Quote Originally Posted by Harpsikord View Post
It wasn't. The entire plot came down to the fact that the Avengers and Wolverine were wrong to try and prevent the Phoenix from getting to Hope even if they tried to dress it up like they were the only reason she was able to control it (see: she wasn't. She definitely didn't need that BS Iron Fist training), the Phoenix was never trying to destroy the Earth. And then look at what happened the next time the Phoenix came around: the Avengers literally did not care, probably because they were proven incorrect.
Hope needed the Iron Fist and Wanda training ... because she was separated from her Lights.

Hope needed the help of the Avengers to control the Phoenix for a situation created by the Avengers. If she had stayed with her Lights she could have controlled the Phoenix at first, it is because of forcing her to go alone to the Moon that she could not.