The most criticized page in the issue, her begging Monet to come with her and being told "try harder Marvel Girl," read to me as clearly her being primarily concerned with Monet's life and coming up with a lame excuse for her to come with. To avoid sacrificing herself, because Jean is empathetic and loving and doesn't want anyone to die. After she left, she had no trouble maintaining the contact on her own despite being injured and having felt her friends die in her head. Monet may have even seen right through it.
I'm not blown away by Jean's portrayal, but I don't think the sky is falling yet either. During the info dump in the latest issue,
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the bit which said Xavier wasn't capable of downloading 6000 mutant minds in a day seemed to telegraph Jean-as-Phoenix doing just that later on, but we'll see |
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