Could also be a self-confidence thing. It took him a while to work up the nerve to reveal Lorna's deception to the senior team members last issue.
That's a great little article thank you for sharing.
Also I watched the series finale of WandaVision and I thought SPOILERS AHEAD
spoilers:end of spoilers
So aside from the ending credit scene giving me all the X-2 vibes when Jean is narrating from under Alkalide Lake, the battle with Wanda and Agatha VERY much reminded me of Necrom vs Rachel in Excalibur 50. Especially when Rachel was a dried up husk after Necrom absorbing all of the PF from her. Clearly different in many things but just that moment reminded me so much of that scene it made the episode even more delightful.
Jason Aaron the disaster that keeps on giving The Phoenix imo is Rachel's legacy....
she does Cable and Nate Grey etc
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I don't get why people keep saying the Phoenix Force being allegedly Thor's real mother would make him related to Rachel. Disregarding Claremont's original plan for Rachel, in canon she's the daughter of an alternate-reality Scott Summers and Jean Grey, while Thor is the son of Odin and a cavewoman who at the time was possessed by the Phoenix Force, who then went on to also possess Jean Grey. I don't see how that makes Thor and Ray related though.
I may be wrong here but I think it has to do with the Phoenix essentially reconstructing Rachel's body and pretty much giving birth to Rachel. Can't remember the issues of Excalibur I think it was then. I think it best to just ignore all the Phoenix stuff now because as another article that was linked to in that newer one makes clear Marvel has decided to just ignore Rachel's connection to the Phoenix. Partly because her connection and history makes their narrative around it completely false. The uncontrollable force of nature that was in fact controlled and put to good use for years by a character they prefer to not give any attention to.
No its because of the hints that Claremont has peppered throughout the books over the years. Given a strong push from the new story in the X-Men omnibus, Claremont again says that Rachel is the child of Jean and the Phoenix. First time he made this hint was during Uncanny X-Men Annual 14 when Cyclops couldn't track Rachel, but Sue Storm could track both versions of Franklin.
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Here you go.
How many times has Rachel been reborn in the 616