Originally Posted by
rutog98
1) Again, Phoenix Jean was caught unawares by Mesmero. I don't know what happened between Phoenix Rachel and that character. That said, if Phoenix Jean was caught off-guard, then a mental antagonist could be successful in subduing her. Mastermind proved that, however, when she caught onto him, he was completely powerless against her just as Mesmero would be.
2) Claremont didn't start really developing Storm's mental defenses until Uncanny X-Men #151-152. Period. Prior to that, she got clobbered by any mental attack that came her way.
3) The Mesmero/Rachel situation is different from the Mesmero/Phoenix Force Jean thing. Phoenix Force Jean Grey wasn't aware of the threat of Mesmero nor was she on the look-out for him. Rachel, on the other hand, was aware of his threat and was searching for him, and still lost.
4) Shadow King can feed off of negative emotions, but he has always been on Xavier's level naturally. Also, in Muir Island Saga, he grew to dwarf Xavier. He was so much stronger than the Prof. X that he was toying around with him and still managed to hit him with enough psychic energy to begin to crush Xavier's physical bones to powder. That is how Xavier lost his ability to walk again. At his base level, when he is at full strength, he matches Xavier's powers. However, he can grow to far exceed that if he wants.
5) Again, anybody with a global reach telepathically should be able to sift through all of those minds just like Rachel did. If they have a global reach, that means they can reach minds across the planet. So, that would encompass the entire human population. They would just have to spend the length of time it would take to sift through all of those minds.
6) IIRC, she had some of the Phoenix inside of her, and she just added to echo to what she already had.
7) She was unhinged in time because of what Cable did. I can see why that would allow her to send TP messages through time. She's no longer locked at a particular time spot meaning that opened the possibility for her to do what she did.
8) It doesn't matter who CC intended to use at first. The fact of the matter is whichever telepath he ended up utilizing had to be applied to all of the Bogan story. Also, the issue stated clearly that Bogan was a Xavier-level psi. It is possible that maybe he can't use his psi-powers in a non-psi puppet (kind of like how Emma could not use her TP when she inhabited Iceman's body) or maybe possessing a non-psi would weaken his own psi powers since their body isn't built to harness psychic energy like a telepath's. Who knows? Bottom line is he is a Xavier-level psi and had Rachel's power added to his own.