I dont think about it. I wish it would stop being brought up in here as it really has nothing to do with Jean and just pisses on her legacy
Which is why people keep bringing it up. Since Hickman made her Marvel Girl Jean has been made entirely into a background character. Clearly he wants her out of the way for now.
I can understand for the beginning parts of House of X to focus on others, but at this point Jean should be playing a greater role since it is clear Hickman like’s cosmic and magical stories. But crap like AvX really screwed up the Phoenix so Hickman and the X-office have some serious ignoring or retconning to do.
Then again Hickman May have long term plans for the Phoenix. Marvel these days does Avery good job of preventing leaks. These days the write the comings books as parts of big events than can lead to movies. Since the X-Men are a nation and Phoenix is a big Avengers character Hickman and Marvel are probably planning a new AvX, where the Avengers invade Krakoa because Jean has reclaimed the Phoenix.
I think Fox producing a crappy Dark Phoenix movie yet again didn’t help but the cool thing is I think it killed off any future Dark Phoenix stories with Jean. Been there don’t that.
At one point they seemed to want to make every powerful woman go crazy as a repeat of Dark Phoenix and after a point it was not only sexist but basically plagiarism of the true Dark Phoenix story.
I think though it bombed in the box office that’s one thing the second Fox movie got right. Jean reclaimed her mind, saves the day, didn’t die and killed off Jean as Dark Phoenix stories.
Jean, Rachel and Hope should Team-up and send the Phoenix far away to another Galaxy so the Avengers writers or Logan can't use it.
Currently the Phoenix seems like a powerup for fodders even street level characters can have it...
That’s actually the problem. If the X-Men office won’t use it the Avengers office will. Asgard is in another Galaxy. Lol. So are Guardians of the Galaxy. Realistically the Avengers office are going to keep using the Phoenix unless the X-office reclaims it.
And no more Jean sending the Phoenix away storylines!
Saturnyne is writtten as a compelling character and she is the omniversal majestrix and can do anything with a snap. So if she can have all that power I don’t see why Jean cannot be Phoenix. Saturnyne is not a foot soldier or a hero but they could get creative in how Phoenix is used.
And Saturnyne is used way more than Jean these days.
I would always love to see moe Jean but she isnt a background character. Thats what one would say about the likes of Husk, Angel, Banshee or Dazzler, all of whom have had very little presence in the current era. Jean is actually utilized quite well in X-Force by Percy and makes semi-regular appearances across the line in the capacity of a Council member and a couple of issues under her belt in X-men as a field member, not to mention her oneshot earlier this year. Even in the current XOS story which is heavily skewed towards the sword bearers, she has a role thats more than the cameo appearances that DOX headliners Emma and Kitty have here. With so many characters back in the X-fold I think the balance with Jean has been quite fine. She isnt overexposed but I also dont feel as if she's underutilized.
It would be interesting in Cable # 6 if Rachel showed up to help out, like the whole family. Or at least be mentioned by Jean