"Never assign to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity or ignorance."
"Great stories will always return to their original forms"
"Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable." James Baldwin
Yeah, the event that gave people powers on Naomi's earth didn't seem to give lower end abilities, everyone we've seen so far has been a high-end, "get punched by an angry Kryptonian and take it like a champ" badass.
Regarding the continuity....yeah, probably best to just chalk it up to editors and writers not communicating.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.