Originally Posted by
sunofdarkchild
Superheroes in general and mutants in particular have a problem in that their powers are usually not earned. You can be bombarded by cosmic rays, bitten by a radioactive spider, be given a magic ring by a dying alien, or be an alien yourself. All of these are accidents of life or of birth, not the result of character development or growth. This plays a big part in why characters like Batman and Iron Man are so beloved. Batman spent years training his body and his mind. Tony Stark literally built the suit that gives him superpowers thanks to a combination of his own genius and desperate times. It's why Thor's first solo movie is all about the powers he was born with being taken away and him having to earn them back. With mutants, they are just born that way. Scott woke up one day and could shoot lasers from his eyes. Ororo woke up one day and could summon lightning from the sky. When you have a character with functionally unlimited power just because they were born that way, that only makes it worse. What's the point of exploring what a character can do if there's no limit in the first place? How can a character ever reach deep and go beyond if they have nothing to go beyond and function as nothing more than automatic win buttons?
One of the many things I like about Magik is that sorcery is a powerset that usually requires training to use at all. From Dr. Strange to Harry Potter, sorcerers usually need to be trained and learn spells individually over time. So she went through years of training under old Storm and Belasco in order to become as powerful as she is. And she still had to be nerfed because if she was allowed to actually use that training, the other kids and trainees on her team would have had nothing to do. There is also the fact that since she is an apocalypse maiden, it makes sense for her to hold back and not use her powers, and her more powerful form comes with obvious downsides so it can't be abused. So she can be powerful enough to make Dormammu and Mephisto tremble, but also not solve every problem with a super-spell.