Originally Posted by
WallStreeter
When she decided to put on the green Phoenix costume again, she told Cyclops she did it because she was sick of suppressing her powers just because they frightened others.
It's a shame all that character development has been wasted to make her more of a pacifist than she was even in the 90s. Teen Jean was allowed to fight and take on others and be powerful. It's not that Adult Jean isn't powerful (Cassandra could not kill her, she can easily defend herself) it's just that she refuses to be aggressive. She could have easily shut down Typhoid Mary if she wanted to, but refused too.
I think a bigger part of the problem is Uncanny their are too many characters, and characters that could easily do something have to hold back to give the others something to do. Storm could have electrocuted all of the Madroxes, blown then away with the wind, drowned them, or otherwise knocked them all out. Polaris could have screwed with the electrical impulses in their brains or with the iron in their blood.