor. That would make her a central character in John because she confesses Jesus is the Christ.